|
Meet the pets?
It's cold and snowy and my bathroom is being remodeled and I've got time on my hands. So, I was thinking about the fact that over on Slow Travel many of the posters have introduced their pets and I wondered about doing the same here.
Without further ado, I'd like you to meet Murphy, our 2ish Wheaten Terrier. He never fails to put a smile on my face -- no matter what the weather holds. http://tries2paklite.blogspot.com Any one else want to introduce their pampered pets? ((c)) |
Funny you should start this post right now, Tries. We've just put up a video of the first playful interactions between our 7 year old male cat Romeo and our new little Lulu, a 6 month old female. It might take a few minutes to download, and be sure your sound is on.
www.rgb3d.com/LuluTub3.htm |
Barnaby, Viscount Bengal and Papillon both say "meow".
|
Rufus Joe says "ruff" and my three cats (Smudge Bob, Bink, and Fuzzy) quickly give a muffled "meow" as Rufus chases them around the house!
http://www.ofoto.com/PhotoView.jsp?&...d=184510742203 http://www.ofoto.com/PhotoView.jsp?&...d=708597825103 http://www.ofoto.com/PhotoView.jsp?&...d=982390803103 |
I have a 13-year old Chihuahua on steroids (meaning a rather large Chihuahua) who snorts when he eats jalapenos. :)
My 10-year old Jack Russell Terrier, also known as "Digger Dog" or "Crash," likes to lay on his back and do the happy dance every morning when we get out of bed. |
Wotan, our Bernese Mountain Dog, turned 11 yesterday. He is so spoiled, I've flown my parents here from Arizona countless times just to dogsit him while we travel. No kennels for him!
|
|
I would like to introduce my two fur-children, both feline, Milo (1.5 yrs old, 6 toes on each paw, black and white, and a terror) and Thomas (1 yr. old, orange tabby, sweetest cat ever, gets beat up by Milo on a regular basis, poor thing).
|
I have a 3 year old Golden Retriever named Gracie (hence my screen name, I admit it, I'm not that original when it comes to picking screen names!). I adopted her a year and a half ago from a local Golden Retriever rescue. She had a bad start to life, but is spoiled now! She is so sweet and trusting, it makes me sad to think of how she was treated before.
My other dog is also a Golden. Leo is 15 months old, and I am raising him for Southeastern Guide Dogs, a school for the blind in Tampa. His biggest thrill in life is pestering Gracie. He still thinks he is just a big puppy. I'm not sure I see him being a guide dog when he grows up, but you never know! Grinisa: I have always wanted a Bernese Mountain Dog. They are so beautiful! |
Meet Little Orphan Annie, or Annie for short (rescued from the shelter a couple of years ago).
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...99083741HmRJnu |
Oh Tries, that picture with the snow on his face is the cutest thing I've seen in awhile. We thought about getting a wheaten, but my girls had their hearts set on a little cockapoo. Her name is Daisy and she is a sweetheart.
|
How silly of me. I didn't even mention my pups names.
The Chihuahua is Boudreaux and the JRT is Bailey. I only have a photo of Bailey online. He likes to help us with clearing our property. "Digger Dog" at Work http://worldisround.com/articles/23960/photo7.html Tree Puller http://worldisround.com/articles/23960/photo9.html Boudreaux is getting too old and has heart problems, so he just sits in the shade and watches the rest of us work. |
What a great thread!! Anyone who loves their pets so much is a friend of mine.
I don't know how to post a single photo, so I'll give you a link to all of my Swiss photos. The first one will be my husband and our baby dog, Misty. Of course, you are welcome to view the other photos of my trip to Switzerland last summer. You may click the image to expand. http://photobucket.com/albums/v416/PamKM/ |
This is great!
Marilyn -- your video is priceless. I loved the ending. ms_go -- I can't get the link to work. Is it me? tcreath -- ditto. Grinisa -- we were going to get a Bernese -- after meeting and falling in love with one in Austria, but we opted for a somewhat smaller pooch. But they are so beautiful. Statia -- Murphy being a terrier, I am very familiar with those action shots. Murphy just buries his head in the snow up to the shoulder if he thinks a rabbit has been by. |
Tres..please contact me re your wheaten terrier. We have shown and bred wheatens and love them. Our last one, Missy went to the Rainbow Bridge in August and we miss her so. I love to be in contact with other wheaten people.
[email protected] |
Every time we come home, Lola, our West Highland Terrier turns on her back to have her tummy rubbed. She's two years old next month and now I can't imagine why we waited so long since our last dog passed on. If she just wouldn't bark.
|
Tries2PakLite:
The link worked for me. Maybe this one will be better? http://community.webshots.com/album/199083094VRRkGd The cat on the right, Rudy, unfortunately is no longer with us. |
Here's our dog Laila looking particularly sheepish. She really hates being dressed up ;)
http://www.geocities.com/italamergirl2000/laila.html |
The dust bunnies are huge and hide behind/under the bed. No photos, they're shy. Since they multiply like rabbits, no names
|
Greetings from Raisin, our 5 year old English cocker who is the most well traveled dog on Fodors! She started life in New Zealand, came to us at the age of two years and has since been to Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris, the Loire Valley, the Ardennes, Aachen, Brugge, Bremen, Frankfurt, Graz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Baden-Baden, the Ruhr Valley, Utrecht, Delft, Zeeland (old), central Austria, Bourges, Strasbourg, and now London and Berkshire. In late April, she will be traveling to Appenzell to meet our Swiss relatives and on our vacation this summer, she will joining us in the Dordogne, Avignon and the French Alps. Her pet passport sees a lot of use!
|
Well, I don't know how to post photos, so...
