Itty Bitty Kitty what kind of Pets Keep ya company and inspire your work?

Wow, you should start selling tickets I have a German Shepherd(ribbon winner for Alberta CKC)Border Collie, Tabby cat and a Flamepoint Siamese
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Hum.

wow nice zoo. in my zoo, i have 4 brothers and 3 sisters and the cat. *shrug* "muffin" as my sisters call him, i am not one of the cat loving people, my cat has learned to listen to me. i see him sneak into the house, i look at him and he just flies out the back door, that is, when its open. when its closed, he just runs into the glass funniest thing ever.

i want a dog, preferably german shepard, that is, unless we move somewhere cold, then i want a husky mix with german shepard, i saw one that looked exactly like a wolf.

I also negelcted to mention, My companion bird "dini, short for Houdini" a Sun Conure, which was a rescue bird.
We just went through a bout with Her, having 2 Strokes back to Back. I had to Mod her cage, to she could, get
around,she had lost the use of her feet. She wouldn't give up the fight for life, so we didn't give up on Her.
Now, She is back to almost Normal, and has regained almost all of Her Dexterity, and Mobility.

Hi!
We have 5 Cats (4 European ShortHair and 1 Norwegian ForestCat)!
They have been many many times in CatShows ,but not anymore due to age.1 is 13 years,1 12 years and 3 almost 10 years old ,so they are retired!

wow i didnt know birds could have strokes....

2 small dogs, 2 small snakes, 2 regular sized cats, 1 10 gallon tank full of small rodents for the snakes, 1 20 gallon tank with 7 dwarf siberian hamsters, assorted insects hiding behind the walls, 3 children, 1 wife.

1 wife.

only?

by court order, I'm not allowed to discuss the others

Wow, CygnusXII, how the heck do you keep the cats and birds apart? I've always had a bird but with the 2 psycho cats I have now it's impossible. I have 2 cats, one maine coon and 1 mildly retarded calico. At any given time I am feeding about 5 outside, 2 on a regular basis. In all, "hoopty" "butterbean" "scooter" and "fat boy". When we finally fence in our backyard we're gonna get a dog but we don't know what kind yet. I lean toward Mastiff's but they can't stay out in the heat that we get so that's out of the question.

I've a Boomer which is a cross between a Rock, Rug, Mole, and the pup of 2001 Champion Golden Retriever that thinks that half the time he is all of 5 pounds and just has to sit in my lap like he did when 8 weeks old, whom also happens to be confronting the terrble two's.

Inspired? mmmm, well I haven't a new Designer CRT Cover's yet so I am not sure if he has inspired me much. But he is my best friend in the world. Ah, I guess I should say that of my wife or one of my children or another human being. But he doesn't demand anything of me, doesn't question in detail about the past when I need to talk about it and he pays attention without needing a road map to figure out where the discussion is taking him

He brings me my shoes and socks (totally clean because he has just washed them and they are at the moment drip drying) when it is half an hour to go pick up Runt from school. In the morning he wakes me up if I happen to be sleeping so I can get Runt ready for school on time. I dunno, he's just my best bud.

so yeah I guess he inspires me when everything else in the world fails to, he does...

it's a wonder what a slobbery kiss, nip in the butt or having a yellow miscreaton walk up and take your hand in his mouth between teeth that could crush it and calmly walk you to the door only to find he has places his favorite toys in front of it so you can pick out which one YOU want HIM to play with you with. But if you don't want a toy, thats ok because he is always up for a game of hide and seek and or hyper tag. Hyper Tag = Get runs around the yard, car, truck hyper as hell and you've got to try and tag him. He is fast, he is sleek he is smart, he is sure of foot and he is also one of the biggest teases I know!



something odd about him is he does not Bark. Playing or what have you. He will only Bark to speak to you and tell you something, it's hard to explain but it is what he is doing. And it isn't a Bark either it is more of a chuffing sound. Only time I have heard him bark is when someone who does not belong in the yard comes into it. He will bark once, get all blowed up and sniff the air while looking for me to come find out what is up.

anyway...

animals are fantastic and each of us who be owned by one or more are blessed and those of us who will eventually be owned have much to look forward to

one maine coon

Ohhh, Smokey!!!

