Pet Roll Call

[playoutside]

One cat, 'Normy', the cat will be 17 this August!

Hug Normy every day.

My cat Jake lived to be 20.5...the last 2 years she had lymphoma...she had a long full life, but I still miss her some days. The three cats I have now are great, but 20+ years is a long time to bond.

 

[nancy2]

2 black cats, stan and ollie, one is fat and one is thin!!!
my daughter's cat is the biggest, jasper, also black, but tuxedo marked. All rescue cats. I also have 4 fish tanks from 10 to 55 gallons, mostly africans. also have one tadpole that has not changed into a frog yet and i have had it for over a year!!!!

 

[Zand]

4 Cats: 2 black males (13 and 8 yrs), one gray male (12), and one fuzzy gray female (2 or 3).
2 dogs: 1 black lab (75 lbs, 5 yrs), 1 white bichon frise (10 lbs, 10 yrs)

All were strays except the bichon. The black lab showed up at our house one morning... we sent it to the town for one week to see if anyone claimed it, and then took it back.

 

[Skier75]

One cat. He's very independent and pretty mellow and is all the pet I'll ever need. But I love dogs, as long as they're not mine. I always grew up having one and if I ever am in the company of a friendly dog, I'm the first one to get down on my knees and pet it. But you can bet your ass, that I will never own one. They just seem like too much work and are too limiting. Fill up a few food bowls and a water dispenser and we can leave the cat for a week+ no problem. I shouldn't say that we'll never have a dog as the kids may push for one someday (although they're not really all that fond of them right now), but it won't be me that suggests it. Kind of ironic as growing up I always thought dogs ruled and cats were lame.

I agree, we love our dog, Suzy, but when she goes......not that I want her to. But it does limit things if you can't find a "sitter". Our in-laws used to take her for us a lot, now there moving to NC and a friend in Portland will take her for a while, then sometimes we have our neighbor, but feel like we impose too much. The next animal will be another cat.

 

[nancy2]

One cat. He's very independent and pretty mellow and is all the pet I'll ever need. But I love dogs, as long as they're not mine. I always grew up having one and if I ever am in the company of a friendly dog, I'm the first one to get down on my knees and pet it. But you can bet your ass, that I will never own one. They just seem like too much work and are too limiting. Fill up a few food bowls and a water dispenser and we can leave the cat for a week+ no problem. I shouldn't say that we'll never have a dog as the kids may push for one someday (although they're not really all that fond of them right now), but it won't be me that suggests it. Kind of ironic as growing up I always thought dogs ruled and cats were lame.

what happens to the weeks' worth of kitty poo and pee ???

 

[drjeff]

what happens to the weeks' worth of kitty poo and pee ???

One of my dogs, well it just doesn't matter if there's 10 "bombs" or just 1 in the designated poop pen we have, he's going to step in it

 

[krisskis]

Four Parrots
two Hahns Macaws, one Severe Macaw (AKA Chestnut Fronted Macaw), one Bue Front Amazon.
All four talk. Three of them quite well with several dozen word vocabularies. The Blue Front Amazon has an English accent since his previous owner was a Brit. :-D

We had a Blue&Gold Macaw for about a year..took it in as a rescue, but the thing was nuts!! Bit the shit out my husband and kids. Used to climb down off his cage and chase the kids. Plucked all his chest feathers out, though i was its "mate" and would regurgitate on my lap...ewww. Talked a blue streak though...sang opera...would imitate my voice calling out to the husband and kids...used to have conversations with itself and answer itself...and i had to give it birdie prozac everyday...after it sent one of the family to the hospital for stitches....off it went to a sanctuary...LOL. Now we just have a retarted Cockatiel...she doesnt talk, just "tweets" and of course the cutest little lap dog in the world...BooBoo...the 6 pound Mini Pinscher...we love the MinPins and hes our second...last one died 4 yrs ago and i got the new one 2 weeks later...hes my bud...LOL. Just ask KingSlug how cute he is when he hangs out with his Chihuahua...hahaha!!!

 

[severine]

I don't have a pet since I live in a little apartment..but my parents who live 2 miles away have a chocolate colored Cocker Spaniel named Belle. She's a real friendly dog. The last time I dogsat I fed her Salmon and Nachos and she puked all over the place.

