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Ace of Spades Pet Thread
Well, you can either clean up the yard, litter box or sit down and enjoy the pet thread. Really, the poop can wait.
- What goes up, must come down, sometimes with help H/T Vendette
- I'm happy for this dog
- This only increases my dislike of flying
- How the hell does this happen?
- Cute, but just imagine.....
- What will they think of next?
So we have been at this Pet Thread for a couple of months now. We have been overwhelmed with photos from you Morons. A couple of things have stood out. There have been an incredible array of breeds and names for your pets. So, we are curious as to why you chose your breed of pet and why did you name it that particular name? Did you go to a web site for naming tips? Did you select your breed by doing research as well? Did you have pets growing up? Or did you jump into pet "ownership" as an adult?
Vicious Pomeranian owned by jrg. This dog was brought up on The Ohio State University Buckeyes football team. Saying Michigan is a no-no.
Meet Cheyenne, a Chocolate Lab with recessive pigment. Antisocialist calls her a Milk Chocolate Lab.
So this is red1c4's Smokie. Smokie was a resuce cat. Hope red1c4 is around to tell the story of picking this cat up from the rescue shelter.
Moron, SOB Van Owen, submitted this snap shot of his 2 hard working dogs Pirate & Layla. Surprised one of the dogs isn't named Carmelita.
We have a lurker by the name of shoutingboy. His pals are Max & Bella. Once again another pair of mistreated animals makes the Pet Thread.
Country Singer shared a photo of his 2 year old filly Flury. He said he would split any horse race purses with the Horde.
Per commentator CozMark he was adopted by this cat Woodstock. He had been a dog guy and this cat moved onto his property until taken in.
Christopher submitted this photo of himself and his late cat Mr. Rando. Looks like you lost a good buddy there.
Interesting story about this pair of K-9s. They were found abandoned in a National Forest. Biancaneve named them Edgar & Agatha in honor of mystery writers. Who could abandoned these? Ugh. Well, that concludes yet another edition of The Ace of Spades Pet Thread. We wish to thank you for your contributions. If you would like to contribute photos, tips, news, etc. you can at petmorons at gee mail dot com. Note petmorons at gee mail dot com
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first!?
Posted by: Satan of Cloggenstein Vt at April 16, 2016 02:43 PM (qSIlh)
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of course, Satan has cats, each of which is devilish in it's own way.
Posted by: Satan of Cloggenstein Vt at April 16, 2016 02:44 PM (qSIlh)
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Yay,the food thread!
Posted by: Barack Obama at April 16, 2016 02:45 PM (kTF2Z)
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re 3: early thread winner
Posted by: Satan of Cloggenstein Vt at April 16, 2016 02:46 PM (qSIlh)
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Looks like Smokie is getting ready to defend Fort Livingroom. Or take out the vacuum cleaner that just escaped the box. Good kitty!
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at April 16, 2016 02:49 PM (GG9V6)
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Ever since Lucky made the inaugural pet thread he's been arrogant and aloof. Need to take him down a couple of pegs.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 16, 2016 02:50 PM (kTF2Z)
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My doggeh pictures haven't yet been posted. They are the best Chihuahuas in the universe.
This is racist, sexist, heterophobic, and caninephobicv! I demand that the pet thread post my doggeh pictures, or I'll shoot my dogs.
I'm sure that the Pet Thread is holding my doggehs for a special occasion, like Awesome Pet Day. I forgive all.
This is racist, sexist, heterophobic, and caninephobicv! I demand that the pet thread post my doggeh pictures, or I'll shoot my dogs.
I'm sure that the Pet Thread is holding my doggehs for a special occasion, like Awesome Pet Day. I forgive all.
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at April 16, 2016 02:51 PM (dPpmC)
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The sniper is a cat named Smokie?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 16, 2016 02:51 PM (ILWp4)
Posted by: McGyver at April 16, 2016 02:52 PM (roQ8j)
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I did a bunch of research. I wanted a dog that did NOT shed, medium sized, not high energy, not yappy but would bark alerts, smart, heathy background, lived a relatively long time, easy to groom, sturdy and patient since I had 3 kids under 5 at the time.
Well...... I have a master groomer for the "easy grooming." The dog goes crazy when someone is at the door, until she knows who it is. If she she sees a squirrel or cat in the backyard she will "chase" it down. She's a "bit" stubborn but otherwise she is a good fit.
Well...... I have a master groomer for the "easy grooming." The dog goes crazy when someone is at the door, until she knows who it is. If she she sees a squirrel or cat in the backyard she will "chase" it down. She's a "bit" stubborn but otherwise she is a good fit.
Posted by: lindafell de spair at April 16, 2016 02:52 PM (xVgrA)
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I cleaned the litter box this morning.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 16, 2016 02:53 PM (vvmPQ)
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Love the pomeranian!
That was some funny stuff, right there.
That was some funny stuff, right there.
Posted by: navybrat at April 16, 2016 02:53 PM (8QGte)
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I guess I'm not terribly late for the party. I got Sophie, whose picture was up maybe two weeks ago, at a shelter, a place called, God help me, the Progressive Animal Welfare Society, PAWS. It's Seattle - you get used to these things. I wanted a new dog as it had been three years since my first one passed, so I went there with the idea that if I did not find a dog, they had a cat I would get. Either way, I was not coming home empty-handed.
So I walk around the cages, and I came upon a cage with two smaller dogs in it. One was a golden dog with some black splotches. The other had classic black and white border collie coloring, with the white blaze down the face, and a black and white body - you know what I mean. Other than the coloring, he looked houndish. Hound was barking up a storm, lending further credence to the hound theory, and the gold dog was just sitting there quietly.
I took hound out to their patio for a little meet-and-greet. I had not thought to bring treats so I just tried to pet him some and then get him to follow my fingers up with his nose: nose up, butt down, a good way to teach "sit." He just could not seem to get it but he was still a nice boy, if loud.
I took Sophie out and she was still quiet but she got the "sit" concept very quickly and was pretty calm - boy did she fool me.
So Sophie it was, and I could tell she was smart hence, Sophie. I went back to get her the next day after she was spayed, and she jumped right into my car and into my life. She's neurotic as hell, will kill other dogs for a tennis ball, loves all people unless they are wearing weird hats, and thinks "cheese" is the best word ever.
So I walk around the cages, and I came upon a cage with two smaller dogs in it. One was a golden dog with some black splotches. The other had classic black and white border collie coloring, with the white blaze down the face, and a black and white body - you know what I mean. Other than the coloring, he looked houndish. Hound was barking up a storm, lending further credence to the hound theory, and the gold dog was just sitting there quietly.
I took hound out to their patio for a little meet-and-greet. I had not thought to bring treats so I just tried to pet him some and then get him to follow my fingers up with his nose: nose up, butt down, a good way to teach "sit." He just could not seem to get it but he was still a nice boy, if loud.
I took Sophie out and she was still quiet but she got the "sit" concept very quickly and was pretty calm - boy did she fool me.
So Sophie it was, and I could tell she was smart hence, Sophie. I went back to get her the next day after she was spayed, and she jumped right into my car and into my life. She's neurotic as hell, will kill other dogs for a tennis ball, loves all people unless they are wearing weird hats, and thinks "cheese" is the best word ever.
Posted by: Tonestaple at April 16, 2016 02:53 PM (1xm4b)
Posted by: eman at April 16, 2016 02:53 PM (MQEz6)
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Great thread, as always. This isn't just a pet thread, but also helps me know my fellow morons better.
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at April 16, 2016 02:53 PM (dPpmC)
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Lovely pets morons/ettes. Thanks so much for sharing your pictures.
Posted by: washrivergal at April 16, 2016 02:54 PM (CFc5L)
Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 02:55 PM (9n14Y)
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What rifle is that Smokie is getting ready to shoot?
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at April 16, 2016 02:55 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: washrivergal at April 16, 2016 02:56 PM (CFc5L)
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#18 That's not a rifle, it's a longbow.
Posted by: richard mcenroe at April 16, 2016 03:00 PM (Kucy5)
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Last two cats we've had have found us. One was wandering our neighborhood, obviously in heat. We grabbed her and took her in before we had another litter of kittens roaming around. Complex we were living in at the time had already just finished dealing with a litter of ferals at the other end of the complex.
Second cat wandered into our garage once when we accidentally left the door open. She wanted to get away from the cold weather outside. She got stuck in the garage once we closed the door, and then we didn't want to just let her out again without finding an owner. Nobody claimed her, and once we found out she had two kinds of worms in her system, we weren't so interested in finding an owner anyway. Some deworming meds did the trick, although the bunch of dead worms in the litter box was nasty.
Second cat wandered into our garage once when we accidentally left the door open. She wanted to get away from the cold weather outside. She got stuck in the garage once we closed the door, and then we didn't want to just let her out again without finding an owner. Nobody claimed her, and once we found out she had two kinds of worms in her system, we weren't so interested in finding an owner anyway. Some deworming meds did the trick, although the bunch of dead worms in the litter box was nasty.
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at April 16, 2016 03:01 PM (FQKBL)
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Wow. Good-looking critters!
I see Layla and Pirate OWN the place.
I see Layla and Pirate OWN the place.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 16, 2016 03:02 PM (T/5A0)
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Growing up, I had Pekingese, two of them, got them when I was in first grade and my parents finally had to let them go to the Rainbow Bridge after I left for basic training. My husband is partial to Labs, Cheyenne is the third one we've had together and they've all been terrific family dogs. We've got four grandkids, and you couldn't ask for a better playmate. Cheyenne knows when her MonsterBoys are in the driveway, even before I do.
As to her name - our first Lab was named Choctaw, my darling black Lab that we lost last year was named Lakota, and this one's name is Cheyenne, so I guess it's not hard to pick out the theme...
As to her name - our first Lab was named Choctaw, my darling black Lab that we lost last year was named Lakota, and this one's name is Cheyenne, so I guess it's not hard to pick out the theme...
Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 03:03 PM (9n14Y)
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My left arm is shredded today.
Why?
I wouldn't let the little monster cat go outside with the dog this morning.
Why?
I wouldn't let the little monster cat go outside with the dog this morning.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 16, 2016 03:03 PM (TOk1P)
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Here is another of Ra. This time up a tree in the snow.
http://www.cafepress.com/sufashop.1250752496
http://www.cafepress.com/sufashop.1250752496
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 16, 2016 03:03 PM (ILWp4)
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"Michigan" is clearly a trigger word for the Pom, who needs extra Milk Bones after such trauma.
Really, that's hilarious. I now want to train a dog to do the same thing when the Chicago Bears or St. Louis Cardinals are mentioned.
Really, that's hilarious. I now want to train a dog to do the same thing when the Chicago Bears or St. Louis Cardinals are mentioned.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at April 16, 2016 03:05 PM (P8951)
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Beautiful group of furbabies this week! What a gorgeous Appaloosa filly Country Singer has!!
Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 03:05 PM (9n14Y)
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Only pet related in that Ace is an Ewok:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_of_Spades_HQ
Doesn't look like anyone has updated the article in awhile. Good stuff, nonetheless.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_of_Spades_HQ
Doesn't look like anyone has updated the article in awhile. Good stuff, nonetheless.
Posted by: Sharkman at April 16, 2016 03:06 PM (CS7jF)
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Labs in our family since forever. I grew up with them and it never occurred to consider any other breed.
All mine with the exception of Spastic Lab have been English labs.
Elizabeth Rose started as a pretty calm pup, about 8 months in went nuts. It took year for her to attain some calm, though she remains pretty hyper.
All my other dogs were the complete opposite growing up.
We hunt our dogs for just about any small game, Liz is super for squirrels--she knows to go around the tree and will point.
Pointing is something she does instinctively, I never taught her.
Labs in our family since forever. I grew up with them and it never occurred to consider any other breed.
All mine with the exception of Spastic Lab have been English labs.
Elizabeth Rose started as a pretty calm pup, about 8 months in went nuts. It took year for her to attain some calm, though she remains pretty hyper.
All my other dogs were the complete opposite growing up.
We hunt our dogs for just about any small game, Liz is super for squirrels--she knows to go around the tree and will point.
Pointing is something she does instinctively, I never taught her.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 16, 2016 03:07 PM (P/8aq)
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My dog Moose injured himself this morning chasing a rabbit. Hyperextended his right front leg. Poor boo... resting comfortably with my daughter wacked out on pain meds! Uh.. the dog, not my daughter. He'll be okay in a few days. Leash only until he feels better. My husbands gonna love that!
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 16, 2016 03:07 PM (CNHr1)
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Clever naming with Edgar and Agatha. I wonder what their mystery is? Could have been tourists with dogs ran off but these days its pretty easy to spread the word so one would think they could have spread the word and been called when dogs were found.
Posted by: PaleRider at April 16, 2016 03:09 PM (ADtrU)
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Ah, yes. "Cheese".
My dogs have all been suckers for a piece of cheddar. Or a slice of American. Or a scrap of Swiss. Or...
The first Peke we got when I was a kid had to be fed scrambled eggs, baby food, and cottage cheese three times a day until she was twelve weeks old. (Or so the breeder said.) So until the day she died, I swear she could hear somebody in the house cracking open an egg from the next county...
My dogs have all been suckers for a piece of cheddar. Or a slice of American. Or a scrap of Swiss. Or...
The first Peke we got when I was a kid had to be fed scrambled eggs, baby food, and cottage cheese three times a day until she was twelve weeks old. (Or so the breeder said.) So until the day she died, I swear she could hear somebody in the house cracking open an egg from the next county...
Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 03:09 PM (9n14Y)
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Cheyenne is such a beautiful girl. I miss having labs...
And I'm going to guess that Max is the one with bed-head. What a cutie.
As far as stories about our pets, I don't have a good one.
Tucker was my ex's Christmas gift from her Mom. She lost interest in him after a few months, so he came to live with me (she lost interest in me when my bank acct ran dry later that year!).
The kids named him. I assume with help from PopPop, a big Fox News fan. Otherwise he would've been named Zombie or Belle. I voted for Irving, but Tucker is what they settled on.
He'll answer to anything, though. Poopyhead, Stinkbutt, Shitstain, etc.
After having him for 3+ years, I would say that min-pins are one of the finest breeds available.
And I'm going to guess that Max is the one with bed-head. What a cutie.
As far as stories about our pets, I don't have a good one.
Tucker was my ex's Christmas gift from her Mom. She lost interest in him after a few months, so he came to live with me (she lost interest in me when my bank acct ran dry later that year!).
The kids named him. I assume with help from PopPop, a big Fox News fan. Otherwise he would've been named Zombie or Belle. I voted for Irving, but Tucker is what they settled on.
He'll answer to anything, though. Poopyhead, Stinkbutt, Shitstain, etc.
After having him for 3+ years, I would say that min-pins are one of the finest breeds available.
Posted by: Chi at April 16, 2016 03:10 PM (Te2JU)
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Fat Vinnie has a great life. Hour long walks daily, a pool, a big backyard, parks, a home, pretty girls to scratch his belly. What a life!
Fat Vinnie has a great life. Hour long walks daily, a pool, a big backyard, parks, a home, pretty girls to scratch his belly. What a life!
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 16, 2016 03:11 PM (iQIUe)
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They are all beautiful animals and clearly cherished and well cared for.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at April 16, 2016 03:11 PM (P8951)
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There's my beautiful baby Cheyenne!!!
Ok, my weekend has officially been made...!!!
Posted by: antisocialist
That there is really a beautiful dog.
I have a big yellow lab, that has some German Shepherd in him, judging by the shape of his skull (not like a typical Lab). He's big, goofy sheds like crazy, always wants a tennis ball.
My best friend, I love that dog so much.
Ok, my weekend has officially been made...!!!
Posted by: antisocialist
That there is really a beautiful dog.
