Pets!
LolaDeeDaisy23
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Just like the title states! I remember a thread like this existed but I can't find it. We just adopted our first puppy and I'm completely head over heels in love with her. She's a complete ham. This is Charlie. What furry babies do you guys have?? Also, do you feed them low carb?
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Saweeet little Rottie! No pets presently. We travel too much, it wouldn't be fair to the pet. Used to have a Rhodesian Ridgeback. My brother had a Rottie and a Presa Canario. We are BIG DOG people in our family.2
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Rhodesian Ridgeback was named Cobra. Rottie was Lucas, Press Canario was Suede.1
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I have 5 Chi's, an Aussie, a mini Aussie, 3 cats, 3 goats, a sheep, 2 mini pigs and a whole bunch of horses. Dogs nutritional needs are so much different than ours so no low carb.3
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I have a rescued a Aussie and a rescued 3 legged cat. they do not eat low carb. I had a rottie lab mix for 13 years she was the runt at 8 weeks was 4 lbs and ended up a 100 pound dog. she was a great dog so is our Aussie.3
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I have 2 cats. They are larger than the average pet cat just because they have a big bone structure. Both are brothers from the same litter.
Midnight is a black tabby, and the smaller one. He stays somewhere around 18-20 lbs.
Mittens' weight fluctuates quite a bit more. At one time, he was as heavy as 32 lbs., but is now probably around 24-26 lbs. Like his brother, he has a large frame. Unlike his brother, he is also quite fat.
They eat low carb because Mittens has diabetes. By avoiding carbs, I've been able to keep him off of insulin for a long time. I normally feed him Fancy Feast Classic Turkey and Giblets, which is about 4% carbs. The wet food also helps Mittens because he has a history of being blocked. For the non-cat people: male cats have narrow urethrae and it is fairly common for them to get blocked by small crystals accumulating somewhere. When this happens, they can't pee and become very sick very fast. It can lead to kidney failure and death if untreated.2 -
We have a Jack Russel/chihuahua/dachshund mix named Piper, 3 goats - a Lamancha named Lily (same name as our daughter...came with the name, Lily the girl was thrilled to have Lily the goat) two Nigerian Dwarfs named Pickles and Corpus Christie (also came with the name because she was papered, we call her Mama goat) as well as Albert the pygmy goat visiting for now because two of ours are in heat.
We also have 12 chickens who I have learned not to name after a neighbor's dog dug into our yard and killed Lucy, Ethel Laverne and Shirley
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We have 6 rescued Boston Terriers! Rescue is our passion in this house, and we are suckers for the senior unadoptable ones with medical needs.
Our old guy has diabetes, but he also has a really touchy gut so we are limited as to what we can feed him. He eats a combo of prescription and limited ingredient venison food that keeps his glucose level and his stool solid. Our old lady also is prone to diarrhea so she gets the prescription food too. Maybe once we have less dogs I will start making their food, but for now we do kibble cause it works for us.7 -
That's a cute pup you have. both my cat and dog eat grain free food so I guess they are low carb
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Up until March, we had 2 German shepherd rescues. Sadly, our old guy crossed over the bridge a day after his 14th birthday.
Now we have one and she is so spoiled!!
She eats Iams...and lots of treats, but not low carb. I have a friend who rescues grey hounds and she feeds them a special raw diet, but it's expensive and a lot of work.
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Awwww.....she is so precious!
We have 2 dogs....Joe is a 2 year Chihuahua/Terrier and Lilly is my 10 month old Chiweenie!
She is being fixed today and I am a nervous mama :-(2 -
Pixel when he was just a pup with Koujo. We also have a younger raccoon, Benji. He's not as nice as Koujo which is funny because we chose to name him Benji because Benji was a wonderful, lovable TV dog while Cujo was a terror dog.
Skit - he was a stray that was hit and I saved him and had to have his leg amputated.
Willow - we rescued her from a guy who wasn't taking care of her
Koujo giving me kisses when I was less svelte
Molly
Callie
Miyuki - she's on her second litter. Pixel is hers. After this litter (which will be pure bred we think) she'll head to the vet.
Bagel when he was young and svelte
Lucifer
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I follow Pumpkin the raccoon on Instagram - too cute! I had no idea that raccoons could be pets. @RowdysLady1
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We have two seven month old kittens we adopted at eight weeks. Since they're brother and sister, I named them Sissie and Bro but "Never" and "Again" would have been more to the point. I swore I'd never have my heart broken again but fate and our neighbor who owns a non-profit pet adoption center were too much for me. As it happens they are adorable and amazingly well behaved, for kittens at any rate, so I've forgiven Pam for her ruthless and unprovoked attack on us as we were sitting on our front porch, minding our own business.
Just an FYI: As the number of kittens increases arithmetically, the amount of mischief they can dream up increases geometrically. One kitten alone could never have come up with the idea to hide a spool of thread in the toe of one of my shoes.4 -
coloradoartstudio wrote: »I follow Pumpkin the raccoon on Instagram - too cute! I had no idea that raccoons could be pets. @RowdysLady
Well they really aren't meant to be pets however, we rescued Koujo and he's so acclimated to our dogs that he'd be killed in the wild. Koujo doesn't like people he doesn't know at all. One game day we brought him in and when I walked through the dining room with him where the other people were he scratched the *kitten* out of me trying to run away. I have a scar on my arm now. He likes family only and loves to be inside playing with the pups and cats. He's so freaking funny sometimes especially when you have food he likes...marshmallows especially.
Rowdy rescued Benji when he got into the fridge in the break room where he works. However he was old enough that he really doesn't like/trust people. We kept him because raccoons like other raccoons and they are buddies now but Benji does not come inside or play with my other animals. Anna is actually a bit scared of him because he hisses when we get too close. He's never tried to bite anyone but he's not friendly by any means.
