IpseDixitTreat me like a pirateAnd give me that bootyRegistered Userregular
edited July 2011
Two of my kitties!
Meatball is the fat black one. Emmy is the little old lady.
Meatball aka Gordo, Fatso, etc. We originally called him Zorro but he really doesn't fit that name as he is fat and lazy, Dorro works though. Anyways we adopted him as an adult cat. He was probably 5 years old when we got him so he's about 8 now. All he does is lay around and eat kibble. Doesn't even like wet food kibble only. Also he scratches at the deck post as you can see. At his most active he will run from one end of the deck to the other.
Emmy is a little old lady. She's about 13 years old, she loves my girlfriend because my girlfriend is allergic to her. She is awesome and will hunt just about anything, once she came home with a rabbit
We also have this lady. She is imaginatively named Kitty or Kitchen Kitty if you're not into the whole brevity thing. Kitty is awesome because she just showed up at my parents house one day. Now this is awesome because my parents live in the middle of nowhere, seriously it's 7 miles into town and our nearest neighbors live about a half mile away from us, and she wasn't theirs. She showed up skin and bones. She is very loving and will purr even if you just look at her. Of course she hates Emmy and gets in fights with her all the time. She also has a hard time keeping her balance, we're guessing its from her having almost starved to death.
Also she is ridiculously tiny for a full grown cat
I also have two doggies!
Zelda is in focus and Gracie is out of focus.
Zelda is super shy and skittish but is still a good girl. Gracie is the lady of the house and is super friendly, except towards other dogs. Gracie is about 13 years old and now has a small cancer on the inner thigh of one of her rear legs. Our vet told us that to treat it would cost several thousand dollars and isn't even guaranteed to get rid of it. So for now we are just going to let her be until it starts being uncomfortable for her and then we're going to have to put her down.
Finally at my apartment I have a fishtank, but it doesn't have any fishes in it yet, so it's not that interesting right now. It is a 20 gallon freshwater tank that is going to house a female betta fish sorority. I also have a 10 gallon that I am assembling that is going to be a saltwater tank. It is going to be mostly corals with one or two clownfish.
Right now I'm figuring out lighting. Might be going power compact for the main tank as well because I've found a used 20" 96 watt PC light for $40 on a fish keeping forum. Or I might go T5HO. LED is a bit expensive, and Metal Halide is too much heat for a 10 gallon.
Centipede, my pardon! And haha, that is an adorable way to relax.
I am not daring to move right now. The kitties are out and about! They are using the scratching post like good girls. Shara is also really interested in our tea box. Sugar is wary, but she has made great progress tonight.
My mum's dog, we don't know what kind she is, or even for certain how old, all we know for sure is that her previous owner was not very nice, and she was terrified of being within an arms reach of people for a long time.
My big sister has a shiba inu type thing, and he is the most disobedient and downright evil little bugger in the world, and yet, so damn cute.
My Uncle did a little bit of spaniel breeding before he passed away, the mother of the litter is also gone, and Rosie was the only one that he had kept, she was oxygen deprived and nearly died at birth, and is the nicest dog. She also hates having her picture taken for some reason.
There is also a horse, one time it headbutted me, so I headbutted it back, and somehow I was the bad guy.
My wife and I are out of the house for 9 hours a day and I said it wasn't fair to get a dog because it'd be on it's own for too long. I didn't have any excuse when it turned out that the Guide Dogs Association is only 10 minutes from our house and they were looking for boarders.
We've now boarded 3 guide dogs since starting a few months ago and it's great. They get picked up at about 8:30 and dropped off at 5:30, so they're only on their own in our house for a short time, then they get hangouts and cuddles.
The first was Amber. She was just finishing her training when they found a rash on her stomach. She came to us for a couple of weeks whilst they did some tests to figure out if it was something at the previous boarder's house or something more serious.
It turned out to be nothing, so she went and took over from Berry, who was retiring after 6 years of service.
Berry loved cuddles and stayed with us for a month or so whilst they tried to find someone to adopt her.
She had hip problems which meant she couldn't walk much without daily painkillers, but she was a really affectionate and lively dog.
I was heartbroken when they finally found a family to adopt her, but a couple of days after Berry left this dumbo arrived:
Janey failed as a guide dog because she is either super-thick or too clever to do what she's told. We've got her until this Monday when she's being adopted, and then we get another in-training dog for 11 weeks.
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One of my roommates and I thought it was a she, but apparently we are dumb.
Also I recorded a few videos about the whole mess, in which I demonstrate that I knew fuck-all about caring for kittens.
I found the poor thing out on the sidewalk one night, and brought it home. After a fleabath (or two) and some milk, he was just fine. He was only at the apartment for about a day and a half, but, the entire time, I was so worried sick about what we were going to do with him that I honestly never got to appreciate just how adorably tiny he was until after it was over with.
