Newlsetter December/January

Christmas was a busy time at the Sanctuary, what with people coming to visit their adoptees and also some of the better adjusted ones finding new homes. Kameron and I have been quite rushed off our feet and I have not had time to update my page. But, here we go now!

Charmelia has recovered well from her illness - thanks to all of you who sent her "get well" cards and things for her to burn. She is now up and about, wandering again. The fact that she had to experince a lot of close contact has actually tamed her quite nicely and she seems to see us now not as a threat, but as a friend.

The big news would have to be Showers, who happened to have a litter on, believe it or not, Christmas Day, four delightful baby Eevees were born. Now they are getting quite active and really being a challenge for their parents! We love them all to pieces though, and when they are two months old, they will most likely find new homes as pets. It would appear that thanks to your help and concern, Showers is now a normal Vaporeon once more!

Eevee and Tina are still causing trouble, these two wild girls have recently been shown an interest in by the Eevee Breeding Society, and with any luck we will be able to find mates for them.

Venonatty, unfortunately, ate too much Christmas pudding and became quite ill. We had to pump his stomach. Luckily he is getting back on his feet now, and will soon be back to his old self.

There is one sad thing to note however. We have had a lot of Pokemon brought in recently from people who got given them as pets for Christmas and either cannot look after them or will not. One such critter is Puggles, a three year old Buru/Smeagle cross. She is a delightful critter, but the people who brought her in had been given her as a present, even though they already had several Houndour of their own. NAturally this gentle creature did not mix well with the more aggressive dogs. Please, if you are giving someone a pet as a present, ask them first! It might steal the surprise, but at least they won't wind up with something they cannot look after!

Another critter we had brought in was a wild Vulpix. Someone had bought this from a Dealer as a hand-trained, gentle house pet, and was quite surprised when it attacked them and devestated their house, attacking their resident (domesticated) Vulpix. We have got the proper authorities to investigate and it would appear that the Dealer was in fact just capturing wild Pokemon and selling them to unsuspecting people. Never, ever buy a pet without seeing it beforehand. The Vulpix has since been released back into the wild, basically as soon as we managed to get details on where he had been caught. We hope he is doing well.

Oh, and we also had a visit from a man named Raven, here's what happened below (written by him)

Anyway, that's it for this month.

~*~ Kataryna D. Lemusu ~*~

Raven's Umbreon

Raven was in a great mood today. He had just recieved his pokemon trainers license and was reay to find his first pokemon. He happily carrened downthe roadway on his bike with trailer in tow. He had the trailer for a good reason, not only did this cargo trailer carry his camping stuff, but it had ample room for pokemon supplies. Raven had heard that there were pokemon up for adoption to good trainers at CAIP. He didn't want to waste time or pokeballs trying to catch his first pokemon without the help of a pokemon in the first place.
He was called Raven for a good reason, he loved the color black, he traveled at night quite often, and had the same sense of humor as a raven.
So it was to CAIP he was riding when somthing caught his eye, a shadow within a shadow. Raven brought the bike to a qick stop to investigate. Upon closer inspection he found that it was a badly battered Umbreon. The Umbreon reacted wuickly to Raven's presence by trying it's dark powers on him. But the pokemon was weak and Raven was able to endure.
"It's okay fellah," said Raven, "I'm gonna get you to a place were you can get well." The Umbreon didn't put up a fight anymore against this dark stranger. It could sense good intentions from this one. He came down and scooped the Umbreon up gently in his arms and carried him off to his bike. When he got there, he set him down again and began rumuging through the duffelbag on his trailer. Raven was making a "bed" out of hies own spare clothing for the Umbreon. HEn Raven picked up the wounded umbreon once more and placed it inside his duffel bag. Raven knew that Dark types don't like direct sunlight much, so he closed the duffel bag most of the way, leaving it a little bit open so he can get plenty of air.
Raven then mounted his bike and was off. His bike was an all-terain model that he carried two sets two sets of wheels for. The set that he had on had a smoother tread for roads. The other set was a rough, aggresive tread for off-road use. These sets even have differing gear ratios. The street set had gear ratios for better speed, the off-road set had gear ratios of better hill-climbing. It was almost like having two bikes in one.
Raven easily reached 35 miles per hour (sorry, I don't know the metric conversion for that) and began to push himself to 45. It didn't take him long to get to CAIP. He geared down and stopped at the gate and explained to the gatekeeper what was going on. The gatekeeper responded immediatly and opened the gate for him. Raven rushed the umbreon into the sanctuary and to the lab.
"Help!" he called out. He immediatly got a response as Kataryna herself came charging out of the building.
"How bad is it?" she asked.
"Not sure, but if he had stayed outside much longer scavengers would have surley gotten it."
"Okay, lets get him inside and get him assesed, then we'll know where to go." With Raven shading it from the sunlight and Kataryna carrying it, they brought the hurt Umbreon inside.

Raven was resting in guest quarters, waiting for the news. Kataryna came in looking a little out of it. "So," asked Raven, "how is the Umbreon?"
"Well, it's a he, and he seems to be a tough one, even for his kind," said Kataryna. "He doesn't seem to have had a master, and we guess that someone was trying to catch him when he ran away."
"I figured it was something like that."
"Well, we could return him to the wild, or if you wanted, we could see if he's taken a shine to you."
Raven thought for a second and showed her his trainers license. "I don't have any pokemon yet, and that was the original reason I was coming here. If he does like me, then I would certainly take him in."
"I see then. Well, I don't see anything wrong with that, and I hope that you'll be a good trainer to him. Let's go see him now."

The Umbreon did indeed seem to have impressed on Raven. Raven had done much of the work in nursing the Umbreon back to health, and afterwards, as Raven went about to do some volunteer work at CAIP, the Umbreon had followed him everywhere, even into the sunlight. The Umbreon seemed to follow him around like a shadow, and thus became the name of the Umbreon. Raven took good care of Shadow while he was at CAIP, and even made a set of sunglasses for him so he would be less uncomfortable in the sun.
When Raven left, Shadow was with him still. He didn't seem to mind the fact that he was a trainer, to Shadow, he could wind up with no better. "C'mon, Shadow," said Raven. "Lets ride!" Shadow looked over at Raven. There he was, all in black from head to toe. He was a dark one which was only one of the reasons Shadow liked him. Shadow could not refuse, and hoped into the specially made padded spot in the bike trailer. They rode off, begining their own pokemon journey. Raven knew they would be back. He didn't know how, but he knew.

The End, for now...

If you wish to adopt one of the pups from the lot below, simply email me with your name, your URL, what you wish to name your pup and the number of the one you want.

And here's the little pup's themselves!

1: Gender - female

This little gal has gone off to live with Kuro and is now known as Manami

2: Gender - male
This pup has now been adopted by Lady Vaporeon, of Neo-Sky Island and is now called Pouncer.

3: Gender - male
This pup has found temporary lodgings with Jimi Newman

4: Gender - male

5: Gender - male

6: Gender - female
This baby has found a home here; with JlBroeker. And has been named Cally.

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