I have a big yellow lab, that has some German Shepherd in him, judging by the shape of his skull (not like a typical Lab). He's big, goofy sheds like crazy, always wants a tennis ball.
My best friend, I love that dog so much.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....tortured American at April 16, 2016 03:12 PM (+1T7c)
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We went to a store that is 25 miles from home this morning and I noticed a lady with a dog and I told my wife that likes like Maggy's brother (our adopted mutt from the humane society last October.. There was her and her two brothers up for adoption at 8 weeks old).
Walked up to her car and asked her and sure enough it was her brother, same adoption event on the same day. I can't wonder at what the odds of that random event happening were.
Walked up to her car and asked her and sure enough it was her brother, same adoption event on the same day. I can't wonder at what the odds of that random event happening were.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 16, 2016 03:12 PM (iONHu)
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big, goofy sheds like crazy, always wants a tennis ball.
My best friend, I love that dog so much.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....tortured American at April 16, 2016 03:12 PM (+1T7c)
Yep, yep, and yep.
She's my girl!!
My best friend, I love that dog so much.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....tortured American at April 16, 2016 03:12 PM (+1T7c)
Yep, yep, and yep.
She's my girl!!
Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 03:15 PM (9n14Y)
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I'm loving Cheyenne. What a beautiful dog.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 03:17 PM (egOGm)
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I'm loving Cheyenne. What a beautiful dog.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 03:17 PM (egOGm)
Thank you!
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 03:17 PM (egOGm)
Thank you!
Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 03:18 PM (9n14Y)
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Really, the poop can wait.
Clearly, there are aspects of Ewok-keeping you haven't learned this week.
On goats and coffee, the legend is that they discovered it. A goat-herd noticed his flock acting "frisky" after eating certain beans. Now, talk about your egg-from-chicken-butt, oyster-on-the-beach "Guess I'll try that" moments in history...
Clearly, there are aspects of Ewok-keeping you haven't learned this week.
On goats and coffee, the legend is that they discovered it. A goat-herd noticed his flock acting "frisky" after eating certain beans. Now, talk about your egg-from-chicken-butt, oyster-on-the-beach "Guess I'll try that" moments in history...
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 16, 2016 03:19 PM (xq1UY)
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Cheyenne is a regal looking dog.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 03:19 PM (QGTpc)
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Gosh the pets are so adorable this week. The milk chocolate lab is just amazing, what a beautiful photo
Posted by: ThunderB at April 16, 2016 03:20 PM (zOTsN)
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lindafell, what kind of dog did you get? Sounds like what I need.
Posted by: Infidel at April 16, 2016 03:21 PM (hvjFt)
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I want the Pom on my team
Posted by: ThunderB at April 16, 2016 03:21 PM (zOTsN)
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Is this the place I can find hawt, sexy, pictures of tortoises to.....um....
...study...foooor......a wildlife proposal...thingy?
...study...foooor......a wildlife proposal...thingy?
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at April 16, 2016 03:21 PM (2rmvw)
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I watch my friends labs when they are out of town. I play ball with them 4 times a day. Now when I visit when my friends at the house, the dogs break a cabinet trying to get the tennis balls.
I love labs. Best dogs.
I love labs. Best dogs.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 03:23 PM (QGTpc)
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There is a gym in Houston that opened for fat dogs and their owners, so they could work out together. Pet tread mills
Posted by: ThunderB at April 16, 2016 03:24 PM (zOTsN)
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Pirate and layla are sweet.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 03:24 PM (QGTpc)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 16, 2016 03:25 PM (NRwWP)
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Yay, pet thread!
Flying dog link has a <br> tag inside the <A> tag's HREF.
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Flying dog link has a <br> tag inside the <A> tag's HREF.
<a href="<br />http:...
Posted by: mindful webworker - pet-owned at April 16, 2016 03:25 PM (G0G8s)
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Great pet pictures. I haven't involved myself in the political fights, and don't know whether these Morons were involved, but I can't criticize anyone who loves their as much as these Morons do.
All that lovely talk aside, I'm still going to shoot my doggehs unless the Pet Thread posts pictures of them.
The deadline is when the Pet Thread gets around to posting the pics that I sent them. I'm, um, pretty flexible.
All that lovely talk aside, I'm still going to shoot my doggehs unless the Pet Thread posts pictures of them.
The deadline is when the Pet Thread gets around to posting the pics that I sent them. I'm, um, pretty flexible.
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at April 16, 2016 03:25 PM (dPpmC)
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Edgar and Agatha look so happy that it's hard not to smile at them. What a great save.
Posted by: m at April 16, 2016 03:25 PM (S/1cF)
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FYA, the link to the rescue dog story is munged. Thanks for the thread!
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at April 16, 2016 03:25 PM (jV8Mq)
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Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 03:23 PM (QGTpc)
Mine will quite literally play fetch with the tennis ball until she can't run another step if I let her. She kinda spits the ball into my lap - ptooey!! - and then waits for me to throw it again. And again. And...
Mine will quite literally play fetch with the tennis ball until she can't run another step if I let her. She kinda spits the ball into my lap - ptooey!! - and then waits for me to throw it again. And again. And...
Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 03:25 PM (9n14Y)
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In answer to your question. Mrs. JTB is allergic to most dogs and deathly allergic to cats (like can't breathe kind of allergies). But poodles, bichons and a few other non-shedding breeds of dog are okay. We looked for a breeder where we could see at least two generations of the pups. It also gave me a chance to check their temperament. We came home with two brothers so they could play together and keep each other company while we were at work. That plan went better than I had hoped.
We did a similar thing with our second batch but went for toys instead of standard poodles. We meant to get two brothers again. But there was a tiny female in the litter not spoken for. (I'm a big guy and she could curl up and sleep on one of my hands.) She was busy exploring every nook of her world when she wasn't playing or being cuddled. I turned into the world's biggest puddle of goo at the sight of her, so we ended up with three pups instead of just two. They were a joy to us for 18 years.
BTW, all our poodles were pure bred and AKC registered but not show quality. We cared nothing about shows, just wanted healthy, good natured dogs. And that's what we got.
We did a similar thing with our second batch but went for toys instead of standard poodles. We meant to get two brothers again. But there was a tiny female in the litter not spoken for. (I'm a big guy and she could curl up and sleep on one of my hands.) She was busy exploring every nook of her world when she wasn't playing or being cuddled. I turned into the world's biggest puddle of goo at the sight of her, so we ended up with three pups instead of just two. They were a joy to us for 18 years.
BTW, all our poodles were pure bred and AKC registered but not show quality. We cared nothing about shows, just wanted healthy, good natured dogs. And that's what we got.
Posted by: JTB at April 16, 2016 03:26 PM (V+03K)
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Cheyenne in the photo is instructing me to go to the fridge and get a beer.
Only with her eyes.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 16, 2016 03:25 PM (NRwWP)
You must obey.
It's in the rules.
Only with her eyes.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 16, 2016 03:25 PM (NRwWP)
You must obey.
It's in the rules.
Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 03:27 PM (9n14Y)
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Well I just cleaned up cat yack next to my desk so, not real fond of the pet at the moment.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 16, 2016 03:29 PM (39g3+)
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Fat Vincent is now Skinny Vinny
Posted by: ThunderB at April 16, 2016 03:30 PM (zOTsN)
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Our cat Cinnamon (a star on Mar 6th i think)was named as she had light redish brown fur patches and Sugar was white and light grey.
I love the photos to see how much I can tell how pampered they are. Glad I'm not the only one.
I love the photos to see how much I can tell how pampered they are. Glad I'm not the only one.
Posted by: Skip at April 16, 2016 03:31 PM (Dpy/y)
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Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 03:25 PM (9n14Y)
I use a tennis racquet, my arms get tired before the dogs get tired.
Those labs will play fetch forever.
I use a tennis racquet, my arms get tired before the dogs get tired.
Those labs will play fetch forever.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 03:31 PM (QGTpc)
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The Cat that Yacked and Other Feline Felonies
Sounds like the title for a book Christopher Taylor.
Sounds like the title for a book Christopher Taylor.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 16, 2016 03:31 PM (ILWp4)
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48 There is a gym in Houston that opened for fat dogs and their owners, so they could work out together. Pet tread mills
Posted by: ThunderB
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Ha! I used to sell high-end fitness equipment for 20+ years. You'd be amazed at the number of very expensive treadmills I sold just for dogs. Like, $4000 treadmills. For. A. Dog...
As to doggies & balls - Tucker is the only dog I've ever known that couldn't care less. If you throw a ball, he'll look at you like youre dumb. But pick up a random stick in the yard and toss it? You have a friend for life.
He once chewed the insides out of a baseball, but will not chase a ball if his life depended on it.
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Ha! I used to sell high-end fitness equipment for 20+ years. You'd be amazed at the number of very expensive treadmills I sold just for dogs. Like, $4000 treadmills. For. A. Dog...
As to doggies & balls - Tucker is the only dog I've ever known that couldn't care less. If you throw a ball, he'll look at you like youre dumb. But pick up a random stick in the yard and toss it? You have a friend for life.
He once chewed the insides out of a baseball, but will not chase a ball if his life depended on it.
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Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 03:31 PM (QGTpc)
We got one of those ball-launcher things at Cabelas. Otherwise the dog slobber and dirt get to be a bit much...
We got one of those ball-launcher things at Cabelas. Otherwise the dog slobber and dirt get to be a bit much...
Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 03:33 PM (9n14Y)
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Infidel,
I wound up getting a Dandie Dinmont Terrier. Supposed to be the calmest terrier breed. Hard to fine since it's a rare breed, less than 200 a year born & registered. But not any more expensive than a well bred, full breed dog and less than some of those designer breeds, i.e. "Poo" breeds, aka mutts.
I wound up getting a Dandie Dinmont Terrier. Supposed to be the calmest terrier breed. Hard to fine since it's a rare breed, less than 200 a year born & registered. But not any more expensive than a well bred, full breed dog and less than some of those designer breeds, i.e. "Poo" breeds, aka mutts.
Posted by: lindafell de spair at April 16, 2016 03:34 PM (xVgrA)
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Other than some college months have always have had dogs cats and horses. Dogs were oops puppies in the paper mostly. One that my sister wanted us to rescue that was a stray brought into the small town/rural area vet clinic she worked at. When they got a really friendly healthy strays they tried to find them homes rather than just holding for x days and euthanizing.
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Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 03:33 PM (9n14Y)
My friend leaves an old tennis racquet, I wouldn't want to ruin the new one.
Your lab is so pretty, I've never seen one like that. The labs I babysit are chocolate.
My friend leaves an old tennis racquet, I wouldn't want to ruin the new one.
Your lab is so pretty, I've never seen one like that. The labs I babysit are chocolate.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 03:35 PM (QGTpc)
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Does Flury have what looks like a zebra patch on its back end?
Of a hobby I have I paint miniature horses and try to make each one now different from all others.
Of a hobby I have I paint miniature horses and try to make each one now different from all others.
Posted by: Skip at April 16, 2016 03:36 PM (Dpy/y)
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The horse is beautiful as well. Isn't that the first horse in the pet thread?
Posted by: ThunderB at April 16, 2016 03:37 PM (zOTsN)
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Nice looking dogs.
We named Buckley by just tossing names out until he responded to one, figured he must know his own name better than we could. It works out well at the park as a conservative screening tool. If someone says, "Buckley? You mean like William F.?" we take that as a good clue as to orientation.
Working on Frisbee training. He has the athleticism but his attention span can be best expressed in milliseconds.
We named Buckley by just tossing names out until he responded to one, figured he must know his own name better than we could. It works out well at the park as a conservative screening tool. If someone says, "Buckley? You mean like William F.?" we take that as a good clue as to orientation.
Working on Frisbee training. He has the athleticism but his attention span can be best expressed in milliseconds.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 16, 2016 03:37 PM (NeFrd)
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Always had a thing for Appaloosas
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Posted by: ThunderB at April 16, 2016 03:24 PM (zOTsN)
That makes me feel better, my cats have giant hamster wheels, but they're indoor cats.
That makes me feel better, my cats have giant hamster wheels, but they're indoor cats.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 03:38 PM (QGTpc)
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Mr. DeVille had a Golden when he was a kid so that's what he was partial to. We found a breeder who focused on field (hunting) lines rather than show ones.
There was one puppy in the litter that was really good at breaking through a line of his litter-mates, opening up holes, bumping them aside. And he kept on going long after most of them tired out. We chose him and named him Riggins. (Yep, Redskins fans.)
Since then we've had more --- sons (Sonny and Sam, as in Jurgensen and Huff,) a grandson (Bosco, as in Jeff Bostic,) and now we have a great-grandson, Cooley.
We've only had two cats, both rescues. The first we named Ernie for Ernie Banks. The second, now 11 years old, we named Maddux. (No disrespect to Atlanta, where he spent his greatest years, but he began and ended his career as a Cub.)
We're thinking about getting another cat if the Cubs go to the World Series.
I'm not sure why all of our pets have been male.
Maybe it's because that's the way it was in Mr. D's childhood home.
I think that's a big influence on the pets we select as adults. (???)
There was one puppy in the litter that was really good at breaking through a line of his litter-mates, opening up holes, bumping them aside. And he kept on going long after most of them tired out. We chose him and named him Riggins. (Yep, Redskins fans.)
Since then we've had more --- sons (Sonny and Sam, as in Jurgensen and Huff,) a grandson (Bosco, as in Jeff Bostic,) and now we have a great-grandson, Cooley.
We've only had two cats, both rescues. The first we named Ernie for Ernie Banks. The second, now 11 years old, we named Maddux. (No disrespect to Atlanta, where he spent his greatest years, but he began and ended his career as a Cub.)
We're thinking about getting another cat if the Cubs go to the World Series.
I'm not sure why all of our pets have been male.
Maybe it's because that's the way it was in Mr. D's childhood home.
I think that's a big influence on the pets we select as adults. (???)
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Mac's leg is much better, but he looks like he forgot to put his pants on. We are calling him "chicken leg"
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Thanks lindafell.
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Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 03:35 PM (QGTpc)
Both of her parents, and the rest of the litter except for one other pup, were chocolate. She's pretty unusual - her eyes are almost the same color as her fur.
Both of her parents, and the rest of the litter except for one other pup, were chocolate. She's pretty unusual - her eyes are almost the same color as her fur.
Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 03:42 PM (9n14Y)
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Here's a picture of my Dandie, Millie.
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Flury is pretty. I don't know anything about horses, my friends do. I'm friends with girl barrel racers.
Cutting horses and rodeo people.
I like if they let me feed the horse a carrot.
Cutting horses and rodeo people.
I like if they let me feed the horse a carrot.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 03:43 PM (QGTpc)
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Ah, yes! The joys of pet ownership.
Charlie just came in the house with his latest trophy comma, a small bird.
Charlie just came in the house with his latest trophy comma, a small bird.
Posted by: mindful webworker - ugh at April 16, 2016 03:43 PM (G0G8s)
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A pet gym? So, you could load up the dog, drive to the gym, and put said dog on a treadmill next to yours so you are both walking side by side. Hmmmm. Or you could put the leash on the dog, go through the front door, a take a walk together. Or is there more to this gym?
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Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 03:42 PM (9n14Y)
She's just beautiful.
She's just beautiful.
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Of a hobby I have I paint miniature horses
Skip, they hold still for that? The ones I met would bite.
Hah, gotcha.
Skip, they hold still for that? The ones I met would bite.
Hah, gotcha.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 16, 2016 03:45 PM (xq1UY)
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We have Mac, who is a Black and Tan Australian Terrier, and Leah who is a brindle Cairn, but photographs as black and white. So now my husband wants a Westie too. Not sure I am ready for three terriers
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Speaking of appaloosa's, there is a street by that name around the corner. A woman I know who moved down from Wisconsin pronounces it, Apple-a-looza, like lalapalooza. It's hilarious. 
