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kerikitkat
kerikitkat Posts: 352 Member
edited September 18 in Health and Weight Loss
Let's share! I love to talk about my furry babies. :bigsmile: :heart:

Chua:

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4760/chuacw7.jpg

Border Collie/German Shepherd mix? We adopted her from PetSmart when she was 10 weeks because she was definitely the floppiest out of her 6 brothers and sisters. Now she’s a year and a half old and still floppy and silly as ever. Not real good at listening to us on the leash, and she can climb a chain link fence like nobody’s business, but she’s such a sweet girl and SO awesome on trips – especially when we leave that stupid leash at home! It’s like she’s made to pull and just can’t stop…

Coy:

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/539/coybp2.jpg

Dachshund/Pitbull Terrier mix? He was our abused foster dog through a rescue organization a couple months ago, but he fit into our family SO perfectly that we couldn’t stand to give him up. Where Chua is loyal to my husband, Coy is all mine. He loves to snuggle up with me after Hubby leaves in the mornings and is all around a great little buddy! Still working on learning some commands and not to be scared around new people, but he is so so eager to please.

Monte:

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/2382/montepo6.jpg

When I was working at a vet clinic last year, a guy walked in and dumped a very tiny (4 week old?) kitten with us that he found in the street. I agreed to drop it off at the no-kill shelter after work – when I got there they told me he would be put down because he has too many toes!! I couldn’t believe they didn’t realize how cute his humongous paws make him! He’s 7 months old now and sporting 2 extra toes on each front paw and 1 extra on each back paw. Little dude is CRAZY, but he has plenty of cuddly moments to make up for his shenanigans. He particularly loves sneaking up on the dogs and smacking them in the face so they’ll chase him.

Mr. Eko:

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9702/ekoaf4.jpg

Our fat cat. He’s 2 now, but when we got him at 6 months he could barely walk two steps without having to stop and rest. Poor guy had been hit by a car and his leg healed very poorly. I saw him at the adoption center 4 weeks in a row and petted him – but when the lady told me “today is his last chance, nobody wants the poor guy” I just couldn’t leave him there! Even though I was a college student getting ready to move across country… Out of that cage he gained a lot of his strength back (and a lot of weight) and became our super awesome fluffy boy. He’s the only animal in the house that never gets in trouble. His favorite activity? Kneading your stomach while you watch TV.

ps - anyone know the coding we need to use to make the images show up in the post?

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  • kerikitkat
    kerikitkat Posts: 352 Member
    Let's share! I love to talk about my furry babies. :bigsmile: :heart:

    Chua:

    http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4760/chuacw7.jpg

    Border Collie/German Shepherd mix? We adopted her from PetSmart when she was 10 weeks because she was definitely the floppiest out of her 6 brothers and sisters. Now she’s a year and a half old and still floppy and silly as ever. Not real good at listening to us on the leash, and she can climb a chain link fence like nobody’s business, but she’s such a sweet girl and SO awesome on trips – especially when we leave that stupid leash at home! It’s like she’s made to pull and just can’t stop…

    Coy:

    http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/539/coybp2.jpg

    Dachshund/Pitbull Terrier mix? He was our abused foster dog through a rescue organization a couple months ago, but he fit into our family SO perfectly that we couldn’t stand to give him up. Where Chua is loyal to my husband, Coy is all mine. He loves to snuggle up with me after Hubby leaves in the mornings and is all around a great little buddy! Still working on learning some commands and not to be scared around new people, but he is so so eager to please.

    Monte:

    http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/2382/montepo6.jpg

    When I was working at a vet clinic last year, a guy walked in and dumped a very tiny (4 week old?) kitten with us that he found in the street. I agreed to drop it off at the no-kill shelter after work – when I got there they told me he would be put down because he has too many toes!! I couldn’t believe they didn’t realize how cute his humongous paws make him! He’s 7 months old now and sporting 2 extra toes on each front paw and 1 extra on each back paw. Little dude is CRAZY, but he has plenty of cuddly moments to make up for his shenanigans. He particularly loves sneaking up on the dogs and smacking them in the face so they’ll chase him.

