Your brother is a jerk for not letting you name him snoopy!

I've got a dalmation named Jake, which is a crappy name, but when we bought him, he'd already been named so there wasn't much we could do unless we wanted to give him an identity crisis. My dalmation before that was named domino and he was a cool dog cause one of the guys on UofK's basketball team gave him to us...

I've had my cat (Pookie) for 10 years. She got her name because I had a red tabby at the same time... I got them less than a week apart. Anyway, once they warmed up to each other, they would sleep all cuddled up, and the red tabby would sleep hugging her. :) So, I named them Garfield and Pookie... after Garfield and his teddy bear.

When hubby and I got married, I inherited 2 dogs, and both are supposed to be hunting dogs. One is a Brittany spaniel and the other is a German short haired retriever. The brittany and I didn't hit it off because he ate my sliipers, a pair of my jeans, and all of my oven mits and pot holders. Then, he tried to eat my cat.:eek:
The short hair was a puppy when I met him. (hubby adopted him while we were dating) He is the biggest lap dog I have ever seen, and I seriously doubt he will ever be a hunting dog. He hides from the slightest noise, so I just don't see it happening.
Anyway, the short hair gets overly excited when people are around, and he bounces. I mean, all four paws off the floor. We keep them in crates at night or if we leave. My mom came to visit for a few hours not too long ago, and I had the dogs in their crates when she came into the room. My over-sized lap dog was so excited to see her that he started bouncing in his crate.

I have my Miniature Schnauzer, Gatsby. He hates everyone but me and my immediate family so I have to put him outside when I have guests over but I think he's the greatest! He has a history of developing bladder stones so he's been operated on 5 times and has to eat $40 a case designer doggy food but I wouldn't trade him for anything. Let my kids pay their own college tuition! (j/k! well, sorta!)

Gus is my exotic terrier mix. Born and reared on the mean streets of Newark, New Jersey, we adopted him from the Humane Society. The sweetest, most even-tempered creature God ever put on this earth. He had a rough start in life and 8 years later is still grateful for any kindness you show him. He's been very healthy except he plays hard and at different times has torn both of his ACL's. The good news is that they've been replaced with, I think, fishing wire or some such thing so we don't have to worry about them tearing again.

I have two hampsters, Julie and Angel. I got them for my daughters but guess who cleans the cages? Still, they're a lot of fun and I especially get a kick out of putting them in their little balls so they can run around the house!

I would also like to mention my departed friend, Powerhitter, a Greyhound. Greyhounds tend to have strange names, by the way! He was a retired racer and a total couch potato! So gentle, I never once heard him bark at anyone. I loved him; what a great pet. He lived until almost 14 ears old, so I know he had a long, full life with people who loved him :)

I wanted a cat or a dog when I was little, but both my mother and my sister are allergic. Instead we had a bird that I named Jamie. I then got a blue beta fish that I named Beta. I was six and not very creative. We had a series of tropical fish during my childhood. We than got a Cockatiel that we named Sunny because he had marks on his face that looked like the sun. I don't have pets now, but I am so tempted when I pass the pet store and see the cute puppies and kittens.

I want to get a golden reteriver named Brosco.

I have 5 cats (what do you expect -I'm a vet.!)

Stinky-rescued her after she was HBC (hit by car)-she is a paraplegic but gets around well and even climbs on the bed and couch. I express her bladder and she goes #2 in the toilet.

Little Man-he is retarded-he fell off of a balcony when he was 1 day old and had head trauma. I tube fed him for 2 months-he went everywhere that I went and we are connected at the hip. He is blind in his rt. eye and partially in his left but he runs around like a "normal" cat (minus his permanent head tilt to the left and he circles to the left also-cannot circle to the rt. at all)

Munchkin-neurotic siamese

Sullivan-another neurotic siamese

Zerbert-my 15.2# torti who is just like a dog (she is the most normal out of all of my pets-and that ain't saying much)

I have a dog but my mom adopted her from me b/c I live in a condo with no yard.

Well, I'm sure that all the GC Alpha Gams are wondering what took me so long to post on this topic! :p

They all know that I am a total maniac for my chihuahua, Pumpkin. She is the sweetest little thing to ever run on four legs! Every morning when she hears the alarm clock ring, she'll jump on our bed, climb onto my chest and lick my nose to say good morning.