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We got one of those ball-launcher things at Cabelas. Otherwise the dog slobber and dirt get to be a bit much...
Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 03:33 PM (9n14Y)
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I use one of those because I throw like .... an Obama.
We got one of those ball-launcher things at Cabelas. Otherwise the dog slobber and dirt get to be a bit much...
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I use one of those because I throw like .... an Obama.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 16, 2016 03:48 PM (T/5A0)
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Duke I don't know how much there is to this pet gym. All I can think is that sometimes in Houston it's too hot to work out outside. For big hairy dogs it must be hell.
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I use one of those because I throw like .... an Obama.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 16, 2016 03:48 PM (T/5A0)
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I wasn't going to say anything, but - me, too!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 16, 2016 03:48 PM (T/5A0)
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I wasn't going to say anything, but - me, too!
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What a cutie.
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Lindafell those big beautiful eyes! That face! What a sweetie
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There are several miniature horse farms, just south of Blanco, Tx on Hwy 281. It's fun to look when I drive by and see all the mini horses in the pastures.
Posted by: lindafell de spair at April 16, 2016 03:51 PM (xVgrA)
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Difficult to imagine anyone abandoning Edgar and Agatha - they're just adorable...
People are such a**holes sometimes.
People are such a**holes sometimes.
Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 03:51 PM (9n14Y)
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lindafell, you're lil' doggie is such a cutie!!!
Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 03:52 PM (9n14Y)
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No one breed or even type with our mutts, but we've always had big friendly dogs. My dad has had a few bird dog types. One was a purebred Chesepeake Bay, dead grass color. That one adopted Dad. A farm neighbor raised them, had given Dolly to his sister who could have dogs, but only up to a certain size and Dolly got too big. Dolly was not getting much attention and was wandering the neighborhood. Crawled under the horse trailer when my dad was fixing the wiring and he petted her so she decided dad was her human. We already had a couple dogs at that time so they took her home several times, breeder said we could keep her if we wanted her and she kept coming back until my mom figured have a 3rd dog was easier than driving her the couple miles back home all the time.
Posted by: PaleRider at April 16, 2016 03:52 PM (ADtrU)
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8 The sniper is a cat named Smokie?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 16, 2016 02:51 PM (ILWp4)
Found the cat!
Found the sniper!
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 16, 2016 02:51 PM (ILWp4)
Found the cat!
Found the sniper!
Posted by: rickl at April 16, 2016 03:52 PM (sdi6R)
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Thanks, my husband jokes about how short her legs are all the time.
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I wasn't going to say anything, but - me, too!
Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 03:49 PM (9n14Y)
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LOL!
It is sooo humiliating for the doggeh to bring you the ball and then look at you like you're an idiot when it only goes 10 feet!
I wasn't going to say anything, but - me, too!
Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 03:49 PM (9n14Y)
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LOL!
It is sooo humiliating for the doggeh to bring you the ball and then look at you like you're an idiot when it only goes 10 feet!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 16, 2016 03:53 PM (T/5A0)
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On my computer I had a website that has all the color varieties horses can be by type and mutation. So between that and I would just Google horse pictures then try and paint one I liked the colors.
Posted by: Skip at April 16, 2016 03:53 PM (Dpy/y)
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I remember watching people on TV feeding horses apples and carrots with their hands, thinking "Damn, that horse could chew your hand off if it wanted to."
Horse owner to me, "Naw, that would never happen. They know what they're eating and they don't want your fingers."
Cue grotesque story from The New York Post last year...
Horse owner to me, "Naw, that would never happen. They know what they're eating and they don't want your fingers."
Cue grotesque story from The New York Post last year...
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 16, 2016 03:53 PM (NRwWP)
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One of the drawbacks of owning a lab is they have absolutely NO concept of boating safety.
Makes running around in the rowboat a pain,with 65lbs of dog perched as far out on the bow as possible.
Or trying to cast a lure. Or watching the fool mutt walk right through the middle of a trout run with a dog grin on her face.
SHE'S havin big fun, though.
One of the drawbacks of owning a lab is they have absolutely NO concept of boating safety.
Makes running around in the rowboat a pain,with 65lbs of dog perched as far out on the bow as possible.
Or trying to cast a lure. Or watching the fool mutt walk right through the middle of a trout run with a dog grin on her face.
SHE'S havin big fun, though.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 16, 2016 03:54 PM (P/8aq)
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Our Sadie (pictured a couple odd weeks ago with her sister Summer and the neighbors dogs)) was a rescue our Vet had and couldn't keep, as his son developed allergies. Pretty bad to be a vets kid who can't play with doggles. We got her a couple years after Becca, our first Yellow Lab passed. I'll tell about her another day. Anyway, she's a big girl, about 115lbs. Mostly lab, but some pitbull in her from a couple generations back. Really enthusiastic, scared Giggles when we went to meet her. We had to get her a tire or her own to play with, as the last one she brought back on her own had a Buick attached to it. Always wants to please/play and get a scratch. She's a big silly lunk.
McGyver, out
McGyver, out
Posted by: McGyver at April 16, 2016 03:54 PM (roQ8j)
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Where is Bo? Expect an audit. Racist bigots.
Posted by: FLOTUS at April 16, 2016 03:55 PM (gwG9s)
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They are all handsome pets, but Cheyenne looks like royalty.
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Posted by: irongrampa at April 16, 2016 03:54 PM (P/8aq)
Or...having a Lab that loves fetching sooooo much that she jumps in and chases the lures you cast out to fish with...
Husband got tired of fishing her out of the water real fast, 'cuz she was gonna get that buzzbait if it killed her.
Or...having a Lab that loves fetching sooooo much that she jumps in and chases the lures you cast out to fish with...
Husband got tired of fishing her out of the water real fast, 'cuz she was gonna get that buzzbait if it killed her.
Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 03:56 PM (9n14Y)
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So, they found a growth on my cat that could have been cancerous- it was not. And she had a cyst that came and went. So they were removed, as was my $$$.
Well, her recovery has been rocky. She was not using her litter box or eating/ drinking; turns out she has a UTI.
Poor little girl. Now I must grab her 2x daily and give her antibiotics. I'm sure she'll enjoy that as much as she is enjoying the cone of shame.
And as much as I'm enjoying doing constant washes due to her accidents.
Well, her recovery has been rocky. She was not using her litter box or eating/ drinking; turns out she has a UTI.
Poor little girl. Now I must grab her 2x daily and give her antibiotics. I'm sure she'll enjoy that as much as she is enjoying the cone of shame.
And as much as I'm enjoying doing constant washes due to her accidents.
Posted by: shibumi who is awaiting SMOD at April 16, 2016 03:57 PM (AHDxb)
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Anyone getting a young cat, you can teach them to fetch like a dog, Sugar use to when we first got her as a kitten but we stopped and she forgot. Cinnamon use to twirl by herself but not often. We have always had feather stick toys and she would get it by her mouth in the middle of the stick and spin like she was chasing her tail.
Posted by: Skip at April 16, 2016 03:58 PM (Dpy/y)
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Oh yeah IG, they figure they're doing you a favor by staying in the boat! It's not like they need it, they could swim to England. My god they're strong swimmers, once they get the hang of it. Tow a boat? No prob.
Never EVER put a loaded shotgun into the boat with a dog. Your best friend will shoot you, and then the boat sinks.
Never EVER put a loaded shotgun into the boat with a dog. Your best friend will shoot you, and then the boat sinks.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 16, 2016 03:58 PM (xq1UY)
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The only kind of terrier I would consider getting would be an Airedale.
Although I do know one Westie that is the sweetest, mellowest dog... I have never known such a calm, obedient terrier.
Although I do know one Westie that is the sweetest, mellowest dog... I have never known such a calm, obedient terrier.
Posted by: Gem at April 16, 2016 03:59 PM (c+gwp)
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Shibumi can she wear a doggie diaper until she feels better? Or would that encourage accidents later?
Posted by: ThunderB at April 16, 2016 04:00 PM (zOTsN)
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Yeah, and go catfishing from the shore at night, when there's a full moon...and then, as you frantically look for your doggeh that was RIGHT THERE a second ago, notice that she's in the water, swimming for the reflection of the full moon in the lake that she thinks is a really big, shiny ball...
Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 04:01 PM (9n14Y)
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And great pics this week! I've want to send in a pic of my furry Noodle, but I'm waiting for her to do something really cute.
:: Watches 13-year-old cat sleep and waits ::
Noodle was a garage kitty, born a few houses down, and our neighbor asked us if we wanted one of litter. The neighbors had finally trapped Noodle's mother and were going to have her fixed and then released back into the neighborhood, where a few families had adopted her as much as she would tolerate. There were so many feral siblings of Noodle in our neighborhood that we spent a lot of anxious minutes glimpsing a cat darting through traffic and wondering if she'd gotten out of the house somehow. Of course, she's outlived them all. Now we just have one orange tabby that seems to own our block.
:: Watches 13-year-old cat sleep and waits ::
Noodle was a garage kitty, born a few houses down, and our neighbor asked us if we wanted one of litter. The neighbors had finally trapped Noodle's mother and were going to have her fixed and then released back into the neighborhood, where a few families had adopted her as much as she would tolerate. There were so many feral siblings of Noodle in our neighborhood that we spent a lot of anxious minutes glimpsing a cat darting through traffic and wondering if she'd gotten out of the house somehow. Of course, she's outlived them all. Now we just have one orange tabby that seems to own our block.
Posted by: Gem at April 16, 2016 04:02 PM (c+gwp)
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We got a dog!! Found a wonderful 'chiweenie' at the pound and he could not be more sweet - calm but playful, cuddly and affectionate. Yay!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 16, 2016 04:02 PM (NOIQH)
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hard to fight breed. Retrievers retrieve
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Congrats Lizzy!
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And we named her Noodle because the first time my son held her she draped herself over his arm in that boneless way kittens have, and he said she looks "like a wet noodle." Ta-da!
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Lizzy, how old is he?? That's so cool!!!
Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 04:05 PM (9n14Y)
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Liz is the first field lab for me, all the others were English.
Didn't realize they were quite so hyper.
Funny thing is, get her around kids, and she throttles back in accord with their age. With babies she is so tentative as to make you laugh. What a joy to watch she is.
Liz is the first field lab for me, all the others were English.
Didn't realize they were quite so hyper.
Funny thing is, get her around kids, and she throttles back in accord with their age. With babies she is so tentative as to make you laugh. What a joy to watch she is.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 16, 2016 04:07 PM (P/8aq)
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"sometimes in Houston it's too hot"
No. Really? I never noticed.
So, because I'm a masochist apparently, I've trudged through the blizzard here to watch that game against Golden State. We're... not doing well.
No. Really? I never noticed.
So, because I'm a masochist apparently, I've trudged through the blizzard here to watch that game against Golden State. We're... not doing well.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 16, 2016 04:07 PM (zxeJt)
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Who was the Moron a while back with the lab that he called "Meth Lab?"
Posted by: Chi at April 16, 2016 04:07 PM (Te2JU)
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Never underestimate the brains, or at least the determination, of a poodle. Our white male, Argyle, had been blind since four years old but his brother was his seeing-eye dog. We had lost the brother a few months before when we had to make an emergency trip to Wisconsin from Virginia. Argyle was too frail to leave at a kennel, so we set up a cushioned spot in the back seat and used a harness on him that snapped into the seat belt latch. All comfortable and safe.
In the middle of the Indiana turnpike I felt a cold wet nose nudging my elbow. Our old, blind dog, without his brother for the first time in his life, had apparently channeled Houdini after leaving Ohio. He had figured out how to squirm out of the harness, sniff where we were, and feel his way between the front seats so he could get the cuddling that was his due. He spent the rest of the trip curled up on Mrs. JTB's lap, perfectly content.
In the middle of the Indiana turnpike I felt a cold wet nose nudging my elbow. Our old, blind dog, without his brother for the first time in his life, had apparently channeled Houdini after leaving Ohio. He had figured out how to squirm out of the harness, sniff where we were, and feel his way between the front seats so he could get the cuddling that was his due. He spent the rest of the trip curled up on Mrs. JTB's lap, perfectly content.
Posted by: JTB at April 16, 2016 04:08 PM (V+03K)
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We do not have our own pet, although we are a bed and breakfast for the local deer and rabbit population.
When I walk two miles down to the crossroad and back, a neighbor's dog comes to walk with me. And I do not even feed her.
Independence, a beautiful Bucovina Shepherd Dog, joins me as I walk down the hill past her dairy and chicken farm. She will come up to me, deign to be petted, then runs in front of me, like a sensitive teenager with her uncool dad.
I'm her excuse to explore the valley floor, the intermittent streams, now with frogs!, and the fields around us. She does occasionally spook and bark at Angus cattle. She faces the howls of coyotes fearlessly.
My life is a blessing because of her. Now if I can just get her to stop trying to herd oncoming cars on the valley floor road.
When I walk two miles down to the crossroad and back, a neighbor's dog comes to walk with me. And I do not even feed her.
Independence, a beautiful Bucovina Shepherd Dog, joins me as I walk down the hill past her dairy and chicken farm. She will come up to me, deign to be petted, then runs in front of me, like a sensitive teenager with her uncool dad.
I'm her excuse to explore the valley floor, the intermittent streams, now with frogs!, and the fields around us. She does occasionally spook and bark at Angus cattle. She faces the howls of coyotes fearlessly.
My life is a blessing because of her. Now if I can just get her to stop trying to herd oncoming cars on the valley floor road.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 16, 2016 04:08 PM (u82oZ)
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There is someone in the neighborhood with a Great Pyrenees Mountain Dog. They must have 25 pounds of hair. Must spend the entire month of August indoors
Posted by: ThunderB at April 16, 2016 04:10 PM (zOTsN)
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Loki is ~4, so he's mature and house-trained. Seems to have come from a loving home, no signs of trauma. The biggest adjustment so far has been the cuddling. He's like a cat and burrows into us, under the covers - hubby was scared he suffocated at about 4am today (just in deep sleep). Never had a small dog before. Heh.
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Christopher you handsome devil.
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This is interesting:
https://goo.gl/DVxh1E
It claims that the female wolf will protect the male wolf's neck from attackers.
I've often wondered why you see so many dogs laying their heads across the throats of humans when sleeping. Could they be trying to protect our throats from attacks??
This is interesting:
https://goo.gl/DVxh1E
It claims that the female wolf will protect the male wolf's neck from attackers.
I've often wondered why you see so many dogs laying their heads across the throats of humans when sleeping. Could they be trying to protect our throats from attacks??
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 16, 2016 04:13 PM (iQIUe)
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113. That is great Lizzy.
Posted by: PaleRider at April 16, 2016 04:15 PM (ADtrU)
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Sweet doggie you have there, JTB!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 16, 2016 04:15 PM (NOIQH)
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Shibumi,
Im sure the vet told you, but more water helps. A pet fountain or whatever works for your cat.
I give my cat cranberry gel tabs for humans. The gel works for me. It's like a vitamin e capsule, my cat with the UTI issues eats it like a treat.
250mg 1 x a day.
Im sure the vet told you, but more water helps. A pet fountain or whatever works for your cat.
I give my cat cranberry gel tabs for humans. The gel works for me. It's like a vitamin e capsule, my cat with the UTI issues eats it like a treat.
250mg 1 x a day.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 04:16 PM (egOGm)
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Someone tell the Rockets that this is a basketball game and not cornhole
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He's like a cat and burrows into us, under the covers - hubby was scared he suffocated at about 4am today (just in deep sleep). Never had a small dog before. Heh.
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When I first got Tucker, I fretted about the same thing. Had never had such a small dog...
He now sleeps under the covers with me every night. Usually curled up & touching me, but sometimes flat on his back with all 4 legs straight in the air like a movie version of a dead dog.
