NATIONAL KIDS and PETS DAY

Jan's Funny Farm is holding a contest today,

for National Kids & Pets Day.
Be sure to stop by and visit at the Funny Farm,

just click here.

Our photo files and archives have tons of wonderful and memorable photos of our children and their pets, and from more recent years, our grandchildren and their pets. We believe strongly that raising children with pets is very important ~ it helps the child to learn compassion and empathy, it teaches them responsibility and it helps them to understand unconditional love. For the past 2-months, we have been caring for our new grandson here at the Zoolatry home. He is now four months old. At first, he ~ and Maggy and Zoey ~ were all quite tentative towards one another. But as days have come and gone, all are accepting of each other. A few weeks ago, I (tentatively) put the baby on the porch rocker next to napping Zoey. I fully expected Zoey to wake and immediately dash off. But that did not happen. To my delight, they stayed beside one another... and even when Arjun pulled off his little hat, throwing it down, Zoey sat patiently, undisturbed. The interactions of children and animals is always amazing and heart warming to observe.