    Mr. Eko:

    http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9702/ekoaf4.jpg

    Our fat cat. He’s 2 now, but when we got him at 6 months he could barely walk two steps without having to stop and rest. Poor guy had been hit by a car and his leg healed very poorly. I saw him at the adoption center 4 weeks in a row and petted him – but when the lady told me “today is his last chance, nobody wants the poor guy” I just couldn’t leave him there! Even though I was a college student getting ready to move across country… Out of that cage he gained a lot of his strength back (and a lot of weight) and became our super awesome fluffy boy. He’s the only animal in the house that never gets in trouble. His favorite activity? Kneading your stomach while you watch TV.

    ps - anyone know the coding we need to use to make the images show up in the post?
  • pauladavies86
    pauladavies86 Posts: 83 Member
    yep, coding for images is a follows

    <img src= "(url here)">

    it stands for image source so it's easy to remember. you need the carrots and the quotes around the url but not the parenthesis. :smile: hope that helps... and hopefully it doesn't show jacked up when I post this since I put the coding in...
  • memaw66
    memaw66 Posts: 2,558 Member
    I have 5 dogs and 2 cats.
    1. Chelsea Marie-11yrs old daschund/beagle mix
    2. Chloe Rae-5 year old Minpin - Mommy's little angel
    3. Satin Lace-4 year old Italian Greyhound - Daddy's little angel
    4. Slate Lee-3 year old Italian Greyhound -*answers to the name Punk
    5. Amos Kong-2 year old Doberman Pincher. My buddy!!!

    You can see them all on my profile pics. Enjoy!!

    Oh, the cats are KiKi-rescued her during an ice storm, she was pregnant
    and George is her daughter (looked like curious George when born)
  • pauladavies86
    pauladavies86 Posts: 83 Member
    I don't have any furry babies or non-furry babies yet... :cry: I want a puppy!
  • Healthier_Me
    Healthier_Me Posts: 5,600 Member
    We recently adopted a 2 month old Cocker Spaniel puppy.
    His name is Buster. He loves to bite our ankles as we walk.... I have quite a few bite & scratch marks.
    We love him to pieces!
    I have a picture of him in my profile.

    ~Joanna:flowerforyou:
  • snelfk
    snelfk Posts: 151 Member
    3 year old Yellow Lab. We got her in Italy, she's and Italian Franch mix, looks a little different from the US dogs. She goes everywhere with me. My husband and I even took a tour of the Napa (CA) wine country last summer, going only to winneries that were dog friendly... Pics in my profile
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    I have two cats. A black and white long haired male name Andre' Thomas and a female short haired striped cat name Judy Michelle (actually she belongs to my son but I keep her). I'll have to have my son upload some pics of them because I don't know how. I got Andre' when he was a baby from someone giving away kittens in front of WalMart. We got Judy from a friend who found her and rescued her. Apparently she almost died from flea infestation.
  • 5KNohno
    5KNohno Posts: 503
    One year old 1/2 Border Collie 1/2 Black Lab = Rocky - sweetest ever, but oh so doofy
    Three goats - Gem, Meg, Patch
  • lilmandy89
    lilmandy89 Posts: 323 Member
    CoCo- 1 year old cat
    Lexus- 10 month old miniature pincher

    There is a picture of them together in my profile
  • sgtinvincible
    sgtinvincible Posts: 2,559
    *both have pics in my profile)

    Meatball is my 4 year old male pug. He totally rocks. Probably the chillest most laid back dog I have ever had.

    Mathilda is my 3 year old fawn pug. She's the Daddy's girl. She's laid back also, but is a little more skittish than Meatball. If she can get on your lap she'll find a way...seriously, it's amazing...she's like 'POOF!!!' on your lap.

