Just starting a pet thread to talk about our critters!

I have three dogs and a cat!

What are their names, Lila, I can't remember!

I've lost my two girl ducks since last Fall, and still have my big male Muscovey, David, and my tiny male duck Yerpsalot, and the buns Hefmeister, Fawn, and Cricket. Hef is still young and bouncing off the walls.

The pig in my sig is Wilber, who we took in for four days from the shelter during a threatening hurricane - my rabbit Max and I loved him so much, but my husband said no more critters But I'm going to get a pig, and also goats and some fish, oh and one beautiful day, DOGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I like your piglet! It is pretty! They are some smart animals too! My dogs are: Sabbath the German Shephard dog, Fuzzy the Sheltzi, and Lucky the luckiest cat in the world, and then the secret dog, a Schnauzer!

My childhood pet.

He liked peanut butter.

Oh my gosh!!! I hope kittens don't bite nipples, rabbits do.

Oh boy, here goes

Horses

Wyatt
Precious
Woodrow
Peanut
Boing
Little Boy
Twister
Mama
Shadow
Musher
Glory
Meathead


Dogs

Arnie
Bruce
Ruby Jean RJ
Buddy


cats


Bobo
Marvin
Peanut
Zagnut


Goats

Hatch
Lenny
Squiggy


Chickens

35


Cattle

50 head








I think that's everyone!!!

How did meathead get his/her name?

His papered name is ??? I forgot, anyway, he was a stallion for the first 6 years of his life, and being an Arab, well he's a meathead. Or he was before we gelded him!!! Now Twister and Little boy are both stallions and are totally different than Meathead was!!! They're Quarter Horses. We raise both.

A quarter horse??? Is that his picture on the Kentucky quarter?

Well that is cool!! Our quarter horses are bred for the color Blue Roan. I have been trying to upload thier pics for my side pic, but 5 times it failed. If it works someday you'll see two really nice studs chowing down

Open your pics in "paint", then resize, then try again!

Are the horse and the cat named Peanut twins? Do they both come when called?

I call my cats the same name (shithead) and they all respond to it.

4 cats
Fiona, Emmy, Cleo and Boy Boy
2 dogs
Maya and Lady
2 aquariums 1 55 gallon and 1 20 gallon....loads of fish

1 Lizard named BooBoo


and the mountain lion that lives over the fence and down in the trees....we haven't named him/her and hope they mosey on before we have to name it...

I have an imaginary parakeet named Velociraptor that I'm trying to convert to the Democratic Party.

Adam, Christine,Lila

No they are not related, just a coinkidink

Cougar's are dangerous, kill it before it kills your pets, relocating doesn't work, they have a 100 mile range

Lila- I am lost, what is paint? please help me!!!!

He's not kidding about the cougars. I don't know if I would shoot it, though - they got babies, too. They are bigger than you think and you need to keep the critters inside at night.

I used to live in rural Orange County and cougars killed a few careless joggers. They have no fear. However, I once found myself about 50 ft from a cougar in Joshua Tree National Park and we exchanged a curious stare for about 2 minutes. It casually sauntered off among the rocks.

three dogs... all rescued from shelters...

Alex (16!)
Julius (Jules) (about 2.5 years... we've been owned by Jules for two years... picked him up at the Anti-Cruelty Society the day Arsenal lost to Barca in the European Cup Finale after we stopped to escape some rain on the way to the train... wonderful boy)
Sofia (just over one year... we picked her up at a Petco regional dog rescue event we wandered into when we stopped there for some supplies for Sir Alex and Jules... she peeked up at me from the lap of a lady, wagged her tail, and jumped down...)

I'll post piccy's tonight...

is this common practice with kitty owners?

wow, no wonder you have to plan months in advance just to leave town for one night

i love dogs, dont have one now, love yours, can you rent em to me for a weekend?

Adam. it's a well known fact fact that cougars have a great sense of humor. They love jokes about exiting stage left, that kills, as will they. I've been in a couple of harry situations with them, and every time if I make more noise than they can I win. Now here's the weird thing, cougar killed in Chicago. Far away from us, but not to be taken lightly. In fact in Ill. there have been multiple cougar sightings since 2003. My horses and cows are my livelyhood and I will not hesitate to shoot one, not for a second. That being said, my wife is older than me and has been accused of being a cougar???? I have never thought of shooting her, ever.

