Pets!

[AXO Alum]

(drought at work again so I'm posting new topics )

I LOVE ANIMALS!! So I wanna hear about all your pets -- names, funny things they do, etc.

Some of favorite names that I've given my pets:

Edgar-Fat-N-Belly
Purrfection
Algernon
Jinx - black cat that crossed my path

My fav pet story of all time:

Poochie was a dog we had rescued from an abusive home. Before we could get her spayed, she got out and got pregnant. Well after we gave her puppies away, we found this little black cat who was the runt of the litter and its mother had tried to kill it (you know - stronger species survives) so we rescued him. Poor thing weighed all of a couple ounces and his head was twice as big as his body from where she had tried to suffocate him. Well after a day, the cat disappeared, and we thought it had died outside -- then we noticed Poochie wouldn't come inside except to eat and then she'd go right back out....2 weeks later, Poochie comes up to the front door with this huge cat by her side -- she had nursed Algernon back to health!! Is that not the sweetest thing? Algernon is slightly mentally retarded (no joke) and he only has a few teeth from where the others never developed properly, but he is the sweetest most loving cat. When Poochie died, he would just lay on her grave and meow to beat the band. He knew that's where she was because we had put her toys on top and Algernon could smell them. When we adopted a new puppy from the shelter, she was a runt too -- well what do you know, Algernon took right to her and would cuddle with her at night so she wouldn't be lonely, and to this day they are best of friends!

[Billy Optimist]

We had a dog named Lady who died. She was a very cute cocker spaniel, and the runt of litter. I had to beg my parents for at least a year-seems way longer-before they would get me a puppy. She followed me everywhere and was my best friend, since we just settled down after moving around a lot. Anyway, she was best friends with a cat we adopted later named Tiger. When she died, Tiger went to look for her. He never came back. Then, like a year or two or three later we got two new little kittens. The people that gave them to us said one was a boy and one was a girl. Well, Buster let us check things out to make sure. But the other one wouldn't hold still so we named him Clara. Good thing he is nuetered cuz he fights dogs and stuff in the neighborhood, and think he even killed a possum. Who knows would happen if he had extra testosturone. Anyway, Buster got into a fight, but is not as good as a fighter and lost a tooth.

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[dc1]

My dog's name is Harley and we've been friends for over 8 years!
He's my shadow when I come home, and we go camping and hiking together.

He's a mutt... black and tan, part shepard, part something else.. he winks at people and has a cockeyed smile

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[CutiePie2000]

I never had any pets growing up. However, my parents kept bees...does that count?

[SuperXO]

Great topic, AXO Alum! I love animals sooo much!

I have always loved cats the most and have had a lot of them. Currently, my mom still has a couple of cats I grew up with. Zaphod and Trillian are named after characters in the book "Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy" They are such cuties. Zaphod is a real scaredy cat and hides whenever people come over, but when he comes out, I am so happy because he is like a big teddy bear...very fat! We can't stop him from eating, and the other cat is super skinny...she doesn't like to eat.

That reminds me of a funny story my roomate had about her cats fat problem. She had one that wa sfat, and a couple normal ones, but the fat one kept eating the other's food. So, they put the food up on the counter and he was too fat to jump up, so he started losing weight and the other cats got to eat! But, then he lost enough weight to jump up on the counter and, you guessed it, got fat again! so, they have this never-ending cycle of him being too fat to jump up, losing weight, jumping up, eating and getting fat again! What a neurotic cat!

I also love dogs of all sizes and shapes. I had a POmeranian, but he got dog-napped, surely because he was so cute. No matter what, his little face looked like he was smiling.

I desperately want a pet, but we are not supposed ot have dogs at the house we are renting. And my boyfriend is deathly allergic to cats. he hates them because he's never been able to interact with them without getting a severe reaction. I have tried to ask him to go to his doctor and at least find out some information about all the new treatments they have, like getting shots every month for a year or two and being cured! But, he keeps putting it off and it makes me sad. Anyone have any suggestions?

[bucutie02]

My dog is named Mickey-Boy, mickey for short. He is the cutest dog in the world, and he would never hurt a flea. He barks when the doorbell rings, but thats as far as it goes. When he runs out of water or food, he will come right up to you and just stare and stare at you. Thats when you know he needs something. Sometimes when you talk to him he will move his mouth like he is actually talking to you.
His front teeth are crooked, but thats just one thing that makes him unique and cute. He has a lot of hair so every so often he goes to PetCo and gets groomed. When he comes back he looks like a little teddy bear.
When you mention the word "treat" he knows exactly what you mean, and will start jumping up and down.
Mickey isnt very big at all, he comes like maybe a couple of inches above my ankle. He will be 13 years old this march.

