Cats, Dogs... of both?

[funkfool]

Ok - we had a thread on dogs...
Let's go for one on pets...
Cats - Dogs - Or BOTH? - Or other?

My wife and I have one dog and three cats...
.... and here they are..
My little Missy:
http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac313/funkfoolery/family/DSCN1266.jpg
Fozzy:
http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac313/funkfoolery/family/DSCN1255.jpg
Simba is the other cat and she is camera shy...
Teddy - our Australian Shepard:
http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac313/funkfoolery/who_and_teddy.jpg



What about you?

[funkfool]

One of my favorite posts from the dog thread:

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc129/newracer/Sledding/gretchenrunning.jpg

[funkfool]

and these:

newracer:
http://www.colorado4x4.org/gallery/files/1/0/0/1/0/P1010014.JPG

And this:

fentonite

http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz339/fentonite/swimmingdog1.jpg

Now that IS ONE happy dog!

[Bailey Guns]

No cats. The life expectancy of a cat around here would be quite short because we have 6 Jack Russell Yard-Shark Terriers .

All but one are rescues:

Chloe is almost 17 - our only non-rescue. We got her when she was 8 weeks old. Our first Terrier and my first "little dog" experience. She changed my mind about little dogs. Of course, if you know Jack Russells you know they're really big dogs trapped in little dog bodies.
Stella (my gunshop dog for 8 years at Bailey Guns) is closing in on 16. She's my best buddy in the whole world. She was featured in the book "Hear All Creatures" by Karen Anderson.
Nadia is about 13. Great little dog...abandoned at my gunshop by her owners. She chases the C130 fire-suppression planes that fly over our house a couple of times a week. Knowing her, she'll eventually catch one. Quite the hunter/killer Terrier.
Jack (our little deaf guy) is about 12. When we rescued him from Evergreen Animal Protective League he was going blind and needed eye surgery. I told my wife if he went blind we could just change his name to "Helen". About 4 years post-surgery and his vision is fine. He still can't hear.
Lola ("Her name was Lola, she was a show dog"...for all you Barry Manilow fans!) is about 3.5 years old - we rescued her hours before she was to be sent to the gas chamber at a shelter in NM.
And finally there's little Woody...about 2 years old and our most recent rescue from Intermountain Humane Society. His real name is Haywood Jablowme. My wife makes me call him Woody.
Scooter (Oct 94 - Jan 09)...was Chloe's little boy. We lost him to kidney failure a year ago.Paintings of Nadia, Jack and Scooter were also on the cover of a book by Kimberly Santini...the artist who paints "A Dog A Day" for animal charities(www.paintingadogaday.blogspot.com (http://www.paintingadogaday.blogspot.com)) but I can't remember the name of the book.

They keep us pretty busy.

Scooter
http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt337/baileyguns/DSC_0016.jpg

Stella
http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt337/baileyguns/MVC-028F.jpg

Nadia
http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt337/baileyguns/DSC_0244.jpg

Woody
http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt337/baileyguns/DSC_0036.jpg

[Birddog1911]

I'll have to post pics later, but we have a dang menagerie around here.
Two labs, about to get our third next month.
3 cats, all rescues.
3 rabbits, all rescues.

[GreenScoutII]

I have a Dog. Hes a ten year old Norwegian Elkhound named Riggs. Best dang dog I ever met. Patient, exceedingly gentle with the kids, loyal and noble friend, and defender of my home and family... Good boy!

My wife has two cats. Yuck. I don't mean to offend anybody, but cats are disgusting. I will say that we haven't had much of a problem with mice in the house because of the cats, but I guess I'm just more of a dog person.

I'm having internet connection speed trouble right now, but I'll try and post some pics later.

[BigBear]

How do I resize pics?.... grrr.

[vegas976]

All my life I have had big dogs (ie...German Shepards, Labs, pits, etc...) Recently my wife and I got a Pomeranian/Shih Tsu/Maltese mix. This breed is a "designer" breed, only one breeder here in the states. After a few months of trying to get used to such a small dog around the house, I fell for the little thing. Her name is Lola and is full grown at 12lbs!! Luckily, she doesn't realize that she is a small dog, and plays just as rough as any Lab I ever had. She may not be much a hunting dog, but she is a trained ZOMBIE DEATH SQUAD member!!

http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/ab165/vegas976/Lolapoo.jpg?t=1267198423

http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/ab165/vegas976/ZombieDay028.jpg?t=1267199056

Also have a cat that weighs about 27lbs, and is worthless IMHO. Damn thing is so fat she can't clean herself and walks around with cat shit hanging off her ass. Stupid cat.

