She's healthy, but apparently her owners got her in '97!

I have a cat and a dog, and 2 kids that I count as pets on some days, depending on how messy/rowdy/loud/gross they are.

She's 17, show's no stop of being a pain in the butt with whining for real chicken. I have another that is 5, and I adore her.

Sadly, we had to have our eldest cat, Pugo, put to sleep last New Year's Eve. I acquired her in 1999 when she was about 8 years old. She was the terror of the neighborhood until her last year, and she began to fade after thanksgiving. The last week she began to fail and we knew it was time. She was a wonderful old gal.

rat -- 2 years old
lizard (leopard gecko) -- 5 years old
dog -- 3 years old
cat -- 19 1/2 years old

Dogs are the best.

and I have not replaced them. As a rule, I am a dog owner. I also like cats and even had a bird way back when (also a rabbit for a while).

Anything with a personality is good by me. Reptiles, spiders and fish just don't do it for me. To me they are more like living decorations than pets.



No, I did not vote in the poll since I don't have a pet right now.

But I worked over 60 hours last week and I really think taking on another pet right now would be a mistake.

and we will go to the animal shelter, for sure.

Tikki was 14 years old and was our baby the whole time.

The Tikkis

Picked them up at the humane society on Dec 1st. My boys (9 and 11) think I'm "Mother of the Year" for getting them a 'real' pet. The rats, goldfish and tortoise didn't cut it.
B

We had a twenty-year old cat who passed away.

3-4 at a time is all i can manage and thats a bit hard on the ol pocket book but i manage to save and find homes for older dogs and the once problem dogs, Wish I could do more but each one that I know has a good life, Shepard's/ a pit /a chocolate lab/ Chesapeake mix/a Aussie /shep mix

And a hug for helping out all those pups!

everyone would have crabs

Cats seem to be the pet of liberals. Freeps like having animals that they order around and they can control, like dogs. The kitties ain't having none of that!

Though I do suspect that the vast majority of those with therapy dogs are of a liberal persuasion. They would be the folks who invest their time and energy and money into training a dog and then continue to make the same investment to share the love and acceptance of that dog with others.

and if the ducks , geese , various birds and turtles I feed in the wild count it is a bunch


but Cat Mandu and his sister Lilith Ashlee are the only two allowed in the house. I do have several grand doggies though , two black labs, the sweetest pit bull on earth a Jack Russell that we will not discuss and my sons several Heinz dogs.I love them one and all!

but I have dogs, too. Forgot to vote for the "many" critters.

five dogs; five cats; a pond full of fish (koi, trout, etc); and numerous bird-feeders.

Years ago, I also raised rabids, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and pigs as pets. (An auto wreck took away my ability to keep up on that.)

I also grow an outrageous number of roses.

My cats are mother and (grown) kitten; my roomie's cats are brother and sister.

from a friend that died. I would love to get another dog but these cats have been thru so much I hate to trumatize them again by bringing in a dog. I really miss a dog, getting to walk them and take them along. I really do love those cats so much though.

Though my last cat, Animal, passed away a few years ago and I've not gotten another one yet.

[URL=.html][IMG][/IMG][/URL]

Loaded with cute and smaaarrrrt!

... but I also have dogs, so that's what I checked.

We have a fourteen year old collared dove, who provides the soothing sound effects in our home, cooing continually from his enormous cage as he taunts and teases the wicked predators he shares living space with.

Two of the cats are very old ferals who were adults living in the woods when we moved to this property, so I have no idea how old they really are (at least fifteen yrs old, tho), but I trapped them, vetted them, and eventually tamed them; they are now loving house cats, but still very much on the wild side.

My third kitty is a dear little brown tabby who I brought here from Ohio after my dad passed away 11 yrs ago; she was a tiny runt kitten, half starved, hanging on my parent's screen door in the middle of the night, yowling for help during a terrific thunder storm. Soaked to the bone, we first thought she was a rat, except for the feline sounds she was making, ha! She was most likely also born to a feral litter from the woods behind my folks' place but is now a wonderful spunky cat, tho the underdog in our house, as she never grew up to normal size and the other two like to lord that over her...they are three times her size. Unfortunately, I will most likely be losing my sweet little Joey this week, as something happened to her while I was busy out of state this Spring and she is now close to death. One trip to the vet cost us an arm and a leg, only to be told what we already knew, that she is extremely ill and nothing much can be done. I am only glad that she found me in the first place and slept curled on my shoulder for all these years, a better friend I've never had. As she lies here on my lap, I already miss her.

One is like a Russian Blue cat adopted from shelter
this describes him perfectly, smartest cat of many we have had over the years
http://www.animalsites.net/news/cats/russian-blue-cat-specs-pictures/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Blue
the other is a orange/brown calico type

We lost at 17 years old, our white cat last year during Hurricane Sandy (to old age).
It was really sad.
About a month later went to two different shelters, and just by luck the one we found was there.
Most loving, playful smart cat (and I am only the second favorite of him in the house).
Like the article says, he very much acts like a dog in some ways, and can open and close shower doors, cabinet doors, and closet doors.

Likes a little crumpled up paper acting as a ball, and also likes tennis balls

Have had dogs in the past, miniature schnauzer's.

But not a dog. Would like one, but we travel too much to really do one justice. That and having to put in a fence. In our house, amazingly, the Rat is Queen....

Yes, seven cats. One lives at my mom's though because he hates other animals.



This is the latest. I named her Meowzebub.

My wife and daughter call her Ally.

but seeing a few more in the future.

I have 2 Flat Coat Retrievers and 1 rabbit. The dog number changes depending on what I may be asked to observe from time to time whether it's the dog or the breeder.

and two fish from the county fair that my daughter won 7 years ago. Also there is George the black snake that lives in the basement. We never have mice because of him.

Ruby, you're the BEST CAT ever!

All about 7 years old. I adopted two as kittens and Beau, a product of a divorce, joined the gang last year. Amazingly, they're all pals.

Oh yeah, there are 9 subunkin out in the pond, but I don't think of them as pets.

to circumstances beyond my control.

a 7' boa....all three are sweet as can be.

Freddie, Riley and Samantha
I've never in my life had a dog and I want one *someday*, a little one like a Pom or Chihuahua.

Clio, Cairo, Monet, Pippin, Leonardo, and Loki.

is my latest pet.

Blue and Gold Macaw - Captain aka She Who Must Be Obeyed

Two Cockatiels - Spaz and Vern

Two Parakeets - The Mouth and The Menace

Sorry, sounds like a shock video, but that's what we have

I used to have four, but one tried to snuggle up to me last night, and I accidentally squished him when I rolled over.

(My landlord doesn't cotton to doggies and kitties, and since he owns the place... )

One is arthritic and getting a little touched in the head

Boxers:



[URL=.html][IMG][/IMG][/URL]

Also had Cockatiel and turtle, but DOGS was #1, and rabbit-sat during school vacation.
1 daughter has 3 dogs, 1 cat, and fish, and other daughter has 1 cat.

I have a 6 yr old German Shepard (java), 6 yr old rotti/chow (princess), 3yr old Rotti (diva) & 4 cats (Cinderelli, Gustopherson, Sebatsian, & Nelson).

I just swicthed phones or I would share pics. We were fortunate to foster Java & Princess when we deployed so we wouldn't have to give them up. Now we are one big happy family. The rotti does have some identity issues she relates better to the cats than the dogs.

belong here. Please take your critters to the lounge. Thanks!!