Pets, Pets, Whose Got Pets?!

[SonjaMarie]

Ok group, what kind of pet(s) do you have?

We have a dog, Jasper, he's part Cocker Spaniel, part Pomeranian, called a Cockeranian and all fur and fuzz!

He's a rescue dog, I think he was abused as a young dog because he rail thin, hardly made a nose and ever nose/movement would scare him when we got him. He still gets nervous when things show up in his path or near him that he doesn't recognize and he sometimes gets a little testy if you pet or touch his sides too much (like he may have been kicked there and remembers it.) But he's just the loveist little puddle of puppy fur and adores his human pack and we adore him!

SM

[Spitfire]

I'm owned by two dogs and two cats. I have a Labridale cross ( 1/2 Labradore retriever and 1/2 airedale terrier) Basically a big black lab with a red moustache and beard...hilarious, his name is Bruce. We inherrited a big white mongrel of a dog from friends who moved to a no pets townhome. He looks like Dennis the Mennace's dog, you know in the cartoons? His name is Chewy (Short for Chewbacca) I have two black calico cats. One very old lady named Jasper and a new kitty named pepper who absolutely loves my dogs. Hugs and kisses and grooms them every day. So, cute! Plus my 7 llamas that keep all the grass down in our pastures, who all come when we call them and give kisses, hoping to get some kibble.

[SonjaMarie]

You have a female cat named Jasper? Nice! We once had a basement cat named Richard, she had 4 legs and 3 paws (lost one of her paws in a fight). I never knew why she had been named Richard but she taught me how to meow like a cat, I can still get them to meow at me when I meet one.

SM

[Juniper]

I have a 7 month old cocker spaniel called Max. Can you spot him anywhere? :p

[Mara]

We have two cats, Bob's a semi-longhair black & white foundling (who's limping with a sore paw today awww), and Tiger's a golden tabby. He's our baby, at 4 yrs old! :D

My in-laws have 4 black Scottie terriers. As they live near Loch Ness, they often end up in front of tourists' lenses!

[Misfit]

Right now I just have Misfit the kittycat. I had another, Nicky who I adopted in December but he went ill very fast a couple of weeks ago and I had him put to sleep. Eventually I'll find another.

Misfit has a little tiny itty bit of a feral kitten who was lost in our warehouse about six years ago. We didn't even know she was there until the guys started finding kitty poop in the stucco mix. :eek::p:D

Anyway, we finally trapped her and expected her to be forever grateful for coming to her rescue but being feral we were the enemy. The plan had been to have her neutered and put back out into the wild, but she was too cute and we didn't have the heart. Eventually we socialized her and I took her home, and is quite a loving little puss. She still does go to the beat of a different drummer, hence the name :o

[boswellbaxter]

Boswell, my avatar, a cairn terrier. (My parents liked him so much they went to the breeder and bought his brother.) Three cats: Ginny, Stripes, and Onslow. Poor Baxter, our senior cat, died last year, but he has a place in my user ID!

[Leyland]

Ahh, pets ... maintaining a Wild Kingdom is as necessary as keeping a permanent library! I have three pests.

Kona - a sealpoint siamese (a traditional or applehead like Piewacket, but smaller)
Kai - a lynx point snowshoe siamese (aka Greedy Guts - he's a big boy)
Lucy - a tricolor cocker spaniel (the baby at one year and almost five months)

[Vanessa]

We have two English Springer Spaniels called Sidney and Alfred, two cats called Harry and Hermione (don't blame me, my daughter named them!) and a hamster called Humphrey. All with totally different personalities.

[MLE]

We have two standard poodles, mom and 4-month-old son. Niffler is my faithful hiking companion, and she is sternly teaching her son all the necessary skills of life, which include protecting the owner, ignoring cats and llamas, and hunting gophers.
Since this question was asked on the old forum, I must report the demise of my guard-geese to foxes and old age. Also poor old Onyx the cat, who drifted off while snoozing in his favorite place -- feels odd to be catless about the home place, altho my daughter/son-in-law, who live out where we keep the extra llamas, have two cats that are amazing fly-catchers.
We have only five llamas now (since '81 we have had over 200), just the two old packer friends I use for my PR and speaking engagements and the up-and-coming replacements. But the daughter/son-in-law have acquired horses, one of whom, Magic, seems to think she is a 'lap horse'. I got the dh riding lessons for his birthday, so I won't have to be the one to correct his technique. Plus on and off we care for a retired friend's donkey.