    I had a 3 year old Sugar Glider up until a little bit ago, his name was Sherman. I loved him, he was bonded to me and I carried him in pounch around my neck pretty much everywhere I went. He was awesome. A friend of mine 'borrowed' him to play with (happened a lot) and he ended up feeding him Coca-Cola. Sherman didn't survive. :sad: (No pictures posted of him, but here is a link to a website about sugar gliders just in case you haven't seen one, best pets aside from dogs, ever. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_gliders)

    -J
  • bekahtraynor
    bekahtraynor Posts: 18
    Aw, I LOVE this topic!!! My husband and I have two dogs, a year old puggle named Yoda (pug/beagle mix) and a 6 month old pug named Pearl. They are our babies and we love them to pieces. They are super spoiled too...lol. Probably have more toys than some small children:tongue: Actually, Yoda went in for his year check up and needs to lose 4 pounds. We thought it would be funny to get him a MFP page...lol. But we wont. :laugh:
  • Healthier_Me
    Healthier_Me Posts: 5,600 Member
    *both have pics in my profile)

    Meatball is my 4 year old male pug. He totally rocks. Probably the chillest most laid back dog I have ever had.

    Mathilda is my 3 year old fawn pug. She's the Daddy's girl. She's laid back also, but is a little more skittish than Meatball. If she can get on your lap she'll find a way...seriously, it's amazing...she's like 'POOF!!!' on your lap.

    I had a 3 year old Sugar Glider up until a little bit ago, his name was Sherman. I loved him, he was bonded to me and I carried him in pounch around my neck pretty much everywhere I went. He was awesome. A friend of mine 'borrowed' him to play with (happened a lot) and he ended up feeding him Coca-Cola. Sherman didn't survive. :sad: (No pictures posted of him, but here is a link to a website about sugar gliders just in case you haven't seen one, best pets aside from dogs, ever. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_gliders)

    -J
    Aw!!!
    I'm sorry about your sugar glider sarge... they are too cute!

    ~Joanna:flowerforyou:
  • 5KNohno
    5KNohno Posts: 503
    *both have pics in my profile)

    Meatball is my 4 year old male pug. He totally rocks. Probably the chillest most laid back dog I have ever had.

    Mathilda is my 3 year old fawn pug. She's the Daddy's girl. She's laid back also, but is a little more skittish than Meatball. If she can get on your lap she'll find a way...seriously, it's amazing...she's like 'POOF!!!' on your lap.

    I had a 3 year old Sugar Glider up until a little bit ago, his name was Sherman. I loved him, he was bonded to me and I carried him in pounch around my neck pretty much everywhere I went. He was awesome. A friend of mine 'borrowed' him to play with (happened a lot) and he ended up feeding him Coca-Cola. Sherman didn't survive. :sad: (No pictures posted of him, but here is a link to a website about sugar gliders just in case you haven't seen one, best pets aside from dogs, ever. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_gliders)

    -J
    Sarge,
    Where do you buy sugar gliders? Can you get them at a pet store or do you have to get them from a breeder. I've been reading up on them and I think my hubby would love one. And his birthday is in June.:wink:
  • jfiscer
    jfiscer Posts: 24
    I have a 3 month old black lab, a 1 1/2 year old tabby
    and 5 kittens that are really starting to piss me off!
  • sgtinvincible
    sgtinvincible Posts: 2,559
    *both have pics in my profile)

    Meatball is my 4 year old male pug. He totally rocks. Probably the chillest most laid back dog I have ever had.

    Mathilda is my 3 year old fawn pug. She's the Daddy's girl. She's laid back also, but is a little more skittish than Meatball. If she can get on your lap she'll find a way...seriously, it's amazing...she's like 'POOF!!!' on your lap.

    I had a 3 year old Sugar Glider up until a little bit ago, his name was Sherman. I loved him, he was bonded to me and I carried him in pounch around my neck pretty much everywhere I went. He was awesome. A friend of mine 'borrowed' him to play with (happened a lot) and he ended up feeding him Coca-Cola. Sherman didn't survive. :sad: (No pictures posted of him, but here is a link to a website about sugar gliders just in case you haven't seen one, best pets aside from dogs, ever. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_gliders)

    -J
    Sarge,
    Where do you buy sugar gliders? Can you get them at a pet store or do you have to get them from a breeder. I've been reading up on them and I think my hubby would love one. And his birthday is in June.:wink:

    I got mine from a local breeder here in my area. Most pet stores can carry them if they have an exotic pets license, and they generally cost in the area of about $200.00USD. My suggestion is to look in the local paper, from time to time you can find breeders advertising them, just make sure you get a really young one. This way they can actually bond to you and your families. As unbonded adults they tend to be good pets but when they bond to you it is a whole new experience. Keep in mind that they are nocturnal and will bang around and play ALL NIGHT LONG. If you have people in your family who are night owls, it helps a lot, and the gliders love it. They are prone to depression if you don't spend enough time with them, and it can take upwards of 6-8 months for them to get over their 'wildness'. I can also tell you that if you can push through the time it takes for them to bond, you won't have a more loyal and fun pet. I miss Sherman desperately. :frown: :smile:
  • 5KNohno
    5KNohno Posts: 503
    *both have pics in my profile)

    Meatball is my 4 year old male pug. He totally rocks. Probably the chillest most laid back dog I have ever had.

