Do you have pets??

I have two 5 year old Giant Scnauzers....they are brother and sister (Logan and Sierra)! My husband made the mistake of taking me along to get a puppy, we came home with two!!!!! And I couldn't be happier!

I don't know how this happened, but one day our house turned into the local zoo. Actually it was over a longer period than a day, lol! We have 3 cats, Princess, Pepper, and Tigger. We have a bearded dragon the kids named Reiko. My two kids each have a hamster, however my daughter (who is 6) experienced her first death on Saturday when she discovered her hamster had died in his sleep. So Sunday we bought her another hamster she named Buddy. We also have a 10 month old beagle named Missy, and a 11 week old pug named Molly.

And I get to look after them all, lmao!

Such a great idea.

Well I have no dogs as we are gone quite alot and don't have a fenced yard. But in the summer I raise orphan kittens.

We also have 3 other cats. Black cat who is 7 years old now has moved around alot with us and is as mellow as they come but is starting to feel his age. Then Squirt who is pictured with me. He is a stray my husband brought home after no one claimed him. He is so cool he wipes his feet at the door. He is a orange of course and has no tiger striping at all with long beautiful hair and a puffy tail like a fox. Then finally we have Penny Monster. Penny monster started her life in an abandoned vehicle we figure. A customer called my husband saying they could hear a cat and were afraid to leave the place they were delivering flowers to. So He went and found her perched on top of a transmission. She smelled of oil so strongly that Penzoil became her first name shortened to Penny because of the color of her eyes. For the first few months we had her she had to stay on a leash to keep her away from cars because she would want to crawl up into them. Monster became her second name because.....well she just is in so many ways.

As much as I would love a puppy I just cannot do it with 3 kids at home. We also just added a few fish. But my boys love bringing home salamanders, snakes and other creepy crawlies home.:grumble: :grumble: . Last year we had a wading pool full of them. There is a pond next to our house with thousands of frogs too. That have begun to sing again. Spring is a comin.

I have a pitbull.....and he loves to cuttlle;)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please help save this bread of dogs ,DO WHAT U CAN IN YOUR STATE TO SIGN THE PETITIONS ,SO SAD THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR HUMANS CRUELTY...my buddie loves humans ,childrens .........and all the pitbull that i know are not agressive at all


PUNISH THE DEED NOT THE BREED!!!!

I always say "its the way they are raised and treated" I had a boxer/pit mix and he was the greatest dog. I had to have him put down when he was 8 as he got cancer. I sure miss him. Dog shouldn't have to pay for what the owners and irresponsible breeders do!!!!!

my dog and best friend happy scrappy hero pup formerly known as lady vader also known as girl and brown died on feb 4, 2008. i still cant believe it. i miss my brown. she was my only pet.

I am sooo sorry, this made me sad. There's nothing as special as love from a dog....it's unconditional.:flowerforyou:

I have a puppy named Stella that is the love of my life!!!! She really naughty but she is just so cute and i couldnt liver without her!!!

Great topic! I have a black lab and he is now 1 year and 2 months. We dont have any kids yet so he's our baby. He's the most human dog ever.

Whoo Hoo to all you pet lovers!

I have a hamster named Coco Puff, a frog named Sonny, and 2 dogs. Ive been taking our overweight dog on my morning walks so she can lose sum weight too.

my dog and best friend happy scrappy hero pup formerly known as lady vader also known as girl and brown died on feb 4, 2008. i still cant believe it. i miss my brown. she was my only pet.

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*Kistinbee*

I am so so sorry for your loss and for the other who posted about their precious cat...I would like to suggest the Rainbows Bridge pet loss grief site. I don't have the link now but I am sure you can find it quickly. Last July I lost my beautiful 1.5 yr old Schnauzer, Mac, due to the negligence of the staff at a boarding place he stayed at. He was attacked by another dog and died 2 days later from his injuries. I think about him every single day. It is hard to lose a loving pet. I have a mixed breed who was rescued over 2 yrs ago, Lily, she was Mac's best friend. And we rescued a Dachsund, Salchi, a month after Mac died. He is now Lily's good friend.

