Show us your pets!

[Zen]

Another flashy blonde.
What a hussy!

[jesvetmed]

Love the leopard print!

SGTiger: wonderful story about your son and Leela! Sounds like a keeper for sure.

[wackyjacky1]

I don't remember if I've posted it before, but here is my favorite pic of my two kitties:



Two cats are definitely better than one!

[mtbdarby]

Kermit - I hope your baby gets better. Sorry to read about the acl on your other post.

SG - glad to hear Leela and family are adjusting fine. Glad you like the pig. In real life her little legs are pedaling but I can't get it to carry over here.

Zen - leave it to you to be looking at her boobies

Llyod rocks! I was asking my son the other day to look at a bulldog to see if he'd like them. He turns his stubborn little red head refusing to look at it and said:
"No Mom. I told you already - I want a Chi-Chi-wow-wa".

We had seen a long haired chihuahua at the humane society and he liked it. Man, that kid cracks me up!

[PamNY]

MTbdarby, your son sounds like a young man who knows his own mind. Here are two Chi-chi-wow-wa pictures for him. Actually, I'm not sure of the long-haired dog's breed, but he could be a Chi-chi-wow-wa.

Pam

[mtbdarby]

Pam, my son is 6 and wants a dog of his own, to play with and sleep in his bed. From what I've read about the chi-chi's, it doesn't sound like they are the best breeds for a young child to train (generally speaking). Plus he's down by his dad most weekends and the dog would have to stay with me, so most likely will attach to mom anyway...thus my dilemna.

Of course, I have Zeus and I think he's jealous because Zeus has become my shadow since Xena died. Guess we'll see...

[Tuckervill]

My dogs know I'm the boss, but they still sleep with my son. Seems right to them...he's part of the pack, too!

On a parenting and dogs note, I always made sure that I, the mom, was okay with any pet the boys wanted, that it appealed to me and that I was willing to care for it. Because...it would be my pet in short order. They were kids--I didn't expect them to follow through on all the fervent promises to care for it after the initial fun wore off. I don't like dogs in my bed (or cats, but try telling that to the cat!), so all of our dogs have been trained to sleep with one of the boys. When that boy moved out they moved to the next kid's bed. Thus, I have been the long-term caretaker of 5 dogs, 5 or 6 cats, 2 hamsters and way too many hermit crabs to count!

To our kids, moms are the source of all things good. It won't be long before the dogs figure that out, too. The important thing is that the dog knows he's next in line behind the KID.

Karen