If anyone ever cared enough to "turn us in" they'd take them away and probably fine us but out here in East Texas...no one really cares enough that we have them. Here's their habitat we built for them and Benji when Rowdy first brought him home.
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"Tryptophan cat" after a big thanksgiving feast; of course she gets a seat at the dinner table2 -
Our first and only dog, Rocky. He's a cavalier king charles - poodle cross. We got him when he was 4 months old in the spring. He was probably 5-6 months old in this picture. He'll be one in a few days.
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I wonder why a lot of these photos are not loading???
kimberlyb and midwesterner, we love cats too (we 'borrow' our neighbour's tuxedo cat, Lily once in a while - she comes when called and heels like a dog, lol). If we were to get a cat I think it would be a ginger Scottish Fold. Favorite colour and breed. But too much money for now.3 -
Had to share. This just happened. He's not my dog. He belongs to the neighbor (about 3 miles away). He's been coming here for a couple of months now. I heard a terrible noise and got up to investigate. I found him like this but with a bag of Christmas candy in his mouth. I had the hardest time getting him down - damn Pyrenees stubbornness! He came in through the dog door, which he does often. Usually he shows up first thing in the mornings, comes in, says hello to me, gets a drink then heads back outside to enjoy the weather and play with my dogs. I text his owner, she picks him up and we start all over again the next day. On a good week we may only see him 3 out of 7 days.
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I love this! Did not write this below but I love this charity. It's for doggie cancer research. They do Keto on dogs that have a cancer death sentence. They do not give dogs cancer! The charity picks them from shelters and people who can't treat the cancer. Keto pet sanctuary.
"Right now, on a 53-acre plot of land outside Austin, Texas, we at KetoPet Sanctuary (KPS) are doing something incredible. This isn’t your typical canine rescue facility. KPS goes out of its way to rescue dogs with incurable, terminal cancer. Our goal isn’t to provide hospice-like treatment for terminal dogs – of course we care for and love the animals, but instead of writing off the canine companions to their fate, we at KPS provide groundbreaking cancer therapy. We’ve been doing this since October of 2014 and the results are astounding. Plus, we guarantee each dog will have a loving forever home, for life."3 -
I forgot to say that our dog is basically keto. He gets raw hamburger, other meats, some (all meat) kibble and some veggies and cheese. He eats well.
@RowdysLady LOL You are more tolerant than I am.2 -
@nvmomketo - look at that face...you can only be mad for a minute. He and his little buddy are such sweethearts that I am a sucker for them for sure. I love dogs too, which helps. When he jumped down he broke that photo frame too...now I've got to replace it.2
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I have a black Bombay cat who's turning 10 next year and a Belgian malinwa who's 2 years old. The dog is definitely keto with grain free food.1
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I've had 5 rescues over the years. Our current Daisy (who I believe calls herself Bruce) is a pushy, bossy Great Pyrenees who weighs in at 120 pounds. I love her to pieces and she returns that 100 fold!
Boy, she really needed a haircut in this pic! She is my last really big dog so she gets spoiled even more than our previous dogs.
RE food, she isn't fed keto. Her snacks, though, are all protein and/or fat which boosts the percentage a bit. She is at about 60 to 65% fat and protein.
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I need to take some more pictures of Gibbs, my feral rescue. 8 years old now. He eats mainly keto, as he steals my food! His treats are purely freeze dried chicken with no preservatives. Just hard photographing a black cat, he often ends up going from looking adorable to a black blob, and he is such a cutie!
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I've had 5 rescues over the years. Our current Daisy (who I believe calls herself Bruce) is a pushy, bossy Great Pyrenees who weighs in at 120 pounds. I love her to pieces and she returns that 100 fold! Boy, she really needed a haircut in this pic! She is my last really big dog so she gets spoiled even more than our previous dogs.
RE food, she isn't fed keto. Her snacks, though, are all protein and/or fat which boosts the percentage a bit. She is at about 60 to 65% fat and protein.
Archer's buddy who also shows up here is a Great Pyrenees as well - still a pup and half the size of Archer but he has that mottled brown color on his nose and tail...so cute! I'm kind excited, in a way that Miyuki is pregnant because we are pretty sure Archer is the dad...they will be GORGEOUS dogs and full Pyrenees so I can sell them to the ranches around here as guard dogs.1 -
Ok question: for those that feed their pets keto, what exactly do you feed them? We just got Charlie last week, she's 10 weeks now. And she hardly eats her food. Her previous owner fed her Purina. We give her Blue Buffalo Wilderness puppy brand kibble.0
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Long before I ever started eating keto, little Yanni got pork butts purchased just for him. I boiled them in plain water and divided it up into small meal size containers and froze it. I'd buy no salt canned green beans by the case for him too. I'd also boil all chicken and turkey carcasses then picked them clean (bone free) and make him little frozen chicken/turkey dinners of meat and broth. He also liked raw carrots, green peppers and tomatoes.
I'd try and sneak in a little Nutra Small Bites but he's just pick around it for the meat and vegetables. The vet said his diet was fine.
His diet of choice wasn't my choice. He was 9 years spoiled when we got him and he trained me well.1 -
RowdysLady wrote: »
Archer's buddy who also shows up here is a Great Pyrenees as well - still a pup and half the size of Archer but he has that mottled brown color on his nose and tail...so cute! I'm kind excited, in a way that Miyuki is pregnant because we are pretty sure Archer is the dad...they will be GORGEOUS dogs and full Pyrenees so I can sell them to the ranches around here as guard dogs.
Oh, I bet they will be so so sweet. When the pups are ready to pose, please post a pic or 10! I'd love to see what they look like.
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The little pest.
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