    Mathilda is my 3 year old fawn pug. She's the Daddy's girl. She's laid back also, but is a little more skittish than Meatball. If she can get on your lap she'll find a way...seriously, it's amazing...she's like 'POOF!!!' on your lap.

    I had a 3 year old Sugar Glider up until a little bit ago, his name was Sherman. I loved him, he was bonded to me and I carried him in pounch around my neck pretty much everywhere I went. He was awesome. A friend of mine 'borrowed' him to play with (happened a lot) and he ended up feeding him Coca-Cola. Sherman didn't survive. :sad: (No pictures posted of him, but here is a link to a website about sugar gliders just in case you haven't seen one, best pets aside from dogs, ever. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_gliders)

    -J
    Sarge,
    Where do you buy sugar gliders? Can you get them at a pet store or do you have to get them from a breeder. I've been reading up on them and I think my hubby would love one. And his birthday is in June.:wink:

    I got mine from a local breeder here in my area. Most pet stores can carry them if they have an exotic pets license, and they generally cost in the area of about $200.00USD. My suggestion is to look in the local paper, from time to time you can find breeders advertising them, just make sure you get a really young one. This way they can actually bond to you and your families. As unbonded adults they tend to be good pets but when they bond to you it is a whole new experience. Keep in mind that they are nocturnal and will bang around and play ALL NIGHT LONG. If you have people in your family who are night owls, it helps a lot, and the gliders love it. They are prone to depression if you don't spend enough time with them, and it can take upwards of 6-8 months for them to get over their 'wildness'. I can also tell you that if you can push through the time it takes for them to bond, you won't have a more loyal and fun pet. I miss Sherman desperately. :frown: :smile:
    Nocturnal would work great. John usually gets home from work around 3:30 AM and doesn't go to bed until around 6:30 AM. We had a pet rat named Neeka and she actually ended up being one of the best pets we've ever had. We've considered getting another one, but they only live two years, so that's sort of deterred us. Thanks for the info.:smile:
    So sorry about Sherman:frown:
  • bonkers5975
    bonkers5975 Posts: 1,015 Member
    We have two dogs... Kody is a 6 year old Border CollieXYellow Lab. He's our 'firstborn' and, while energetic (understatement!) is so intelligent and sweet he's worth it! Blue is our new puppy, a Border CollieXBlue Heeler, he's almost 3 months now.

    We have 3 adult cats, Katie is a light gray bobtail calico and her brother Simon is a beige tabby. Then there's little, orange, ordinary Gary (don't tell him that!) And Katie has 3 gorgeous kittens right now, about a month old. She was courteous enough to deliver them on our guest bed! Yuck!

    And my pride and joy, Sullivan, is my 4 year old gelding, a PaintXBelgian cross, standing 16.2 hands high and weighing in at almost 1400 lbs. I also have his half sister, a registered 2 year old Paint filly.

    That's it for now, but we're also known as the Zoo around here! :happy:
  • DjBliss05
    DjBliss05 Posts: 682
    We have an 8 month old long haired kitten that is all black. He is super hyper and "bitey", but very sweet when he chooses to be. He hangs out with his tounge sticking out a little. Kind of funny to see a little black furry head with a little pink tounge in the middle.

    Oops... he must have known I was talking about him and ran over the computer. Ha!
  • kerrilucko
    kerrilucko Posts: 3,852 Member
    I have 2 cats, you can see their photos on my profile :bigsmile:

    The big white guy is Ciao, he is very sweet, loves to give kisses and be petted but he doesn't like to cuddle in your lap, which makes me saaaaaad :sad: He is 3 years old and I have had him for 2 of those years.

