GUINEA PIGS!!

I <3 Guinea Pigs.

Tis a statement of truth. My very first pet was an Abyssinian/American mix named Teddy. I don't remember where he came from but my mom got him for me when I was in the second grade. He was loud and fun and I learned a lot about caring for an animal. So I guess you could say my animal obsession started with Guinea Pigs.

From here on out in this post I will be calling them Cavy's which is a 'show' term and also the 'technical' term for them.

So when I was 10 I joined 4-H with the intent of showing and raising Cavy's. I learned a lot in the first few years I was in 4-H and a lot of it was the hard way. People lie, cheat and steal in the name of sportsmanship but it never took away my enjoyment of being around all of the animals. Being around people yes but never the animals.

I started out with Abyssinian but then over time had every variety of short coated Cavy's, I even had one long hair and even hairless!. I showed, won, lost, and gradually branched out to raising rabbits as well. I have so many fond memories of 4-H and being with my Cavy's.

It was quite a few years after I stopped showing that I got a Cavy again as a pet. I found Harry online, a young lady was rehoming him and so I forked over $25 for this adorably sweet Orange and White (Dutch Mismarked) American Boar. He is named after Harry Dresden of the book series.

Excuse his long toenails. When I bought Harry his nails were grossly over grown and it's taken a while to get them safely trimmed back.





The newest additions are Sam and Dean. <3 
Sam is a Chocolate Tortoise Shell & White and Sam is a Chocolate bi-color. I got them from a grooming client. They are named after the brothers Sam and Dean Winchester from the TV show Supernatural.

Dean and Sam













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  1. UnknownAugust 12, 2014 at 12:59 PM

    Good God Harry reminds so much of the Hitch that we had ..... I remember how excited you were when you were leaving Kingman and could display your "cavies..."

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