Show us your pets!

[lph]

Cuteness squared

Oh man. If there were enough happy kittens in the world there would be no war.

[7rider]

Well, the little monsters hit a milestone today. They broke their first item. My BIL for a period restored antique floor lamps. We have several - this one is a tall pole that flares at the top with two single bulbs going off in two directions. The two bulbs have a frosted white glass shades covering them. They somehow...no idea how..got to wrestling and knocked over the lamp (it was tucked between the couch, the wall, and the side table, so it took some doing to send it down). The glass shades shattered - but surprisingly not the bulbs.
Sigh. At least it wasn't my grandmother's antique lamp. That's been moved to a spare room we don't let the kitties in.
But - the guys are looking like cats these days. They've lost much of the kitten cuteness, and are long, lean, cats - Paris moreso than Zoe. Paris is a bit over 5 pounds already, and Zoe is 4.

[Veronica]

What beautiful babies!

Veronica

[solobiker]

Here is a picture of my "baby girl". She will be 14 yrs old at the end of the month. She is the best!!

[emily_in_nc]

Here is a picture of my "baby girl". She will be 14 yrs old at the end of the month. She is the best!!

Awww...what kind of dog is she?

[Reesha]

I managed to get a beautiful shot of my pup today! She needs a haircut though, she's like the frickin Breck Girl.



She and the trouble maker dog I'm sitting in my sunroom:

[bmccasland]

I managed to get a beautiful shot of my pup today! She needs a haircut though, she's like the frickin Breck Girl.

She ought to be in commercials! Very pretty girl.

[Reesha]

Thank you. You should see her when she's got three inches of tongue dangling from one side of her mouth at the end of a long walk. Pedestrians stop dead in their tracks to smile/laugh. She's a rock star (a shy one).

[PamNY]

Reesha, she's beautiful.

[emily_in_nc]

Reesha, she's beautiful.

Yes she is, and so is your house! My kinda place.

[Reesha]

My $85K gem. Thank you

[emily_in_nc]

My $85K gem. Thank you

Wow! Nicely done...

There's something about it that just looks so calm and peaceful...probably all kinds of good feng shui there.

[Catrin]

Beautiful dog, and house!

I still get a little nervous when passing people walking their dogs when I am on the bike, and sometimes I just stop and wait for them to pass. I did that today, but not so much because I was nervous about the dogs. They were on short leashes and quite obviously weren't concerned about me - it was the dogs I wanted to look at.

I can't seem to find a picture of them on the internet, but the owners told me they were a special breed of wolfhound. They weren't as hairy as the Irish Wolfhounds pics I've found, they had short, smooth hair and very long noses - and very, very tall. Quite striking animals, wish I could find a picture!

[wackyjacky1]

Here's the adorable little dog that my sister and I rescued back in April. My sister found her one night sitting in the middle of the road, lost. She's really, really old, blind and kinda deaf, had mange, seborrhea, fleas, worms, an umbilical hernia, a heart murmur, and was horribly underweight. We felt so sorry for her that we took her in.

When I took her to the vet, they recognized her and said she had been brought in as a stray before, but the owners came looking for her and picked her up. The vet was outraged that anyone could let a dog get in such poor condition, but said that, by law, they have to give it back to the owners. When I brought her in this time, she was even more outraged. They hadn't even bothered to give the dog the free flea and mange treatment that she had given them. Fortunately whoever owned her didn't bother to come looking for her this time around.

Anyway, she's now happy and fairly healthy. She's gone from less than 11 lbs to 12 1/2 lbs, her fur is growing back like crazy (we may actually have to get her trimmed), and most amazingly, her heart murmur has disappeared!

She's the sweetest, most loving dog ever. I think I was the first person to ever give her a tummy rub, and whenever she hears me approach she flops onto her back, begging me to rub her tummy! We named her Mildred because we had just finished watching Mildred Pierce on HBO when we brought her home.

Millie before:


Millie now:

[indysteel]

Awwww, Wackyjacky. Your story brought tears to my eyes. You and your sister are angels for caring for a dog so badly in need of some TLC.