Was that kitty or titty? Nice boobs though!!! Hey back off I'm a man, and I don't care what's attached to it, nice boob!!!

Ok, the cat on the stairs zapping the Beagle with his green laser beams, does he do that to the other dogs as well? Does it work, does the Beagle obey the cat's every command?

You're almost up there with me bushwa! Actually, with the dogs you are more up there than I.

The poor beagle looks terrorized. The Wirehair needs goggles, the others, look a lot like ours...lost in translation

When I was young we used to get cougar and panther sightings quite often. The area wasn't technically rural but we lived along the Illinois River where the Little Vermillion River connected to it so we had a lot of wooded area, a lot of rivers and creeks and a lot of wild life.

I was out playing one evening with my dog when I heard a growl/cry come up from the rail road tracks that were down in a ravine-like area. I got scared and went back up to the house. The dog had to stay outside. She had the front porch to sleep on but back then dogs were outside. She disappeared that night. No clue what happened to her.

I would do something about having a cougar hanging around my house. Call whatever wildlife officials you have in the area and find out what can be done.

That really is a great picture!!!

Gunny, it sounds like you happen upon the critter that decides to be with you! That's so

Where we lived in Maryland, we had what I guess were bobcats, they never scared me because they are kind of small, right, I think? But my sister was absolutely terrified because the bobcat would get in the tree right outside our bedroom window and scream.

We have panthers in the swamp down here though, which you probably know have been supplemented with western mountain lions to bring up the population. I haven't heard of them bothering anybody, but the swamp isn't allowed to be built in, there are just some Seminole towns. The alligators here do eat people sometimes, though, one ate a jogger a few miles from here, I think last year, and spitting distance from our house a huge one attacked some guy, but he got away. I do wildlife rescues, and everyone down here lives either on or near canals and lakes, and people regularly ask me what they should do if they see an alligator, and ask if they should call someone to come kill it - I'm like, just leave him alone, and they're like, but he could eat my dog!!! And I'm like, then don't walk your dog next to the canal, especially at night. They aren't like cougars, they tend to stick in or right near the water, I get very distressed that so many people here have a bloodlust for the gators.

No guarantees I'll pick 'em up for return on the day promised, or at all.

The "beagle" is a Jack Russel/Dachshund X, little thing at 10 lb., and I promise you she does the terrorizing. The gray tabby is "My cat," and I'm the hater of cats. She and I are very close, together virtually all day and night - she's 8" from me right now. The wirehair is an Airedale, and he, too, is a very close pal of mine. 90 lbs, and I adore him. We play a lot. Airedales are great, great dogs. He loves snow.

The Shepherd mix is... well, a diva, and the cranky granny of the group. I'm the only one in the house she loves, though she ADORES our cleaning lady - very odd.

The extremely fat gray longhair cat (19 lb.) is my daughter's - and the cat is no friend of mine, and so why she talks to me CONSTANTLY is a mystery. The Airedale loves to nuzzle her, and the dachsie/JR loves to come flying from the furniture to pounce on her. The dog is probably staring at the gray longhair in the shot where you think she's being terrorized - in fact, she's likely oblivious to the Tabby staring daggers of hate at her.

The Rottie is as dumb as a box of rocks, terrified of everything, and extremely eager to please - very sweet. My son's dog. Oh, she's also cross-eyed. I don't know what that dog's mother was smokin', but it was nasty stuff.

Every last one of them is a rescue, as am I - so my wife says.

I'd like to live in a house where clumps of fur do not waft across the scratched wooden floors 24/7, and without coarse brown and black hairs seemingly woven into every piece of fabric in the house. But because that would require living without the animals, it's not to be.

Oh, yeah, left to right:

Dolly (Rott) 5yrs
Zoey (Shep) 11 yrs
Crystal (Fat) 4 yrs
Jake (Airedale) 9-10 yrs
Mau (Tabby) 10-12 yrs
Nicky (JR/D) 2.5 years

You may have seen Jake, nicely trimmed and groomed, in Mercedes Benz print ads, and Zoey was in a commercial for Enbrel that ran for a couple of years.

Cougars are nasty; I hear that there are more injuries and death from them in California than from sharks. They get shot a lot because they have no fear. I consider myself lucky that I wasn't a cougar's dinner that one time.