Thanks to everyone for their kind words. Guin will pass over the Rainbow Bridge tomorrow afternoon. For those not familiar with this poem, I've put it below. It will make you cry.


Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

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You have my sympathies on your dear pet. I had a cat who adopted me when I first moved to this area. She had to "approve" of Donna before I could ask her to marry me (actually, truth be told, once Kahlua discovered Donna, I was just "moving cat furniture"!). We had her for thirteen years together before we had to put her down. She was having mini strokes and just ailing so that we couldn't bear to see her in pain. It is a horrible thing, and I know how you must be suffering. I still miss the little tyke.
We currently have a beautiful Australian Shepherd and two cats (Donna of course feeds every stray between here and Bend, but that's another story!). And two horses. They are all very precious to us.
Your baby will never be able to be replaced, but she will never truly be gone either, because she is in your heart in ways that can never be erased.
Cowboy:flowerforyou:

By the way Kristinbee, your Brittany's are beautiful. They are one of my favourite breeds of dog.

We have two Jack Russell Terriers! Fiona(3) and Puggy(5)...

Hmmm. I work at a fish hatchery...does that mean that I have 400,000 pet fish??!!:laugh: Actually, we get a handful of blue trout every year (genetics) and they would die in the wild. So I kept one and named it Nemo (gimpy fin). We still don't know if it is a boy or girl after 3 years! I'm going to find out this year... all bets on female.

I have always been a cat person. Unfortunately, my boyfriend is allergic! We would have a dog but you can't take them in the National Park where we do all our hiking, and that would be totally unfair to the dog. We also travel internationally every year and would hate to impose on our friends for 3 weeks at a time. However, we dog sit for friends and co-workers sometimes.

At the hatchery we have a Siamese cat for rodent control but really she is the personal office greeter. She came from the pound and is named Kitty. She is schitzophrenic (as most cats are) but I picked her out and love her like my own. She sits on my lap every day and sounds like a horse running from one end of the office trailer to the other for no reason at all. She even has her own personal bedroom! Spoiled rotten we say.

I couldn't read the rainbow poem, yet, but I hope that I can find it when I am ready. I have a 14yr old male black/white cat named Zippy. He isn't well right now and only sleeps and eats. I know the time will come soon. I also have Julius a crazy, fun loving, tabby that is 5. My son loves that cat and they continually have a love/hate relationship. I have had cats all my life. I like them in pairs and it has always been that way. When it is Zippy's turn I know that he was given a good life (we adopted from the shelter and always do) and in turn we will in time give another kitty a good life. Now I am getting teary eyed and we are all still here.
On a lighter note: When Patrick (9yr son) wanted a puppy I thought I would get him off that idea by, well, getting a gerbil. And since Gerbils are said to do better in pairs and I always have two cats, well, yeah I did. Just an FYI; when the young clerk says "yes, they are both males" Do NOT believe it!!!! When the first batch was born it was kind of neat and the pet store said they would take the next generation. Why I didn't stop there I don't know. Well, now I have seven gerbils (the pet store has a one time limit I guess) 4 males/3 females and yes, they are separated. So for those who don't have a pet my number is...
For the person who has the beta, I have thought of that, too. They like to live alone.
di

So sorry to those who have recently lost their pet or have made the decision to end their days with dignity and love.

I have four cats -

Panthera, at 16, is the matriarch. She is a calico.

Arrete, 3, who was semi-wild and adopted from the Humane Society. She is white and black.

Parcheezie, 3 and also adopted. He loves the foster kitties I look after for the Humane Society - he licks them and even lets them nurse!

Fluffy, 3, adopted, weird but nice. He and Parcheezie are both black and white.

I volunteer at the Humane Society and have fostered approx. 150 cats/kittens in 3 years. I love cats!!

But......right now I am fostering an 8 year old pitbull named SweetiePie. She is my walking buddy. (14000 steps today)!!