Pets - What do you have? (Page 1 of 2)

"Gus"- Black Lab (the one that got the deer leg)
"Koa"- Black Lab/ German Sheppard mix
"Whisky"- Calico cat

-E

I love my kids...lets see, there's Tyson, my 90lb black lab, he will roll on his back for anyone to get his tummy scratched.....and Tiggy my cat, he came wandering as a kitten one day and never left...I want more, but the wifes says no

Shred

LOL.  I wonder what HER vocabulary consists of???  You know...... there's a certain giant hen sculpture in Northern Ohio which bears my name too....... hmmmm..... and THAT one WAS named for me, by Melissa's daughter, Amelia.  I'm beginning to detect a pattern....... but, I digress.

WE have.......

One dog, one cat.  Kitter and Domino, respectively.  Both about 14.  I'm in denial about that...... not wanting to spend a LONG time thinking about just how old they are. 

Kitter is a chow mix.  Beautiful deep golden red fur with a perfect black button nose and WAY too much eyeliner - lol - so I keep telling him.  He charms everyone with those eyes.  He's super friendly and super agile.  He used to walk across the back of the sofa like a gymnast in the middle of a routine - complete with flawless 180 degree turns.  He is the last remaining dog of the three puppies we got one year......the other two were littermates to one another that I brought home from the shelter because I couldn't make up my mind between the two.  Kitter came to us, literally, about 6 weeks later.  He was a pup on the loose who came up to Steve on a job site one day and sat right down.  No one claimed him..... thank God.  He is our delight.

Domino is all black..... with the exception of a white spot on his chest, and one spot inside each foot, which only become visible when he flexes them........ so...... black..... with all the white spots.....thus the name, Domino.    Domino was one of a large family of semi-feral cats that moved in next door...... three generations we thought.  One day, they all disappeared..... never to been seen again ....... except for Domino, who came sauntering back casually a week later.  My greatest challenge with him has been making him into an indoor cat (yes, with the dog too) over the past year or two.  He was injured badly during two scuffles outside (another cat)..... he won't be going out there anymore.  Finally, we're all getting along pretty well now.  Miraculous really, considering they started as prey and predator.  Now they almost cuddle.

That's it.  Just the two of them.  Our kids.  The only ones we have.

My condolences Geko - I know that you're still missing your beloved Spike.  I can't get over the cruel irony of our pet's short lives.  Nothing else matches the particular joy my pets have given me, and, likewise I'm afraid, nothing else matches the particular sharp agony of their loss.

Libby    

P. S.  Meant to say that while I enjoy all animals...... I'm really a dog person.....and, like Spider, I like them big and furry.  Give me a dog I can sink my hands into. 

We have two English Springer Spaniels, Abby and Norah.
Abby is 7 years old and Norah is 4.

My daughters are still home, although we're marrying them both off late this year. They each have a dog:
Jamie has a Jack Russell Terrier (Penny) that's 2 1/2 years old.
Carly has a Fox Terrier (Claire) that's about 1 1/2 years old.

That's right, we have 4 dogs until December of 2009, when we'll go back to having two.
I have a feeling we'll be "dog sitting" after they move out.

Just one, a wonderful yellow Lab by the name of Goldie. Best dog I've ever known. Smart, fast on both land and in water, beautiful, a good protector and when she looks at you, you know there's nothing but love there. She also moans just like a human when your scratching or giving her a rub down. Makes me laugh every time....what a joy!

Roy

P.S. I ask, how can you not love this face?:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8384830@N0 … 307843519/

Just one dog... a Bernese Mountain Dog, male, almost 3 years old, about 100 lbs, named Iko.  Yes, he's named after the traditional slave song the Grateful Dead did, Iko Iko... some of the lyrics are just nonsense words with no real interpretation, but I've heard "iko iko" called a "meaningless expression of joy"... and the name fits him well!  He's our baby, so smart and so funny... he keeps me laughing!

--Vik

We sprang a convict cat from the local RSPCA rescue centre* about five years ago.

This one was a real 'lifer' and no one would go near it.

It's a viscous mother and out on a 'life license' following a biting incident with a newborn baby.

It spent the first few years refusing to eat anything but Chinese Takeaway and  sinking it's teeth into our ankles.

After a 'few little chats' and a reminder that one of our previous cats was run over by myself , it's now going straight.

* Now gone, financial trouble, they had to call in the retrievers. (Joke, ok ?)

Have two sweet cats, both boys.
A 2,5 year old american curl (red) named him Ringo.
And a kitten now 3,5 months old British shorthair (blue) his name is Kian.
Both like to play and cuddle all the time,really the sweetest cats in the world