My favorites are #3, 5, 7, 14, 17, and especially 22.
I really want a dog, but I know I need to wait til I move out of a crappy apartment and have a more robust income. Then I'll probably adopt an older mutt from a shelter. Until then I guess I'll have to be content looking longingly at pictures of other people's pets.
The corgerman corgshephard (3) is amazing. I'll take a half-dozen, please.
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edited July 2011
Rank, your cat is totally gorgeous, and generally I am not super-fond of cats because of the allergies they cause in me and the lack of general giving-a-damn-about-people that they seem to have.
I dunno if anyone remembers, but my dog was so little when we found him on a mountain last November.
Now he is a 20-pound idiot.
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My mum's dog, we don't know what kind she is, or even for certain how old, all we know for sure is that her previous owner was not very nice, and she was terrified of being within an arms reach of people for a long time.
My wife and I are out of the house for 9 hours a day and I said it wasn't fair to get a dog because it'd be on it's own for too long. I didn't have any excuse when it turned out that the Guide Dogs Association is only 10 minutes from our house and they were looking for boarders.
I adore in-training dogs! Love seeing them out and about. You and your wife are good people :^:
I adore in-training dogs! Love seeing them out and about. You and your wife are good people :^:
Everyone should look after Guide Dogs if they have the chance. They are super-clever and really affectionate and you're indirectly helping to make peoples, as well as the dogs, lives better.
Berry would always make herself the most comfortable, even if it meant instant leg cramps for whoever she decided to lie on.
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I would like to adopt an adult cat but I'm out of the house half the day and occasionally for weekends so I'm not sure if I'd be a good caretaker
Also scratching may be an issue as I do not want declaw a cat
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#pipeCocky Stride, Musky odoursPope of Chili TownRegistered Userregular
edited July 2011
This is my old friend Wicket W Warwick
he's a Beagle/Corgi and a total boss.
We got him from the pound 13 years ago when he was about 6 months old. There's a photo rattling around of him a few days after we got him. Imagine a dog one fifth the size, but with the same sized ears and paws. He was the cutest thing ever.
He's a shadow of his former self now. Old and tired and sore. His knees gave out a while ago and he has a hard time moving from standing to sitting and back. Recently he's started drinking way way more water than normal and not being able to hold it through the night, which he's obviously not happy about. Our vet, who is really great, thinks it's either a kidney problem which will need surgery or an overload of some hormone which will need daily medication. The vet said both options would be expensive, and probably wouldn't make him much happier.
We all know he won't be with us much longer and some day soon, someone's going to have to make a call. But he's still happy, still affectionate, still great with my nephews and my grandma. My family's company is named after him.
I would like to adopt an adult cat but I'm out of the house half the day and occasionally for weekends so I'm not sure if I'd be a good caretaker
Also scratching may be an issue as I do not want declaw a cat
A cat is actually a pretty perfect pet for someone who is out for half the day. As long as you are able to feed and water it!
What about two cats? That way they can keep each other company.
Also, scratching is usually a non-issue as long as plenty of scratching posts are provided. And, many older cats will come already trained only to use the scratching posts. Shara is already solely using the scratching post (the catnip we placed on it might help!) Sugar keeps using the carpet, but it's the closet carpet, so I don't mind.
Things you can do to train your cat not to scratch are to cover the places it scratches (sofas, banisters, etc.) in something it really doesn't like - foil, or there are many scents that are pleasant to humans but not to cats! And if you keep a spray bottle of water around, you can use this to spray water at the cat when it misbehaves.
Another thing you can do is use soft-paws, which are cat-claw covers that are glued on to a cat's claws.
SporkAndrew, good on you and your wife for looking after guide-dogs! And aww, they are adorable. Look at those glossy coats! My little brother and sister sponsor guide-dogs; my sister's first guide-dog failed training, too.
#pipe, aw, it sounds like he's lead a very happy life, though.
It's hard to believe, but my parents' dogs are 10 and 8 years old! They're flatcoat retrievers, and flatcoat retrievers don't live all that long, so they're doing very well indeed.
Fyndir, she is a Heinz 57, the best kind. Also, it took me a little while to work out that the horse was wearing a hood, and does not just have a strangely shaped head.
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edited July 2011
I have looked into softcaps but I'd be worried I'm hurting the cat in the process of putting them on
I did not know they have scent control for scratching, I knew they had something you can apply to wires to keep cats from chewing on them
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Two of my kitties!
Meatball is the fat black one. Emmy is the little old lady.
Meatball aka Gordo, Fatso, etc. We originally called him Zorro but he really doesn't fit that name as he is fat and lazy, Dorro works though. Anyways we adopted him as an adult cat. He was probably 5 years old when we got him so he's about 8 now. All he does is lay around and eat kibble. Doesn't even like wet food kibble only. Also he scratches at the deck post as you can see. At his most active he will run from one end of the deck to the other.
