![]() Squirrels were brought from Omaha to Lincoln Park to reside there to entertain park visitors. Some pets were talked about as almost fads or trends. Lambs were known to stray as well and make new homes with neighbors’ flocks. Anyone wanting information on that dog was to contact the newspaper office. It was reported that a stray dog followed a family home one evening and wanted to stay with them. Lost pets were no rarity in early Greeley either. ![]() When a rooster fought back, in 1904, Jack became much less brave with feathered creatures! Harold Decker’s Cocker Spaniel, Jack, was a neighborhood favorite except among the chickens he loved to chase and their owners. Dogs chasing others’ animals was a problem, too. When one dog strayed or was stolen, each felt that the dog left “had” to be his. Two Eaton neighbors of 1902 fought in court over their look-alike “bob-tailed” shepherd dogs. His brother came to town, bailed Vernon out, and he quickly left Greeley. Vernon McClosky was jailed for being unable to pay a $72.10 fine for killing the Meekers’ dog in 1902. One 1902 day brought bad luck for local animals: a horse, Rock, fell into a ditch and drowned the same day that a heifer was hit by a train. Trying to rescue the lamb resulted in Coffee being struck by a bike! Marion Coffee thought two bike-riding boys were going to hit his daughter’s pet lamb. ![]() Local pets then and now have been “problems.” A bicycle-pedestrian accident occurred in 1900 in Ault. Animal owners locally as well as from as far away as Denver, showed off birds and rabbits in what was called, in 1900, “The finest display of high bred birds ever exhibited in Weld County.” September set the scene for horseracing for which the winner would receive $100. The late 19 th to early 20th century in Weld County brought annual Poultry and Pet Stock Shows. The Greeley Tribune of Greeley’s early years mentions pets in competitions, as problems, and as trends. Greeley residents now, and in times past, seem to have an equal interest in and attachment to the animals, or pets, that share their homes. ![]()
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