From
the President...
Happy New Year, Happy Feast of the Epiphany (to any of
you Wise Men reading this), Happy Martin Luther King Day,
Happy Groundhog Day, Happy Lincoln’s Birthday, Happy
Valentine’s Day and Happy President’s Day.
The holidays are over and it’s time to look and prepare
for 2009.
First is the MFF’s 7th Anniversary Party on Sunday,
February 15. We’re going back to The Grand Inn on
Plainfield & I-96 in Grand Rapids in the same room we
had last year. I love these parties because it’s a
special opportunity to spend a Sunday afternoon with ferret
friends and their ferrets, eat really good food and play
games with our critters. Fingers crossed for good weather.
We’ll have pictures in the next newsletter.
Vetavisit 2008 is April 18 at Michigan State University’s
veterinary school. Hundreds of people go through the school
and its adjoining buildings. We support the ferret exhibit
by bringing ferrets and serving as support for vet students
from the Class of 2009. It’s a working relationship
we’ve enjoyed to be part of since 2002 but some of
us have been doing this event since 1998 when we were with
the Great Lakes Ferret Association.
The West Michigan Pet Expo will be at the Deltaplex in
Grand Rapids April 4 & 5 & the MFF and this is our
4th year. Hours are from 10AM to 7PM Saturday, April 4,
and 11AM to 5PM Sunday, April 5. Admission is $5 for adults
and $3 for children. Children 5 and under are free. We have
some $2 off coupons available if anyone is interested.
Last but not least, the MFF Faire is scheduled for October
17, 2009, at The Grand Inn. We had a great time last year
and we’ll be tweaking things a bit. We’re excited.
More information later.
On a personal note, the West Michigan Ferret Connection
has been invited to the Tulip Time Festival Kinderplaats
2009 the weekend of May 2-3 in Holland. Kinderplaats means
“place for children” and I was told 3,728 children
attended in 2008.
Another event WMFC will be participating in is PETAPALOOZA
2009 put on by the Mapleview Animal Hospital in Holland.
The Fellowship went once a few years ago. The WMFC went
last year since they want rescue groups and they invited
me back this year. Last year I had Gale, Rose and Reanee
with me.
This newsletter is pretty much consumed by an extremely
good reference entitled “Drugs Used in Ferrets”
which can also be found online at www.ferretuniverse.com
. By the way, there is great information on that website.
I apologize for letting it take up so much space but I was
really impressed with it’s content and wanted to share
it with you. Thank you to Brenda from Ferret Universe for
her permission to reprint for the MFF membership.
If you haven’t already, don’t forget about
the MFF Yahoo! Group List. Visit our web site www.midwestferretfellowship.org
for more information. It’s an easy way to keep up-to-date
with MFF current events.
Until next time, keep in mind that members of the Midwest
Ferret Fellowship are striving to do their best for ferrets
and their owners.
Take care,
Dee Gage
Founder & President
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