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Originally Posted by tctrek
MtDarby, another thing to when you can't have him leashed to you is to crate him when he's in the house. They usually won't soil their den. A crate may seem cruel at first but it's better than being rehomed because he pees in the house.
rreddDesign, that's one gorgeous cat. And unbelievable pictures. You have a great eye for "catness".
Thanks :) Lots of practice taking pics of cars in motion makes it a bit easier to catch cats.
Thanks again ladies. The digging I can tolerate, it's the peeing.
My elkhound was a digger. She convinced my border collie to give it a try so I put tabasco sauce in the hole. Once the bc licked his paws he never dug again. The elkhoud? Well, she licked her paws, looked me straight in the eye and kept digging:p Rusty's a spitz so I'm sure he will dig again!
He still won't go into his crate voluntarily. I've tried bones, treats, his food and still won't go in. We'll keep working on it!
This is Booger, I found I found him in a dumpster in Georgia about 7 years ago.
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This is Wiggy, my husband and I resuced him from the animal shelter.
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[QUOTE=mtbdarby;420305]Trinena - he's beautiful! What kind of dog is he?
we're not sure - our guess is malamute or husky with tibetan mastiff (body&markings) or shepherd or akita...sometimes we wonder if he has wolf in him. he was found dumped in a field in north-central CA.
ugh, today it took all of my husband to keep him under control-he was so scared- while 4 teens went by us on their skateboards. we did a good job of staying calm.
the other day an acquaintance surprised my husband from behind-not a good thing to do with our skittish dog -and he lunged & BARKED but did not try to bite. it's always an adventure & a reminder that we always have to work with him w/ training.
what a beautiful pair!
[QUOTE=jessica47201;421689]This is Booger, I found I found him in a dumpster in Georgia about 7 years ago.
This is Wiggy, my husband and I resuced him from the animal shelter.
Russian blue!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by jessica47201
Here are two vids I took earlier today :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U9EDCYR104
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoLUdNTk4FA
I like your vids, reddDesign!! Is yours a russian blue? We got ours at the local animal shelter. He is super vocal. I mean he doesn't just meow, it's more like what I would imagine a miniature pterodactyl to sound like!
haha yes she is...we got her a couple months ago from someone who couldn't keep her.
she's very vocal as well when she wanted to be...but other times she's super stealth.
That's a very fun thread! :)
This is Ebony...my little girl. She'll be two this May. She's quite a silly one and a great running companion.
Ebony is gorgeous. Is she pure Boxer? I LOVE her face!
I actually do have a dog, but no pics of said critter.
So here's the closest thing I have to a picture of My Pet:
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...r/Mepwetty.jpg
'At's mah boy!
That type of pet can eat you out of house and home! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ZenSojourner
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Originally Posted by BleeckerSt_Girl
Ahh Lisa, but he's so cute:D
Fortunately for me he's off working on his PhD.
So he can eat himself out of house and home, LOL!
He's muuuuch better looking than either of his parents, must be that hybrid vigor, LOL!
I had two wonderful girls, now grown, and they didn't eat that much really. My husband's son on the other hand was a total bottomless pit when it came to food...and he never became overweight! :eek: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ZenSojourner
New pic of my Plott Hound Jasmine. Next month I will have had her a year! Hard to believe.
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/c...ne4-19-09a.jpg
My neighbor took care of her last weekend while I was a family gathering and she taught her to go along side her on her bike.
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/c...ne4-19-09c.jpg
She is a smart cookie!
You know that song...Quote:
Originally Posted by Nia
ebony and vanilla?
Oh, wait, never mind
I can't help ithttp://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...yScoobyDoo.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by ZenSojourner
What field is he working in? He's handsome and must get his smarts from his mother. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ZenSojourner
Arielmoon, I've not ever seen a Plott hound up close before. :cool: Jasmine's coat is so shiny and she looks happy trotting the miles away.
Nia--lol! Boxers are so much fun!
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Originally Posted by Zen
Hey now! He's MUCH better looking than Shaggy!
He's going in to Political Science and he wants to teach at University level.Quote:
Originally Posted by sundial
He picked his major the day after the 2004 elections. To this day he claims there was NO CONNECTION. HA!
He originally picked Computer Science but decided early on that was not for him. Then he was waffling between teaching (high school) and psychology.
So the Polysci thing came totally out of the blue.
As for genetic contributions - when he was in High School he LOVED baseball, but he really wasn't going to be college material, let alone pro material. One day he got all mad at me because (and I quote) "You didn't give me ANY sports genes!!"
I told him I'd given him plenty of brain genes. But that didn't cut it with him because, he said: "If I had sports genes I'd be playing pro, making millions, and then I could PAY people to think for me!"
LOL! Us parental units just can't win sometimes.
It's the chin thing :oQuote:
Originally Posted by ZenSojourner
Is he crate trained?Quote:
Originally Posted by ZenSojourner
Not a good week for 2 of our kitties.
Lydia is acting 'ghostly', not eating much, and has been losing weight again. I suspect another go round with the kidneys again perhaps. I made a vet appt for tomorrow...meanwhile we are plying her with the water from cans of tuna, which she loves. And we ate a bunch of tuna salad today.
Meanwhile, I picked up something odd looking from the kitchen floor...turns out it was one of rail-thin 20 year old Ellie's big top canine teeth...looking pretty foul too. Poor thing had a little blood on her mouth. Oh, the millions of mice and chipmunks that tooth had crunched. :( Now I gotta decide whether that's worth a vet visit too or just chalk it up to natural decrepitude. Much be really embarrassing to be a cat that was a proud huntress and then lose your teeth. :(
Lisa - sorry to hear about the kitties. Good luck at the vet tomorrow and I hope it's not the kidneys again. Since you're going I would have them look at Ellies teeth. I don't know if cats are the same, but my vet told me it can be a big deal when dogs lose they're teeth because of all the bacteria. Keep us posted.
