Who has pets?

The Thread name speaks for itself. I am curious as to what kind of pets everyone has. I get us started.

My Dad is a veterinarian so we always have lots of pets. He is also a zoo vet. So we can have up to 20 pets at a time in our house ranging from dogs, cats, birds, lizzards, snakes, frogs, fish, and much more. Currently though, we have three cats and a dog.

The History of the cats: The white cat in the pic (see below) is named Mickey Blue Eyes. He is a rescue cat. He is totally deaf, but he has a very loud pur and meow. He has a great personality and very athletic. He is about 7 years old. The Black cat is named Gina. We gave her to my grandpa after my grandma died so he wouldn't be lonely. Sadly, he died a year later. As a result, we took her back. She is about 3 years old. The Mixed colored cat is an interesting cat. Her name is Beenie. She is about 9 approaching 10 years old. She is half blooded Main Coon and Bob Cat. She was found in a box full of other kittens on our door step one morning. My Dad took them to his clinic for adoption, but my sister wanted that cat, so we kept that one. Whenever I come home from school, she is always on my lap and never wants me to leave. She will lay on your stomach and massage your neck.



The Dog: The Dog's name is Kandi (pronounced Candy). She is a golden retriever. She was a former show dog. She was abused by her former owners and we rescued her. She is almost 12 years old. She loves to swim and play with her bally (Tennis Ball). Here is a pic of her dressed up for Halloween. That was my mom's idea. Notice in the pic behind Kandi's head, you can see Gina's eyes glowing. This pic still freaks me out when I see it in a slide show!

Here is a individual shot of Mickey:



Here is a individual shot of Beenie:

Aw, your kitties are beautiful, and your dog has such a sweet face!
We have three cats, too. I'll have to look for pictures of the other two,
but here's my cat, Lily.


Here's a picture of her on the SPCA website,
which we found after adopting her.


Cheers, from
SwampWitch

Cairn terrior called Holly, sorry no pics of her at work, so find close approximation from image search below....



Butter wouldn't melt.........!

No pets here !

I have a few Bonsai trees...they need a lot of attention !

I had a Cat, Dog, Rabbit and some fish when I was growing up.

Maybe when the ankle biter gets a bit bigger, he'll hopefully put in a request for a Dog !

regards

Ric

Or just get him one for a present now!


This is our daughter's cat, Sparkle. She is usually up to something that involves making a mess, she loves water, and we call her "the little varmint." She also tears the wrapping paper off of presents before Christmas. Wait... am I talking about our daughter or her cat?




Where is Sparkle's head? Oberon (my husband's cat) and Sparkle




Lily and Oberon chillin' in the back yard (Oberon's on his back).



Cheers, from
SwampWitch

Your cats ROCK!!!

I have to laugh at Oberon on his back!!! HAHA!! Beenie does that sometimes.

I grew up having lots of pets, dog, cats (up to 12 at a time), hamsters, rabbits, mice, rats, lizards, toads, chickens, cockatiel, guinea pigs, ducks, but now I've just got my dog, Little John. He was a shelter rescue when he was 3 and a half months old... he'd 8 and a half years old now... The shelter said that he was part Australian shepherd and they didn't know what else... his vet calls him a "Heinz 57" shepherd... One of his favorite things to do is catch critters... his running total (of what I know about) is 1 rat, 2 snakes, 2 gophers, 6 mice, 7 oppossums. He tries to catch cats, birds and squirrels too, but they've luckily been a bit too fast so far... He's got springs in his feet as he can jump up and grab an oppossum from the top of the 6-foot fence that surrounds my yard... I'd like to get a cat too, to help out with the rodent catching, but he wouldn't be able to deal with a cat in the house I don't think, plus he's so much neater about catching things than cats usually are... he just crushes them without breaking the skin... much less messy...
He hates loud noises, and demands to be picked up when he's scared by them (that's 55 pounds of dog needing to be picked up!). He's way too smart for his own good and has on several occassions faked an injury in order to get attention. The first time he got found out as he couldn't remember which leg he was supposed to be limping on, and only limped in the house, didn't limp when he was taken for a walk... Second time he remembered which leg it was well enough, and even threw in alot of pathetic crying, but he blew it when I let him outside and shut the door (but watched through the window) and he started galloping across the yard to chase a bird. He knew he was busted when I opened the door and he saw that I saw him running around.

That is a cool dog!

Wow...lots of "cat people" here. I have always favored cats over dogs -- of course, I have been attacked thrice by canines.

Cheers