One morning, I couldn't find him. I checked everywhere. I walked the entire acre backyard calling & looking for him or where he got out, to no avail.
I finally found him sleeping under the sofa cushions, wondering what all the commotion interrupting his sleep was.
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When I first got Tucker, I fretted about the same thing. Had never had such a small dog...
He now sleeps under the covers with me every night. Usually curled up & touching me, but sometimes flat on his back with all 4 legs straight in the air like a movie version of a dead dog.
One morning, I couldn't find him. I checked everywhere. I walked the entire acre backyard calling & looking for him or where he got out, to no avail.
I finally found him sleeping under the sofa cushions, wondering what all the commotion interrupting his sleep was.
Posted by: Chi at April 16, 2016 04:21 PM (Te2JU)
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A person could do worse than being one of our pets
Posted by: ThunderB at April 16, 2016 04:24 PM (zOTsN)
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Shibumi, we have found that our cats drink more water if it comes from a fountain, where the water is running. Sort of like one of those zen fountains, only made for pets.
Posted by: navybrat at April 16, 2016 04:25 PM (8QGte)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 16, 2016 04:25 PM (NOIQH)
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Who was the Moron a while back with the lab that he called "Meth Lab?"
Posted by: Chi
I think that was Yankeefifth.
Posted by: Chi
I think that was Yankeefifth.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....tortured American at April 16, 2016 04:26 PM (+1T7c)
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I have a sad day to report on Pet day. I was awakened early to frantic phone calls from a neighbor who had fostered some orphan kittens I had last year with her corgi. Yes we nursed those kitties with with the pups. the momma dog loved her four tiny squeaky puppies and loves them still. Tragically, this morning, a dog they were dog sitting killed my favorite, now one year old silvery mackerel Tabby and white sister cat. Her silver and white sister misses her horribly, and her human mommy and her human daughter are inconsolable.
So at Zero dark thirty Grimmy and i went over with a box and retrieved our fallen Godkitten and took her to the Vet to get cremated. Their family was way too upset and the house was in an uproar and after we got home we both sat down and cried. I know the small furs dont live long enough but this really made us feel worse than bad. Something about saving a tiny thing and working hard to grow them up makes it so hard to take when tragedy strikes early and so randomly. So if you are the praying sort, please pray Little Catfish goes to a soft place to wait for her family, and finds the next life less difficult than this one.
So at Zero dark thirty Grimmy and i went over with a box and retrieved our fallen Godkitten and took her to the Vet to get cremated. Their family was way too upset and the house was in an uproar and after we got home we both sat down and cried. I know the small furs dont live long enough but this really made us feel worse than bad. Something about saving a tiny thing and working hard to grow them up makes it so hard to take when tragedy strikes early and so randomly. So if you are the praying sort, please pray Little Catfish goes to a soft place to wait for her family, and finds the next life less difficult than this one.
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at April 16, 2016 04:26 PM (cfswg)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 16, 2016 04:28 PM (9mTYi)
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The doggies are so cute but pest pic goes to Woodstock the angry princess cat. I love that cat face.
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 04:29 PM (2x3L+)
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So if you are the praying sort, please pray Little Catfish goes to a soft place to wait for her family, and finds the next life less difficult than this one.
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at April 16, 2016 04:26 PM (cfswg)
Prayers up Gushka.
Part of me doesn't think it is rational to believe in that Rainbow Bridge schmaltz, but most of me hopes it's true!
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at April 16, 2016 04:26 PM (cfswg)
Prayers up Gushka.
Part of me doesn't think it is rational to believe in that Rainbow Bridge schmaltz, but most of me hopes it's true!
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 16, 2016 04:29 PM (wYnyS)
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*rubs Loki's belly as he's nestled up on the couch, on his back*
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Does he stick his legs straight up in the air?
I swear, the first time I saw it, I thought he was dead. It looked like rigor mortis had set in instantaneously, and he just fell over.
I guess a said "oh, shit! He's dead!" loudly, because Tucker jumped up & looked at me like "oh no! Who died?"
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Does he stick his legs straight up in the air?
I swear, the first time I saw it, I thought he was dead. It looked like rigor mortis had set in instantaneously, and he just fell over.
I guess a said "oh, shit! He's dead!" loudly, because Tucker jumped up & looked at me like "oh no! Who died?"
Posted by: Chi at April 16, 2016 04:30 PM (Te2JU)
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Oh Gushka that is so sad. But kitty was loved and cared for because of your efforts, if that helps
Posted by: ThunderB at April 16, 2016 04:31 PM (zOTsN)
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99 On my computer I had a website that has all the color varieties horses can be by type and mutation. So between that and I would just Google horse pictures then try and paint one I liked the colors.
Posted by: Skip at April 16, 2016 03:53 PM (Dpy/y)
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Have you ever seen the horses that are dark grey, almost a blue grey, dappled with white? They look like Van Gogh's "Starry Night".
Posted by: Skip at April 16, 2016 03:53 PM (Dpy/y)
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Have you ever seen the horses that are dark grey, almost a blue grey, dappled with white? They look like Van Gogh's "Starry Night".
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at April 16, 2016 04:31 PM (jR7Wy)
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When my dog goes on his back, all four in the air, he wants a tummy rub. He knows he is simply irresistible splayed out like that
Posted by: ThunderB at April 16, 2016 04:33 PM (zOTsN)
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Always had a thing for Appaloosas
Posted by: ThunderB at April 16, 2016 03:38 PM (zOTsN)
I do too. first real showhorse I had, was covered in itchy, itchy spots. Love him. Made me fond of spots to this day.
Always had a thing for Appaloosas
Posted by: ThunderB at April 16, 2016 03:38 PM (zOTsN)
I do too. first real showhorse I had, was covered in itchy, itchy spots. Love him. Made me fond of spots to this day.
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at April 16, 2016 04:33 PM (cfswg)
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Sad for Gushka and Little Catfish.
Yeah, prayers too
Yeah, prayers too
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 04:34 PM (2x3L+)
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Gushka,
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 04:34 PM (egOGm)
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Shibumi can she wear a doggie diaper until she feels better? Or would that encourage accidents later?
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IDK. I've been putting her in the basement at night with her litter box (she has a bed too) and she uses the box. Should clear up in a few days I hope.
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Shibumi,
Im sure the vet told you, but more water helps. A pet fountain or whatever works for your cat.
I give my cat cranberry gel tabs for humans. The gel works for me.
It's like a vitamin e capsule, my cat with the UTI issues eats it like a
treat.
250mg 1 x a day.
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The vet didn't mention that, thank you! She doesn't have much of an appetite right now, hoping it gets better. Will definitely look into the cranberry gel tabs.
Shibumi can she wear a doggie diaper until she feels better? Or would that encourage accidents later?
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IDK. I've been putting her in the basement at night with her litter box (she has a bed too) and she uses the box. Should clear up in a few days I hope.
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Shibumi,
Im sure the vet told you, but more water helps. A pet fountain or whatever works for your cat.
I give my cat cranberry gel tabs for humans. The gel works for me.
It's like a vitamin e capsule, my cat with the UTI issues eats it like a
treat.
250mg 1 x a day.
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The vet didn't mention that, thank you! She doesn't have much of an appetite right now, hoping it gets better. Will definitely look into the cranberry gel tabs.
Posted by: shibumi who is awaiting SMOD at April 16, 2016 04:35 PM (AHDxb)
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I've often wondered why you see so many dogs laying their heads across the throats of humans when sleeping. Could they be trying to protect our throats from attacks??
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 16, 2016 04:13 PM (iQIU
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I had a cat that liked to do that, but I suspect he was a furry incubus who was draining me of my life force while I slept.
He left me just enough strength to open cans of Fancy Feast.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 16, 2016 04:13 PM (iQIU
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I had a cat that liked to do that, but I suspect he was a furry incubus who was draining me of my life force while I slept.
He left me just enough strength to open cans of Fancy Feast.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at April 16, 2016 04:35 PM (jR7Wy)
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L,Elle,
Woodstock is a magnificent,bad ass cat
Woodstock is a magnificent,bad ass cat
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 04:36 PM (egOGm)
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Some comedian once said that if aliens were to look at life on Earth through a telescope they'd conclude that dogs were the master race and human were their slaves. We follow them around, pick up their poop with our hands, feed them, give them water, tend to their illnesses.
Posted by: CrustyB at April 16, 2016 04:36 PM (Hnglq)
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Oh Gushka that is so sad. But kitty was loved and cared for because of your efforts, if that helps
Posted by: ThunderB at April 16, 2016 04:31 PM (zOTsN)
This is my big comfort with all the rescues that dont make it. At east they were loved every day they were with us. I agree with Hrothgar about the Rainbow Bridge thing, but Christ did say God notices every fallen sparrow, so why not a cat? perhaps this was His way of telling those of us who ever loved an animal it would be ok.
Oh Gushka that is so sad. But kitty was loved and cared for because of your efforts, if that helps
Posted by: ThunderB at April 16, 2016 04:31 PM (zOTsN)
This is my big comfort with all the rescues that dont make it. At east they were loved every day they were with us. I agree with Hrothgar about the Rainbow Bridge thing, but Christ did say God notices every fallen sparrow, so why not a cat? perhaps this was His way of telling those of us who ever loved an animal it would be ok.
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at April 16, 2016 04:37 PM (cfswg)
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I've often wondered why you see so many dogs laying
their heads across the throats of humans when sleeping. Could they be
trying to protect our throats from attacks??
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 16, 2016 04:13 PM (iQIU
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I had a cat that liked to do that, but I suspect he was a furry incubus who was draining me of my life force while I slept.
He left me just enough strength to open cans of Fancy Feast.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at April 16, 2016 04:35 PM (jR7Wy)
I don't know why dogs get a pass on this stuff. Yes, your cat will eat you after you die. But if I had a dog laying across my throat I would take that as the threat it is: he's trying to strangle me for the insurance money.
It's so obvious, I don't know why anyone would think it would anything otherwise.
their heads across the throats of humans when sleeping. Could they be
trying to protect our throats from attacks??
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 16, 2016 04:13 PM (iQIU
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I had a cat that liked to do that, but I suspect he was a furry incubus who was draining me of my life force while I slept.
He left me just enough strength to open cans of Fancy Feast.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at April 16, 2016 04:35 PM (jR7Wy)
I don't know why dogs get a pass on this stuff. Yes, your cat will eat you after you die. But if I had a dog laying across my throat I would take that as the threat it is: he's trying to strangle me for the insurance money.
It's so obvious, I don't know why anyone would think it would anything otherwise.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 16, 2016 04:37 PM (TOk1P)
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So sorry to hear that about Li'l Catfish. It's small consolation, but at least Catfish had people who loved her.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at April 16, 2016 04:39 PM (jR7Wy)
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Yeah, Cali.
But how bout Cheyenne and the recessive pigment? Very cool dog.
But how bout Cheyenne and the recessive pigment? Very cool dog.
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 04:40 PM (2x3L+)
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My cat Leela was named after the Doctor Who character played by Louise Jameson. The TV Leela was a huntress from a primitive tribe whose motto was "Kill first, ask questions later. "
The cat Leela was a lot like that when I first adopted her. She's mellowed a bit over the decade and a half I've lived with her.
The cat Leela was a lot like that when I first adopted her. She's mellowed a bit over the decade and a half I've lived with her.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 16, 2016 04:41 PM (4HBfD)
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My oldest dog Sofie has a persistent UTI and it's driving me crazy. She still has a great attitude and appetite though so that's good.
Mrs H had the job of naming all the pets, except for the Viszla that I named Prinz. I never figured out how she came up with the names but they all fit perfectly. There was only one duplicate, Michael II, that was the replacement for Michael I who got hit by a car much too young. Both Michael cats loved to ride in cars and would settle down in the back seat and sleep as long as we were driving. Mrs H had several ofour her cats leash-trained so we could take them on trips!
Fortress Hrothgar has had at least one feral cat in residence for 20+ years with three (Smoky, Stranger, and Camocat) on the premises right now!. I need to get a picture of the one called Camocat, who is obviously a cat sniper calmly waiting for the right opportunity.
Mrs H had the job of naming all the pets, except for the Viszla that I named Prinz. I never figured out how she came up with the names but they all fit perfectly. There was only one duplicate, Michael II, that was the replacement for Michael I who got hit by a car much too young. Both Michael cats loved to ride in cars and would settle down in the back seat and sleep as long as we were driving. Mrs H had several of
Fortress Hrothgar has had at least one feral cat in residence for 20+ years with three (Smoky, Stranger, and Camocat) on the premises right now!. I need to get a picture of the one called Camocat, who is obviously a cat sniper calmly waiting for the right opportunity.
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 16, 2016 04:41 PM (wYnyS)
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Going out for some seafood. Dog likes whatever we are having. So do catz.
Posted by: Eromero at April 16, 2016 04:42 PM (zLDYs)
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Shibumi,
These are the ones my cats eat. 1/2 a day.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/gm3l22r
The powder will work too, whatever you can get the cat to eat.
These are the ones my cats eat. 1/2 a day.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/gm3l22r
The powder will work too, whatever you can get the cat to eat.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 04:42 PM (egOGm)
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Christ did say God notices every fallen sparrow, so why not a cat? perhaps this was His way of telling those of us who ever loved an animal it would be ok.
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at April 16, 2016 04:37 PM (cfswg)
Good call Gushka!
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at April 16, 2016 04:37 PM (cfswg)
Good call Gushka!
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 16, 2016 04:43 PM (wYnyS)
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L,Elle,
My friend with the chocolate labs wouldn't like me saying this, but Cheyenne is the prettiest lab I've ever seen.
My friend with the chocolate labs wouldn't like me saying this, but Cheyenne is the prettiest lab I've ever seen.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 04:44 PM (egOGm)
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jrg, I gotta dog like that.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 16, 2016 04:44 PM (9ym/8)
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Something about saving a tiny thing and working hard
to grow them up makes it so hard to take when tragedy strikes early and
so randomly.
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at April 16, 2016 04:26 PM (cfswg)
With all due respect, that doesn't sound random at all. There was a dog present, that had no business being around a vulnerable kitten.
I don't know if someone should have known, but my thing is, if you don't know, then don't expose the cats to a killer dog.
That kitten could just as easily be a human baby.
to grow them up makes it so hard to take when tragedy strikes early and
so randomly.
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at April 16, 2016 04:26 PM (cfswg)
With all due respect, that doesn't sound random at all. There was a dog present, that had no business being around a vulnerable kitten.
I don't know if someone should have known, but my thing is, if you don't know, then don't expose the cats to a killer dog.
That kitten could just as easily be a human baby.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 16, 2016 04:45 PM (TOk1P)
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Burt,
Way to be a buzzkill. The cat was a year old. Hindsight is always perfect.
Way to be a buzzkill. The cat was a year old. Hindsight is always perfect.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 04:49 PM (egOGm)
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Sad news, Gushka - sorry about the kitty!
>>Does he stick his legs straight up in the air?
Back legs stretched out, front ones bent.
I can see why you thought Tucker was dead!
>>Does he stick his legs straight up in the air?
Back legs stretched out, front ones bent.
I can see why you thought Tucker was dead!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 16, 2016 04:49 PM (NOIQH)
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Yeah, Cali. Ha.
That's bc we're both racists
That's bc we're both racists
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 04:50 PM (2x3L+)
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let me add a little Sok-B-Gon to my nic
Posted by: OregonMuse at April 16, 2016 04:51 PM (JJ5/6)
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The damm pet thread. I want all your doggies!!
Max and Bella are so cute!! I want those first then Country Singer's horse. I'm stealing those first.
Max and Bella are so cute!! I want those first then Country Singer's horse. I'm stealing those first.
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 04:52 PM (2x3L+)
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Recessive pigment my patootie! Cheyenne is the Shawn King of the dog world!