Picture the most adorable tri-color, 15" beagle! His name is Ed. He's 8, very spoiled, and very cute! He's tender hearted, and loves to WALK (and walk and walk and walk...) and EAT (and eat and eat and eat!!!) He's now recovering from surgery (had fatty lumps removed) and doing great. Then, picture his (adopted) sister, Cindy. She is 27 lbs. of pure mutt, and looks like a german shepard that was shrunk in the dryer. everyone thinks she's a puppy, but she's 7. Truly, only God knows what whe is, other than our princess! By the way, they HATE when I travel, and think Fodor's takes way too much of my time away from them! |
Oh yeah, more often than not, Cindy sleeps on her back, paws in the air, with a tennis ball in her mouth! It's a sight to see!
|
Iregeo, I thought my Bailey dog was the only one who did that!
|
Statia, she's a hoot! While the beagle seems melencholoy much of the time with those "sad" beagle eyes, the little one is happy and smiling, 150% of the time! She came from the streets and is genuinely happy to have a family and a home!
|
Iregeo, I'll bet you have to take her for a ride every day too, and you can't say the "r" word in front of her? That's the way it is with Baiely. I could swear that he understands English perfectly. :)
|
<b>IGY Pup</b>, our 4 year old wirehaired dachshund (standard size, dark brindle) is the "center of the universe."
He spends most of the day in his basket on the front porch, occasionally rising to chase the squirrels from the bird feeder or dig a hole in the yard. He LOVES to go for walks and prefers baby carrots over dog treats. He's a bed hog. <i>Dogs are children with fur coats.</i> Peace, Robyn :)>- |
Tries2PakLite, a great topic!
We took in a stray male cat and named him Wandering Ængus (with apologies to Yeats). He's usually called Gus. Continuing on a poetic note, he's "mad, bad, and dangerous to know." Just like Lord Byron. Anselm |
Do you think there's a connection between love of animals and love of travel?
|
Our furry children are Alex (a 17 year old tabby who is very skittish), Lulu (a 1 1/2 year old long haired tuxedo cat) and Chico (a 1 1/2 year old tabby). Alex hates the youngsters - they show her no respect whatsoever. They on the other hand, love each other and spend almost as much time grooming each other as they do themselves. Lulu sticks like velcro to us during the day and evening, Chico takes the night shift. We got the little ones when Cleo (our beautiful silver grey tabby) passed away almost 2 years ago.
They are wonderful friends to us, and I always miss them when we travel. |
Not sure, Iregeo, because the only thing I hate about travel is leaving my dog.
|
All the Kitties chime in:
Max: 8 year red tabby (fraidy cat!) Eddie: 4 year red tabby (Brat!) Charlie: 12 year Male Black/white (sleepy) Stinkey: 8 year old red tabby (shy-guy!) Susie: 18 year old (One- eyed! sweety!) All found on our doorstep...Really! JOHN |
<<Do you think there's a connection between love of animals and love of travel?>>
No. Most of the animal lovers I know are not strongly interested in travel. |
Introducing . . .
Lucy, 3 year old yellow Lab, cute, playful, slightly plump, our baby Kermit, 6 year old kitty, gray, soft, purrful, quite plump And last, but not least . . . Cosmo, our first pet together, 6 year old orange striped tabby, also, purrful, also soft, also plump, but recently lost some weight due to some new lo-cal food:) |
Our two Portuguese Water Dogs (litter mates) who continue to graciously ALLOW us to share "their" home, both now 9 years old and more willful and determined and stubborn and spoiled rotten and adored like children:
Dukey de Frank ("Dukey" for short) and Bruno Count Bluffski (just plain old "Bruno") How we hate to leave them behind whenever we go abroad. |
ms_go -- success. Great photos. I'm sorry to hear about Rudy.
((c)) |
Our "babies" are:
Molly, a seven year-old Golden Retriever- the sweetest, most mellow dog in the world, Xena, a two year-old Golden- she is definitely the "warrior princess"- feisty and full of personality. Lucy, twelve? year-old cat- reclusive, but cuddly when she wants to be. http://www.ofoto.com/ShareLandingSig...Dtrue&Ux=0 |
A Boxer - Fraser
2 alley cats - Mickey and Sammy Turtle - Jerry (water turtle) bunch of fish A zoo! |
Being the animal lover that I am, I really enjoy looking at everyone's "Furry Fodorite" photos (or would that be "Fotos"?)
Robyn, is your Igy Pup perhaps named after Iggy Pop? :) |
Statia -
We learned through the Dachshund rescue website that there was a wirehaired Dachshund at the SPCA five hours from our home. He had been there for 2 months and they were going to put him down. His "cell number" in "jail" was 449, which is what we called him for the first 2 days, while we were trying to choose a name. I finally looked at the telephone keypad and realized 449 spelled out IGY. Being old rock-n-rollers, IGY Pup was a given - definately a take on Iggy Pop. Peace. Robyn |
I love these photos and Marilyn I love that video! Everyone at my office was watching and oohing and aahing and laughing at it. Thanks.
|
| All times are GMT -8. The time now is 02:33 AM. |