    The little grey kitty is Libi, she's just 6 months old, we got her at about 7 weeks from a humane society. She is so cuddly and sweet... and rambunctious! Just yesterday she had the big surgery, poor thing. But she's doing great today, even caught her wrestling with her brother :laugh:
  • foxfire9372
    foxfire9372 Posts: 184 Member
    Three for me!
    Bodie - Black/Silver German Shepherd. My big baby. Keeps me company when my baby is away.
    Sasha - Black/Tan German Shepherd. Just turned a year and has more puppiness to grow out of. But loves, loves, loves my boys.
    Lucky - Maine Coone Cat. The laziest thing on four feet until it's bedtime (mine) and then, lets play. 10 going on 11 and talk about wanting his life!!

    At some point will add another four legged critter, hopefully of the whinnying variety!!
  • yoginimary
    yoginimary Posts: 6,789 Member
    Four kitties, all of which are on my profile - including some no longer with me.
  • cp005e
    cp005e Posts: 1,495 Member
    Two kitties:

    Panda, an orange tabby we adopted in 2000 when she was probably 6 months old. She is just a funny cat, definitely moody (read: cranky) and takes a while to warm up to you. But she is so sweet and cuddly when she feels like it - usually she will talk me into sleeping late on Sundays just because I can't bear to move her when she's being so snuggly. She is a bit of a tubster so we only feed her at night - otherwise she will whine, bang doors, shred paper, paw at my face, bite my ear, etc etc in the morning so I will feed her! :laugh:

    And Lucky, a neighborhood black cat we adopted about a year ago. She's probably about 3 years old. We actually know who her original family was, and took her back to them after putting a collar on her with our phone number. But they really didn't seem to care much about her, and didn't even take the collar off! She was always hanging around, even though we didn't feed her - she just wanted love! So, eventually, we caved. She and Panda do NOT get along, unfortunately - they are always swatting at each other. She's a total sweetie with us, but watch out for those claws - she likes to KNEAD your stomach or lap, so we have to wear lots of layers!
  • kerikitkat
    kerikitkat Posts: 352 Member
    Aw, I can't go back and edit my post now?! Oh well, now pics in there for me. Thanks for the coding help though. :wink: Every site is different!

    Yay for aminals! :flowerforyou:
  • slieber
    slieber Posts: 765 Member
    I have two kitties: Serendipity (who showed up at work as a screaming 6 week old kitten just a few days after I bought my house) and Monster (who is responsible for my new shower doors and laptop computer - hence, her name!).

    Both are tabbies - Dippy (lives up to that name) is a grey and black striped tabby with just a hint of orange, making her a calico-tabby. Monster is an orange tabby - a rare-ish female orange. Usually, they're male - or so I've been told.

    Both are under 2 years old and are lovely little friends! :smile:
  • thalli1
    thalli1 Posts: 332 Member
    I have a golden retriever named Sierra and a puppy cat (he follows me around like a puppy.) I'm really more of a dog person, but the cat belonged to my daughter until her roomate was allergic, so I took the cat for her. Pictures of my pets are on my profile.
  • BlackBeltLJ
    BlackBeltLJ Posts: 190
    I have a momma Chow-Lab (Princess Blackberry)-10 years old and her "baby" (Princess's Jewel) who is 8 yo. Jewel is dumb and broke her hip/leg when she was a puppy (playing road tag with a truck)- she limps but I have seen her jump straight up in the air and catch a bird as it flew by.:glasses:

    I have a Calico named Belle who is 9 yo (queen of the house) and Kimmie the grey long haired 2 yo kitten who follows my husband around like a puppy.:noway:

    Outside in a 200 gallon pond is Lewis, Jack and Jessica our Red Eared Sliders- Lewis is about 5 inches in diameter as our biggest. Jack is just a little bit smaller and Jessica is the smallest. There are also 5 goldfish- 2 were feeder fish that got away last year and are now 4 inches long and 3 that are left over from a batch of feeder fish from last week. We think that there are 2 algea eaters down in the bottom but who can see?:tongue:

    I also have 3 teenagers and about a dozen Girl Scouts running around the place.:bigsmile:
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