Remind me to never have you dogsit!

I have a sable cocker spaniel named Becky. She was my baby before I had babies. Been with me for 5.5 years now. Limiting at times, but not always. Before kids, we used to take her on vacation with us. She used to go everywhere I went. Even did for a little bit after my first baby. But now with 2 kids, it's hard to bring her everywhere. Not enough hands to go around.

I grew up with cats but was always very allergic to them (and am worse now because of lack of exposure). Used to be a cat person but something in me changed 5.5 years ago. I love my dog. She's work, and she gets into trouble, but she's loyal. And she does a great job cleaning up all the food the kids drop on the floor. :lol:

 

[ckofer]

An old brindle boxer named Abbie (attn Dr Jeff)
A part-mutt rescue dog from called Gracie (part border collie?)
A catfish named Fred
And most recently 2.36 million black flies

 

[WoodCore]

Presently have two cats, Jack and Jasper, brothers from the same litter. I took these two in when they where six week old kittens rescued by a friend from a stone wall almost 15 years ago. Jack is the one with the stub tail and can be a real Jack**s at times regardless, I love my cats.

Jasper and Jack:

Jack:

 

[Dr Skimeister]

An old brindle boxer named Abbie (attn Dr Jeff)
A part-mutt rescue dog from called Gracie (part border collie?)
A catfish named Fred
And most recently 2.36 million black flies

A pet catfish??

 

[gmcunni]

8 year old Chocolate Lab, Bailey,who is currently recovering from ACL surgery.

 

[kid3]

2 dogs, a lab mix(Jasmine) and a Maremma(Winter), 2 llamas (Lennon & Vixen), 8 cats(Boris, Carmine, Marvin, Mickey, Martini, Simon, Tuxedo and AnnaBelle)! I am very busy and broke! The price of gas! What about hay and grain. Doubled in the last year!

Okay, I am not going there!

 

[davidhowland14]

1 portugese water dog named Zoey-Jack. Only 1 year old and he already loves the pow...

 

[gmcunni]

we lost our 13 year old choco lab last summer. it took a while but we were finally ready for a new pet this year, we did a rescue lab from American Lab Rescue.

Emma, ~12 week old lab mix.

 

[MR. evil]

Sorry for your loss Gary! The new pup is really cute!

We lost one of our dogs, an 11 year old male yellow lab (and my best friend) this past Winter. I am still not over it, but a last month we decided it was time to adopt a new member for the pack. We ended up adopting a 4.5 month old black lab / Akita mix from a rescue group in North Carolina. We didn't want to wait a month for the rescue groups regularly scheduled trip to New England so Randi and I took a road trip down to NC to pick up our new guy.

His Name is Tugg (short for Tugg Speedman) and he is currently 6 months and 56lbs. His paws are the size of my palms and the vet is thinking that he is going to be a VERY big boy.


This is Tugg the day we picked him up I NC


This is a picture taken this past weekend

 

[Warp Daddy]

Gary sorry to hear of your loss , but EMMA will help you guys adjust , she looks great !

 

[dmc]

2 cats...

Kittles Cat - found as a kitten in Mahopac by 180 actually... I adopted her from him.. She likes the taste of human flesh... all in fun.. Catches mice and tortures them - doesnt eat them..

Hunter Cat - found at a ski house as an adult(not quite ferrel)..We brought her in and she had kittens which we placed.. she quiet and sweet... Except with mice where she just chomps them down...

Down to one cat... The hunter cat passed on a couple years back..

 

[gmcunni]

Sorry for your loss Gary!

This is a picture taken this past weekend
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Gary sorry to hear of your loss , but EMMA will help you guys adjust , she looks great !

thanks guys.

Tugg is a handsome BIG fella!

 

[MR. evil]

Tugg is a handsome BIG fella!

He is big and a huge klutz! He doesn't have compete control of his body or any body awareness yet he still acts and thinks he is a 20lb pup. It makes for some really interesting and painfull moments around the house. His paws are just massive, when he trots around the house it sounds like drum beats on the hardwood and it cracks me up.