[coop68]

All my life I have had big dogs (ie...German Shepards, Labs, pits, etc...) Recently my wife and I got a Pomeranian/Shih Tsu/Maltese mix. This breed is a "designer" breed, only one breeder here in the states. After a few months of trying to get used to such a small dog around the house, I fell for the little thing. Her name is Lola and is full grown at 12lbs!! Luckily, she doesn't realize that she is a small dog, and plays just as rough as any Lab I ever had. She may not be much a hunting dog, but she is a trained ZOMBIE DEATH SQUAD member!!

http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/ab165/vegas976/Lolapoo.jpg?t=1267198423

http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/ab165/vegas976/ZombieDay028.jpg?t=1267199056

Also have a cat that weighs about 27lbs, and is worthless IMHO. Damn thing is so fat she can't clean herself and walks around with cat shit hanging off her ass. Stupid cat.

that is the same type of dog my mom has he acts like he is a big dog it is quit funny. i am more of a big dog guy i want a lab or somthing some day. we have a cat as well he is an ass but a good hunter has no front claws and still kills rabbits and mice easly. i think its wrong to have a cat that is bigger than your dog, oh well not my dog!

[Hoosier]

I had two cats, and my girlfriend had two cats. So now we have four cats.

I built a cat box in the garage, and put a hole in the wall to the hallway. It's a 4x2x2 foot box with a clear plexiglass top. I put a HEPA filter in it, with a computer muffin fan pulling air out of the box, through the filter. This means the smell goes into the garage, through the filter. It also makes it easy to clean, throwing it straight into the trash can. I finished out the hole with spackle and a plastic piece that goes into the box, in case they "miss". I also put a bunch of LED's in holes along the back so they can see in there even at night.

When I lived in the city, cats or a tiny dog were the only option. I came home way late at night and there was two kittens outside the door of my apartment tower, with cheerios in a bowl to eat, and it was snowing. So I grabbed them up. Cats are certainly different than dogs, but they can sure love you.

Mine are almost 13 years old now, and hers just turned 10. I'm waiting for them to die before getting a dog.

[Troublco]

I had a cat for a long time when I couldn't have a dog. I didn't go looking for one, he kinda found me. Big gray tabby that the person who sort of unloaded him on me named Sarge. He was a great cat, mostly because he acted more like a dog. Came when I called him and everything. After my wife and I got married, we got three dogs over the course of a couple years and as they were all pups when we got them, they were accustomed to him being around. There were times all three dogs and the cat were asleep in a pile together. I'm down to one of those dogs, and the cat died about 6 years ago. I'm not doing another cat, as I won't find another one like him. No cats, no rodents. The kids know the drill.

[cebeu]

1 Beagle, 1 Beagle/Golden mix (both rescues), 1 insanely "social" fox and 1 herd of 11 Mule's here. The Mule's rotate out and two Elk herds replace them in the warm season. We consider all of them ours these days,

Below is the crazy fox hangin' on the deck. I can literally "call" for this little goof-ball and he stops what he's doing and comes runnin' right away, loves hangin' out with me (I never violate protocol re: food, etc. either). I've seen his lady quite often as well but she's a little more shy. I'm expecting a full family in a couple more months. Below is a few of the other creatures.

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r14/cunroe/Fox5.jpg


http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r14/cunroe/Buck2.jpg

[Irving]

So you don't feed the fox? Can you pet it?

[cebeu]

So you don't feed the fox? Can you pet it?

I do not feed him Stuart, as hard as it is I don't violate anything with respect to the wild-life around my place. I do suspect someone else on the hill may or may have though. This guy showed-up ~4 months ago and and was just way too accepting to believe other-wise. I did catch him snagging a few rougue dog kibbles in my garage one day though.

I don't pet him but I did touch his tail once, didn't seem to mind but...I try to keep the human/animal barrier in-place. He does sniff at my pants legs and loves it when I toss him one of my caps or gloves to play with. Flings em' all around but never steals anything.

He's just cool and a damn good looking fox, I like him being around.

[jerrymrc]

So you don't feed the fox? Can you pet it?