Emmy is a little old lady. She's about 13 years old, she loves my girlfriend because my girlfriend is allergic to her. She is awesome and will hunt just about anything, once she came home with a rabbit
We also have this lady. She is imaginatively named Kitty or Kitchen Kitty if you're not into the whole brevity thing. Kitty is awesome because she just showed up at my parents house one day. Now this is awesome because my parents live in the middle of nowhere, seriously it's 7 miles into town and our nearest neighbors live about a half mile away from us, and she wasn't theirs. She showed up skin and bones. She is very loving and will purr even if you just look at her. Of course she hates Emmy and gets in fights with her all the time. She also has a hard time keeping her balance, we're guessing its from her having almost starved to death.
Also she is ridiculously tiny for a full grown cat
I also have two doggies!
Zelda is in focus and Gracie is out of focus.
Zelda is super shy and skittish but is still a good girl. Gracie is the lady of the house and is super friendly, except towards other dogs. Gracie is about 13 years old and now has a small cancer on the inner thigh of one of her rear legs. Our vet told us that to treat it would cost several thousand dollars and isn't even guaranteed to get rid of it. So for now we are just going to let her be until it starts being uncomfortable for her and then we're going to have to put her down.
Finally at my apartment I have a fishtank, but it doesn't have any fishes in it yet, so it's not that interesting right now. It is a 20 gallon freshwater tank that is going to house a female betta fish sorority. I also have a 10 gallon that I am assembling that is going to be a saltwater tank. It is going to be mostly corals with one or two clownfish.
Shhh, the bunnies are sleeping!
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Oh man
I promised myself no more exotics but bunnies are so hard to resist
NO YOU MUST RESIST BECAUSE THE BUNNIES ARE MINE
ALSO ALL THE BUNNIES
my dog is a mighty hunter
OK imagine an empty 10 gallon glass tank
Now imagine a little bit of water deposits on it.
OK you have now seen my saltwater tank, for realsies there's nothing in it right now.
BUT I did just get one of these: http://www.cpraquatic.com/products/aquafuge.html Along with a small power compact light for it.
Right now I'm figuring out lighting. Might be going power compact for the main tank as well because I've found a used 20" 96 watt PC light for $40 on a fish keeping forum. Or I might go T5HO. LED is a bit expensive, and Metal Halide is too much heat for a 10 gallon.
Also, thanks Usagi, I have lost my husband for the evening
(It was a toss up between a bunny/bunnies or cats, actually! But adopting cats won out in the end).
Ipse, I have not seen photos of your dogs before
Centipede, he does look like a mighty hunter! But he also looks like he might be really friendly.
Also, progress has been made with the kitties! Sugar came out of the closet and ate half a bowl of food while I was in the room
But yeah, she is really friendly.
this is how she chills out
Here is el Cid:
He is young and energetic and always doing silly things that make for funny photos. Like so:
This is Sputnik:
He is not as entertaining or as playful as Cid, but he is a good cat best friend and my favorite buddy in the whole world.
Whatever mix of breeds he is gives him silky, incredibly fine hair. He is as soft as a rabbit.
My dogs once brought home a deer
Actually twice
The third time it got away before they could get it home
Centipede, my pardon! And haha, that is an adorable way to relax.
I am not daring to move right now. The kitties are out and about! They are using the scratching post like good girls. Shara is also really interested in our tea box. Sugar is wary, but she has made great progress tonight.
they are incredibly adorable
My mum's dog, we don't know what kind she is, or even for certain how old, all we know for sure is that her previous owner was not very nice, and she was terrified of being within an arms reach of people for a long time.
My big sister has a shiba inu type thing, and he is the most disobedient and downright evil little bugger in the world, and yet, so damn cute.
My Uncle did a little bit of spaniel breeding before he passed away, the mother of the litter is also gone, and Rosie was the only one that he had kept, she was oxygen deprived and nearly died at birth, and is the nicest dog. She also hates having her picture taken for some reason.
There is also a horse, one time it headbutted me, so I headbutted it back, and somehow I was the bad guy.
He fucking started it, ok?
We've now boarded 3 guide dogs since starting a few months ago and it's great. They get picked up at about 8:30 and dropped off at 5:30, so they're only on their own in our house for a short time, then they get hangouts and cuddles.
The first was Amber. She was just finishing her training when they found a rash on her stomach. She came to us for a couple of weeks whilst they did some tests to figure out if it was something at the previous boarder's house or something more serious.
It turned out to be nothing, so she went and took over from Berry, who was retiring after 6 years of service.