I notified the Colorado Wildlife Department. They think it's a young male. We keep the cats in now and the dogs come in before sundown...beings that they live the dogs life, they stay inside most of the time anyway, under my feet...shedding like crazy! the folks from the state are looking for it...will dart it and take it back up into the mountains...yeah, makes me a little nervous...it looked me in the eyes with no fear. I'm watching for it now as I type...it's that time when it comes out....dusk. My honey thinks it isn't a very big deal...I said IT'S A LION!!!!!

Well no wonder the tabby is shooting daggers at the JR/Dachsie cross! I love Jack Russells, when they belong to someone else and don't live next door to me. If you could bottle some of their energy you could make millions.

My plumber has an airdale and love him very much. I always thought they were beautiful dogs. My Great Aunt had a wirehaired terrier (that's the smaller version right?) named Honeybun that was just a royal pain in the ass spoiled rotten dog. She loved that dog though.




Well hell, I'd be a cranky diva too if my commercial ran for two years and yet I still had to deal with two cats, a "dumb as a box of rocks" rottie and a Jack Russell cross! She is entitled to more you know!




The fattest cat I'd ever seen belonged to a shrink and a veterinarian. The poor thing was so fat her belly dragged on the ground when she attempted to walk. None of my current cats are fat but Spunky in his prime got up to 17 pounds. He was a pretty long cat though and lived to be 19.



Sounds like Skye except for the dumb part. Skye had the worst teeth of any dog I'd ever seen. All crooked and it looked like one was either broken off or cut off (possibly because it was too long). Her upper lip would get caught on that tooth all the time. She was my snaggled tooth pup. Smartest dog though and awesome personality. Well, except for the obsessive compulsive disorder.



God bless your wife.



I'm thinking the next dog will be a Standard Poodle. They don't shed.

I'm not that fond of poodles. They tend to be a little high strung. Yappy.

All working dogs tend to be high strung. That's why you have to exercise them. You could call my male, Damien, high strung. He actually busted through one of the windows in the back door while barking at some dog in the park. Fortunately he didn't cut himself because I was at work at the time, but how a dog acts really reflects the home environment more than the dog.

Poodles are hunting dogs, they need to work or they get bored.

Yup, you know JRs

The mini Airedale is the Lakeland Terrier. The Wirehaired Fox Terrier is also gorgeous, just adorable, and most everyone knows them as "ASTA!"




My wife says that's her "widow dog, " the one she'll get when I'm dead. She has LOTS of things she plans to do and get when I dead: A Miata, No Lawn, Standard poodle, empty garage, etc.

But she said that because she assumed a man wouldn't want a poodle. Thing is, I adore Standards. they're extremely smart, and if you've ever heard one bark, they can be every bit as shorts-staining as any Shepherd, Rottie, Airdeale, Dobie, Malinoix, Am Staff etc. (I've had 'em all, and NONE has ever had a scary bark to rival the Airedale.)

As long as the Standard doesn't have the ridiculous "French" cut, I'd love one. But we're already WELL over the maximums established by city ordinance.

Course, I just say that about loving a Standard so the wife doesn't bump me off any sooner just so she can get her dog.

BTW, can ya believe it? I'm (mildly) allergic to dogs and cats!

I'd never subject a real dog to that ridiculous cut. There is an actual purpose to that cut though, it was developed to rid the dog of most of the fur (hair actually) so that when they dove into the water to retrieve the fowl they wouldn't get so water logged that they'd sink instead of swim. What is left is left to cover the vital organs to keep them from getting too cold while immersed in the water when the water was below a certain temp.

I'd still never subject them to that cut, it looks like something from a doggie cult. But a standard with the regular cut or the puppy cut looks like Benji.

I too am mildly allergic to dogs and cats, especially to cats. Oh well, I'm sure they are allergic to me too. Especially when I toss one of the four terrorist kittens out of whatever room they managed to dimensionally travel into. Seriously, these kittens just appear before me, freaks me out.

They are why I was sick most of this winter. I added 4 cats to my house just as the windows and doors were all getting shut down for the season. Not my brightest move.

I've got a tiger/tortie cat Cujo-kitty. Sorry no pics though. She's kinda got a nasty streak, she'll even growl when strangers walk by if she's sitting on the window perch. I shelter adopted her 11yrs ago and she came from an abusive situation. She's pretty independant but about 2 yrs ago she started to purr and sit in my lap-finally!

This is Lucy, our 15 month old cocker spaniel. We love her to bits! We are waiting to hear from the breeder about getting a 2nd one. Lucy's mother is expecting another litter in June.

