| Pet of the Month: Everett |
| Toy of the Month: Balls |
| I have always had an interest or more like a love for animals ever since I can remember. As a young girl I can think back to days walking home from school and seeing a dog on the sidewalk and encourage it home with me. I would then tell my mother that this dog was lost and needed to find it's home. They were always from the neighborhood, but I always thought they were lost and were afraid. I grew up with at least three dogs in the house. My first dog that was given to me was a rescue from the pound. This rescue was a mix and I named her Fanny Mae because her tail would wag so hard from being so happy. The next dog I can remember was Turkey. She was an owner surrender from a friend of the family. All during these time these dogs were my best friends. Oh yes, we did have other dogs in the house equally wonderful but nothing like my friends. When I would get into trouble, I wouldn't be grounded to my room...I would be grounded from playing, petting, or talking to my friends. That was the worst punishment I could have ever had. As the years went on I would find sick or injured animals and bring them home. I would at anytime either have a sick bird that a cat had caught to a mouse. My daughter Theresa and I found a crow that had fallen out of its nest. We named him Edgar Allen Crow which we nursed back to full growth so that he could return to the wild and do what crows do best. I have tried to instill a sense of love and passion in my daughter also when it comes to animals. From an early age I kept my daughter around horses, dogs, cats, cows, birds, and any other I could muster up for her to learn about. Since moving here to Utah I have become more passionate about rescuing. Raising a pup from one day old to bottle feeding kittens when their mother was killed. I started being a foster mom in 2000 for a rescue group called Wag-n-Train and I also worked for a Veterinarian in the community. I continue learning so that I can grow and better help the animals around me. I have learned that holistic medicine works quite well in cases of Parvo, Kennel Cough, Separation anxiety, and other illness. I have also learned and passed on that training in a non-aggressive manner with positive reinforcements which also help build trust and loyalty in an animal. Starting the Fullmer menagerie with my husband Lyle has been a dream turned to reality. I have high hopes that I can touch the lives of a few unwanted and unloved animals along with education the community just a bit on animal rescue and how they can help. |
| How I Got Started |
| Kendall Thomas a freshman in High School taking stitches out of our colt Drifters leg. He is in the local FFA program and has goals of becoming a Vet. We try to assist and work with young teenagers who have goals of going into the animal science field by getting them hands on with our Vet Klell Ekins at Gunnison Bend Vet Hospital in Delta, Utah. |
| We try to train the horses (Stormy and Bonnie) here at the Menagerie to pack in for weekend camping trips up in the Mountains. Of course we aways have to take a dog or two. |
| Earl pulling a Wagon to the grocery store. Logan Peterson is enjoying the wagon ride. |
| Clementine a Chinese goose that was injured and was frozen to the road is doing her water rehab. We at the Fullmer Menagerie Animal Rescue Inc. started doing rehab for Clementine to teach her how to eat, walk and swim again so she could return to her gaggle of companions up on the Menagerie. |