Welcome to the first edition of Sylas’ Segment! This will happen once monthly on the third Monday and involves Sylas posting in place of Holly!
Over the course of our 10 years together, Holly and I have collected a number of furry friends: our four-legged children, so to speak. We certainly love them as much! Since you’ll be spending some time with us as we get our farm set up, you might as well meet the pets that call the farm home too!
Rose
Rose is a 10 year old calico, and she was our first pet that we adopted together. Back when we were living in North Carolina, Holly, who was much more of a cat person than I, convinced me that a cat would be a good and easy to pet to have as our first one together. We ended up at PetSmart, and this little girl called our name! She was rescued from a kill shelter, and we knew we had to take her home. She is named after Rose Tyler from Doctor Who, a favourite show of ours. She made the trip up to Canada with us, and she continues to bring us joy and snuggles. While she’s got a bit of sass, she’s a real sweetheart.
Favourite Food/Treat: Anything fishy
Favourite Toy: Laser lights
Favourite Game: Pawing your face when she wants pets (or when you stop petting her)
Ragnar
Now that I’d fallen in love with cats after a few years with Rose, Holly and I had an urge to add more furry friends to our pack. We went to PetSmart the day before Black Friday, and there was this little black kitten that we absolutely fell in love with, so we told ourselves, “if he’s still there tomorrow, then we’ll get him.” Well, we showed up the next day, and there was a whole new group of tabbies ready to be adopted! This little guy was scaling walls of the crate and just being so playful and adorable, he won our hearts, and he’s been continuing to win our hearts and everyone else’s since. Definitely a people cat, he loves belly rubs and playing with chirping toys that he can bat and chase around.
Favourite Food/Treat: Wet cat food
Favourite Toy: This mouse toy that he’s ripped all the stuffing out of
Favourite Game: Chasing things on a string (especially if they make noise)
Bo
As much as Holly had to convince me to get a cat, I spent years trying to get her to want a dog. We were this close to getting a Boston terrier, but then, Holly’s sister’s dog got pregnant, and we had a new plan: take home one of those puppies instead! They were born just after we got married, so in a way, it was a wedding present to us. We picked Bo for her uniqueness, being the only fawn-coloured pup of the bunch and the cute little white dot on her head. Believe it or not, Bo is 75% rottweiler and 20% Shetland sheepdog (5% a bunch of other random DNA), though you’d never guess by looking at her. She is four years old and still acts like she’s two, an absolute bundle of never-ending energy. She loves running, tugging, and chewing bones. She’d do anything for a treat. We call her Wiggles, because when she gets excited, her whole body wiggles!
Favourite Food/Treat: Pizza
Favourite Toy: It changes day to day, and she’ll dig through the toy box and take everything out until she finds it
Favourite Game: Tugging or fetch (once you manage to get the item out of her mouth via tugging)
Luna
Luna is the latest addition to our family, as we’ve only had her for 6 months now. We had been considering getting a second dog for a while, so I had subscribed to notifications on Pet Finder, and when this sweet husky face popped up, a breed we’ve both always loved, we reached out right away, and she was available! She was taken in from Mexico and was heart-worm positive, so she got treatment, spent some time in foster care recovering, and then made a multi-day journey up from Texas (with some other rescue dogs) to meet us in Canada. She took some time to warm up, but now she’s just part of the pack. She’s a real goofball and lots of fun to have around.
Favourite Food/Treat: Dried sardines; anything that’s meat really
Favourite Toy: Anything Bo has
Favourite Game: Laying upside down on you with her limbs all twisted up in some impossible way (we called it topsy-turvy time); also trying to escape so she can explore everything
And that’s the whole family for now! We can’t wait to add our fuzzy alpaca friends in the near future, and we’ll definitely spend time introducing you to all of them as well!
Rainbow River Alpacas 