Posted by: Blacklabsmatter! at April 16, 2016 04:52 PM (kTF2Z)
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A real pleasure to come in and read the pet thread stories and see those great pictures. We had a skunking at our house this morning. 5AM, Lena gets a snoot-full. Fortunately, hubby hadn't left for work yet, and was able to do the peroxide, dish soap and baking soda cure. Works pretty well.
Posted by: Lizabth at April 16, 2016 04:53 PM (3v3uS)
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Lizzy,
I'm happy you got a new dog. Chiweenies are sweet funny dogs.
I'm happy you got a new dog. Chiweenies are sweet funny dogs.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 04:54 PM (egOGm)
Posted by: Wade Wilson at April 16, 2016 04:54 PM (39g3+)
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169 The damm pet thread. I want all your doggies!!
Max and Bella are so cute!! I want those first then Country Singer's horse. I'm stealing those first.
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 04:52 PM (2x3L+)
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Why, are you, like super hungry?
Max and Bella are so cute!! I want those first then Country Singer's horse. I'm stealing those first.
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 04:52 PM (2x3L+)
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Why, are you, like super hungry?
Posted by: Barack Obama at April 16, 2016 04:56 PM (kTF2Z)
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This is the greatest "military" blog ever. Cheers to you all!
https://www.facebook.com/affinity.rescue/
https://www.facebook.com/affinity.rescue/
Posted by: fishkid at April 16, 2016 04:56 PM (WHjUi)
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The long haired kitties are so pretty and Trump uxurious. The other ones have serious eyes that mean business. Both the cats and dogs have such expressive faces. So much personality.
Love the pics we get. Keep sending them in.
Love the pics we get. Keep sending them in.
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 04:57 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 16, 2016 04:57 PM (NOIQH)
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Bianca, good on you. Dont know who could abandon such pups or how you could find and walk away.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 16, 2016 04:57 PM (9ym/8)
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YAY, Pirate and Layla finally made the Bigs! They are both rescue dogs. Pirate is as far as we know, 14 yo and is having trouble these days with her hips (the excess weight doesn't help). We think she's mostly Border Collie, although she looked like an emaciateed coyote when she adopted me.
We named her Pirate because she was something of a swashbuckler in her younger days.
Layla, about 4 yo, is mostly German Shorthair. She had the moniker when we got her and we were going to rename her "Gunny," but somehow Layla fits her. She has a blood disorder that requires daily meds, which is why she was in a shelter the first Two years of her life. For a "free " dog, she's cost us more than a National Field Trial Champion. She's worth it, though. Sweetest nature of any dog we've ever had.
We named her Pirate because she was something of a swashbuckler in her younger days.
Layla, about 4 yo, is mostly German Shorthair. She had the moniker when we got her and we were going to rename her "Gunny," but somehow Layla fits her. She has a blood disorder that requires daily meds, which is why she was in a shelter the first Two years of her life. For a "free " dog, she's cost us more than a National Field Trial Champion. She's worth it, though. Sweetest nature of any dog we've ever had.
Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at April 16, 2016 04:57 PM (amqyw)
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Lindafell,
Your new dog is really cute, those eyes. I like all animals.
Your new dog is really cute, those eyes. I like all animals.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 04:58 PM (QGTpc)
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What rifle is that Smokie is getting ready to shoot?
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at April 16, 2016 02:55 PM (rwI+c)
Tough to say, but I'm leaning towards a FN-FAL variant.
What rifle is that Smokie is getting ready to shoot?
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at April 16, 2016 02:55 PM (rwI+c)
Tough to say, but I'm leaning towards a FN-FAL variant.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 16, 2016 04:58 PM (o98Jz)
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Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at April 16, 2016 04:57 PM (amqyw)
So "free" dogs are free just like "free" horses, eh?
So "free" dogs are free just like "free" horses, eh?
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 16, 2016 04:59 PM (wYnyS)
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Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at April 16, 2016 04:57 PM (amqyw)
Your pic made me smile. They are not loved at all. (sarcasm alert)
Your pic made me smile. They are not loved at all. (sarcasm alert)
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 05:00 PM (egOGm)
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I have one cat that my mom got me after I lost a tiny kitty I found in my yard starving but couldn't save.
Named her Cookie, actually One Tough Cookie. She was very tiny and recovering from being knocked out to be spayed, and she was growling and hissing at any dog or person that walked by her.
Named her Cookie, actually One Tough Cookie. She was very tiny and recovering from being knocked out to be spayed, and she was growling and hissing at any dog or person that walked by her.
Posted by: alamogordo at April 16, 2016 05:01 PM (dZt+8)
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I don't know if someone should have known, but my thing is, if you don't know, then don't expose the cats to a killer dog.
That kitten could just as easily be a human baby.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 16, 2016 04:45 PM (TOk1P)
yeah they were petsitting and the dog had been raised with cats and always good with them before. This was the first aggression. Catfish was a year old but gentle and there were even people there who tried to stop it (thus an entire house full of tearful adults.) Sometimes shit happens. This was bad shit and went down fast.
I had a different friend who had his daughter's bull terrier go after their sleeping pit bull for NO REASON, and when he tried to pull it off it went after him and tore his arm up. (The pittie did nothing but cry, was too scared to even fight back) Friend took that dog right outside and dealt with it. I was kinda horrified at the thought but he explained he loved the dog, was scared shitless it would hurt his wife, and it had always been scared of the vet, and lord knows what would happen if he dragged it in to a place it was scared of. Most of the people i know are animal people and longtime horsefolks on top of that. We try to be careful, and manage our places properly but when another person's critter gets added to the mix, you dont always know what will happen.
I don't know if someone should have known, but my thing is, if you don't know, then don't expose the cats to a killer dog.
That kitten could just as easily be a human baby.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 16, 2016 04:45 PM (TOk1P)
yeah they were petsitting and the dog had been raised with cats and always good with them before. This was the first aggression. Catfish was a year old but gentle and there were even people there who tried to stop it (thus an entire house full of tearful adults.) Sometimes shit happens. This was bad shit and went down fast.
I had a different friend who had his daughter's bull terrier go after their sleeping pit bull for NO REASON, and when he tried to pull it off it went after him and tore his arm up. (The pittie did nothing but cry, was too scared to even fight back) Friend took that dog right outside and dealt with it. I was kinda horrified at the thought but he explained he loved the dog, was scared shitless it would hurt his wife, and it had always been scared of the vet, and lord knows what would happen if he dragged it in to a place it was scared of. Most of the people i know are animal people and longtime horsefolks on top of that. We try to be careful, and manage our places properly but when another person's critter gets added to the mix, you dont always know what will happen.
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at April 16, 2016 05:01 PM (cfswg)
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"So "free" dogs are free just like "free" horses, eh?"
A trip to the vet, incognito and all, and shots and shit.
A trip to the vet, incognito and all, and shots and shit.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 16, 2016 05:01 PM (9ym/8)
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Yes, love seeing pics of everyone's pets! So much cuteness.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 16, 2016 05:03 PM (NOIQH)
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Yea, the persistent myth of "FREE" pets.....
Posted by: lindafell de spair at April 16, 2016 05:03 PM (xVgrA)
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So "free" dogs are free just like "free" horses, eh?
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 16, 2016 04:59 PM (wYnyS)
I do all-animal rescue. I could write a book on this subject. though i gotta say they have been some of my most loving, and noble hearted too.
So "free" dogs are free just like "free" horses, eh?
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 16, 2016 04:59 PM (wYnyS)
I do all-animal rescue. I could write a book on this subject. though i gotta say they have been some of my most loving, and noble hearted too.
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at April 16, 2016 05:04 PM (cfswg)
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Based on just the pet pics and pet thread, you're all such wonderful people. Your kittehs and doggehs!
Plus we have people with other weird animals to make it interesting.
Plus we have people with other weird animals to make it interesting.
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 05:04 PM (2x3L+)
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I have a big old dog, part Akita that was abandoned at a foreclosed house. When I met him, he was barking and so darn big, and I was looking for a little dog. I felt bad, though, because the animal control would have put him down, so I had the neighbor lady help me catch him and put him in the car. When I was driving home, he put his head on the console and looked up at me like I was an angel. His forehead was all wrinkled up, so I name him Duke because he reminded me of John Wayne.
I am getting worried about Duke, because he is getting pretty old and his hips really are getting bad. I try to walk him every day, because when I take out the leash he dances like a puppy.
I am getting worried about Duke, because he is getting pretty old and his hips really are getting bad. I try to walk him every day, because when I take out the leash he dances like a puppy.
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Hrothgar, pretty much. Just picked up a new med today. $100 bucks for 30 pills.
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Posted by: alamogordo at April 16, 2016 05:05 PM
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What a kind, generous soul you are. I am so amazed at how we can live indoors with animals. Dogs and cats are so grateful and give us so much.
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What a kind, generous soul you are. I am so amazed at how we can live indoors with animals. Dogs and cats are so grateful and give us so much.
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 05:09 PM (2x3L+)
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Plus we have people with other weird animals to make it interesting.
Like the 3 leopard geckos we also have?
Like the 3 leopard geckos we also have?
Posted by: lindafell de spair at April 16, 2016 05:10 PM (xVgrA)
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CS, what you gonna do with that cabayo?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 16, 2016 05:11 PM (9ym/8)
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Thank you for the great pet thread. I love all the photos.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 05:11 PM (QGTpc)
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Don't know if any of you have seen this before but Scientific American has a regular feature in their blogs section about dog behavior.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ceamntp
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ceamntp
Posted by: Last at April 16, 2016 05:13 PM (8HiDF)
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Folks were talking about owls this morning, so here's a Vine of an owl in a hat:
https://vine.co/v/O0MFJ6r0BX2
https://vine.co/v/O0MFJ6r0BX2
Posted by: Brother Cavil, hither and yon at April 16, 2016 05:14 PM (D0J8L)
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What a kind, generous soul you are. I am so amazed at how we can live indoors with animals.
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Another appropriate Dog cartoon:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/z8qds3t
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Another appropriate Dog cartoon:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/z8qds3t
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 16, 2016 05:15 PM (9mTYi)
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My neighbor yesterday reminded me about my old cat. Very small, grey tiger -- toughest cat around. Would eat the corners of my books and would make a flying leap to get a dorito before you could get it into your own mouth. My cousin, a 6'4" cat person, wouldn't leave the bathroom one day because he said she would take out his eyes. Anyway, the neighbor is having mice problems and she reminded me of Shorty's round around the neighborhood. If she liked you, she would leave mice at your door. Frankly, I am somewhat at a loss with my very affectionate cat right now, since I have no idea of how to cope with that kind of personality.
JTB - I actually am thinking about a Standard Poodle for my next dog. Big enough that I don't break my leg, but intelligent enough that I am not going nuts.
JTB - I actually am thinking about a Standard Poodle for my next dog. Big enough that I don't break my leg, but intelligent enough that I am not going nuts.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 16, 2016 05:15 PM (MIKMs)
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Edgar and Agatha made the pet thread! They're famous!!!!
My theory as to why they were abandoned - I think they were owned by an old lady who either died or went to a nursing home and nobody wanted to take them. They had clothes on, so they were obviously somebody's pets, but they were dirty and hadn't been cared for. They are the cutest little Malteses, but they've never been properly trained, which we really need to do.
My theory as to why they were abandoned - I think they were owned by an old lady who either died or went to a nursing home and nobody wanted to take them. They had clothes on, so they were obviously somebody's pets, but they were dirty and hadn't been cared for. They are the cutest little Malteses, but they've never been properly trained, which we really need to do.
Posted by: biancaneve at April 16, 2016 05:15 PM (e98eb)
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alamorgordo. MSM helps with mild dog arthritis. I've got two with more serious, one lost to a car as a pup before we got her and Ole took a hay bale on his back. I didn't see him when I was knocking it down from the stack. An internet friend had been recommending devils claw herb and finally I put aside my "dogs don't process herbs well" preconceptions and tried it and it helped a lot. Then last summer Ole was having more stiffness and I added turmeric based on internet buzz and the combo really helped.
I buy any herbs for the horses and dogs and some cooking ones at herbalcom dot com. Yes com is before and after the dot.
I buy any herbs for the horses and dogs and some cooking ones at herbalcom dot com. Yes com is before and after the dot.
Posted by: PaleRider at April 16, 2016 05:19 PM (wYRTH)
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b'ceve, still good on ya. They look good in the pic.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 16, 2016 05:21 PM (9ym/8)
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You guys who've rescued found dogs are great!
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I was talking about the owlets in my tree. I wish I had a fancy camera. They are the cutest things. The mom is no slouch either. I have to use binoculars to see them clearly. Great horned owls. About a month old.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 05:26 PM (QGTpc)
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Plus we have people with other weird animals to make it interesting.
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 05:04 PM (2x3L+)
I didn't know my husband had been here...!!!
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 05:04 PM (2x3L+)
I didn't know my husband had been here...!!!
Posted by: antisocialist at April 16, 2016 05:27 PM (UVOGZ)
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Owls are so pretty! We had three owlets in the yuuge tree in our (old) backyard 4 years ago - we'd catch sight of them around dusk. My parents are birders and a bit jealous we could watch them all summer long 
so we had them over a lot.
so we had them over a lot.Posted by: Lizzy at April 16, 2016 05:29 PM (NOIQH)
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One of the guys that works on the ranch shows me where all the birds nest. I call him dr Doolittle.
He was telling me he had a bobcat when he was young. He found a kitten and hand fed it. He didn't name it. He said it rubbed his leg and purred.
The feral cats on his ranch left as soon as he brought the bobcat home.
He was telling me he had a bobcat when he was young. He found a kitten and hand fed it. He didn't name it. He said it rubbed his leg and purred.
The feral cats on his ranch left as soon as he brought the bobcat home.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 05:31 PM (egOGm)
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...My theory as to why they were abandoned - I think
they were owned by an old lady who either died or went to a nursing home
and nobody wanted to take them....
Posted by: biancaneve at April 16, 2016 05:15 PM (e98eb)
Best dog i ever had was a blue heeler dumped on the local pound, by a family who didn't want pop's dog. When i got him, he was an 80 lb dog on a 50 lb frame, didn't recognize dog food as meant for him, and very traumatized. He'd been kept as the office dog at the shelter, and their unofficial mascot. I looked everywhere in the kennels for something suitable and found NOTHING. So i told the lady who ran the shelter that i was looking for something more like the office dog, that they kept in the cattery at night.
"WALDO?" she asked incredulously. "You want WALDO?!"
Yes. I wanted that one. So the next thing i know I have an overweight elderly blue cattle dog in the front seat of my truck, driving home. He was so sad. He collapsed on the floor of the kitchen, in a puddle of depressed elder canine. My very shy white cat fitted herself around his fat body and laid next to him. He sighed and went to sleep. BEST DOG EVER. next day he followed me everywhere, did whatever i told him, loved what i loved and was accepted by the cats as one of them. he knew all about horses and stayed out from under them. He had obviously been a ranch dog. To this day i have no clue why those people didnt want him. Wally really was perfect until he got cancer and started to suffer incontinence due to illness. I gotta send the pet thread a picture. He was a jolly fellow and really looked it.
they were owned by an old lady who either died or went to a nursing home
and nobody wanted to take them....
Posted by: biancaneve at April 16, 2016 05:15 PM (e98eb)
Best dog i ever had was a blue heeler dumped on the local pound, by a family who didn't want pop's dog. When i got him, he was an 80 lb dog on a 50 lb frame, didn't recognize dog food as meant for him, and very traumatized. He'd been kept as the office dog at the shelter, and their unofficial mascot. I looked everywhere in the kennels for something suitable and found NOTHING. So i told the lady who ran the shelter that i was looking for something more like the office dog, that they kept in the cattery at night.
