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[Aggie_Ama]

Nick- I wish I could keep my little Heidi's beard so white! My groomers use whitening shampoo but they can't get hers white anymore, they said part of it is age (she's 10) and they think some is she is missing many of her teeth. Your kiddos look so pretty!

Reesha- How could you resist those eyes? Walter is so lucky to have picked you, I bet he won't be timid once he knows he is safe.

[Reesha]

I think he can tell already! We have to roll up a thick shag carpet because Walter thought it was a good grassy spot to take a leak! LOL I don't blame him... it's like 2" thick.

Today we are going out to get all the fixings... leash, collar, harness, crate etc.

One of his funny quirks is that he always faces the door, wherever he is. When we were in the introduction room at the Humane Society, he spent most of the time standing right next to the door facing it. It's very endearing. We took him out to go to the bathroom and he didn't seem as nervous as they indicated he would be. He didn't rear for instance. Just trotted along. Maybe it was the shelter environment with all the other dogs... they seemed to think he got picked on by bigger dogs!

Anyway, we have renamed him "Turtle" because he's such a shy boy

[Nick]

Nick- I wish I could keep my little Heidi's beard so white! My groomers use whitening shampoo but they can't get hers white anymore

Hi Amanda, they do miraculously stay white even though they are both active and outdoorsy, loving walks and rides in the car. I don't use any harsh chemicals on their coat or skin (Sylphide has serious allergies). Instead I use my own organic shampoo and conditioner (Giovanni). I take that in to the groomer every time they are shorn down, and only use organic hair products for the "in between" baths. Could it be diet, as well? Mine have an organic, holistic, human-grade diet, and are on the nutritional supplement "Angel Eyes". This keeps their eyes clear. But the reason I use it, at the vet's recommendation, is to control Sylphide's allergies. It has the added advantage of keeping their little faces white.

[Catrin]

Walter is adorable!

Winding Road went with me today to a local rescue shelter where I proceeded to fall in love with a pair of female Cockatiels The parakeets were beautiful as well, but the 'tiels seemed to have more personality. The blue 'keets were beautiful!

They also had several Chinchillas (not for me), lots of bunnies (unsure about that option) but I really liked the birds. They also had some beautiful Love Birds, but their voices were much, much too loud for my apartment and they told us that they were the most obnoxious of all of the parrots they had.

I may take a bonded male/female Cokatiel pair, but as I am not interested in breeding I don't know how good an idea that is. I need to wait a month or two before I do this, so I've time to consider.

They also had the most adorable and cuddly Tortie kitty that lived with the birds and bunnies, she snuggled so nicely, I wish I could have her...

[GLC1968]

Reesha, Walter or Turtle is VERY handsome! What a lucky boy he is!!

This is our 'Christmas' adoption. This is Sara. She is a Giant Schnoodle and should be about 60-70 lbs when full grown. She already eats more than the big dogs right now and is growing like a damn blackberry in Oregon! She's very smart and alternates between being super sweet to being a little Tasmanian devil about 10 times per day.

This is her at 7 weeks (this is pretty much what she looked like when she arrived from Montana at 8 weeks old):


This is her yesterday, at almost 11 weeks:

(sorry about the lousy photo quality - I need to take some good ones of her!)

[bmccasland]

Sara is so cute, but look at the size of those paws!

I miss having a dog. Sigh.

[Catrin]

Wow, Sara grew a LOT in a short 4 weeks! Adorable though

[Nick]

Sara is adorable! She looks like she is going to be a big girl when she grows up.

[invsblwmn]

Two new shots of the old kids...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Here's our newest Humane society adoption kitty, and our first boy!

He's a real lovey-squish-bunny. We named him Little Satchel.
He has thumbs. I'm trying to teach him to type and knit.









-Amazing the stuff you can get at your local animal shelter!


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[Catrin]

So good to see the new, and old, fur-babies!

[emily_in_nc]

Lisa,

My mom's newest adopted cat ("Mittens") also has thumbs; in fact, the vet said he has seven toes on each foot, which is most unusual!

So far, he has resisted all attempts to make use of the thumbs in a productive manner, however.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Emily- Satchel has 6 toes on each front mitt. The 'thumbs' are big as you can see, but he also has a tiny perfectly formed toe in between each big 'thumb' and his regular paw. Even the tiny miniature toes have their own perfect white fur, nail, and pad. It's all pretty cute in a goofy sort of way.

[smilingcat]

Hemingway cats.

When I was growing up I had "paws" He also had extra toe but only on one front paw. The claw didn't work too well and it was always extended out. My father wasn't too thrilled in having to rescue the poor thing stuck in a tree with his extra claw being caught in the bark. He never did learn not to climb apple trees.

Such a long time ago.

Little Sachel is beautiful. Gorgeous boy!!

Yes maybe he can learn to type and open jars for you.

[invsblwmn]

Give up all hope of teaching the kitty to knit. They give side tracked playing with the yarn. BUT, do not leave home with the can opener and a can of tuna around! They just make you THINK they can't do stuff so you do it for them.