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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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