I would not recommend that. A few years ago we had a family that used to play on the front lawn of the Hospital at Ft Carson. I would stop on my way inside @ 4.30am and watch them. They would get within about 20' after a few weeks but mainly just played in the snow.

[sniper7]

I have 2 dogs no cats!
1 is an english setter. great bird dog. he is 1 in march.
other one is the womans dog! she is a lhasa apso, I believe she is at least 1/2 cat by the way she acts! super funny personality! has no fear. I take her to my dads and the neighbor has an irish wolfhound which she proceeds to run and bark at! pretty funny!

[ryanek9freak]

Yea sorry, no offense, but I can't stand cats. Had lot of them (well, my mother did) growing up, and I grew sick of them.

I have a wonderful Border Collie now, he is my best friend, probably my only friend. Sucks though, he's kinda gun shy.

[glucas]

My wife and I are dog people. I lost my English Mastiff to bone cancer last year and my Pitbull I rescued over a decade ago to various cancers just 3 days ago. :( Im down to one dog for the first time in forever now. My girl now is a 2 year old Bullmastiff I rescued a couple months before my English Mastiff died. I love her, she is super funny and is more obedient than any dog Ive ever had. I want another one but my wife is saying no-go for now. We'll have to see how long that lasts. [Coffee]

[GreenScoutII]

My wife and I are dog people. I lost my English Mastiff to bone cancer last year and my Pitbull I rescued over a decade ago to various cancers just 3 days ago. :( Im down to one dog for the first time in forever now. My girl now is a 2 year old Bullmastiff I rescued a couple months before my English Mastiff died. I love her, she is super funny and is more obedient than any dog Ive ever had. I want another one but my wife is saying no-go for now. We'll have to see how long that lasts. [Coffee]

Mastiffs are handsome dogs. I've been thinking about one of the larger breeds now that I have the room. How are they with kids?

[Marlin]

http://i47.tinypic.com/2ir4wow.jpg

Dozer and His little buddy doing what they did best.. At least before the little buddy had to move away..

[glucas]

1 Beagle, 1 Beagle/Golden mix (both rescues), 1 insanely "social" fox and 1 herd of 11 Mule's here. The Mule's rotate out and two Elk herds replace them in the warm season. We consider all of them ours these days,

Below is the crazy fox hangin' on the deck. I can literally "call" for this little goof-ball and he stops what he's doing and comes runnin' right away, loves hangin' out with me (I never violate protocol re: food, etc. either). I've seen his lady quite often as well but she's a little more shy. I'm expecting a full family in a couple more months. Below is a few of the other creatures.

This is super cool. I sometimes wish I lived in the mountains away from people. I envy you.

[glucas]

Mastiffs are handsome dogs. I've been thinking about one of the larger breeds now that I have the room. How are they with kids?

My Bullmastiff is really good and carefull and loves all my friends kids. My English didnt know what to think of them. She was kinda scared of little kids but she was never socialized with children. We dont have kids and none of my friends had kids yet when we had her.

[Ak47Ar15Glock26]

my girlfriend talked me into 2 cats. if they respected my furniture i would really like them, but they dont. so i dont. we glare at each other when i get home. when i move we are getting a german shepard. hopefully one that eats cats! jk

[vegas976]

http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/ab165/vegas976/luciguci.jpg?t=1267805435

Like I mentioned before..........So fat can't even clean herself!

[Daniel_187]

No cats. The life expectancy of a cat around here would be quite short because we have 6 Jack Russell Yard-Shark Terriers .

All but one are rescues:

Chloe is almost 17 - our only non-rescue. We got her when she was 8 weeks old. Our first Terrier and my first "little dog" experience. She changed my mind about little dogs. Of course, if you know Jack Russells you know they're really big dogs trapped in little dog bodies.
Stella (my gunshop dog for 8 years at Bailey Guns) is closing in on 16. She's my best buddy in the whole world. She was featured in the book "Hear All Creatures" by Karen Anderson.
Nadia is about 13. Great little dog...abandoned at my gunshop by her owners. She chases the C130 fire-suppression planes that fly over our house a couple of times a week. Knowing her, she'll eventually catch one. Quite the hunter/killer Terrier.
Jack (our little deaf guy) is about 12. When we rescued him from Evergreen Animal Protective League he was going blind and needed eye surgery. I told my wife if he went blind we could just change his name to "Helen". About 4 years post-surgery and his vision is fine. He still can't hear.
Lola ("Her name was Lola, she was a show dog"...for all you Barry Manilow fans!) is about 3.5 years old - we rescued her hours before she was to be sent to the gas chamber at a shelter in NM.
And finally there's little Woody...about 2 years old and our most recent rescue from Intermountain Humane Society. His real name is Haywood Jablowme. My wife makes me call him Woody.
Scooter (Oct 94 - Jan 09)...was Chloe's little boy. We lost him to kidney failure a year ago.Paintings of Nadia, Jack and Scooter were also on the cover of a book by Kimberly Santini...the artist who paints "A Dog A Day" for animal charities(www.paintingadogaday.blogspot.com (http://www.paintingadogaday.blogspot.com)) but I can't remember the name of the book.

