Friday Chat w/ Vlad
Hey, it’s Vlad. Just hanging out with Vinnie and having a little brunch. You guys all remember Vinnie right?? She was part of the 30 fur farm fox rescue JABCECC accomplished a while back. You probably notice that she is missing an ear and her tail. Foxes on fur farms are so stressed out they often get ears, tails and even legs chewed off by their mothers. In some ways Vinnie’s mother did her a favor. You see because she was missing her tail she was considered less valuable to the nasty fur farmer, so instead of skinning her, he allowed the JABCECC team to bring her to safety. Nowadays Vinnie is living her best life at the center. She really likes it when the trainers come to see us Russians. She sits there looking as pathetic as she possibly can until the trainers give her treats. It would not surprise me to find she has a Sarah McLachlan song cued up ready to play if her sad little gazes prove ineffective. So far she has never needed help from Sarah.
Vinnie’s house is right across from Freddie Snowballs place. They spend a lot of time watching each other. Management is not sure just yet if she wants to play with Freddie or she wants to each his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti. Vinnie is not telling anyone which it is. Of course she likes me but I’m sure that comes as a surprise to nobody because frankly, I’m quite likable.
When us Russians are entertaining on encounter days, Vinnie gets put away out of view. She is not all that fond of strangers. I spend this time with Vinnie to counsel her and help her with her issues. She had a lot of mental trauma as a kit. I view myself as more of a Jungian than a Freudian. First of all, and it may be wrong, but I don’t trust anyone named Sigmund. Secondly, I like to focus on future aspirations as opposed to past experiences. We know that Vinnie had bad past experience that direct her behavior so we focus on behaviors that will help her attain future aspirations. Our talks have uncovered that Vinnie aspires to be a ballerina, a cowgirl or an ambassador for the center. Never say never but we are focused on the third one.
Vlad out.