Show us your pets!

[LittleBird]

This post is the best!

I don't have my Border Collie anymore but I still love showing pictures to everyone of him.

[Trekhawk]

Oh they are all so cute.
Love this thread.

[Reesha]

I just wanted to post a picture of one of my retarded cats, his name is Wiggy. I guess he just got so tired studying the map of Indiana that he was pooped!!!

ahaha the name-- the pose-- classic!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

DH and i looked in on a dairy goat show this past weekend....we absolutely fell madly in LOVE with the baby Nigerian and Nubian dwarf dairy goat kids...just the CUTEST animals ever invented!!!! Thier tiny little sweet faces and mouths!!! It was KILLING us that we live in the village and too close to the neighbors to keep them here....it KILLED US!!!

So I guess we will just have to settle instead for vicariously enjoying the 4H goats being raised by Agnes Anne and Edith right now....


(.....sigh......)

[Reesha]

Hahahaha! Before I moved to St. Louis, I lived on a farm in Lake Placid, NY. We had a baby goat there aptly named "Goaty" by one of the little kids nearby. This was a goat that waggled its tail and licked your face and munched your hair. The sweetest little tagalong there is!

Here's a shot of a goaty kiss attack:


Goaty is a nubian btw

[jesvetmed]

Love goats! They are a hoot!

It's been three weeks... I gave my foster kitty / saved kitty to a friend and her family, and so far, it seems that everyone is in love. I am SO happy for her! She needed LOTS of entertainment, and got 2 younger children (2 and 3 yrs), and one older, more calm child -- 14 yrs) in her house.

She seems to love the 3 yr old boy, but is still scared of the the 2 yr old (she screams a lot and throws temper tantrums -- I'd hid under the bed too at this point!).

I miss her - -she was a bundle of fun around here. My other kitty misses her too. I have to keep telling myself that I've made room for the next one to be saved. I know it will come -- usually 1x per year or so I have to take one in from the clinic that would otherwise be put down. HAve to make room, but it is really hard letting them go after they are all healed.

Here are some photos -- one alone (Typical playful thing!), and one with my keeper kitty, Smudge. They actually started to like each other. I feel bad for Smudge -- she is bored again.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

What a happy ending for your foster kitty- made my day to read it! She looks so wonderful and happy and healthy compared to when you took her in!
Fostering homeless animals is such a generous thing to do- people who do this should get medals, but I suppose the good feelings you get from it are reward enough, huh?

[jesvetmed]

Nice note Lisa! Thanks.

Like I said, there is at least one a year that comes through the clinic that I know will be fine with some TLC, but the owners can't do it financially or emotionally. So, in they come to the house! Just had a dog go to another vet's house last weekend... that is the third she took in, and has kept the two from before! It's hard not to haul them all home!

[Aggie_Ama]

So I guess we will just have to settle instead for vicariously enjoying the 4H goats being raised by Agnes Anne and Edith right now....


(.....sigh......)

This is hysterical! I would love a goat but we have a HOA that would frown on it. We had dinner with DH's college roommate and he just bought a place on a little over an acre, first thing is to get a goat.

[Aggie_Ama]

TS- That looks like fun for puppy and mom!

[badger]

I've narrowed my search down to three (last two are tripods):

[invsblwmn]

Nothing, And I mean NOTHING beats a tripod! Her beautiful nub is the back right one. Hunting for a bike cart now. She makes my soul smile! Happy hunting!

[Zen]

Number 2 needs you

[jesvetmed]

TSPoet: That is just so wonderful that you are using agility to gain confidence for your little guy! He looks THRILLED! What a great idea.

BADGER: Good luck choosing your dog! Can you take them all? That first one looks SO HAPPY!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Well I have more unfortunate news to report.
Tomorrow is 4 weeks since our Lydia died, and now it looks as though our 20 year old kitty Ellie is going to pass on now too.
She's been losing weight for over 10 days and her kidneys and system is shutting down. We tried a few things and vet visits, but she's fading fast.
We don't think she will last more than another day or two. She's sleeping most of the time in her heated comfy armchair, getting very weak but does not seem to be in any bad pain. We'll keep her home with us unless she seems to be in significant pain or distress.
No chance for a turnaround and recovery I'm afraid- so please send vibes for Ellie's peaceful serene passing surrounded by love and in her favorite soft heated chair.
It's very sad of course, especially on the heels of losing Lydia, but at least Ellie had a very full happy extra-long life- all that a cat could possibly want. She was a formidable mouser in her day. Tiny and always thin, but tough- born a barn kitten.