[Divia]

I have a cat and a dog. My cat is pure evil, my dog is very gentle.

Attached is a blurry pic :)

[Tanzanite]

I just have my Shihtzu Tanzanite (or Tanzy for short). She's all of 9 pounds, black and white and completely spoiled!

[MLE]

I have a cat and a dog. My cat is pure evil, my dog is very gentle.

Attached is a blurry pic :)
Sweet looking friends!

[Divia]

Sweet looking friends!


Its odd ya know. People say that cats and dogs can get along and I"m like nooo but then these two came along and they do. Its pretty sweet.

I love animals. I cant wait to get my barn fixed then I want chickens, sheep, goats and a horse. I'm going country!

[ellenjane]

My avatar is our 8-year-old Westie, Phoebe. We adopted her when she was five - she'd been a breeding dog in a puppy mill-type operation, but the owners wanted to get rid of her after she couldn't carry puppies to term any longer. She's a great companion - very cuddly and funny. Her name was Twinkie when we adopted her, so we decided to give her something a bit more dignified. :p

[cw gortner]

I have a Welsh Pembroke Corgi named Paris, whom I raised since she was eight weeks old. She came to me a few days after the death of my previous dog, Cha Cha, which had left me quite bereft. She's so bright and loving, and very fiesty. When I write, she sits at my feet. After two hours she nudges me and barks: Time to play!

[Amanda]

We have a 4 year old boxer dog called Evie.

I wanted to call her Ellie for Eleanor of Aquitaine but my husband didn't like it!

[pat]

We have a Cavalier King Charles Tri-colour called Penny, she is now 8 years old and has the start of arthritus. We also have a budgie called Fergie (a boy), who is a bit scatty, and now 6 gold fish! Three are outside and three inside!

[LCW]

I have a 8 1/2 yr old Pit Bull Shepherd mix named Lila (sound familiar?) . She is the best girl and has been my hiking buddy for a long time. She loooves every person she meets but has...um...anger management issues with other dogs. We're working on that...it's a work in progress ;)

I also have three cats:

A 10 yr old white domestic long hair named Zazu who is sweet, gentle, but takes no crap from the rowdy obnoxious youngin's!!

Then there's Gibson, a blue F3 Savannah, who is almost two. He's the smartest cat I know and does nothing without throughly analyzing it first. He's very talkative and I love our "morning conversations" over coffee!

And my Marshall! We lovingly refer to him as our "big galoof" as he's not the most coordinated kitty out there, lol! He's an F2 Savannah, has a heart of gold, and weighs 21tall lean pounds yet still he does whatever his bossy big brothers tell him to do. He is a total love and is the most affectionate cat I've ever known!

They're my babies and couldn't imagine my life without them!!

[Alaric]

All we have now are two pet lovebirds. They're about 7 and 8 respectively.

As I mentioned at the old forum, we had a pet rabbit that died just before Christmas. I miss her a lot. :(

[MLE]

Then there's Gibson, a blue F3 Savannah, who is almost two. He's the smartest cat I know and does nothing without throughly analyzing it first. He's very talkative and I love our "morning conversations" over coffee!

And my Marshall! We lovingly refer to him as our "big galoof" as he's not the most coordinated kitty out there, lol! He's an F2 Savannah, has a heart of gold, and weighs 21tall lean pounds yet still he does whatever his bossy big brothers tell him to do. He is a total love and is the most affectionate cat I've ever known!

They're my babies and couldn't imagine my life without them!!

What do F2 and F3 mean in regard to your cats? In camelids, that would refer to the generation since the original outcross.

[EC2]

Brilliant reading about everyone's menagerie. Jasper is obviously a popular name. Our old tabby cat - approximately 18, is called Jasper. Then we have Dottie who's 12 and Taz the rescue mongrel (some sort of small collie cross) who's 10. He sleeps in the bottom of the built in wardrobe and every night he carries his teddy in there and his bone if he happens to have one - all that's precious to him in the world. The cats sleep in the kitchen because they have access then to the cat flap. Oh, and we have three large tanks of tropical fish!
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[LCW]

What do F2 and F3 mean in regard to your cats? In camelids, that would refer to the generation since the original outcross.


Yes, the F stands for the generation away from the serval. Savannahs are a domestic hybrid of the African Serval, like a Bengal is a hybrid of an Asian Leopard Cat. My boys are early generation foundation cats, meaning that they that they are not far from the original serval outcross. They are part of the stock that's building the breed, but the catch is that only the females are fertile until at least 5-6 generations away from the Serval so the males are pet cats. And they make absolutely wonderful loving pets!!