They keep us pretty busy.

Scooter
http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt337/baileyguns/DSC_0016.jpg

Stella
http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt337/baileyguns/MVC-028F.jpg

Nadia
http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt337/baileyguns/DSC_0244.jpg

Woody
http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt337/baileyguns/DSC_0036.jpg

You Sir must be a saint, We have 1 Terror whops i mean Terrier and she is more then enough

[al_g]

I've got two cats and no dogs. At times Diablo acts like a dog. He will come when he is called, sometimes. One of his favorite games is fetch. He loves for me to throw the milk ring seals across the living room and will bring them back. It did take awhile to train him to drop the milk ring close to me instead of 3 feet away. Then there is Buffy, also known as the bum. She likes everyone, purrs loudly, and is a great foot warmer at night. I got Diablo first from some friends of my brother who had kittens, one cool feature is he has two different colored eyes which used to be considered a sign of a witch's familiar. Then I got Buffy through a cat rescue. She had been named Puffy, but no cat of mine will have a name like that [ROFL1] So she was named after the great vampire slayer of them all which just happened to rhyme with her original name [Beer]

This is when they were both still kittens about 4 years ago.
http://www.geoffrion.org/cat/cat1.jpg

Diablo watching me on my PC.
http://www.geoffroin.org/cat/d1.jpg
http://www.geoffrion.org/cat/d1.jpg

Buffy showing off why she is also known as the bum.
http://www.geoffrion.org/cat/lazy.jpg

[BigBear]

Diablo has some great eyes in that second pic.

[funkfool]

Lola ("Her name was Lola, she was a show dog"...for all you Barry Manilow fans!)

AHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGG!!!
Now I have had that running through my head ALL morning....



Scooter (Oct 94 - Jan 09)...was Chloe's little boy. We lost him to kidney failure a year ago.

Real sorry to hear about that.

[funkfool]

al_g: good pictures...
I agree w/ BB - wild eyes ... and the one of bum hangin' out...

[Drilldo]

Girlfriend and I are dog people. Adding her two from Ga. to our pack late April. that is why we are looking for a place with some acreage now.

Tyson and Snoop:

http://i50.tinypic.com/sgoltg.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/34eauxi.jpg

[funkfool]

Here is Teddy getting his obedience school diploma:

http://b3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/01395/33/53/1395023533_l.jpg
(sorry for the camera phone pic..)
He is a very smart dog... one example: He is deaf - so we 'talk' through sign language...
if you are trying to tell him something he doesn't like - or doesn't want to do...
he will look away from you as if to say "Sorry, not looking, can't hear you. Try back later."

Here is the other cat: Symba
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/6/l_1e74c6650403e0554642a85b086aba56.jpg
She is a real sweetheart - the quietest of the bunch - till food o'clock - them she finishes hers and goes and tries to take the other cats food.

[funkfool]

http://i50.tinypic.com/34eauxi.jpg
Weimariner (sp?)
PS: Almost looks like he is wearing shoes...

[Irving]

Every time I walk into my grandpa's house, his dog runs into the pantry and brings me a news paper.

[Drilldo]

Weimariner (sp?)
PS: Almost looks like he is wearing shoes...

Yes Weimaraner. It does kind of look like he is wearing shoes hah!

[opie011]

I've got three cats and two dogs and it costs more to feed them a month than myself! Here's how my lab usually sleeps at night.
http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq75/opie011/photo-22.jpg

[cowboykjohnson]

Looks painful, I wouldn't be able to walk the next day.

[opie011]

I think he likes the blood rushing to his head[Coffee]

[Mtn.man]

We got both, 1 cat thinks it's a Dog 1 dog thinks it's a cat.