Furry, Feathered, or Fins?

[Mia14]

What kind of pets do you have at home and what are their names?

:) :) :) :) :) :)
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I have:
- 4 house geckos (named Buddha, Dolly (dalai) Lama, and two unnamed babies)
- 1 betta fish named Gandhi
- 1 Bichon Frise (dog) named Wolffgang
- 1 parakeet named Melody

:love:

[trulyme212]

I have one fish names Marcus after Marcus from the L Word!

I have only ever had two other fishes before....no other pets!


:o)

[Rick336]

I have two cats.....Sammy and Randall. I found them in a dumpster when they were only a few weeks old. Now they're eight years old and fat and happy. And very spoiled. :D

[Jennifer5]

2 dogs - Belle and Josie
2 cats - Huckleberry and Sapphire
and I clicked other because of all the fleas around from the dogs and cats...can't seem to get rid of them all (we have indoor/outdoor pets):)

Great thread Mia!

[Sharieab]

At my mum's house we have 2 dogs, Freddie and Leo. We had a cat Salsa, but he died a little while ago. I loved him! Greatest cat ever. I'm trying to convince my mum to get my girl's cat, Chancey.

[Lydia]

No pets here.

SO and I are both allergic to most furry creatures. I've wondered about poodles, though. I've heard that some people with allergies to other breeds of dogs don't react to poodles in the same way.

I doubt that SO would go for a poodle as a pet, though. He think I'm girly enough already as is. :))

[schoolboi]

I have two dogs and a cat. They are my children. My ex and I share joint custody. Each of them were rescued. They all currently live with me. (so does my ex) When I move to Berkeley this fall I am only going to be able to take one dog with me. The others will stay with thier other daddy here in Lynchburg.

My oldest son is a dog named Masala (all of the kids are named after Indian food). He turned three this past December 27th. He is hyper and extreamly loving. He is non-breed specific (we do not use the "m" word in our house).

My youngest son is a dog named Korma. He turned two last October 31st. He is very layed back and loves to snuggle. He will be moving with me to Berkeley. He is very excited about starting seminary, but even more excited that we will have one of the best dog parks in the country just a few blocks from where we will be living! He is also non-breed specific.

My only daughter is a cat named Pakora. She actualy adopted us last summer. I have never really liked cats until her. We do not know her exact age or birthdate, but we think a good guess is that she will turn two this July 4th. I just found out yesterday that I am alergic to cats. :'(

If you would like to see a picture of my kids look at Corey's MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/coreybrittian).

[Vanessa White]

We have an indoor game preserve at our house: 1 dog, four years old named Abby, who is a Springer Spaniel mix; five cats: Pookie (16), Einstein (12); Felix (9); Cooney/Carlo (10); and Ashley (2). Also, a fish tank full of fish that keep having babies; and a guinea pig in our daughter's room named Stewart. All the four leggeds are rescues, even the guinea pig is from the shelter thanks to Mia. Our daughter's beta fish of one year just died last week and she took it really hard. They are like our other children in our house too, like Corey. Good luck with leaving your cat and other dog when you move, I am sure it will be hard. Unfortunately, as you can see, we have more than one cat that is quite up in age so I fear starting to lose them soon. Thanks for the thread, Mia- great idea!! Vanessa :love:

[Zerbie]

We don't have a lifestyle that would accomodate pets (way too much travel, weird hours away from home, etc) but if we could we would have them. I adore rabbits. Maybe when I'm an old lady if I"m not traveling too much I might adopt bunnies from a rescue.

I tried to talk my husband into investing in a large aquarium but he flatly refuses. "Fish are NOT pets. They are decorations that you have to feed. You can't play fetch with a fish. You can't sit and cuddle a fish."

Hubby *really* loves animals. Between us, and not having opportunity to prioritize caring for live animals, we have probably about 70 stuffed animals. Many of them bunnies.

[Mia14]

Good idea, schoolboi - I also have a myspace with pictures of my pets.

See em here! (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=812631&MyToken=06ee1762-ebd2-4efe-a501-d2539437846f)

[tdogg]

My girl and I each brought a cat and dog into the relationship and now they are 'our kids'.