[Telynor]

Right now, all we have is Mewsashi, aka Mu the Terrible. I think he's the short-hair variety of the Turkish Van. He's polydactyl, and at times too clever for his own good. He has a cream coloured body, reddish points like a Siamese, and big blue eyes. He's a real lover, and about 12 years old.

I rescued him from the shelter, when he was a catling, and he was crying and crying in his cage. I walked over, and he immediately silenced and started reaching for me. When I walked away, and he couldn't see me, the howls started up. I went back, and he was again purring and trying to get to me. Again, I tried to leave the room, and he started up again. That settled it, it was obvious he had picked me, and I adopted him on the spot.

J's cat, Jake, we had to put to sleep earlier this year, as he was developing complications from the diabetes, and there wasn't much that the vet could do -- but Jakey had a long, long life, and made it to 18 years. We still miss him terribly. Mu has since become terribly clinging to me, and is clearly depressed.

I also had a Siamese, Bushiko aka the World's Meanest Cat, for close to fifteen years. She was clearly a one person cat, and she hated everyone but me. I could pick her up and she would immediately cuddle in, but woe betide anyone else who tried to pet her!

[Leyland]

My sealpoint siamese, Kona, is extraordinarily shy and very much a one person cat, as well. Whenever anyone comes in the house, he'll bolt for a hidey hole and will not emerge until visitors have left. This can take a few days in the case of house guests.

If I catch him prior to bolting and hold him to show guests, then he's so full of uncontrollable panic and struggles so to be free that I don't have the heart to force him to overcome his shyness. He's never been mean though. He'll go 'cat'atonic before he'll turn mean.

Siamese are definitely a unique breed.

[Telynor]

I've always felt that cats have a real link to those of us who are readers. After all, it's a quiet, solitary activity, and cats like that. Mu just loves it when I curl up in bed to read.

[Misfit]

I've always felt that cats have a real link to those of us who are readers. After all, it's a quiet, solitary activity, and cats like that. Mu just loves it when I curl up in bed to read.


Well I envy you. I try to do that and Misfit the kittycat is up and down jumping on my chest in front of the book to have a knead fest (purr purr), down, up knead (purr purr) and down, up knead (purr purr) , down, up knead (purr purr), down, up knead (purr purr). I finally give up and move to the couch and she walks across the book and goes for the furry purry knead thing again.

Can anyone say pestiferous nuisance? Oh well, I love her to bits anyway :p

[SonjaMarie]

Jasper, my dog, will either lie down beside me on the bed, or at the end of the bed when I'm reading.

SM

[Judith]

Two Shetland sheepdogs. :)

[boswellbaxter]

Two Shetland sheepdogs. :)

Nice doggies!

[Misfit]

What beauties. I have a fondness for Labs, but they are gorgeous.

[MLE]

nice photo of the shelties! I used to take pictures of llamas for clients, and know how hard it is to get animals to pose against a pleasing background, not half in sun and half in shadow, or in front of the tatty old lawn chair. Critters just don't understand why you are standing there with that little box in front of your eye!

[diamondlil]

Two Shetland sheepdogs. :)

Gorgeous dogs! They look a bit like Collies.

[Carine]

I have a Guinea Pig ! :)

[MLS859]

Five dogs -- three Boston Terriers (Spencer, Madigan and Butler), one black pug (Darcy), one lab/pit/hound mix (Clayton) -- and, at the moment, I'm keeping my daughter' chihuahua mix (Reese).

We also have a blue-crown conure (Pippin) and a mosaic chinchilla (Wicket).

Lynn

[Leyland]

I've got an application pending to adopt this 11 month old Cocker Spaniel named Chelsea from a volunteer rescue/foster group. I really hope she gets to join the rest of my animal house soon! I want her to be a playmate for Lucy, the Cocker I already have, since Lucy spends so much of the day in the garage alone while I'm at work.

[Vanessa]

She looks gorgeous, Leyland! Fingers crossed for you.

[SonjaMarie]

Good luck! She's a beauty! My Jasper is part Cocker and he just has the softest ears an fur.

SM

[Ellie]

We practically have a zoo:

Jay- a Thoroughbred gelding, looks kind of mule like, an absoloute sook with a sweet temperament.

