What pet do you have?

SammysMom · 02-13-2007, 06:55:54 PM

What kind of pet do you have? What breed is he/she? And what name have you given your pet and why? Brag about your pet too!!!

We have a mini black short-haired daschund. His name is Sammy and I he was a Sammy when I heard he needed a new home. He was a rescued puppy. We got him the Friday after Katrina. Seems that Sammy would be left for days at a time alone and without food or water. Seems his owner liked to drink and "party". Now he has the best life. Treats and car rides is what he loves the best. And I have to say since we have had him he has not once wee'ed in the house now that is something to brag about right? LOL

XUfan · 02-13-2007, 07:07:15 PM

We have an 85 pound, black and white baby!! He's half lab and half husky, but he was raised with cats and doesn't know how to bark. He makes a sound that's a cross between a "moo" and the sound that Chewbacca made in Star wars. It's scary to most people when they first hear it. They think he's growling at them...but he's trying to meow!!

queenofthehivemomof5 · 02-13-2007, 07:18:35 PM

We have 3 dogs and 3 cats.

Chicky (registered name is Marushka Chickie, we did not name her) 8 year old Red and White Siberian Husky. Was adopted from a Husky rescue place in VA. We have had her 5 years. She was kept by her previous owners for breeding only. I guess she has had lots of liters. She is sweet and gentle mild mannerd and not at all like the stories you hear about hyper Huskies. She is so gentle that she lets the 3 toddlers lay on her and what not. Of all my dogs she is my favorite. She has a lung disease that will never get better and he is on antibiotics full time to prevent pnumonia. So I am not sure how much time we will have with her. She is spoiled and gets to stay inside pretty much all day laying on the couch.

Fuzzy (or Fuzz, because he is a little ball of fur) is a white tibettian spaniel. We got him from the animal shelter. He is a little dog and a little neurotic about the affection he shows his "woman" chicky. He loves loves attention and is a good little lap dog. He is small enough to hide from the little kids. He tollerates them pretty well but when they get rough he hides out.

Gracie (we did not name her) is a tan lab/greyhound mix that we got off of free cycle. The people that were giving her away were going to take her to the pound and said she was a bit hyper. We fell in love with her big brown eyes and sweet personality. And got her home and can't figure out why they said she is hyper. She just wants to be petted and loved. She is a little stubborn in that she doesnt want to go outside and you have to coax her to go out and potty. And because she is really tall she is eye level with the table and kitchen counters...so you have to keep food off of them. We found this out after our butter was disapering out of the butter dish. LOL We think she was hit by her previous owners and she cowers. But hopefully she will learn over time that we are OK and wont hit her.

Isabella (said with an italian accent LOL), is a white and tabby striped cat. She is moody and basicly spends her time hissing at the other cats and sitting on the back of the couch looking out the window. She like my DH the best and will sit on his lap and let him pet her.

Pepsi (because he is dark like a glass of cola), is a black longhaired cat. He is still under 1 years old so is very playfull. When he was little he was quite a mean little cat and liked to bite and play rough. He has grown out of that for the most part. He just got neutered, and we got him a playmate so his is mellowing out. He likes to play more than anything with toys and whatnot.

DC (DD 15 named her after the shoes she wears LOL) is our sweet little kitten. I think she is about 2 months old now? She is a little tabby striped kitty girl and is SO sweet. She gives kisses and snuggles all the time. She is very cuddly and sweet. I think she is my fav of the cats. She is learning table manners now, because she likes to get up on the table and eat off your plate. So she is getting a taste of the squirt bottle. But once we have broken her of that habit she should be great!

All of my pets are good. We just lucked out and I have a way with animals. None of the dogs go potty or poop in the house. And the cats are litter box trained. Pepsi had a problem when we first got him with pooping under the coffee table. He was pretty young and wasnt quite trained yet.

I have always had cats and dogs, done fostering for dogs in rescue groups over the years.

Pappys · 02-13-2007, 07:21:05 PM

Two German Shepherd brothers, 11 YO, named Thunder and Lightning. We have had Shepherds since 1962, as many as 4 at a time, not counting when there were litters running around from time to time.

funsaver · 02-13-2007, 07:25:12 PM

We have 3 pets:

Bonny - (came from a pet store) 6 year old - 1/2 black lab, 1/2 red australian shepherd. About 60 lbs. WONDERFUL dog! She is black w/white trim and has a white nike swoosh on her chest. She obeys sign language commands (DH taught her) and she also sneezes on command. She LOVES fruit, especially bananas.