"WALDO?" she asked incredulously. "You want WALDO?!"
Yes. I wanted that one. So the next thing i know I have an overweight elderly blue cattle dog in the front seat of my truck, driving home. He was so sad. He collapsed on the floor of the kitchen, in a puddle of depressed elder canine. My very shy white cat fitted herself around his fat body and laid next to him. He sighed and went to sleep. BEST DOG EVER. next day he followed me everywhere, did whatever i told him, loved what i loved and was accepted by the cats as one of them. he knew all about horses and stayed out from under them. He had obviously been a ranch dog. To this day i have no clue why those people didnt want him. Wally really was perfect until he got cancer and started to suffer incontinence due to illness. I gotta send the pet thread a picture. He was a jolly fellow and really looked it.
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at April 16, 2016 05:33 PM (cfswg)
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Lizzy,
I've been watching the mom in the nest and I just saw two babies yesterday. They look over the side watching me.
I've been watching the mom in the nest and I just saw two babies yesterday. They look over the side watching me.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 05:33 PM (egOGm)
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Bobcat? Wow. I had always wanted a Racoon as a youngster
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Gushka,
I had a blue queensland too. I love those dogs. I'm glad you got Waldo.
I had a blue queensland too. I love those dogs. I'm glad you got Waldo.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 05:35 PM (egOGm)
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211 Bobcat? Wow. I had always wanted a Racoon as a youngster
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Raccoons are a form of weasel.
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Raccoons are a form of weasel.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 16, 2016 05:35 PM (sl+zA)
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200 ... mustbequantum, Poodles of any size are wonderful and standards are handsome as well as cute. One caution: white poodles have a greater possibility of blindness than other colors. It isn't a sure thing, just a greater likelihood. I've read that black poodles have the fewest health problems but don't know if that is true. Your concern about the small size of toys is legit. I quickly learned to shuffle my size 15 feet (no joke) to avoid stepping on and seriously injuring our babies. Even a year after the death of our last one, I still find myself shuffling while in the house. I was trained better than the dogs.
Posted by: JTB at April 16, 2016 05:39 PM (V+03K)
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MH,
I know, he said it was nice. He left his ranch to work in the city and his dad shot it. He said it would sit on top of the house and catch birds. I think it went after his mother's birds.
He had it for a year.
I know, he said it was nice. He left his ranch to work in the city and his dad shot it. He said it would sit on top of the house and catch birds. I think it went after his mother's birds.
He had it for a year.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 05:39 PM (egOGm)
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First dog was named Frieda. Why? Because Frieda had freckles. We got her when we bought our first house.
We used to let her out at nite then go out to call her to come in. Unbeknownst to us, an elderly lady who had lived across the street and recently passed was also Frieda.
The other neighbors thought we were trying to summons the dead neighbor or something. Finally, another neighbor asked us about it. We explained that was the dog's name. Not sure who was embarrassed more.
We used to let her out at nite then go out to call her to come in. Unbeknownst to us, an elderly lady who had lived across the street and recently passed was also Frieda.
The other neighbors thought we were trying to summons the dead neighbor or something. Finally, another neighbor asked us about it. We explained that was the dog's name. Not sure who was embarrassed more.
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 16, 2016 05:40 PM (Dhht7)
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I had a friend who had a pet raccoon. He'd give it sugar cubes and then laugh his ass off as the raccoon "washed" them in his water. Raccoon got real pissed though.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 16, 2016 05:40 PM (kTF2Z)
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Sometimes a kid just needs a weasel other than his little brother
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 16, 2016 05:41 PM (voOPb)
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Gushka,
I had a blue queensland too. I love those dogs. I'm glad you got Waldo.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 05:35 PM (egOGm)
Seriously if God ever asks me what the best gift He ever gave me was, i dont know what i will tell him, because its a serious toss up between Waldo and Grim. I think Grim wins because he lasted way longer (Wally only had a few more years in him when i got him, he was obviously a very old dog.) But blue heelers are something special. I had a female red one, when i was a teenager but she was a nippy thing and though i loved her, nobody else did and she was not pretty. Waldo was a friend to all, and kept me going after my divorce until Grimmy found me. I even got a super low bedframe so he could haul his fat elderly dog butt into bed with us.
Gushka,
I had a blue queensland too. I love those dogs. I'm glad you got Waldo.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 05:35 PM (egOGm)
Seriously if God ever asks me what the best gift He ever gave me was, i dont know what i will tell him, because its a serious toss up between Waldo and Grim. I think Grim wins because he lasted way longer (Wally only had a few more years in him when i got him, he was obviously a very old dog.) But blue heelers are something special. I had a female red one, when i was a teenager but she was a nippy thing and though i loved her, nobody else did and she was not pretty. Waldo was a friend to all, and kept me going after my divorce until Grimmy found me. I even got a super low bedframe so he could haul his fat elderly dog butt into bed with us.
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at April 16, 2016 05:41 PM (cfswg)
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Love all the cute pics of your precious kittehs and doggehs. We did make the decision to put down our wonderful cat Schmooey on Friday. This poor little thing had so much wrong with her. 10 years ago she fell out of a tree or something and broke her jaw and a front tooth, then she faced epilepsy which is probably why she fell out of wherever she did, then a few months after that food and airborne allergies started and took her beautiful coat with having to give her tons of steroids to keep her from scratching herself to death they were the worst I'd ever seen. Then last year in January she developed IBD or lymphoma and had to take prednesone twice a day for this whole year. Then this March she had an allergic reaction to something and scratched herself raw and her fur fell out some more in patches, then she got pancreatitis. After a stint in the hospital we took her home and hoped the antibiotics would work, but she just got weaker and weaker and more dehydrated. I'm sure the year of prednesone did it's toll on her tiny body not to mention the decade of allergy steroids. I did have that wonderful year where for the most part other than throwing up pretty regular she was pretty happy so I can't complain. I have never seen anything like all the issues this cat had. I wonder what was in her gene pool.
Best cat I ever had though lovely tuxedo with beautiful face markings, very delicate, no more than 8 or 9 pounds at her heaviest, she died at 13 years old. Miss her terribly. Thanks for letting me tell you about her.
Best cat I ever had though lovely tuxedo with beautiful face markings, very delicate, no more than 8 or 9 pounds at her heaviest, she died at 13 years old. Miss her terribly. Thanks for letting me tell you about her.
Posted by: Jaimo at April 16, 2016 05:41 PM (eDc0r)
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"Bobcat? Wow. I had always wanted a Racoon as a youngster"
They'll shit everywhere and hide shit like you won't believe. Find racoon turds for years after they're dead and wonder where crap went.
They'll shit everywhere and hide shit like you won't believe. Find racoon turds for years after they're dead and wonder where crap went.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 16, 2016 05:41 PM (9ym/8)
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#BlackPoodlePrivilege
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 16, 2016 05:42 PM (sl+zA)
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Got Holly and Shirley (black domestic short hair cats) from a rescue org's pet drive at a petsmart in MD. Kept the names they had.
Posted by: DaveA at April 16, 2016 05:43 PM (DL2i+)
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I always wanted a Setter as a kid. My dad said when you have your own house you can get a setter. I did. Her name was Scoundrel, Scound Hound for short. I guess I'm a snob to this day I think any of the 4 setter breeds are the most beautiful dogs. Love their happy go lucky personality
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 16, 2016 05:43 PM (voOPb)
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My son's dog, a yellow lab, will nudge my son when he thinks he is nodding off or even pretending to go to sleep.
Ace, the lab, will get up off his bed on the floor walk over to my son, who is sitting on the couch, and first nose him in the knee. If that doesn't wake him, he'll start licking his face until my son stirs. He does not do this to anyone else, living there or visiting. My theory is that Ace thinks my son is the head of the pack and should be on alert at all times.
Ace, the lab, will get up off his bed on the floor walk over to my son, who is sitting on the couch, and first nose him in the knee. If that doesn't wake him, he'll start licking his face until my son stirs. He does not do this to anyone else, living there or visiting. My theory is that Ace thinks my son is the head of the pack and should be on alert at all times.
Posted by: washrivergal at April 16, 2016 05:44 PM (CFc5L)
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Best cat I ever had though lovely tuxedo with
beautiful face markings, very delicate, no more than 8 or 9 pounds at
her heaviest, she died at 13 years old. Miss her terribly. Thanks for
letting me tell you about her.
Posted by: Jaimo at April 16, 2016 05:41 PM (eDc0r)
you did all you could, and she knew you loved her. I wish i could hug you.
Best cat I ever had though lovely tuxedo with
beautiful face markings, very delicate, no more than 8 or 9 pounds at
her heaviest, she died at 13 years old. Miss her terribly. Thanks for
letting me tell you about her.
Posted by: Jaimo at April 16, 2016 05:41 PM (eDc0r)
you did all you could, and she knew you loved her. I wish i could hug you.
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at April 16, 2016 05:45 PM (cfswg)
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" Got Holly and Shirley (black domestic short hair cats) from a rescue org's pet drive at a petsmart in MD. Kept the names they had. "
Got little dummy from a foster family. He had a name so I didn't go screwing with his head further.
Got little dummy from a foster family. He had a name so I didn't go screwing with his head further.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 16, 2016 05:45 PM (9ym/8)
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Thanks Gushka, I wish I knew how to get a picture of her on here.
Posted by: Jaimo at April 16, 2016 05:46 PM (eDc0r)
Posted by: Mister Christopher (in Atlanta!) at April 16, 2016 05:46 PM (SLJ40)
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Hrothgar, pretty much. Just picked up a new med today. $100 bucks for 30 pills.
Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at April 16, 2016 05:06 PM (amqyw)
Let me tell you about back surgery costs on an old much loved canine (Sofie) coming up on 18 months post-op, on second thought, I'll pass!
Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at April 16, 2016 05:06 PM (amqyw)
Let me tell you about back surgery costs on an old much loved canine (Sofie) coming up on 18 months post-op, on second thought, I'll pass!
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 16, 2016 05:49 PM (wYnyS)
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I quickly learned to shuffle my size 15 feet (no
joke) to avoid stepping on and seriously injuring our babies. Even a
year after the death of our last one, I still find myself shuffling
while in the house. I was trained better than the dogs.
Posted by: JTB at April 16, 2016 05:39 PM (V+03K)
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My black cat thinks it is funny to throw himself in front of me -- navy blue carpeting. I don't like the silly poodle cuts, but a 'dutch cut' seems to be fine. My other option would be a Bouvier. Of course, if my kids decide to 'gift' me with another rescue dog, no doubt the silly beast would be just as indulged. Funny, the cat only does the laydown with me -- my size 16-17 feet son doesn't get that treat.
For all of you, the end of the semester dogs every year are abandoned by many college kids. Any college town has a wonderful group of dogs just waiting for someone.
joke) to avoid stepping on and seriously injuring our babies. Even a
year after the death of our last one, I still find myself shuffling
while in the house. I was trained better than the dogs.
Posted by: JTB at April 16, 2016 05:39 PM (V+03K)
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My black cat thinks it is funny to throw himself in front of me -- navy blue carpeting. I don't like the silly poodle cuts, but a 'dutch cut' seems to be fine. My other option would be a Bouvier. Of course, if my kids decide to 'gift' me with another rescue dog, no doubt the silly beast would be just as indulged. Funny, the cat only does the laydown with me -- my size 16-17 feet son doesn't get that treat.
For all of you, the end of the semester dogs every year are abandoned by many college kids. Any college town has a wonderful group of dogs just waiting for someone.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 16, 2016 05:49 PM (MIKMs)
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228 Thanks Gushka, I wish I knew how to get a picture of her on here.
Posted by: Jaimo at April 16, 2016 05:46 PM (eDc0r)
"Well, that concludes yet another edition of The Ace of Spades Pet Thread. We wish to thank you for your contributions. If you would like to contribute photos, tips, news, etc. you can at moronpets at gee mail dot com. "
Posted by: Jaimo at April 16, 2016 05:46 PM (eDc0r)
"Well, that concludes yet another edition of The Ace of Spades Pet Thread. We wish to thank you for your contributions. If you would like to contribute photos, tips, news, etc. you can at moronpets at gee mail dot com. "
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 16, 2016 05:50 PM (wYnyS)
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"Thanks Gushka, I wish I knew how to get a picture of her on here."
Get a Flickr account, free, and post. I think L'elle links above.
Get a Flickr account, free, and post. I think L'elle links above.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 16, 2016 05:51 PM (9ym/8)
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Posted by: Jaimo at April 16, 2016 05:41 PM (eDc0r)
You took good care of her. She was fortunate to have you. I'm sorry for your loss.
You took good care of her. She was fortunate to have you. I'm sorry for your loss.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 05:51 PM (QGTpc)
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nood chess
Posted by: OregonMuse at April 16, 2016 05:52 PM (JJ5/6)
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JTB - I actually am thinking about a Standard Poodle for my next dog. Big enough that I don't break my leg, but intelligent enough that I am not going nuts.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 16, 2016 05:15 PM (MIKMs)
Daughter scored a black standard poodle from the rescue. Unbelievably smart, sweet, and a perfect gentleman dog!
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 16, 2016 05:15 PM (MIKMs)
Daughter scored a black standard poodle from the rescue. Unbelievably smart, sweet, and a perfect gentleman dog!
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 16, 2016 05:54 PM (wYnyS)
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For all of you, the end of the semester dogs every
year are abandoned by many college kids. Any college town has a
wonderful group of dogs just waiting for someone.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 16, 2016 05:49 PM (MIKMs)
SERIOUSLY??
motherfuckers. do people not teach kids ANYTHING any more? now seriously who the fuck DOES that? god my heart breaks at the thought of that. Why not just take it home with you???? give it to the GF or BF? send iut to a rescue?
AUGHHHHHH!!!! i kno... because: assholes.
year are abandoned by many college kids. Any college town has a
wonderful group of dogs just waiting for someone.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 16, 2016 05:49 PM (MIKMs)
SERIOUSLY??
motherfuckers. do people not teach kids ANYTHING any more? now seriously who the fuck DOES that? god my heart breaks at the thought of that. Why not just take it home with you???? give it to the GF or BF? send iut to a rescue?
AUGHHHHHH!!!! i kno... because: assholes.
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at April 16, 2016 05:54 PM (cfswg)
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One of the drawbacks of owning a lab is they have absolutely NO concept of boating safety.
Brothers Austrailian Springer went over the side and got yanked back in by the collar one time (rowboat going ~15mph). Swam way out in a bay and then some pike bit his ass while he was coming back in.
Brothers Austrailian Springer went over the side and got yanked back in by the collar one time (rowboat going ~15mph). Swam way out in a bay and then some pike bit his ass while he was coming back in.
Posted by: DaveA at April 16, 2016 05:54 PM (DL2i+)
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I tried to send to the moronpets address and it immediately bounced back undeliverable
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>>> Posted by: mst3k at April 16, 2016 05:56 PM (2MRi7)
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Try again. You know the address is all secret coded, right?
petmorons at the g male dot com
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Try again. You know the address is all secret coded, right?
petmorons at the g male dot com
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 05:59 PM (2x3L+)
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Palerider - I hope you're still here. What is this MSM?
Posted by: alamogordo at April 16, 2016 06:01 PM (dZt+8)
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God notices every fallen sparrow, so why not a cat?
Maybe cats are how God watches sparrows fall.
Getting to be time to put the wren house back up. Hopefully Shirley wont bag one this year.
Maybe cats are how God watches sparrows fall.
Getting to be time to put the wren house back up. Hopefully Shirley wont bag one this year.
Posted by: DaveA at April 16, 2016 06:01 PM (DL2i+)
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Oh I had it backwards maybe
Posted by: mst3k at April 16, 2016 06:01 PM (2MRi7)
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>>> Oh I had it backwards maybe
Posted by: mst3k at April 16, 2016 06:01 PM (2MRi7)
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Please send in the pic. We would love to debut it.