We have had other pets before as well, but about maybe a couple of years ago, we had an australian shepard. His name was Dandy, and was just gorgeous. Blue eyes, and he was like a white, brownish color. The sweetest dog ever, well to my family that is. He was very protective, and once bit this little girl on our street. We gave him away to a man that lived on a ranch. We figured he would be better off there

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[SuperXO]

I just had to post, also, about my boyfriend's parents dog. he is so funny! He's a beautiful golden retriever and if you say "Ball" in his hearing, you better watch out. The dog can play fetch forever. We don't even throw him the ball after a while, because it is so slimy with his slobber. We have to kick it. Every time you throw that ball, he goes at it, full force! Even if the ball only went about 10 feet, he runs it into the ground and speeds back to you. Now, we always have to have a plan in place to escape, or we would literally be there playing fetch for hours. either you rotate people (when one person gets tired, the next rotates in) or, you throw the ball really far and then run into the house while he is running away. otherwise, you will get the sad dog face if you don't play with him anymore. He is so hard core about playing fetch that I think if we didn't stop, he might just collapse from exhaustion. Also, he has chased balls so hard and fast, or caught them in mid-air, that he causes his mouth to bleed. We have to be careful to only use soft tennis balls and keep an eye on his mouth cuz, of course, he doesn't care if he's bleeding, he just wants to play ball!

[AXO Alum]

Originally posted by SuperXO:
I desperately want a pet, but we are not supposed ot have dogs at the house we are renting. And my boyfriend is deathly allergic to cats. he hates them because he's never been able to interact with them without getting a severe reaction. I have tried to ask him to go to his doctor and at least find out some information about all the new treatments they have, like getting shots every month for a year or two and being cured! But, he keeps putting it off and it makes me sad. Anyone have any suggestions?

Our landlady let us have our ferret in our rented apartment -- here is my spiel on ferrets -- they are very smart, potty trainable (very easily), and a ton of fun!! Cons - they have 2 speeds -- wide open and asleep, but usually wide open. Some smell - ours does not. They like to be in groups -- I ended up with an anti-social ferret so he's solo but this is unusual. You also have to ferret proof your house (they don't call it "ferreting out" for nothing).

They are really great pets though - we couldn't love our Hobbes more if we tried. Check out this site: http://www.ferretcentral.org for more info.

Email me if you want to, also - I just cannot imagine my life without Hobbes -- but ferrets do require a bunch of love and attention so be prepared.

[Allie_XO]

My darling animals.... I miss my babies! But anyway - There is the senior cat Oliver. He's about 10 yrs. old and rules the roost. He's had ear mite infections in the past, so his ears are funny looking, but it just gives him more personality. Then there is Tiggy - 23 lbs of Tiggy. He's huge. Then there's Gwen - think Nermal from Garfield. And the youngest of the cats is my baby, Malcolm (aka Melly). He's the sweetest fluffiest, darlingest cat and I miss him more that my family. We also have a Guinea Pig named Pandora, two orphaned flying squirrels named Tiki and Tavi, and one very large goldfish named Cloe. We are the people that neighbors bring orphaned animals to. We all know the number to just about every specialized animal rehab center in the area. The only reason we still have the squirells is that they were blown out of a tree during a hurricane and we couldn't get to the animal rehab place before we fell in love with them. I love my beasties!!!

Allie

Oh, I also have two robotic animals, but they aren't quite the same thing.

[Miami1839]

Names of pets I've had in the past

Heidi (yorkshire terrier)
Cuby (yorshire terrier)
We had them in okinawa until I reached h.s. So close to 20 years. Heidi actually died earlier than Cuby because she ran out in the road when I was in 7th grade and she got hit by a car.
Whiskey, Siberian Huskey. Awesome Dog. He scared the life out our whole back yard when I was in Junior High.

Teddy, my current dog and my parents dog. a 1 year old Jack Russell Terrier. He likes to chew on things and we have to watch him because one time he snatched money out of my moms purse. No joke. It all worked out and my parents pieced it together. Hes such a loving dog. We have a invisible fence which helps out a lot.
My Mom and Sister in Law have 10 cats combined. Our biggest cat must be like 20 or 30 pounds. Her name is Cuddles. Other of our cats names, Mo, Minnie, Twinky, Bandit, Tiny, one I named tater-tot, but I call her tater and my sister in law calls her tot. Missy, and Baby are the others.