Dot (who by the way is the most perfect dog in the world) is the cutest Yorkie Poo (Yorkshire Terrier/Poodle) who is very gifted and beautiful.
Travis is the best cutest Australian Shepherd/Border Collie mix ever - and the two of them are absolutely adorable together! :love:
Kitty Mou is a very petite calico and queen of the house. Puddinhead is a wild black cat who was born in a prison here in CA and 'rehabilitated' into a housecat (sort of). :shifty:
Oh, and can't forget the newest member, Hotty, a bright chestnut Arabian gelding who pretty much is named aptly!! Oh and he's HUGE too! :eek: Not at home, but at my trainers, which is home away from home.

My friend at a previous job had a purple Beta fish named Mr. Fish (original huh?),and I was his adopted mom. We used to have great conversations and he was really pretty. One day he died and then I cried and everyone at work made fun of me. :'( It was awful. They have no heart (and call themselves friends)!! :rolleyes:

[Jennifer5]

it's always hard when it comes to lose/leave pets like corey... we also had to leave a cat and get rid of one of the dogs when our family moved to Berkeley. The cat was mean so I didn't mind that, but I still miss the dog, he was a lad and great dane mix... so sweet and loving, my sister and I learned to walk by pulling ourselves up but grabbing onto him... my I guess that the campus has rules.... I'm just glad I wasn't older at the time, it would have been that much harder:)

Remember Corey I want to know how you end up liking Berkeley. I still miss it. What dog park are you referring to?:)

[schoolboi]

I am really going to miss my kids when I leave Lynchburg, but I will still have joint custody and I will get to visit them a few times a year and talk to them on the phone when even I want!

The dog park in Berkeley is Ohlone Dog Park (http://www.ohlonedogpark.org/). It was recently featured in Dog Fancy Magazine.

[Lydia]

Have you talked to your kids on the phone before? How did they act?

I ask because my SO has "visiting rights" with a dog, Cocoa, he had with a previous partner. Occassionally he'll call and ask to speak to the dog. Apparently Cocoa will go nuts when he hears SO's voice, racing around the room in an attempt to find him. :)

[schoolboi]

My dogs get very excited when I we call. My oldest Masala likes to sing to the the Good Morning song from Singing in the Rain. So I will often call and sing it to him. We have an answering machine that the kids can hear when we leave a message, so I often call in talk to them on it too.

[Sharieab]

When my mum calls and i'm at her house, i'll put Freddie, the oldest (a german shepard beagel mix), he sits there very calmly and then goes to her room if the door is open and gets on her bed.

[Jennifer5]

I didn't realice that's the place you were talking about schoolboi, I have been there... I always liked that place...so many sweet puppies:) right by the water too.

[suzer1013]

4 cats, all male:

Stanley -- all black, gold yellow eyes, skinny and "the baby" even though he isn't the youngest

Ollie -- "The King" -- alpha male, first kitty I got, gray tabby with white chest and paws, very sensitive, very talkative at 3 a.m., 3:30, 4, 4:30 - etc. (it's driving us crazy!)

Felix -- the Gentle Giant, I tease him that he's half pot bellied pig; he was a feral rescue, and has turned into the sweetest kitty ever; all black, like Stanley, with gold yellow eyes, but twice the size of Stanley, doesn't like to be picked up, but loves to be loved on otherwise

Oscar -- The Rascal, the Scamp, vies for alpha male position with Ollie; Osc is the coolest dude around, coolest cat I've ever met, really; everyone loves him, and he's especially good with kids, and always getting into some kind of mischief (then gives you that "I'm so cute" look to get out of trouble); can convince anyone that he's starving if he can see the bottom of the food bowl, even if there's still food in it

That's our "family" of furry kids. We love 'em! :)

Susan

[sbonser04]

i have a little doggie at home, a Lhaso apso (spelled wrong i'm sure) named madison.....maddie for short

[Venari]

I've had parrots most of my life. My last one I got from a shelter I volunteered at MAARS (www.maars.org). His first owner was really band and he got lead poisoning and passed away last year.

I just got a new baby Pacific Parrotlet. I was going to name him Dudley but my geek roomies who love pirates renamed him VanCleef. This fits since he has a major attitude but is cute enough to get away with it.