Nipper- A terrier (we think he's a cairn terrier cross), he was left on our doorstep as a puppy by an old lady with alzheimers (sp?) after she bought him from a pet shop. He's very much a one family dog and can be a little viscious with strangers- we've had to put a fair bit of work into him to help this.

Mia- about 10 years old, a Collie x Border collie female, one of the sweetest dogs in the world.

The Cats-
Belle- a female tabby about 8 years old. One time matriach of the Walker family cats who is now losing her superior status.

Tiger- my tabby male, he was born to a feral cats but is quite friendly he hates tom cats and has a go at them if any come near the house.

Layla- my female black and white fluffy, totally evil. Goes from loving and purring to trying to bite your hand of.

and the twins, both 10 months old and tabby they are Sabah and Cleo, both born to a feral cat and abandoned and raised by us. Origionally when they were old enough we were going to find them new homes, however I pursuaded my parents to let me keep Sabah as an 18th birthday present and get her desexed etc, my whole family are absoloute softies and we couldn't split them up so Cleo stayed too.

We have 2 canaries and 4 Zebra finches as well as a Quail.
We have also become Kakariki Parrot fans and have two- Honey and Tilt (who is rather psychotic).

Also one hen and 3 goldfish. We also have 2 female Guinea Pigs who are on loan to my mums best friend who is showing them and also going to breed with them.

Until January this year I had a Thoroughbred x mare Bess who was my best friend, unfortunately age got the best of her and she had to be put down, she was he best little horse in the whole world in my humble opinion. :D

[SonjaMarie]

Good lord, that is a farm!

SM

[MLE]

Hi Ellie, I see you found us! My, your menagerie outnumbers mine!

[Ellie]

Hi all!

Well we do live on a farm, so that helps...

I was finally able to access the old site just and found the link to this site, thanks to those that sent the link to me!

[amyb]

We have 1 dog, Lita - toy rat terrier, 2 cats: Kille, Hendrix and Stone, 1 rabbit, Vedder (after Eddie), 1 gerbil, Marley (after Bob) and 1 rat, Lecalvier.

[Misfit]

Hi all!

Well we do live on a farm, so that helps...

I was finally able to access the old site just and found the link to this site, thanks to those that sent the link to me!

Ellie, glad to see you found us.

[chuck]

My wife and I have 5 cats... Buck, Clementine, Kip, Katie, and Lady Grey and 4 Australian Shepherds.. Rascallion, Chiclet, Reverence, and Strider....Life is good and very busy.....And yes....the Cats live on the second floor...Currently reading struggling with Barbara Erskine's time slip novel "Kingdom of Shadows"

[Vanessa]

I'd give the book up as a bad job if you're not enjoying it, Chuck. I really like Barbara Erskine as an author and have read most of her books - I have her last two still to read. But each to their own. If I didn't like a book after 100 pages, I'd abandon it (then again, I'm very good at persevering in the hope that it will get better myself!). Life's too short.

[Misfit]

I'd give the book up as a bad job if you're not enjoying it, Chuck. I really like Barbara Erskine as an author and have read most of her books - I have her last two still to read. But each to their own. If I didn't like a book after 100 pages, I'd abandon it (then again, I'm very good at persevering in the hope that it will get better myself!). Life's too short.


Vanessa's right Chuck, or at least put it aside and pick up something else. I enjoyed it but it's far from Erskine's best, which doesn't help with you're trying out a new genre.

[Leyland]

I was still waiting yesterday to hear from the rescue group about the adoption of a black and tan Cocker named Chelsea, and getting impatient with the lack of followup from them since Tuesday.

So I went online and checked out the available dogs from the breeder I bought Lucy (my 1 1/2 yr old Cocker) from last year. Yay! I bought a sweet 4 1/2 month old black and tan male yesterday evening. I've named him Guinness and he's the most laid back pup I've ever had.

He's even Lucy's half-uncle, but he's a year and two weeks younger than she is. Guinness and Lucy's mother were sired by the same dog named Sir Supertramp (different mothers though). Guinness will keep Lucy company during the work week and espcially during tax season when I basically come home just to sleep!

[Vanessa]

Oh, how lovely, Leyland. Hope Guinness brings you lots of love. What an appropriate name for his colouring!:)

[SonjaMarie]

We want pictures Leyland!

SM

[EC2]

Guinness, what a great name for a black and tan!
We have a spaniel called Guinness who lives round the corner from us with his buddy Murphy - and Irish setter. Murphy's is an Irish beer too, so they're a matching pair in that sense!