I prefer dogs by the way. I'm not crazy about cats, especially the hair but I deal with it.


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[lifesaver]

Originally posted by Allie_XO:
My darling animals.... I miss my babies! But anyway - There is the senior cat Oliver. He's about 10 yrs. old and rules the roost. He's had ear mite infections in the past, so his ears are funny looking, but it just gives him more personality. Then there is Tiggy - 23 lbs of Tiggy. He's huge. Then there's Gwen - think Nermal from Garfield. And the youngest of the cats is my baby, Malcolm (aka Melly). He's the sweetest fluffiest, darlingest cat and I miss him more that my family. We also have a Guinea Pig named Pandora, two orphaned flying squirrels named Tiki and Tavi, and one very large goldfish named Cloe. We are the people that neighbors bring orphaned animals to. We all know the number to just about every specialized animal rehab center in the area. The only reason we still have the squirells is that they were blown out of a tree during a hurricane and we couldn't get to the animal rehab place before we fell in love with them. I love my beasties!!!

Allie

Oh, I also have two robotic animals, but they aren't quite the same thing.

My sister has a black cat named Pandora.

Anyway, I am such a dog person. But since I can barely take care of myself, I cant handle a dog yet. I did have a sheltie growing up for 18 years that died when I was a senior in HS. Anyway she would really look out for me whan I was really little. I'd be playing in the front yard and If I would get too cloose to the street she'd herd me back towards the house. (they are natural herders) But it makes me wonder where my mother was... Anyway, we then got a schnauzer named Alex after this weatherman who was always drunk on TV - cause the dog seemed drunk when it was a puppy.

i also had a friend in college who was from china and she had the most adorable sheltie named rusty. I would always take care of Rusty on Holidays. When she graduated, she had trouble getting her immigration status updated to worker and she almost got deported. I was to get the dog if she had to leave the country, and I must admit that a small part of me SO wanted her to get deported so I could keep rusty. But she didn't, so I am still dogless.

[Hootie]

I have two dogs and I love them both. The old one (approximately 14yrs old) is a peakapoodle (MUT) with missing teeth and BAD STINKY BREATH! When I was little my mom let me name him, and since I was into the Muppet Babies I names him Fozzy Bear. The other is our pure-bread yellow lab. He's a beast but the kindest, most gentle and quiet dog. His name is Yogi Bear, and was chosen by my father. We have nick names for both. For Fozzie I usually say Foz. Yogi has more fun nicknames like Fat-Head *LOL* because he's so big. Or we'll call him Yellow Horse because he runs like a horse all throughout our large backyard.
Probably the funniest story about Yogi is what happened to him when he was a pup. My dad was outside mowing the backyard that spring and Yogi was on our deck (which is very, very far off the ground). My dad saw him peaking over the side and so he called to him; thinking he'd use the stairs to get down. OH NO! Instead the dog JUMPS off the deck. He was so lucky he landed in the bushes below and didn't kill himself! I guess that's really not funny but we just thought he was it was so hilarious that he was so stupid/brave. We love him though! <3
I've always wanted a cat but I'm allergic.

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Shasta is our baby- she is a chow and is very into being clean. After I take a shower I will put the towel on the floor and she rubs her whole body into it to get herself clean too I guess?! Even if I hang the towel on the rack- she'll grab it with her teeth, pull it down, and rub her face in it. She is too funny!

[MIDWESTDIVA]

My baby's name is Ling Ling. She is a fawn colored pekingese and she will be 2 years old tomorrow!!! I'm going to buy my baby some gifts! She's high maintenance, but that's okay. I am too.

[kittie]

Okay, so I was trying to break my Greekchat addiction and not post but I just had to jump in and tell about my cat...

I've had Whiskey since last April when I found her at an ATM machine. She lived at home with me last summer and if my mom or I went out walking in the woods behind our house, she would always tag along. I seriously must have walked 3 miles one day, over creeks and everything and Whiskey followed me the whole time. She would also jump from our back porch onto the roof and then climb over the roof and into my brother's 3rd floor window. Now, in my apartment, she still occasionally manages to get up on the roof (and I have no idea how) but now she's scared to come down and I have to climb onto the ledge of the balcony to get her down. She also plays fetch like a dog. She'll bring me this toy of hers and I'll throw it and then she'll chase after it and bring it back over and over and over again. If I'm trying to sleep and she wants attention (which she always does) she'll stick her paw in my face and tap me until I pet her. Basically, she's just a nut but I seriously can't imagine not having her. That's one thing I'm really not looking forward to--having to live in the sorority house and not having my kitty for a year.