-Venari

[Mia14]

Sorry, Venari! Somehow I mentioned the parakeet in my post, but forgot it on the survey (poor Mel!)... I'd love to have a parrot - in particular, an African Grey because of their intelligence. It's not in the cards for my living situation now, but who knows what may happen???

[awediot]

I hate animals in my house and see "pet" ownership tantamount to slavery. Frequently I liberate my differently covered brothers from their compound and return them to the wild where they belong. Boxes of kittens and a plethora of puppies are right now learning the ways of their ancestors and making their way in the Rocky Mountains, shedding the evils of mens domestification and supposed comforts... Don't fall for the big, sad eyes and feigned helplessness. They are smarter than you think... And music is a lie. And flowers are the greatest of all deceivers, just waiting to take over the planet...

(I don't have any critters at the moment, and maybe its making me a little bitter...):( :rolleyes:

[Jennifer5]

You should get a pet Awediot it will make you feel better! They're so sweet and they're good company.:)

[Venari]

(I don't have any critters at the moment, and maybe its making me a little bitter...):( :rolleyes:

Yes, I think you need something cute and cuddly ... like a bunny or hamster.

We had rabbits hutches on the farm, they are great fun and have more personality then people give them credit for.

-Venari

[awediot]

Well, maybe if they can earn their keep, like these ANIMALS. (http://www.worth1000.com/cache/gallery/contestcache.asp?contest_id=7692&display=photoshop) (be sure to scroll down page)

[Venari]

Well, maybe if they can earn their keep, like these ANIMALS. (http://www.worth1000.com/cache/gallery/contestcache.asp?contest_id=7692&display=photoshop) (be sure to scroll down page)

I'm not sure but I think I am a little creeped out...:eek:

[awediot]

We had rabbits hutches on the farm


You mean bunny prisons. How can you be so cruel?



FREE THUMPER!

[Jennifer5]

I agree the animal pictures were a little creepy but very funny... thanks for sharing.:)

[awediot]

I'm just havin' some fun with ya'll. (or at least myself) If you really want to know, check out my last Precious (http://celebratinguglypets.blogspot.com/2006/03/not-just-for-dogs.html). (though it was my moms). Just haven't been in a place to replace him. Need a little more settled.

[Jennifer5]

Big kitty... cute though:)

[RyGuy23]

hehe. I meant to do this post after I voted a few days ago, but I forgot. Anyway, my pets are Fat Cat, who is 15 and 1/2, and Kirby, a pooch who is 3. We just celebrated his b-day yesterday with my own b-day, because we know he was born in early May sometime. Fat Cat is an orange/brown kitty with white paws and belly. His sister, Weebles, was gray with a white belly and paws, but we had to have her put to sleep on Feb. 13 this year. She was my baby and still is. sniff. Kirby is a black lab/border collie mix. He is sooo cute. He is all black except for white mixed in on his belly and the tip of his tail is white, like a paintbrush. I'll try to get a couple pics up sometime.

[Mia14]

I'm getting a baby Bearded Dragon on Monday!!
(today's Thursday here, btw)

I'm really excited because they're awesome lizards and it's the kind of lizard I've always wanted... but never thought I'd be able to have. A couple of things fell into place and I'm very excited about the new baby. I've decided to name him (or her - who knows?) Elvis, but we'll see as things go along. If it's a female, I may have to rethink things... any ideas?

[Jennifer5]

That's cool. I love bearded dragons... they're so cool. I knew a girl who had about 14 of them.... they kept having babies. You must be very excited.:weee:

[tdogg]

Mia,

Bearded dragons are so wonderful - I've had a few but none currently. I really like them. The more time you spend with them, the more friendly they are. Some are sweeter than others tho. But you'll really like it! Who knows, Elvis could be fitting even if its a female!

Enjoy your new family addition and post a pic! :D

[Rick336]

One of my cats was hit and killed by a car tonight. Randall. I had him since he was a baby. He was a very lovable cat and lived a very good life.

I will miss him very much.

Rick

[awediot]

Rick, That SUCKS!
:tdown:

...I'm so sorry...really sad to hear that. Stupid animals!... Hate to love 'em... You gave him a good, dumpster free life he might not've had...
Give my best to Sammy... poor guy







ALL KITTYS GO TO HEAVEN TOO



guess "out of the closet, into the streets" will never be the same again

[Zerbie]

Rick, sorry to hear of the loss of your kitty! Condolences.

