Creative tool use

As we’ve said before, Jamie is always up to something. Yesterday during Playroom cleaning, I heard a banging sound coming from one of the front rooms. As I peaked around the corner, I noticed Jamie had dismantled a plastic jack-in-the-box and found a couple of small metal posts. Using a pair of binoculars as a…

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Chimps’ Choice

Wanna make Jamie’s day? Give her some cowboy boots! Some of our blog readers recently came up with an idea for us to highlight specific items for people to donate. It’s called “Chimps’ Choice”. This month, in honor of her new fascination, we would like to call on our blog readers to donate cowboy boots…

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Window Play

The fundraiser for the new windows has all of us here at CSNW so excited! The thought of having 6 new cageless windows by the end of this year makes us so happy. Imagine spending 30+ years looking only through bars and then finally being able to see the world clearly! I think that having…

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Jamie shares her boots

The other day, Jamie got yet another pair of cowboy boots from volunteer Jennifer Douglas. It seems that any pair of cowboy boots will make her day. Notice towards the end of the video how Jody approaches Jamie, seeks reassurance, and once she gets it, she snags one of Jamie’s boots. Excellent chimp work!

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Burrito laugh

As some of you may know from previous blog posts (most notably, All About Burrito), Burrito doesn’t laugh too often. In fact, he sometimes bites his hand in what seems to be an attempt to keep himself from laughing. But yesterday, Foxie turned over his tickle box and he just couldn’t help himself.

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Foxie is so cool.

Foxie has a way of making everything she does look cool, whether it’s eating a carrot, watching TV, or tossing a troll doll head around.

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Greenhouse Fun!

Today, the greenhouse was officially completed! We put out fresh straw and alfalfa hay for nesting and set up a forage of strawberries and a variety of nuts. It was another beautiful day in Cle Elum and everybody got to enjoy the sun from the greenhouse. Negra is not much of a fan of winter,…

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The LOVE continues!

As promised, here’s a video of yesterday’s party. In case you missed it, check out yesterday’s blog for a review of the day’s highlights! It was quite the party!!

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Love Day!

The chimp’s had a fantastic Valentine’s Day party! Two of our supporters, Robbi and Dick Brown, brought TONS of fabulous new toys including books, stuffed animals, a plastic shopping cart, new troll dolls, scarves, socks, and a red feather boa. We filled gift bags of various new toys and wrapped the rest in red wrapping…

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