Pumpkin is also a fixture at our weekly GC chats, because she likes to sit in my lap while I'm at the computer and type on the keyboard to say hello to everyone.

Granted, she is in the doghouse tonight because she climbed up onto the table, picked out the chicken from Sean's salad and ate it all while we weren't looking...but I'm sure he will forgive her soon enough! I thought it was pretty funny myself (hey, it wasn't MY dinner, lol).

Here is a picture of her: www.geocities.com/lajuniorcircle/scrapbook.html

Isn't she cute? :)

My kind of pet are cats. I had one growing up who was a stray. We named him Kitsle. Kitsle means Tickle in Yiddish, actually though Ketsle is Yiddish for Kitten. He pasted away several years ago. We had to put him to sleep as he was full of cancer. :(
Also, there is my family dog, Shana. She is doing rather well for an older dog. Shana is Yiddish for Pretty. This is definately a misnomer.
Then there is my cat that I have presently. Carter is the sweetist little guy. He loves to play with his crazy ball (a small rubber bouncy ball). Carter is very well behaved, he has NEVER scrached my couch or other furniture EVER. Lisa

I have a pet frog. He's a White's Tree Frog and he's really cool. He has sticky fingers and he can climb up the walls. And he barks, not rib-its like a normal frog :D

I also have my boyfriend's beta fish. He was living inside a lava lamp (without the lava) until my boyfriend broke the lamp. Somehow, I became the legal guardian of the fish. He's pretty boring, but he's been alive for almost 2 years.

I really want a puppy, but I have to wait until I have my own house. Which better be sometime soon ;)

I have 2 cats, Callie and Rosebud. Callie is a calico-tabby and is very prissy. I had her for about 2 months when I brought Rosebud home. He is a black and white Manx (the ones with no tails.) She did not like him at all - she would growl at him and chase him. Rosie lived under the couch for about a week. I had to put his food under the couch. Then one day he just came out and ignored the growling and would not run from Callie. One day I came home from work and they were just bunched up together on the couch and have been buds ever since. Rosebud will fetch as well, and he talks!! He says "Hello", "mom," "Nooo" and it is so funny. Anyone else have a cat whose meows sound like words??
Every time the movie "Citizen Kane" comes on tv, I hold Rosebud up and tell him that they are talking about him. He just looks like "Oh, Jeez, is that man on tv again???"
They both like to sleep in the bathroom sink.
Now I know you all think I am crazy!! But I love my babies. Pets are a really good thing!

My family has many pets, but MY pet is my bunny rabbit, Dusty. I named her dusty because when she was just a baby she was the exact color of a dust bunny. She's a dwarf so she's really small. She's litter trained and pretty much lives in my bedroom at home. When I'm lying on the bed she likes to hop onto my chest and lick my nose. She also does these funny runs that end with a leap and twist into the air. She is such a comic!

I have a Boxer named Mallory, who I absolutely adore!

She is the cutest thing runnin around thinking she is as small as my cat. I swear she thinks she is a cat herself!

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I found my cat Patch on Thanksgiving Night 2000....with one of its eyes popping out (sorry for gross mental pic) So I took it to the vet the next day and they said the only way they would operate was if I keot him as my own. So I did, amd have been the proudest momma of the most gorgeous one eyed cat!



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i had to dog-sit my lil nephew (Max/Maxie/Maxie Pie) last summer.....and we came up with this lil game. i would sing "mama's lil baby" to him (but put in "maxie pie" instead of "shortnen' bread"), and he has this tennis ball attached to this string that i would pull on with him while singing it....at the end of the song, he would then run to the middle of the room, shake the ball so it would slap him in the head (he had the string part in his mouth) and spin in the fastest circle ever. now it's a thing and it's FRIGGIN HILARIOUS.

maybe you have to see to understand, but it's funny isht!

mama's lil baby loves maxie, maxie
mama's lil baby loves MAXIE PIE!
then he goes nuts!

eh...:D

my boy
 

is a 2 year old cat named shadow. i got him from the humane society after my cat of 20 years had to be put to sleep. the shadow has white whiskers, white paws and a white dickey on his front. he's quite the character. despite a quicky fix, he still likes the ladies. he also likes sleeping on his pillow on my bed. great company.