And welcome to my zoo where all critters rule
the roost.
If a dog hair and a bird feather stuck to your clothing or maybe even in your
mashed potatoes bother you, you should probably not come here.
That's the way it is and always will be.
Let me tell you about myself and how I got
into breeding parrots and Dachshunds.
I graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a B.A., got an M.A.
from Brown University and a Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. And
you'll never guess what my field of expertise is/was: French and Spanish! I
taught at Omaha Central High School for one year back in the Middle Ages and
then for 25 years, I was a professor at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa,
teaching mostly French, occasionally Spanish.
I realized about midway through career number one that I had missed my calling.
I had been doing some breeding of parrots in the early 1980's, but when I
retired at age 50, I was able to devote my full attention to my animals. I
bought a farm in an area that was in the midst of corn and soybean fields and
cattle farms. That was in 1988--I am now still on my farm but surrounded by
townhouses, condominiums and strip malls. Loss of my former surroundings has
greatly saddened me, but I still enjoy my world of animals.
And before I go further, parents should take heed--you should let your kids have
a critter or two when they are able and willing to take care of one. I didn't
get to do this and I really think that is why I have "gone to the dogs" now. As
soon as I became independent, I had two dogs, then I added cats, chickens and
ducks, then canaries, then parrots. There have also been some reptiles now and
then. I have been seriously breeding Amazon parrots since the mid 1980's and the
Dachshunds since the mid 1990's.
Please feel free to email me by
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