I'm new here so hope it's ok to start a thread like this. Anyway - what pets does everyone have?
I have
1 x dogue de bordeaux - Lennox
2 x cavalier king charles spaniels (the old fashioned, large size, almost as big as a cocker spaniel - Barney and Charlie
2 x boxers - Hilda and Bogart
8 x rabbits - Tia, fudge, ebony, jim-bob, rex, rosie, ruby, heartly
7 x guinea pigs - Milo, thor, rhubarb, crumble, custard, pumpkin and pickles
6 x cats - Ozzie, Max, Molly, Jasper, Candy and Trudy
5 x rats - Bubble, Squeak, summer, suzie and splodge
2 x syrian hamsters - Honey and Chives
and an infestation of dwarf hamsters after taking in 8 rescues and ending up with 4 litters of 5,6,6 and 9!
All of these are rescue animals apart from 2 of the cats and Barney, my CKC spaniel!
Has anybody else got a menagerie? I'd love to have a horse, but unfortunatley can't afford one and would have nowhere to keep one, but who knows, maybe in the future!
I have a seven year old dashound named Charlie (neutered)
a three month old golden lab puppy named Tyler (will be neutered when he turns six months old)
I have fifteen fish......seven guppies, seven glofish, one dalmation molly.....In a 20gallon tank.
I have a little Bichon Frise and a West HIghland White Terrier. I also have two cats. One, my daughter loves so much, she wants to take him with her when she leaves in ten years or more. And I hope she stays longer! They are both long haired black/calico and they are both rescue kittens. We also have a turtle and a Cockatiel who is smarter than a lot of people I know.
"Animals are such agreeable friends. They ask no questions and they pass no criticism." George Eliot.
I think there are a lot of people who can take a lesson from animals. Except the ones who should take the lessons are not animal lovers. Anybody ever notice that? LOL
one Jack Russell Terrier Jake,who is my absolute favourite , one basilisk lizzard,Baz,two gorgeous ferrets,Harry and Hazel,four Zebra Finches two males and two females,no names yet,but they are prolific egg layers,lost one lovely Ferret Crash two weeks ago,but expect to collect a little female tomorrow,no name yet,two very large diamond back sturgeons in garden pond,eight gold fish , four koi carp ,and some other fish species not known.all have come from rescue centers except the finches and a few of the fish.
ten dogs- lady (13), Sandy (10 years), Jazzy (8years), Harold (12years), Tyman (6years), Beatrice (4years), sparkle (2years), Nicky (2wks), Fiona (2wks), and king (2wks).
five cats- Bo (nine months), Simon (5years), Mizzy (7years), Molly (3years), Vincent (10years)
six hamsters- princess, bell, snow white, prince charming, wendy, peter pan.....my little sisters named them
we breed fish and have a total of 365 fish right now. i have two seventy five gallon fish tanks in my room with a total of 114fish in them.
one snake- dancon
two frogs- jumpy and froggy (little brother named them)
the dogs and cats are all rescues. the fish are a side buisness my family is in but we care for them very well. the hamsters are my sisters. the snake is mine. and the frogs are my little brothers
Glad to see that I am not the only one with a bunch of critters.
I have five cats -
two mixed breed, one of which is a long haired tortie (Steiner 11) the other a Siamese mix (Annie 11)
three Oriental Shorthairs, two chestnut apotted tabbies (Monkey 2, Cookie 1) and a grey spotted tabby/white (Pixie 3).
My wife and I have almost continuously owned a single male dog. We never had any children, so we started introducing them to people as "our funny looking kid. We started with Ben, a pitt bull cross bred by my mother. All of his grandparents had pedegrees, His immediate mix was 1/2 American Pitt Bull, 1/8 Collie, 1/8 St. Bernard, 1/4 English Bulldog. Ben lived 16 and a half years, weighed 75lbs, and never lost a dog fight, although he had some formidable opponents, including a 150lb Malmute named Bear that had an owner who intentionally turned him loose so that a confrontation was inevitable. Ben was followed by Josh who was a pure bred Chocolate Lab. At 10 weeks, Josh had a perfect retrieve. I took him to River Park for a walk and tried to get him to cach a frisbee shortly after we got him. He wouldn't catch it, but picked it up and brought it back every time. Josh grew to 105 lbs in his prime, and helped me train for marathons, running ten miles with me on training runs. He lived to be 13 and a half. Our current dog is another Chocolate Lab, distantly related in his pedegree to Josh. His CKC and AKC registration name is "Selemat's Beau Bramble of Harley" He was the pick of a December litter with a unique somewhat shorter shinier coat than his litter mates. He is now almost 11 years old. All of our dogs went through formal obedience training at the Ann Arbor Obedience dog training club, but we never showed competitively. Ben was named "Mr. Congeniality" at his mock novice trial after breaking a sit stay to react to a dog that came into the room during his trial. Josh was part of an all Chocolate Laborador fly-ball team that gave a demonstration of the sport to a state wide Laborador Retriever Club. Beau took a scent training field course and never lost a trail from the first effort through the end of the class. He got me in trouble by jumping out of my pick-up and running another dog's trail once. His matra has always been "curb your enthusiasm." The breeder said that she was striving to breed for "drive." Beau got a little too much. When he is focused on something he doesn't think and gets more and more excited when he knows he is not doing quite what we want.
