NOW CLOSED!!! Your Pet Pix or Stories - Winner is shashabell!!!! "CONGA RATS"

[SMR80]

I'd like to offer a RAOK. I really need something to get my mind off my current situation, and seeing as how I love my "fur-babies" and cute pix of other people's "fur-babies" I know that is one thing that will make me smile!

Yes, my avatar is actually my oldest cat Pus. My dh in a moment of weakness allowed me to buy her a crown, we put it on her head and very quickly took her picture! I have a cartoon rendition of that on my ankle as my first tattoo. She is the queen of the house, all 14 of em! That picture was featured on a site called cheezburger for funny cat pix!

I will end my RAOK next tuesday, 9/20 at 8pm est. I will match your wish list as closely as possible!

I could go on and on with stories of my kids, but I will not bore you all! Perhaps I'll interject one every now and then! Share your cuteness and smiles!!!

[MsSweetCheeks]

I used to have a cat named Rocky. Rocky was never a very friendly cat. I've always been a cat person and for the longest time I did not like this cat. Well, I had a tendency to always pull my hair back when I slept and one night I wore it down. Rocky started going nuts with my hair. From then on this cat was in love with my hair. Even if my hair was up, he would still play with it while I was sleeping. That one night changed my relationship with this cat. Normally, Rocky wouldn't let anyone pick him up, but after he discovered my hair he would let me pick him up. Rocky and me grew very close afterwards. He is the favorite cat that I ever had.

[breegold]

One pic to follow on the hair story, and one of my two sleeping babies

Is there anything else we can do to help?

[$ Saver]

This is a cat I used to have years ago wrestling with a stuffed Grinch.

Edit: I have to figure out how to add the picture so it doesn't get removed.

[Coupon_Girl_Shelly]

My dog Lily "Fur" is my sweet girl. (a 10 lb silky terrier) Something funny that she did one time involved her, a door, and a jingle bell. We had decided to try to have her sleep in the den in a new dog bed we had gotten her. Well, she wouldn't have it. She started trying to ram the door down and each time she would start a little farther back. You could tell because you could hear. Jingle, Jingle, Bam........Jingle, jingle,jingle, Bam................Jingle, jingle, jingle,jingle, Bam..... Finally she ended up getting the door open. My husband and I laughed at our little 10 lb "queen" of the house and agreed that if she tried that hard that I guess she deserved to continue to sleep in our room. That was 4 years ago and she is still sleeps our room lol.

[stephpinktree]

My dog, Teddy, wakes up in the morning and once he leaves the bedroom the first thing he always does is go straight for the couches in the living room. He rubs his body on the edges of the couches. As much as I always think, "Oh God the couches are now covered in hair", it is so cute to watch him do it, then he rolls all over the living room floor. It is so cute to watch, I guess that's his morning routine like drinking a cup of coffee. So you know my vacuum runs all the time lol.

[cmiller2003]

I have a 16-year-old Chihuahua aptly named, Chanel, diva that she is. She has ME trained! Whenever she does something good, she knows she's supposed to get a treat--Beggin' Strips are her favorite. Whether I see her do good or not, she comes and tells me when she deserves one.

I have a bag of Beggins in every room of my house!

Here's the kicker: even though she is losing both her hearing and her sight, she still knows what the bag looks like and can recognize the rustle of it being opened from across the room.

I'm hoping this pic attaches. I hit a great deal on Beggin's at Kmart and stocked up. In the photo she's looking at awe at the 18-bag mountain of treats that I got her!

[SMR80]

MsSweet... isn't it amazing how just one moment can change a whole relationship??

Bree... they are so beautiful!

Saver... its funny how they pick their toys! My one dog loves a cat toy, and one of my cats (who I think he thinks he is a dog) just loves one of the dog toys!!!

Coupon_Girl... guess she got what she wanted!!! I can't imagine hearing the jingle knowing what was coming next! I once had a mastiff home on a trial basis, and he would do the same thing until we went and got him... no crate or door could hold him. We actually had to take him back to the SPCA (only one I ever had to do that with) because he had SEVERE separation anxiety.

Steph... Every morning? Hm... guess thats one way to welcome the day!

cm... the mountain of treats is bigger than the little doggie!!! I can be on the next floor up, on the other side of the house and both the cats and the dogs can tell when I have a treat bag. The funniest is when I walk in the back door with a hand full of parsley from my garden for my bunny and her nose immediately starts wiggling! Not even the same room but she can smell it!

Now one of those stories that I have tons of! Piper, our 100lb English lab was a puppy mill momma that we rescued from the Humane Shelter in Lancaster, Pa. She is approx 5 years old. She had no idea how to be a dog. Our youngest dog, Pipsqueek a 50lb pit husky mix taught her everything she needed to know! Because of him, she knows and LOVES her stuffed animals! She had never had a bed of her own, a soft warm place to lay. We adopted a cat, Tador, that same day and she allows him to headbutt her, lay all over her, and she is like a momma to him. The shelter staff wouldn't believe the transformation! We have since found out that she has seizures approx every 3 months, but she takes her pills every night like a big girl!

My babies keep me sane most days and I'm sure I'm not the only one that feels this way!!! Thanks for the great stories and beautiful pix!!!

[SMR80]

[Ashley1102]

Last year when I was having a hard time going threw my miscarriage I decided that if I couldn't have a baby at the time... I would buy a baby. This little guy kept me so busy that it kept my mind of of things