Posted by: mst3k at April 16, 2016 06:01 PM (2MRi7)
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Please send in the pic. We would love to debut it.
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 06:03 PM (2x3L+)
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motherfuckers. do people not teach kids ANYTHING
any more? now seriously who the fuck DOES that? god my heart breaks at
the thought of that. Why not just take it home with you???? give it to
the GF or BF? send iut to a rescue?
AUGHHHHHH!!!! i kno... because: assholes. Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at April 16, 2016 05:54 PM (cfswg)
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That is how I have my current border collie/foxhound mix. He is a nice dog and pretty well socialized when I got him (6 mos). He and the cat live for the grandchildren. All of my children are on a rampage about that kind of selfishness. My mom had a fit when I was bringing home my lab rat, but she found a home for him with a neighbor. Hector lived long and well -- fat, sassy and taken to school every year to be passed around for show-and-tell. A dog is much more complicated, so I just keep talking about college towns.
any more? now seriously who the fuck DOES that? god my heart breaks at
the thought of that. Why not just take it home with you???? give it to
the GF or BF? send iut to a rescue?
AUGHHHHHH!!!! i kno... because: assholes. Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at April 16, 2016 05:54 PM (cfswg)
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That is how I have my current border collie/foxhound mix. He is a nice dog and pretty well socialized when I got him (6 mos). He and the cat live for the grandchildren. All of my children are on a rampage about that kind of selfishness. My mom had a fit when I was bringing home my lab rat, but she found a home for him with a neighbor. Hector lived long and well -- fat, sassy and taken to school every year to be passed around for show-and-tell. A dog is much more complicated, so I just keep talking about college towns.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 16, 2016 06:09 PM (MIKMs)
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Try again. You know the address is all secret coded, right? petmorons at the g male dot com
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 05:59 PM
Oh I had it backwards maybe
Posted by: mst3k at April 16, 2016 06:01 PM
No, MH has the wrong addy above in post.
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 05:59 PM
Oh I had it backwards maybe
Posted by: mst3k at April 16, 2016 06:01 PM
No, MH has the wrong addy above in post.
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Little spuds mackenzie went to pet morons this time instead of moron pets.
He's a hobo cat. Somehow he lived off drinking the chlorinated pool water for probably a year or two until we moved in. Even when I put out water for him took awhile to get him to stop drinking from the pool
He's a hobo cat. Somehow he lived off drinking the chlorinated pool water for probably a year or two until we moved in. Even when I put out water for him took awhile to get him to stop drinking from the pool
Posted by: mst3k at April 16, 2016 06:11 PM (2MRi7)
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Shibumi,
These are the ones my cats eat. 1/2 a day.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/gm3l22r
The powder will work too, whatever you can get the cat to eat.
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Thank you so much CaliGirl!!
Shibumi,
These are the ones my cats eat. 1/2 a day.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/gm3l22r
The powder will work too, whatever you can get the cat to eat.
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Thank you so much CaliGirl!!
Posted by: shibumi who is awaiting SMOD at April 16, 2016 06:14 PM (AHDxb)
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 06:15 PM (2x3L+)
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Even when I put out water for him took awhile to get him to stop drinking from the pool
Posted by: mst3k at April 16, 2016 06:11 PM (2MRi7)
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What, you think you are better than all the other pet owners whose pets insist, insist mind you, on drinking water from the toilet bowl? Heh, hoity-toity cat you got there.
Posted by: mst3k at April 16, 2016 06:11 PM (2MRi7)
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What, you think you are better than all the other pet owners whose pets insist, insist mind you, on drinking water from the toilet bowl? Heh, hoity-toity cat you got there.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 16, 2016 06:16 PM (MIKMs)
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Once again I am at the end of a dead thread but I want to give my humble thanks to L,Elle and MH for this thread. I am so close to my Deerhound puppy I can smell puppybreath. Thank you all.
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Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at April 16, 2016 05:54 PM (cfswg)
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People also leave their pets when they lose their house. I would never do that. If I couldn't find a home, I know this sounds mean, but I would have someone shoot my pet. It's better than leaving them in a back yard to starve.
There are also rescue groups, humane society, etc.
I would kill my kid if they got a pet in college that wasn't a goldfish.
Our friends get new pets all the time because people drop the cats or dogs off in the country. I've no idea what is wrong with these people.
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People also leave their pets when they lose their house. I would never do that. If I couldn't find a home, I know this sounds mean, but I would have someone shoot my pet. It's better than leaving them in a back yard to starve.
There are also rescue groups, humane society, etc.
I would kill my kid if they got a pet in college that wasn't a goldfish.
Our friends get new pets all the time because people drop the cats or dogs off in the country. I've no idea what is wrong with these people.
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Got any info on dosage amounts per pound?
Got any info on dosage amounts per pound?
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Ben Had, please tell us when you get that Deerhound puppy.
That is showcase material for this thread.
I'm so happy for you if you get your Deerhound puppy.
That is showcase material for this thread.
I'm so happy for you if you get your Deerhound puppy.
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 06:23 PM (2x3L+)
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Shibumi,
My vet said 250mg every day. A little more is OK. It works the same way it does for humans. They may have bacteria in their bladder but the cranberry keeps it from turning into an infection?
Also,
Canned food has more fluid. I add water to the canned food.
I hope your kitty is on the mend soon. My cat kept getting the infections until I switched to all canned food and the cranberry. No problems since.
Stress can also cause UTIs.
My vet said 250mg every day. A little more is OK. It works the same way it does for humans. They may have bacteria in their bladder but the cranberry keeps it from turning into an infection?
Also,
Canned food has more fluid. I add water to the canned food.
I hope your kitty is on the mend soon. My cat kept getting the infections until I switched to all canned food and the cranberry. No problems since.
Stress can also cause UTIs.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 06:25 PM (egOGm)
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For those considering getting a poodle. We always kept them clipped short and even. They weren't hunters and maintaining those ridiculous show clips takes a pro groomer and money. The simple, even cut was easy to do at home. And we preferred that look anyway. Also, it doesn't take long for an unshorn poodle to look like a sheep after a hard winter. :-)
Posted by: JTB at April 16, 2016 06:29 PM (V+03K)
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This thread is pretty much dead. I'll leave you with this sentiment. Animals, whatever kind, .make our lives better and make us better people.
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 06:30 PM (2x3L+)
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L,Elle, I will set the scenario for you. Last Saturday I posted my plight once again on this thread. I saved the thread and at 3:00 am Sunday morning there was a response from a wonderful person in the UK. After several emails this person put me in touch with two breeders, that I have now had contact with. One litter is born and the other is coming in a couple of weeks. Both of these litters are within days driving distance from me. Moron karma has smiled on me.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 16, 2016 06:36 PM (wdlhr)
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Coming late to the thread as usual. We name our pets regular human names like Adam and Rosalie. This seems a natural enough practice, but my wife tells me that she is increasingly encountering people at work who act as if this is something weird to do.
Am I missing something? because it completely baffles me that anyone would even think along such lines. It's as if they see something of significance in our not naming our pets Fluffy and Skipper.
Am I missing something? because it completely baffles me that anyone would even think along such lines. It's as if they see something of significance in our not naming our pets Fluffy and Skipper.
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at April 16, 2016 06:36 PM (2lvr9)
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Ben,
That's really awesome. I'm happy for you (and your soon to be new pup).
Puppybreath.
I know it's quite odd, but Puppybreath may well be m6 favorite smell in the world. Nothing like it...
It must be some latent childhood memory thing?
As to naming pets regular names, I try to. I noted upthread that I wanted to name my minpin Irving as a puppy (after Uncle Irving). Kids decided on Tucker, instead.
But I've knows dogs named Bob, Jim, Sally, Gladys, blahblahblah...
I used to keep lizards, and they all had normal names. Eugene, Gertrude, Esther, etc - usually named for family.
That's really awesome. I'm happy for you (and your soon to be new pup).
Puppybreath.
I know it's quite odd, but Puppybreath may well be m6 favorite smell in the world. Nothing like it...
It must be some latent childhood memory thing?
As to naming pets regular names, I try to. I noted upthread that I wanted to name my minpin Irving as a puppy (after Uncle Irving). Kids decided on Tucker, instead.
But I've knows dogs named Bob, Jim, Sally, Gladys, blahblahblah...
I used to keep lizards, and they all had normal names. Eugene, Gertrude, Esther, etc - usually named for family.
Posted by: Chi at April 16, 2016 06:43 PM (Te2JU)
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MSM is 99% Pure Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM)
I buy it online from valley vet supply. Any equine feed store, Tractor Supply, etc will have it with the supplements and labeled just as MSM -you will need to show ID buying in person. I guess with online they figure the cc and address is good enough. I have never even so much as watched Breaking Bad but MSM is an ingredient in meth.
I get the 00 size capsules from herbal com and the big (80-100) lb dogs got 2 pills a day, now they get maybe 2/3 with the serious anit-inflammatory herbs cuz I'm only going to feed them so many pills a day and they are beyond warding off arthritis with the joint building MSM supplement.
You can also buy MSM caps made up from Foster Smith or other dog places or in your vitamin aisle at the people store if you want to spend way more money. For the Devils claw they get now I fill the big part of the 00 capsule with DC and then the rest with MSM. 1/8 tsp of D/C for a smaller dog was recommend by my friend and if you feed wet dog food you may not need to use capsules for the DC and maybe not the turmeric but dogs don't seem to like MSM taste although the horses don't notice it. I use the 0 size capsules for the turmeric because I take it too and the big capsules were hard for me to swallow. Dogs and I both take 2 capsules of turmeric a day. I don't take any DC, just use ibuprofen for myself.
I would not give any of this to a cat w/o checking with vet or at least online. Cats are allergic to some things that are fine for dogs.
I buy it online from valley vet supply. Any equine feed store, Tractor Supply, etc will have it with the supplements and labeled just as MSM -you will need to show ID buying in person. I guess with online they figure the cc and address is good enough. I have never even so much as watched Breaking Bad but MSM is an ingredient in meth.
I get the 00 size capsules from herbal com and the big (80-100) lb dogs got 2 pills a day, now they get maybe 2/3 with the serious anit-inflammatory herbs cuz I'm only going to feed them so many pills a day and they are beyond warding off arthritis with the joint building MSM supplement.
You can also buy MSM caps made up from Foster Smith or other dog places or in your vitamin aisle at the people store if you want to spend way more money. For the Devils claw they get now I fill the big part of the 00 capsule with DC and then the rest with MSM. 1/8 tsp of D/C for a smaller dog was recommend by my friend and if you feed wet dog food you may not need to use capsules for the DC and maybe not the turmeric but dogs don't seem to like MSM taste although the horses don't notice it. I use the 0 size capsules for the turmeric because I take it too and the big capsules were hard for me to swallow. Dogs and I both take 2 capsules of turmeric a day. I don't take any DC, just use ibuprofen for myself.
I would not give any of this to a cat w/o checking with vet or at least online. Cats are allergic to some things that are fine for dogs.
Posted by: PaleRider at April 16, 2016 06:47 PM (wYRTH)
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We've had normal & unnormal names over the years
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 16, 2016 06:48 PM (voOPb)
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My black cat is named Sunshine. My vet thinks it is funny. Sweet animal, but as I am not a cat person, I have no idea what to do with such an affectionate beast. Names could be destiny. Hah.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 16, 2016 06:52 PM (MIKMs)
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Human pet name names seem weird to me.
I named my first puppy Juno Diana named after mythological goddesses.
Maybe I'm the weird person.
I named my first puppy Juno Diana named after mythological goddesses.
Maybe I'm the weird person.
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 06:54 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 16, 2016 06:55 PM (zMICA)
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Stress can also cause UTIs.
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She's on a mix of dry and wet food now CaliGirl.
I suspect that she was starting to go into a UTI, and the surgery/ stress caused it to definitely happen. She's pretty lethargic now, just wants to cuddle and sleep. Hoping to get some food/liquid into her today.
Fingers crossed.
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She's on a mix of dry and wet food now CaliGirl.
I suspect that she was starting to go into a UTI, and the surgery/ stress caused it to definitely happen. She's pretty lethargic now, just wants to cuddle and sleep. Hoping to get some food/liquid into her today.
Fingers crossed.
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Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at April 16, 2016 06:36 PM (2lvr9)
We had a ranch dog named Jim.
We had a ranch dog named Jim.
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Poop's not going anywhere, believe me...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:
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Tucker has been with me over 3 years, and I swear, I have no idea where that dog poops. Or if he even does? I have never seen a turd in my backyard.
Granted, he's barely over 15 pounds & has an acre to patrol, but you would think I'd witness him pinching a loaf at least once by now - nope.
Sure, when I walk him, but I've never found "his spot."
One more check in the Plus column for small dogs, I guess?
Poop's not going anywhere, believe me...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:
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Tucker has been with me over 3 years, and I swear, I have no idea where that dog poops. Or if he even does? I have never seen a turd in my backyard.
Granted, he's barely over 15 pounds & has an acre to patrol, but you would think I'd witness him pinching a loaf at least once by now - nope.
Sure, when I walk him, but I've never found "his spot."
One more check in the Plus column for small dogs, I guess?
Posted by: Chi at April 16, 2016 07:06 PM (Te2JU)
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i was out doing errands...i hope you morons see this:
we found Smokie on a rescue page (this one, i think: 1144987.rescueme.org/) and made arrangements to drive down to El Cajon, east of San Diego and pick him up from the people who had rescued him.
his mom died when he was 4 days old, and, being raised in a house full of dogs, he had imprinted as one, which meant he didn't meow, and would do strange things like bringing the neighbor's dog home with him.
but we almost didn't get him: we had made the arrangements for Caturday, October 25th, 2003. as we drove out the 210 to take the 15 south to reach the I-8, we saw numerous fires burning in the mountains around Big Bear, etx, and even drove through one burning on the side of the 15 in Corona.
but once we were south of the 91, things were looking better... for awhile
as we got near San Diego county, somewhere around Fallbrook, we noticed a YUGE cloud of smoke to the southeast and started to wonder. the further south we got, the bigger, and closer it got. it was the Cedar Fire, the largest wildfire in #Failifornia history (so far) and it was totes out of control and headed right towards us. we eventually got to where the CHP had closed the freeway, and had to get off...
that was when we ran into police blockades on major roads, but, given my years of repoing cars and running around the countryside playing Cav Scout with the 1/18th Cav, i eventually snuck back onto the freeway, and headed further south towards the 8, often with fire on both sides of an otherwise deserted freeway.
we were in touch with the rescuers, who had been ordered to evacuate, with only their rescues their hard drives, and some clothes, and we met them at an evacuation site, where all the animal owners from the area were in part of the Walmart parking lot.
we got Smokie into his carrier, and were helping his rescuers and the others there with their animals when the fire department came by and ordered the evacuation of the evac point... yeah, it was that kind of day.
we got in the car, and didi-mau'd west on the 8 to the 15 north, once again through fire and smoke, and GTFO of the area...
given the adventure of the day, and his coloration, his name was a given. he's pictured with Resident Evil's L1A2, which i talked her into buying, because we didn't have one, and it could be used in a CMP match (except of course, that it's a heavy barrel, and a stone pig to shoot from the standing position, or even the prone unsupported one, for that matter, hence the bipod.)
he was a sweet and loving boy, but lymphoma took him from us last summer.
