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:

Fozzy:

Simba is the other cat and she is camera shy...
Teddy - our Australian Shepard:




What about you?

[funkfool]

One of my favorite posts from the dog thread:

[funkfool]

and these:

newracer:

And this:

fentonite

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) but I can't remember the name of the book.

They keep us pretty busy.

Scooter


Stella


Nadia


Woody

[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!!





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!!





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.