That's pretty awesome that she decided to trust you. You do realize that's pretty rare and speaks volumes about you and your relationship with your cujo kitty right? You've done something right! Keep up the good work.

And if you want a lap kitty, I've got four, I'm sure I could part with two of them!

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Pooter and spunk

A Siberian husky, a rott/bird dog mix, 2 long haired cats, and a 20 something horse

Google up some Cocker rescue groups in your area. For virtually every breed there are rescue groups that go to all the area shelters and adopt their chosen breed and give them foster care until an adoptee is found. those who won't go to a shelter because they want a specific breed should try to remember this. That's where our Airedale came from when he was 6 mos., along with all his vet and AKC paperwork since birth.

BTW, just a quick animal lecture for those who don't know, "My dog has AKC papers" means nothing. Worse than worthless, because it misleads so many people. This can certify that the dog is actually the breed claimed, but it means absolutely nothing with regard to the health or quality of the animal. nada. Zip. There is no purebreed out there that does not have a "Champion" or three in the family tree. AKC papers do not tell you if your dog has kennel cough, bad hips, blind, siblings that all died at 6 mos, massive congenital deformities and myriad other problems, including behavioral problems.

Indeed, virtually every breed these days has its own inherent problems exacerbated by inbreeding, especially when a movie or TV show or Dog Show win makes one breed popular for a couple of years: Hip dysplasia for Shepherds, skin problems for Goldens, deafness for Dalmatians, eye problems for Cockers and Pugs, respiratory problems for Bulldogs - just to name a very few.

Anyone selling you a dog boasts that the dog has "AKC papers" as if you should be impressed, RUN! Either they're idiots or, more likely, crooks.

Finally, there is no less reliable place to buy a dog than at a pet store. I won't even go into the puppy mill horror stories - everybody thinks the pet store THEY found is the exception. At a pet store you will grossly over pay, you'll get the dog its breeders knew they couldn't sell to people who know dogs, and you will encourage pet stores to sell dogs and cats. Of course some out there have had some GREAT dogs purchased at pet stores. They were very lucky.

End of lecture.

I can't tell! (Tiny picture) is that a standard, a Bedlington, or a sheep?

What he said!

Ya'll are cracking me up!! The hair on the carpet thing is what got to me, at our other ranch we had all tile and hardwood floors, here we have all carpet except for bathrooms and the kitchen, I am constantly vacuuming this house, and I hate vacuuming!!! Especially now that their all shedding...

Click to view attachment Better yet.... go to www.craigslist.org

That is where I got my Beautiful German Shepard Dog Sabbath.
The lady had her advertised for $50, but when I talked to her about the dog, the lady said, "Just take her." She wanted Sabbath gone more than the $50!!!! Then the lady said, "She is a $600 full blood dog." and she went a got the papers for me to take with the dog!!!! I was FLABBERGASTED!!!!
When I first took Sabbath home she was extremely undisciplined, and jumped on me every time I'd open the door, was very interested in the trash can, and had a nipping problem. That was almost one year ago. Now she has slowed her jumping to a couple of times when she comes in the house, she will sit at the door and "relax" before she can come into the main part of the house, she stays away from the trash can because every time she went towards it to inspect it's contents, I went over to the trash can and beat the piss out of the can, thus making alot of noise and Sabbath would run away from it! Then I'd call Sabbath to me and give her hugs. I use this method alot to keep her out of the garden and away from the electric fence wire too. This also reinforces Sabbaths trust in me and I have no problems with her running away from me out in public. When I call her name, and she comes to me, it is ALWAYS a GOOD experience for her!!!! Click to view attachment

I do the same with Fuzzy. He was real shy at first, but now he is like a wiggly worm when he get close to me, and he will alway show submissiveness! Fuzzy Wuzzy Wuz a Bear.... but now he's a dog!!!! That is his song!!!!Click to view attachment

As for the secret dog... the The Super Secret Schnauzer with the Sniffing Snout, she is spoiled rotten! But I can't say no more, since she is a secret dog. but if I were to whisper a secret about her, she is very obedient and when she and Sabbath are playing, she will strategically position herself underneath Sabbath's stomach!Click to view attachment

I appreciate your concern, and in fact the breeder we deal with travels literally all over the country rescuing cockers. We are however, so impressed with the temperament of the dogs she breeds, that this is the only way we would consider another dog at this point in our life.