Zoe - (stray, we adopted her from a vet) 11 year old gray stripe tabby. Saggy belly, very aloof, but loving to us! Since Zoe moved outside (her choice!), she is a very happy cat that loves to have her ears scratched and likes to just sit near you or on your lap. Zoe loves BUTTER!

Lucy - (I think this has to be short for LUCIFER!) (barn cat, that was living in one little room with several other kittens) - 4 year old Tortise shell medium hair - big ball of fur!! She is a small cat, but has a BIG attitude. She has brought us home rabbits bigger than her and a squirrel! Lucy goes from being an extreme lap cat to aggravating the other animals and humans!

3swimmersmom · 02-13-2007, 07:40:29 PM

We have a Bichons Frises, he is almost 4 years old! We got him when he was six weeks old and I was told he would weight about 8 lbs fully grown and he would be a wonderful lap dog. Well with 3 kids loving him he turned out just like Clifford the Big Red Dog, he weights 17 lbs and he thinks he's a lap dog.
We love him, his name is Andre because he is a little French dog that needed a little French name.

MariaT · 02-13-2007, 07:41:33 PM

We have Jack the kitty cat who thinks he's a dog. Growls and everything when he's mad. We adopted Jack from a woman who rescued Jack and was caring for him while waiting to be adopted. The woman also had a dog who in the interim took a liking to Jack and adopted him. And they were the best of pals. Hence, why Jack the kitty thinks he's a dog. He whole heartedly believes it too.

shery123 · 02-13-2007, 07:45:07 PM

we have our own little e-i-e-i-o farm
2 cats
baxter ( he moved with us from othe rplace he was stray and already named
orange cat he was here when we moved (poor thing no name lol

2 bunnys

1 house dog boston terrier scoop ( kids picked name from bob the builder

5 beagles
barney
katie (hubby caught her at work he felt bad cuz she was freezen.
misty
lady
bonnie

hubby picks name has to be short lol

and dust bunnies ( i hate dusting ahhhahaahha

Kristen.C · 02-13-2007, 07:45:21 PM

I fell in love with my dog Tucker the moment I saw him. He's an Australian Cattle Dog/Pembroke Welsh Corgi mix.

We had been driving around all weekend to the local rescue places and the various pet stores to find a dog to adopt. We were about to call it a day when DH remembered another Petsmart we hadn't been to yet. We drove over and they had the "Watermelon Mountain Ranch" rescue dogs there that day. I saw Tucker and it truly was love at first sight!!

His first owner was an abusive dog trainer, and the rescue somehow came into posession of him. He had been adopted out to another family the week before but they brought him back because he was so naughty (jumping on counter tops, nipping at everyone's heels, chewing everything in sight). He had just been dropped off at the store again about an hour before we got there! We took him for a walk and he was the most loving, sweetest dog I've ever met. You could see in his eyes how smart he is. He was trained well and housebroken. I wanted a big dog so badly but the apartment management set a limit at 40 lbs. With the strange mix that he is, he's got the attitude, power and strength of a big dog, but always comes in right at that 40 lb weight limit.

He is spoiled rotten and loves toys. He has 2 wicker laundry baskets full of his own toys and gets so sad when any of them have to be thrown away. He knows every toy by name and will hunt them down if you tell him to "Go get blue bear" He loves the beach, playing frisbee, and gets along with other dogs horribly because he's so bossy.

upallnight2 · 02-13-2007, 08:31:10 PM

I got my little Mickey in 2002 (acutally he's 16lbs), he is a tuxedo kitty. We went down to the local pound to choose a new addition to the family for my birthday. As we were going from one cage to another we hadn't quite decided on sex, age or color etc. As we were looking at one older female longhair in an upper cage, this little kitten (6 months) was climbing up from the lower cage grabbing ahold of the bottom of my shirt. Twice I untangled this little one from my shirt. It was just about the third time I was going to pry him off, I realized. It wasn't up to me to choose, he had already chosen me. We had him snipped, chipped and dipped and the next day he became the newest addition to our family. And this onery lil crumb snatcher, treat pig, bed hog nicknamed "Orick" has been a wonderful heartwarming part of our family.