Berry loved cuddles and stayed with us for a month or so whilst they tried to find someone to adopt her.
She had hip problems which meant she couldn't walk much without daily painkillers, but she was a really affectionate and lively dog.
I was heartbroken when they finally found a family to adopt her, but a couple of days after Berry left this dumbo arrived:
Janey failed as a guide dog because she is either super-thick or too clever to do what she's told. We've got her until this Monday when she's being adopted, and then we get another in-training dog for 11 weeks.
One of my roommates and I thought it was a she, but apparently we are dumb.
Also I recorded a few videos about the whole mess, in which I demonstrate that I knew fuck-all about caring for kittens.
I found the poor thing out on the sidewalk one night, and brought it home. After a fleabath (or two) and some milk, he was just fine. He was only at the apartment for about a day and a half, but, the entire time, I was so worried sick about what we were going to do with him that I honestly never got to appreciate just how adorably tiny he was until after it was over with.
Ashley (roommate) named him Panda.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg28sYR-Snw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7lE48o8OMU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-MVPBp8LZg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8iWAyUOG4
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/awesome-corgi-cross-breeds
My favorites are #3, 5, 7, 14, 17, and especially 22.
I really want a dog, but I know I need to wait til I move out of a crappy apartment and have a more robust income. Then I'll probably adopt an older mutt from a shelter. Until then I guess I'll have to be content looking longingly at pictures of other people's pets.
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I dunno if anyone remembers, but my dog was so little when we found him on a mountain last November.
Now he is a 20-pound idiot.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
my baby girl, jadyn who died in may
soooo pretty!
I adore in-training dogs! Love seeing them out and about. You and your wife are good people :^:
Looooove corgis!
Everyone should look after Guide Dogs if they have the chance. They are super-clever and really affectionate and you're indirectly helping to make peoples, as well as the dogs, lives better.
Berry would always make herself the most comfortable, even if it meant instant leg cramps for whoever she decided to lie on.
I would like to adopt an adult cat but I'm out of the house half the day and occasionally for weekends so I'm not sure if I'd be a good caretaker
Also scratching may be an issue as I do not want declaw a cat
he's a Beagle/Corgi and a total boss.
We got him from the pound 13 years ago when he was about 6 months old. There's a photo rattling around of him a few days after we got him. Imagine a dog one fifth the size, but with the same sized ears and paws. He was the cutest thing ever.
He's a shadow of his former self now. Old and tired and sore. His knees gave out a while ago and he has a hard time moving from standing to sitting and back. Recently he's started drinking way way more water than normal and not being able to hold it through the night, which he's obviously not happy about. Our vet, who is really great, thinks it's either a kidney problem which will need surgery or an overload of some hormone which will need daily medication. The vet said both options would be expensive, and probably wouldn't make him much happier.
We all know he won't be with us much longer and some day soon, someone's going to have to make a call. But he's still happy, still affectionate, still great with my nephews and my grandma. My family's company is named after him.
I'm crying now.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
I really haven't taken any other new pictures of Joxer lately. I should rectify that.
I need to steal some pictures of it
super long body and really really fluffy hair it is amazing
it is the softest thing
I'll have to look up Wookiepedia.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
it's sometimes truly terrifying how your mind works
A cat is actually a pretty perfect pet for someone who is out for half the day. As long as you are able to feed and water it!
What about two cats? That way they can keep each other company.
Also, scratching is usually a non-issue as long as plenty of scratching posts are provided. And, many older cats will come already trained only to use the scratching posts. Shara is already solely using the scratching post (the catnip we placed on it might help!) Sugar keeps using the carpet, but it's the closet carpet, so I don't mind.
Things you can do to train your cat not to scratch are to cover the places it scratches (sofas, banisters, etc.) in something it really doesn't like - foil, or there are many scents that are pleasant to humans but not to cats! And if you keep a spray bottle of water around, you can use this to spray water at the cat when it misbehaves.
Another thing you can do is use soft-paws, which are cat-claw covers that are glued on to a cat's claws.
SporkAndrew, good on you and your wife for looking after guide-dogs! And aww, they are adorable. Look at those glossy coats! My little brother and sister sponsor guide-dogs; my sister's first guide-dog failed training, too.
#pipe, aw, it sounds like he's lead a very happy life, though.
It's hard to believe, but my parents' dogs are 10 and 8 years old! They're flatcoat retrievers, and flatcoat retrievers don't live all that long, so they're doing very well indeed.
Fyndir, she is a Heinz 57, the best kind. Also, it took me a little while to work out that the horse was wearing a hood, and does not just have a strangely shaped head.
I did not know they have scent control for scratching, I knew they had something you can apply to wires to keep cats from chewing on them
and anyone who wants to declaw a cat shouldn't, and if they do, I reserve the right to cut their goddamn fingers off too