Welcome to the 2nd annual
My Ferret -My Companion

Walk-A-Thon  2000

            What a day it was!   Plenty of sunshine, room,  food,  friends and ferrets alike.
     Nothing was missing (except the news media).   Everyone started showing up at
    11:00 am to start the set up . 

     Christine Lustig (right) helped a great deal. She
  plotted out the route our little fuzzies were to walk,
  she also took care of the pledge sheets and keeping
  a running total of monies to be collected.

      Also (in her spare time), she did her walk with
  her lovely little ones!  What an accomplishment!
  She even found time to eat .
  
              Thank you for all your help

     Then - if it wasn't for Chris Ramon I don't
  think     I (we) would have ever gotten the balloons
   blown up and put where they belonged.  He was
  kind of funny about it, while we were starting the
  walk   we couldn't find him. While the walk was
  winding down, I went to our van and opened the
  back hatch and there he was finishing up the
  balloons. He also helped Christine with flagging
  the route. 

      Thanks Chris for all your help and drying out
               the floor in the Van (Ha,Ha)
Shown in this picture is Tom(l), Tigger(c), and Chris(r)

   On the picture above in center is Tigger (Jim Fishback).   On our last two events, he's
been behind the grill cooking all the meats for us to eat ( which is very time consuming).
He has helped in many ways, and always provided us with great food.

          Thanks Tigger for all your Help with the picnic and Walk-A-Thon

                                                       
  Then the cages were set up and
everyone was getting ready for the walk.   What a scramble, looking
for leashes, harnesses and their
ferrets.  The walk began at about
12:45 pm - then the fun began.



      Off we go, following the orange flagged
road.   Imagine, 40 ferrets going down a trail
sniffing butts, licking ears and doing what ferrets
do best, getting all tangled up with each other!!

      

   Most wanted to play and take mom or dad
to venture onto their own paths (follow what
flags??).

       Then they formed a straight line , heading
towards lands unknown to them.  Poor little guys
and gals walked for about half an hour to complete
the course laid out for them. In the long run it was
worth it.  They raised funds for the shelters that provide care for the little fuzzies that dont have a home of their own and it  will help provide monies
for surgeries,  food, and litter.  

                Point                                             Roll over                                  Sniff


                    Heal                                            Run                                   and last but not least
                                                                                                                       Hide!!!  

                    Then it was time to sit back and relax, talk and eat.         

While the fuzzies rested