[Jennifer5]

:tdown: I'm really sorry Rick:'( poor kitty.... I'm so sorry to hear that... hope you'll be okay:pray: I pet is a horrible lose:love:...a ture companion

[Rick336]

Thanks guys. I appreciate your kind words. It helps me with the loss.

Rick:)

[Jennifer5]

:pray: :love: :love: ((Hugs)):love: :love: :pray:

[Emproph]

I was going to post this joke but now I can’t:

I have small turtle and some fish in a koi pond, though I don’t have any koi actually. So not really a koi pond I guess, more of an overt pond. It’s there, it’s a pond.

Oh well, back in the closet for you joke. :D

[tdogg]

I just read that William (Bill) Shatner's (yup, that would be our famous Captn Kirk of the USS Enterprise) prized American Saddlebred stallion (Revival) went on to greener pastures at the young age of 15. He was just starting to realize his potential as a great sire of show horses. Bill loved that horse dearly and drove him to an amateur World Championship (Saddlebred show in Louisville). The trainers loved him and the stallion manager - he lived the last few years occasionally driving his people around and making babies, most recently in his newest home in Scottsdale.

Bill says "I had a chance a month before his death to drive Revival. Out of the stall he came - as proud as he's ever been, as sound, and that beautiful, soft, loving eye that uniquely marked him. I patted him and then got into the cart - and away we went, over the desert, along a trail that was barely marked...Revival and me and the sun and the sand. He was glorious. That was the last time I saw him, and I will remember him that way as long as i live."

Horses are only with us a brief while - they commonly live well into their twenties and if we are lucky and they are healthy, into their early thirties. To be taken away so soon is heartbreak. But, even if they were to live one day before our own death, it would be too soon to lose them. I don't know Bill personally or the horse, only through what I have read and seen. Bill is a true horseman and Revival a once in a lifetime miracle. I can't imagine a heaven where our horses do not roam waiting for us to join them....

[Emproph]

I can't imagine a heaven where our horses do not roam waiting for us to join them.... It always upsets me when religious leaders say animals don't survive death.

[Daniel]

Last summer, my husband and I buried Jasper, our tuxedo cat from the streets of chinatown, in Central Park during the dead of night under a tall leafy tree. We found him rolling around on his back in the middle of the sidewalk while on our third date: dirty, tail broken, smelly like you wouldn't believe. He was hardly a year old. We scooped him up and brought him home to the apartment I would move into a few weeks later- but that's another story.

Jasper had a way of calming you down when you were upset and would, without fail, amble up when I was meditiating and sit down in front on me, paw extended, lightly touching my hand. Oh. I thought. I'm on your level now.

During his first weeks with us, we learned to keep the piano lid closed so that he wouldn't walk over the keys at first light. Smart boy that he was, he would revert to shoving music off, sending it crashing to the floor (a squirt bottle solved that problem). Feed me! He was saying. Now!

Naughty and enlightened. Just how I like my men.

Fourteen years was much too short.

[Jamie McDaniel]

From 1996 until 2004 I lived by myself. Then last year I brought home a paranoid beagle that I named Ezri. At $50, she was quite a bargain, but I should have caught on the way the lady at the humane society asked if I was sure I wanted her. She's scared of everyone and loses all bladder and bowel functions when anyone new approaches her. When I was a kid I had the best dog in the world, and well, now the universe needed to be balanced. And to think I got a dog hoping to walk her around and meet a nice man.

$300 to get her spayed, $450 for a storm door with a little doggie door, and $250 for a heated dog house that went into the screened-in patio room that is now Ezri's room.

But you know, I've grown really attached to her.

My boyfriend moved in with me this year and he has two chihauhaus. So where it was just me, now it is a full house.

We were watching Grey's Anatomy on Monday and they had to put a dog to sleep. We were both crying. (I'm so sorry for your loss, Rick.)

Check out this picture thread (http://www.soulforce.org/forums/showthread.php?t=197) from awhile back.

[Mia14]

Maybe I'll add some picture to that post and pull it out of the cemetery. I'm not sure if it's allowed or frowned upon, but I thought it'd be a good idea, so here it goes...