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Pet TIPS 'n' TALES© Celebrates People and Pets
Mary Ellen
Tips 'n' Tales Newspaper Columnist with Miss Wings
AngelScribe@msn.com  Photo by Mary Ellen "Angel Scribe"© Shady Oaks owners, Cindie and Mike taking a rare break from their blossoming nursery business; along with their three-meeter-greeters - Tucker, Tanner and Pazley who are customer favorites. TALES Silly me! I walked into Shady Oaks Plants and Produce, 77380 Hwy 99 S., and thought it was just a nursery.
Instead, a tantalizing freshly-baked cookie aroma lifted up and out from the kitchen of their bright red building. The mouth watering fragrance surrounded customers as we walked amongst the multi-colored flowers and many green vegetable plants. Some days, it is Shady Oaks famous apple-zucchini bread that captures customers senses and taste buds!
This is no ordinary nursery, they offer garden and craft classes, pumpkin patch rides, Father's Day brunch, Tuesdays - are senior discount days, and they have fun events for local retirement homes. The list goes on and on...it is obvious...the owners love people, plants and pets! Shady Oaks is a family business for owners Mike and Cindie, their three parents, three daughters...and three dogs. Tucker, a rescue from the Humane Society, is a long time customer favorite. A fourteen-year-old, 80% black Labrador and 20% mystery-breed is the official greeter. He ambles quietly up beside customers making them feel welcome. Well, actually to investigate wether they bought any of the scrumptious Umpqua ice cream he is addicted to! Talk about pet paradise! Tucker's parents sell mouth watering ice cream! Dachshund pups, Tanner and Pazley are Shady Oaks newest meeter-greeters in training. But, Tucker refuses to train them! He has had his muzzle bent-out-of-joint since their arrival. Or maybe it is not that complicated! Possibly, he doesn't want to share his customers or more importantly...his ice cream! Cindie looks up from helping a customer, smiles and says, "If you are eating an ice cream cone, Tucker is your instant new best friend!" One of Tucker's favorite customers, Laura, arrives once a week to treat herself to an ice cream cone. On her weekly date, she sits for a spell and has a chat with Tucker. Laura has a wonderful sense of humor and phoned her daughter in Alaska, "I am dating a beautiful black gentleman." She sees no need to tell her daughter that Tucker is her special loving date. Tucker recently underwent successful surgery and his vet suggested, "With Tucker's weight gain and health needs, his diet should no longer list ice cream as his #1 food choice." But, that will not stop Tucker from following you around ... he is restricted to looks, not licks these days! Tips "I enjoy Pet Tips 'n'
Tales, and photocopy and mail them to my pet loving friends across the
U.S. and over seas," shares Linda. "Poppy, is one of them. She lives in
South Carolina with her 3 dogs and 2 cats.
When my cat developed a rash
on his nose, Poppy responded, "A similar thing happened to my cat and
dog! My Vet said, 'It maybe an allergic reaction to their plastic food
and water dishes. Also, small scratches in the plastic bowls can harbor
hard to get rid of bacteria.'
Poppy switched her pet's food and water
bowls to stainless steel, and her pets rashes cleared. For my cat and
two dogs health I too changed their water and food dishes to ceramic.
No more plastic for us!"
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