Show us your pets!

[NoNo]

I'm happy to report that a second trip to the vet and some new medications have Ruthie back to normal I'm making a note so that should this happen in the future I know which one worked for her and which was just an expensive waste of my money

[divingbiker]

I got a new dog yesterday! Belle was in her foster home for a year and a half. She's had a bit of a rough time of it, mostly because she doesn't play nice with children and small animals, like ducklings and squirrels. But so far so good with Sammy! And she sat on my lap yesterday, something she had never done with her foster mother.

She's four, so I'm hopeful she will have the energy to play with Sammy. There have been a few noisy incidents, bordering on fighting, but this morning in the bedroom before I got up they were playing. That was nice.

[bmccasland]

Divingbiker - she's beeeutiful! I hope Belle continues to settle down in her "forever home".

I can just imagine her ears flapping while she's chasing after a stick. Something about spaniels and fall days....

[NickiSue]

Roux is a 16 years old Coton and is still a puppy at times and other times, she can only walk a block. She is the puppy love of my life.

Winnie just joined our family from a senior rescue shelter. She is about 8 and is a wirehaired dachshund mix and is pure joy. Every morning, she goes in the tv room and chases the reflection of her new dog tag. At night, she lives to jump under the covers. Not much is known about Winnie, she was found tied to the fence of the rescue shelter in July. She is well trained and has been loved, that is apparent.

It is wonderful to meet your four legged family!

[Trekhawk]

Oh so many cute doggies to look at this morning.
Thanks for sharing.

[bmccasland]

Here's Calypso in her evening activity - watching the hundreds of crows coming in to roost on the roof of the hotel and adjacent office building. We're on the top floor of a 4 story building so the crows sweep right by to the tree tops out our window and off the roofs. Watching the crows come in every evening, I can see where Hitchcock got his inspiration for The Birds.

[colorisnt]

Here is "my" dog. He's our family dog. Lives with my parents and had an accident recently where he screwed up his back. He's okay now and recovering, but Dover is a bit of a nut. He's a rescue that was used in a puppy mill for breeding. He came to us from Alabama where he was being fostered. He's adorable, basically.



keep showing the cute pictures! I don't need a dog, but boy do I want one!

[sundial]

I got a new dog yesterday!

Beautiful! And at the perfect age too. Rescues always have the most interesting baggage. If only they could talk...

Marni, congratulations on your new furkid and thanks for adopting a rescue as well.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I'm happy to report that a second trip to the vet and some new medications have Ruthie back to normal

Wonderful news, I'm so glad to hear it!
Keep sneaking that tablespoon of water mixed into her canned food- i have found this keeps the kidneys healthier in all my cats.

Pearl is hanging in there...licking up small amounts of soupy pate textured gourmet canned food, and drinking a little now and then. As long as she can eat we are optimistic. We are giving her the maximum recommended dose of water injection every day- trying to keep the toxins flushed out so she will become less nauseous and heal sores in mucus areas (which leads to further non-eating of course). The more water she gets, the better her chances...though an overdose is to be avoided too as it stresses the heart. Ever since she almost died of kidney poisoning 5 yrs ago (that Chinese pet food scandal), we've had to periodically battle her kidney problems off and on. Much of the time she does well with no treatments at all, but then she gets into a minor crisis mode and we have to start the water shot therapy. We've been lucky to be able to turn each crisis around for the past 5 years, she's 10 now. Hopefully she'll get better again this time.

Here's Pearl sleeping on the top of a scratching post, looking dreamy soft as only pearl can do....