F cancer.
we found Smokie on a rescue page (this one, i think: 1144987.rescueme.org/) and made arrangements to drive down to El Cajon, east of San Diego and pick him up from the people who had rescued him.
his mom died when he was 4 days old, and, being raised in a house full of dogs, he had imprinted as one, which meant he didn't meow, and would do strange things like bringing the neighbor's dog home with him.
but we almost didn't get him: we had made the arrangements for Caturday, October 25th, 2003. as we drove out the 210 to take the 15 south to reach the I-8, we saw numerous fires burning in the mountains around Big Bear, etx, and even drove through one burning on the side of the 15 in Corona.
but once we were south of the 91, things were looking better... for awhile
as we got near San Diego county, somewhere around Fallbrook, we noticed a YUGE cloud of smoke to the southeast and started to wonder. the further south we got, the bigger, and closer it got. it was the Cedar Fire, the largest wildfire in #Failifornia history (so far) and it was totes out of control and headed right towards us. we eventually got to where the CHP had closed the freeway, and had to get off...
that was when we ran into police blockades on major roads, but, given my years of repoing cars and running around the countryside playing Cav Scout with the 1/18th Cav, i eventually snuck back onto the freeway, and headed further south towards the 8, often with fire on both sides of an otherwise deserted freeway.
we were in touch with the rescuers, who had been ordered to evacuate, with only their rescues their hard drives, and some clothes, and we met them at an evacuation site, where all the animal owners from the area were in part of the Walmart parking lot.
we got Smokie into his carrier, and were helping his rescuers and the others there with their animals when the fire department came by and ordered the evacuation of the evac point... yeah, it was that kind of day.
we got in the car, and didi-mau'd west on the 8 to the 15 north, once again through fire and smoke, and GTFO of the area...
given the adventure of the day, and his coloration, his name was a given. he's pictured with Resident Evil's L1A2, which i talked her into buying, because we didn't have one, and it could be used in a CMP match (except of course, that it's a heavy barrel, and a stone pig to shoot from the standing position, or even the prone unsupported one, for that matter, hence the bipod.)
he was a sweet and loving boy, but lymphoma took him from us last summer.
F cancer.
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Posted by: shibumi who is awaiting SMOD at April 16, 2016 07:00 PM (AHDxb)
I bet you are right. I hope she feels better soon.
I bet you are right. I hope she feels better soon.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 16, 2016 07:07 PM (egOGm)
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Hmm, tried to send a picture in, but gmail said nope, moronpets@ etc. doesn't exist.
Posted by: t-bird at April 16, 2016 07:12 PM (w/iDp)
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Fingers crossed.
Posted by: shibumi
Good luck shibumi. No salt added or low salt chicken stock or even chicken soup (cut up finely any noodles &/or veggies) should help. Or carefully rinsed tuna. Is your cat out of the protective cone yet?
Posted by: shibumi
Good luck shibumi. No salt added or low salt chicken stock or even chicken soup (cut up finely any noodles &/or veggies) should help. Or carefully rinsed tuna. Is your cat out of the protective cone yet?
Posted by: Bebe Dahl at April 16, 2016 07:15 PM (yNyJy)
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Sorry, redc. Even as old as I am, I remember each of my pets with love. They bring so much to us.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 16, 2016 07:15 PM (MIKMs)
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Cheyenne - milk chocolate lab, too cute;-)
Posted by: Bebe Dahl at April 16, 2016 07:15 PM (yNyJy)
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petmorons@ the same g place, tbird. MH, erred.
Redc,
Awesome story, Thanks. Fitting name.
You are a good bird, but you probably a knew that already.
Redc,
Awesome story, Thanks. Fitting name.
You are a good bird, but you probably a knew that already.
Posted by: Chi at April 16, 2016 07:17 PM (Te2JU)
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Thank you, threadpeople, for decrypting the real address.
Posted by: t-bird at April 16, 2016 07:18 PM (w/iDp)
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redc1c4-I thank you for the sharing and mourn your loss.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 16, 2016 07:20 PM (wdlhr)
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Posted by: mustbequantum at April 16, 2016 06:52 PM (MIKMs)
Black Sunshine - Rob Zombie song;-) about drag racing the two lane black top, if memory serves me right
Black Sunshine - Rob Zombie song;-) about drag racing the two lane black top, if memory serves me right
Posted by: Bebe Dahl at April 16, 2016 07:21 PM (yNyJy)
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Black Sunshine - Rob Zombie song;-) about drag racing the two lane black top, if memory serves me right Posted by: Bebe Dahl at April 16, 2016 07:21 PM (yNyJy)
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Thank you! Now maybe my kids will stop making fun of me for the silly cat's name because there is an appropriately 'dark' history. They wanted Salem, or Devil, or Lucifer, but I held out for Sunshine. He really is a nice beast.
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Thank you! Now maybe my kids will stop making fun of me for the silly cat's name because there is an appropriately 'dark' history. They wanted Salem, or Devil, or Lucifer, but I held out for Sunshine. He really is a nice beast.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 16, 2016 07:25 PM (MIKMs)
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I wonder if my wife can convince Starbuck's that her new AR is a "service carbine" needed for emotional equilibrium?
Posted by: sven10077 at April 16, 2016 07:27 PM (g8Hfr)
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Makes me think of Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun.
Posted by: t-bird at April 16, 2016 07:29 PM (RrDm2)
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Since you asked, our rescue Sheltie was named Chopin. When I said Chopin was not a name I could call loudly, my husband suggested "Charlie" and it stuck.
He also named our previous dog, a rescued Flat-coated Retriever named Ranger by the Humane Society. He pulled the name "Dooley" out of the air and gave no reason for choosing it. A few days later, a friend who lived across the country told me the English Bulldog at her local bookstore had died a few weeks earlier. That dog's name was Dooley. My friend claimed the name was floating around looking for a good dog.... I don't know about that, but Dooley (the second) was a great dog.
He also named our previous dog, a rescued Flat-coated Retriever named Ranger by the Humane Society. He pulled the name "Dooley" out of the air and gave no reason for choosing it. A few days later, a friend who lived across the country told me the English Bulldog at her local bookstore had died a few weeks earlier. That dog's name was Dooley. My friend claimed the name was floating around looking for a good dog.... I don't know about that, but Dooley (the second) was a great dog.
Posted by: WCGreen at April 16, 2016 07:31 PM (Pb64z)
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On the weekend special threads I often just go up and down reading new comments.
It's very sad to hear from someone loosing their furry friend, my two are our 2nd and 3rd and while they are fine and in good health their whole lives they are 15 years old I think. I've always wondered that one will go before the other what their reaction will be. Cinnamon as the more personable lap kitty will I think miss her sister. Sugar having 3 times taken her sister as a hostile will not miss her as much we think. But until it happens I really don't know.
It's very sad to hear from someone loosing their furry friend, my two are our 2nd and 3rd and while they are fine and in good health their whole lives they are 15 years old I think. I've always wondered that one will go before the other what their reaction will be. Cinnamon as the more personable lap kitty will I think miss her sister. Sugar having 3 times taken her sister as a hostile will not miss her as much we think. But until it happens I really don't know.
Posted by: Skip at April 16, 2016 07:46 PM (Dpy/y)
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Edgar and Agatha may well have run away or been with an owner who got lost or injured in the National Forest. They may have survived a while on their own.
It doesn't have to be a case of abuse, people disappear or lose things, other people, and animals all the time at parks.
If the owners were local and/or healthy there would have been an extensive search, you would expect, but that still leaves a lot of possibilities.
It doesn't have to be a case of abuse, people disappear or lose things, other people, and animals all the time at parks.
If the owners were local and/or healthy there would have been an extensive search, you would expect, but that still leaves a lot of possibilities.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 16, 2016 07:52 PM (wB8Tg)
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Great story redc1c4. That was quite a rescue.
Posted by: PaleRider at April 16, 2016 08:36 PM (wYRTH)
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Pets get lost all the time.
Remember the little black dog being chased by the CHP?
(They named him Ponch)
No one ever claimed him and he didn't have a chip in him.
He must have been adopted by now. I hope so.
Anyway, one wonders how a little critter like that gets loose on one of the most hostile places you could imagine for a little dog, the Bay Bridge.
Remember the little black dog being chased by the CHP?
(They named him Ponch)
No one ever claimed him and he didn't have a chip in him.
He must have been adopted by now. I hope so.
Anyway, one wonders how a little critter like that gets loose on one of the most hostile places you could imagine for a little dog, the Bay Bridge.
Posted by: navybrat at April 16, 2016 08:39 PM (8QGte)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 16, 2016 08:53 PM (voOPb)
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I love this thread. I don't garden (well) and I don't play chess. I love dogs. Period. Mr k told me one night he was worried that I would turn into a Sierra club member. To which I replied they hug trees not dogs. He then changed it to PETA.
Posted by: Molly k at April 16, 2016 09:00 PM (4aaDj)
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Peta are dog killers not dog lovers. They literally take dogs from shelters and kill them right away instead of being any kind of rescue. /rant off
Nice to see you Molly K. How is your dog, still keeping you fit demanding lots of exercise?
Nice to see you Molly K. How is your dog, still keeping you fit demanding lots of exercise?
Posted by: PaleRider at April 16, 2016 09:13 PM (wYRTH)
Posted by: Barack Obama at April 16, 2016 09:20 PM (9E2HE)
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naow to get all the other House Kittehs on the thread.
and to be home when the thread opens.
stupid real life and it's errands...
and to be home when the thread opens.
stupid real life and it's errands...
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 16, 2016 09:21 PM (9E2HE)
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Good luck shibumi. No salt added or low salt chicken stock or even
chicken soup (cut up finely any noodles /or veggies) should help.
Or carefully rinsed tuna. Is your cat out of the protective cone yet?
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No, she's in the cone of shame until next week. It's is hindering her movement, which will help me grab her to give her the antibiotics.
As for food... she's kind of fussy and has no appetite.
Surgeries plus UTI plus saying buh bye to a bad client means that my vacation fund is non existent this year. Sigh.
chicken soup (cut up finely any noodles /or veggies) should help.
Or carefully rinsed tuna. Is your cat out of the protective cone yet?
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No, she's in the cone of shame until next week. It's is hindering her movement, which will help me grab her to give her the antibiotics.
As for food... she's kind of fussy and has no appetite.
Surgeries plus UTI plus saying buh bye to a bad client means that my vacation fund is non existent this year. Sigh.
Posted by: shibumi who is awaiting SMOD at April 16, 2016 09:23 PM (AHDxb)
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Nice to see you Molly K. How is your dog, still keeping you fit demanding lots of exercise?
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Yep. I love every minute of it though!! Today was 6 miles. I suppose that's what happens when kids grow up, you spoil the dog.
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Yep. I love every minute of it though!! Today was 6 miles. I suppose that's what happens when kids grow up, you spoil the dog.
Posted by: Molly k at April 16, 2016 09:30 PM (4aaDj)
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A little more about my spoiled dog. When we get back from our morning walk she will rest for about 30 and then start barking again. That means ride. So we get in the car and drive to town and just drive around. Pretty sure she has a smile on her face the whole time.
Posted by: Molly k at April 16, 2016 09:34 PM (4aaDj)
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No, she's in the cone of shame until next week.
Posted by: shibumi who is awaiting SMOD at April 16, 2016 09:23 PM (
There is now an inflatable doughnut that tightens with an adjustable Velcro strap that is far more comfortable than the cone. I wonder why your Vet didn't offer the option? My little brat terrier had extensive surgery a few weeks back & I found this time around the inflatable neck doughnut was far more convenient & comfortable for the her than the cone that depresses any animal. If I had to wear one,, I would take the doughnut. My little dog ate so much better, those cones are not conducive for either eating or sleeping, but are less expensive, but only a bit, like about $8 bucks.
Posted by: shibumi who is awaiting SMOD at April 16, 2016 09:23 PM (
There is now an inflatable doughnut that tightens with an adjustable Velcro strap that is far more comfortable than the cone. I wonder why your Vet didn't offer the option? My little brat terrier had extensive surgery a few weeks back & I found this time around the inflatable neck doughnut was far more convenient & comfortable for the her than the cone that depresses any animal. If I had to wear one,, I would take the doughnut. My little dog ate so much better, those cones are not conducive for either eating or sleeping, but are less expensive, but only a bit, like about $8 bucks.
Posted by: Bebe Dahl at April 16, 2016 09:57 PM (yNyJy)
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At nearly 70, I thought my puppy days were over. But, I got a bee in my bonnet over a certain black, brown and white goldendoodle. Now I am waking at 4:00 am and taking "Tattoo" out for a wee. She was 8 weeks old and weighed in at 9 lbs. when we got her 3 weeks ago. Now she's 15 lbs. at 11 weeks. OMG. She can be a squirmy bundle when she want to but I assume I will get stronger as she gets bigger. Right? Anyhow, it's brought new life and tons of fun to our house. The other 2 dogs are adjusting very well, even the neurotic one. Fortunately, I have 2 daughter who will look after the dogs if I am unable to. They encouraged me to get the pup. BTW, she's named "Tattoo" because of her spotted belly and we were talking about Fantasy Island just before we picked her up. Bob's your uncle. (Our other dogs are rescues.)
Posted by: Susanamantha at April 16, 2016 10:03 PM (yL5ls)
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I have named my dogs after the British characters in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels. The barn cats get named after the French characters. .
For many years I couldn't own pets because my work schedule would have been unfair to them. Since I retired I have been catching up. The first was Clare, a rescue Jack Russell, named after the servant girl a young Lt. Sharpe rescued in India. Unlike her opportunistic namesake, my Clare never stopped being grateful, often being brave well past the point of stupidity when she felt I was threatened.
Clare shared guard duty with Cooper, a German Shepherd Akita cross. He was my exemplary Chosen Dog. His obedience was on and off under normal circumstances but when there was an intruder he behaved like a trained police dog. (He flunked out of a police dog training program) He was the smartest dog I ever encountered but the Akita independence was strong in him. .
The current dog is Maggie, an engaging black and tan Treeing Feist named after the teenage prostitute who took in the 12 year old Sharpe when he ran away from the orphanage. Think a Doberman seen through the wrong end of a binoculars abd that's Maggie. .
The cats began with Lucille, a lovely long haired black cat named after the love of Sharpe's life. Then came Calvet, a feral male kitten who wandered in and became as much of a tomcat as the one-eyed general who was Sharpe's temporary and unlikely ally after the Battle of Toulouse. The current barn cat is Boney, short for Bonaparte, a smallish sized male tabby cat who acts like he owns the place.
I have a two cairns in my garden that cover the remains of my deceased dogs and cats. .
For many years I couldn't own pets because my work schedule would have been unfair to them. Since I retired I have been catching up. The first was Clare, a rescue Jack Russell, named after the servant girl a young Lt. Sharpe rescued in India. Unlike her opportunistic namesake, my Clare never stopped being grateful, often being brave well past the point of stupidity when she felt I was threatened.
Clare shared guard duty with Cooper, a German Shepherd Akita cross. He was my exemplary Chosen Dog. His obedience was on and off under normal circumstances but when there was an intruder he behaved like a trained police dog. (He flunked out of a police dog training program) He was the smartest dog I ever encountered but the Akita independence was strong in him. .
The current dog is Maggie, an engaging black and tan Treeing Feist named after the teenage prostitute who took in the 12 year old Sharpe when he ran away from the orphanage. Think a Doberman seen through the wrong end of a binoculars abd that's Maggie. .
The cats began with Lucille, a lovely long haired black cat named after the love of Sharpe's life. Then came Calvet, a feral male kitten who wandered in and became as much of a tomcat as the one-eyed general who was Sharpe's temporary and unlikely ally after the Battle of Toulouse. The current barn cat is Boney, short for Bonaparte, a smallish sized male tabby cat who acts like he owns the place.
I have a two cairns in my garden that cover the remains of my deceased dogs and cats. .
Posted by: NC Mountainl Girl at April 16, 2016 10:20 PM (eDkLP)
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So not 300
Posted by: L, Elle at April 16, 2016 10:32 PM (2x3L+)
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Srsly, I want all your doggies. Developing stealing plans. Stop sending in pics.
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