Thanks Dar,Quote:
Originally Posted by mtbdarby
I can't squeeze Ellie into Lydia's appt though. I think maybe I'll make an appt for Ellie when I am there with Lydia tomorrow. I don't want any guilt hanging over me. Actually, Ellie was DH's cat from 20 years ago and she has a different vet...but maybe I'll just take her to MY vet anyway. DH seems kind of unsure about whether to take her in since she's so old and keeps muddling along ok. Losing teeth is a part of getting really old I suppose.
But maybe she should get an antibiotic shot or something while the tooth wound is healing, who knows....I guess better safe than sorry. I'll make an appt for Ellie too.
Lydia's the one who needs immediate attention. I bet we'll have to start the sub-cutaneous water shots again. :(
Patches, the little stray I've slowly befriended, disappeared for a few days, then finally reappeared yesterday evening demanding her evening meal like usual. What wasn't usual was that she has a wheepy eye. It didn't appear infected, but I'm not sure what's wrong. This morning she was on the porch again wanting her breakfast, and her eye is again wheepy and closed. Unfortunately it was too dark for me to really check her eye.
So far the best I've been able to do for her, is to feed her good cat food, and guard her while she eats. She's a timid cat around others, so gets chased away from the food bowl. She seems to like me to sit out with her while she eats, so that she gets her share, before the other neighbor cats that watch come and chase her off.
I'd like to get her inside.... Of course the other felines in the house may not agree.
Meanwhile I'm concerned about her eye. :(
Sounds like it may have been scratched in a fight.
It's your call whether to take her to the vet on it.
I'm gonna go with BleeckerSt on that. If the stray is always getting picked on and chased away, it's very likely that she got scratched in the eye. My two cats at home are always wrestling and jumping around and every now and then one of them will get it in the eye. I usually just try and keep it clean with warm water.
Hey Lisa - How is Lydia doing?
I have eye-wash solution for people, I wonder if she'd let me use that on her.... maybe if I bait her with treats. If it's runny clear / irritated I won't worry to much, but goey infection, I'll take her in. I just can't stand to see one suffer, especially when I know she'll let me catch her. I also need to check with my neighbor who has paid a vet bill or two (paid to have her spayed and see if she's done anything for her & the eye)Quote:
Originally Posted by jessica47201
The eye wash should be okay. I bet it's just an upper respiratory infection- probably 90% of strays have them whether they're fully symptomatic or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by bmccasland
Well, these are not really OUR pets, but they will be someone's pets (on a ranch down the road). For now, we get to enjoy their amazing company though!
Pepe and Oreo at about 5 days old:
http://www.tranquilitysystems.com/ga...5_original.jpg
Oreo face to face with Buddy (who is ours):
http://www.tranquilitysystems.com/ga...7_original.jpg
Pepe using me as climbing equipment:
http://www.tranquilitysystems.com/ga...4-pepeonme.JPG
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Originally Posted by GLC1968
BOW DOWN TO YOUR GOAT OVERLORDS!
BWAH HA HA HA Baaaaah, Baaaaah!
what cute kids GLC! is that a donkey in one of the pics? if so could you please take a pic of him/her & post it? i'm a citygirl w/ a thing for donkeys. oh that sounds bad!
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Thanks for asking, Dar!Quote:
Originally Posted by mtbdarby
Lydia is home from the vet and she's ok.
Both the vet and I decided that her problem was the kidneys again (she had the same issue 2 years ago but had been doing well until recently). I chose not to get the $130 or so worth of various elaborate blood tests because we both felt it was pretty obvious what to do- get her on water injections again for a while.
Lydia is so funny- at the vet's, she always curls up on her side on the exam table into the tiniest ball imaginable and 'plays dead' just like a possum....you can slide her across the table and she won't move a whisker. :eek:
Anyway, we gave her a large water injection right there at the vet's, and I took home the usual 'kit' for starting up the (dreaded) subcutaneous water injections at home again. Ugh, it's a nasty ordeal that we hate, but it's really the only way to make her improve again. We'll start with once a day and see if we can go to every other day as soon as she seems noticably improved. She also has a daily pill with fiber (same as metamusil) and with digestive enzymes- to help her digest the smaller amounts she is currently eating, and to prevent constipation.
Lydia was very well behaved during her 'dead duck act', and seemed pretty tired out and relieved when she got home. I took this picture of her happily snoozing in the wing chair an hour ago, looking so sweet:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3367/...cd78a2f9f9.jpg
Isn't that the cutest?
I have a feeling the water shots will help perk her up over the next few days. This is the 4th time with various cats we have gone through 'the routine', so at least we are experienced. Also, we didn't wait as long this time before bringing her in, so I think that will help her chances too.
I made an appt for Ellie as well, for tuesday. Ellie's the 20 year old kitty who dropped a big gross tooth yesterday. I hydrogen-peroxided her tooth hole today, as per the vet's instructions. :( We'll get her checked out too.
I actually feel pretty lucky since it's been a while since any of the 3 kitties has needed the vet, and even today's visit only cost $60 which included everything, even the take-home injection supplies.
Nope, no donkeys! That's the rear end of the kids momma in that first pic. That would be Sassafras:
http://www.tranquilitysystems.com/ga...ssandbuddy.JPG
We have goats, dogs, cats, chickens and bees...but no donkeys, sorry!
Hey, we have goats too! (actually, they belong to 'the girls', their 4H project)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3580/...0afe8493dc.jpg