CALEB (AND ELSIE) HAMER'S POODLES

Elsie and I have decided to tell about our 2 wonderful Poodles which we got in the Spring of last year. Since we are born again evangelists, we like talking about the Lord but we would also like to tell all of our friends about our two wonderful little Poodles.

Elsie and I were sitting in front of our hotel when a guy came driving by in a van. He looked at us and stopped at the curb. He rolled the window down and called me and Elsie over to the truck. He said he had two Poodle puppies he had to sell real quick. He said when he spotted us, he knew we were the ones to buy them.

He handed us the puppies to hold but said he was in a hurry and we had to make our minds up right away. Well, I could tell by the look in Elsie's eyes that she wanted them. I had just got paid from my post office job and had I $700 in my wallet. When I asked how much, the guy asked me how much I had on me. I told him and he said, coincidentally, that was EXACTLY what he was asking for the little Poodles. He also said they were worth a lot more and if we bred them, we could probably get rich. So I gave the guy my $700 and he took off. And there we were with two of the cutest little Poodle puppies you ever saw.

Weren't we just the luckiest people to be at that place at that time!

The guy even said he would mail us their papers. I guess he must have seen the hotel address because he didn't ask us to write it down and didn't even take our names. I guess he saw how honest we looked and really trusted us to take good care of the puppies. I told him we were born again Christians and he mumbled something about "...one being born every minute."

Elsie took the puppies up to our little hotel apartment. I was still standing outside and don't you know a police car came screaming around the corner? The cop saw me and slammed on the brakes. He motioned me over to the car. Then he asked if we had seen a van go buy. The van he described was almost exactly like the one the Poodle guy was driving. The cop said the driver had stolen some animals from the zoo. Well, I knew it couldn't be the Poodle guy so I just told him I didn't notice anything. The cop left.

Well let me tell you that started a real pet adventure for Elsie and me. This is one of the Poodle puppies a year later. We named her "Beautiful Lady". She is bigger than most Poodles and weighs around 100 pounds. Our Poodles are very loyal to us but they really don't like other people coming around.

When they were puppies, they seemed to get along very good with our kitty-cat, Fluff. They played together, even though they got rough with Fluff. We never let Fluff out of the house but strangely, one morning she was just gone. No one had come in or out. The windows were all shut. But Fluff was gone. Strange indeed. Elsie and I still haven't figured that one out! Elsie and I have even joked that maybe the Poodles ate Fluff for breakfast. Ha ha ha.

One thing we are sad about is that they tear everything apart that is loose. I mean everything. They even ripped our mattress apart one day. So we keep them in cages now when they are in the house, unless, of course we can watch them.

One night, Beautiful Lady snuck out the door and I went out to find her. It was pretty dark and I kept calling, "Beautful Lady, come to me." "Beautiful Lady Come To Me." So of course someone called the police and I had to explain that I was looking for our Poodle and not an actual 'beautiful lady'. Aren't people just sick!

These Poodles like to sleep during the day and only become active after dark. Let me warn you that Poodles have very strange practices. They run through our little apartment at night like they're looking for something. If they see a cat or a dog out the window, they make this funny little noise and become very agitated. It almost sounds like they're laughing. And they never bark. They only make that funny noise.

Elsie left raw rib roast out in the kitchen one day and the Poodles got it. They ate it completely, bones and all. Nothing was left!

We went camping and took our Poodles with us. It was a very nice campground which allowed pets. We had rented a camping trailer. As usual, after it got dark, Beautifuly Lady and Spike (our male Poodle) started becoming active and agitated.

Here is a picture of Spike laying down in front of our next door fellow campers. Unfortunately, Spike bit them several times right after the picture was taken. They went to the hospital and only had to have a few stitches. They wouldn't speak to us after they came back from the hospital. Just shows how rude people can be. And we even let them have a picture taken with our dog!

Well, it was out in the woods so we thought we would let them have a little run. We turned them loose and they didn't come back until almost daylight. We were so relieved to get them back. We tried to feed them but their sides were bulging and they weren't a bit hungry. That was at about 5 am.

Well, about 8 am, I woke up again and looked out the camping trailer window. There were police everywhere. I got dressed and went outside. I found out that 7 of the campers had tied their dogs outside for the night and the only thing left in the morning were their dog collars and chains. No dogs, though. Two cats had also disappeared. But the worst part was that something had killed 2 calves on the farm next to the campground. Whatever it was ate part of the calves and then just left them. Elsie and I think it was probably a mountain lion or something.

We never did figure out how all those dogs and 2 cats could have just disappeared. They were probably stolen and sold somewhere else. Why else would they disappear? I'm sure glad whatever it was didn't get our Poodles!

We went camping at the New Jersey Shore later that year and took our Poodles with us there, too. We went to a part of the beach where dogs are allowed. Here is a picture of our two poodles next to the edge of the water. They seemed to like getting in the water but they really did stink when they got out.

The very same day, the Poodles caught a 4 foot shark in the surf and pulled him up to the shore. Elsie and I saw the whole thing. Once they got him on the shore, they ripped him apart! I mean, they ate everything, fins, skin, teeth, the whole shark. Nothing was left. I never knew Poodles were so voracious. In fact, I never knew Poodles could catch sharks!

We heard rumors later that a lot of dogs disappeared that night when we were camping. Our Poodles were roaming around all night again so we were lucky they didn't disappear too. We are going to be more careful with them from now on. Actually, some guy who was camping alone disappeared too. Nobody ever heard from him again. Its like he was just swallowed up and gone. It is really a shame that something like that happened because we met him the day before and he was a very nice man. He liked our Poodles and played with them a little. Here is a picture of him with Spike the day before he just disappeared.

If you know of anyone who is interested, we are going to breed Beautiful Lady next time she comes into heat. We will sell the puppies only to good homes. The homes should probably have other pets too, so the puppies won't get lonely.

We hope you enjoyed getting to meet our Poodles.

I would write more but just now I have to go pull the dogs off of Elsie.

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Created July 27, 2003
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