I don't look forward to the day when we have to find a fourth dog to replace Beau, but after all these years of living with a dog, there is no doubt that if we are still healthy, we will find another.
We had a wonderful four legged furry son Boston, he was a northern European Boxer, about 105 lbs, he was perfect. Boss knew about 30 tricks, only barked when someone was bothering my hubby or myself and was a joy to be around. He developed a brain tumor and we had to have him put down a month after his 8th birthday, I honestly did not think we would live through the sorrow we felt, we had gotten Boston when one of my husband's friends had died, Boss went to live with the man's sister and she couldn't keep him, she already had 2 dogs, worked full time and went to school. Two days after losing Boss we were talking about fostering a dog, we went to orientations with both our local pound and the Humane Society. While we waited for a foster dog, I was going CRAZY, my life had revolved around Boston and his schedule, now I had nothing to do.
Exactly one month after losing Boss, I went to an adoption fair, I talked to "my angel Boston" the whole drive, asking him to help me find the right dog, he picked out our newest family member, Dante. Dante is a Chi-toy Manchester terrier mix, he weighs 8 lbs, he is the smallest BIG dog you'll ever meet. He was a stray and was #13 on the euthanasia list, he had less than a week to live. We named him after "Dante Hicks" a character in the movie "Clerks", Dante has huge brown eyes and after trying at lease a million names Dante was the only name the dog would respond to:D
On Thursday we got our first foster dog , she is part of a program with the Humane Society where victims of domestic violence can leave their pets to be cared for while the person is getting their life together, then the pet is returned to them. She appears to be a lhort haired/long haired Chi mix, she's about 5 lbs, sooo tiny, and she has kennel cough, the poor little thing. So we have to keep her and Dante seperated for 10 days, it's so sad, the really want to play together:{
1 dog - sage
1 snake - yaro
1 guinea pig - izzy
3 rats - Lilly, Macy, and Kitty
a three month old golden lab puppy named Tyler (will be neutered when he turns six months old)
I have fifteen fish......seven guppies, seven glofish, one dalmation molly.....In a 20gallon tank.
"Animals are such agreeable friends. They ask no questions and they pass no criticism." George Eliot.
I think there are a lot of people who can take a lesson from animals. Except the ones who should take the lessons are not animal lovers. Anybody ever notice that? LOL
five cats- Bo (nine months), Simon (5years), Mizzy (7years), Molly (3years), Vincent (10years)
six hamsters- princess, bell, snow white, prince charming, wendy, peter pan.....my little sisters named them
we breed fish and have a total of 365 fish right now. i have two seventy five gallon fish tanks in my room with a total of 114fish in them.
one snake- dancon
two frogs- jumpy and froggy (little brother named them)
the dogs and cats are all rescues. the fish are a side buisness my family is in but we care for them very well. the hamsters are my sisters. the snake is mine. and the frogs are my little brothers
I have five cats -
two mixed breed, one of which is a long haired tortie (Steiner 11) the other a Siamese mix (Annie 11)
three Oriental Shorthairs, two chestnut apotted tabbies (Monkey 2, Cookie 1) and a grey spotted tabby/white (Pixie 3).
All are rescues.
Well I have 1 cat and a hamster, but right now I am watching my sisters 2 cats. So for the time being I guess I have 3 cats and a hamster.
I don't look forward to the day when we have to find a fourth dog to replace Beau, but after all these years of living with a dog, there is no doubt that if we are still healthy, we will find another.
Exactly one month after losing Boss, I went to an adoption fair, I talked to "my angel Boston" the whole drive, asking him to help me find the right dog, he picked out our newest family member, Dante. Dante is a Chi-toy Manchester terrier mix, he weighs 8 lbs, he is the smallest BIG dog you'll ever meet. He was a stray and was #13 on the euthanasia list, he had less than a week to live. We named him after "Dante Hicks" a character in the movie "Clerks", Dante has huge brown eyes and after trying at lease a million names Dante was the only name the dog would respond to:D
On Thursday we got our first foster dog , she is part of a program with the Humane Society where victims of domestic violence can leave their pets to be cared for while the person is getting their life together, then the pet is returned to them. She appears to be a lhort haired/long haired Chi mix, she's about 5 lbs, sooo tiny, and she has kennel cough, the poor little thing. So we have to keep her and Dante seperated for 10 days, it's so sad, the really want to play together:{