My brother brought home a wild Maine Cooncat from a litter we had come across up on the CC Road between Woodland ME and Canada. (Right between em, it is actually a road which is a border that in some places one lane is in the USA and the other is in Canada. Though the river is on the north side of it so the local Maine and State Troppers patrol it.)

She was fantastic, used to go for walks every evening with my puppa/gramps/old phaut/old man (grandfather)

oh a side note for those in the south it is not Ant but Aunt because there is a freaking "U" in it...

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Ant, aunt, tomatoe, mater all the same! The Maine Coons are really special, mine thinks he's a dog, he fetches and follows me around like a puppy. BTW I don't tell anyone here in the south that he's a Maine Coon cause someone is likely to shoot and eat him!

1 cat, name is Bird (yep), she is very fat!

ummm..... my wife....

Maine Coon, is the last Cat I am allowed to Adopt, here.
My wife has to draw the line somewhere.

she is very fat!

ummm..... my wife....

not good to put those two in consecutive order.

just in case she happens to come here and check this out.

BTW I don't tell anyone here in the south that he's a Maine Coon cause someone is likely to shoot and eat him!

without a doubt

Being am actual Floridian with my momsters side of the family all being Crackers that is a well founded rational!

Yeah, I said Smoky before, but Smoky was a Blue Gray kinda Huge Tom of some sort my brother had, Snoopy was puppa's. She would play fetch also and chased dog's out of the door yard

When she was happy she would swish her tail up and down with a pause at the apex and then snap it in the other direction. When stalking someone or a toy while playing she would kind of slowly swish it back and forth just above the ground, when chasing Dogs it would curl up and over onto her back and fluff out making her look even larger than she was.

Oh and she had these Bright Yellow/Green specked eyes that were huge and a white beard.

So, mmm, I guess my puppas cat inspired me as a kid for a short time while we lived with them because she followed me around everywhere if she was outside when I would leave. It was kind of wild, Turkey (Large long legged Black Lab that was all feet and head at the time, a Chessapeak Bay and a Coon Cat following me around in the woods, out in the fields and even into town if I walked down to the store. They would all wait outside, Ben would pick a spot in the shade near the doors to lay and wait, Snoopy would would jump up on top of the soda machine and lay down and Turkey would look for water, mud, garbage to roll in or would try to find something as a gift for an ear scratch when I came out. Once he brought me some little kids hat, boy was that kids mom upset...

I always found I could trust animals implicitly and they like me and trusted me also, still do which is weird, kids and animals. Which kind of puts my daughters nose out of joint like it did my sons because all the kids at school and stuff always want my attention so it is hrdly ever just us doing things. There always seems to be others included and I have to be reminded or remind myself that Runt needs/wants her exclusive time...

mmm...
anyway...
thinking to much, going to just read this from now on...

What lovely memories!

Two of the most beautiful rescued black and whites, Mookie and Puds. They spend a lot of time on top of my monitor staring down at me.

My turn.....

You may have seen two of mine. My wallpaper, Z Reflected, is a photo I took of Zinkadoodle when she was about 4 months old. She's a quiet, very skittish cat, who just adores me. But, anyone else approaches, and she runs like he11. She was hiding next to the dishwasher when I snapped that photo.

I have another cat, Wall Nut Willie Botnitsky. She's an all black, feisty dumpster rescue. Tough little cat. I should make some kind of skin from a photo of her.

And, my gigundo German Shepherd mix, named Zuki. When I rescued her from the shelter a few years ago, they told me that she's mixed with wolf. She looks like a wolf. She howls like a wolf. She's big like a wolf. She's got huge, splayed toes, like a wolf. But, she is predominantly shepherd, though I'm sure she has wolf in her. When I walk her, people often ask me about my "wolf". I tell them she's part husky. I don't think it's a good idea to tell my neighbers that I have a wolfdog. If you click on my name, you can see a photo of me walking her near my house.

I attribute Zuki to saving my life at least the quality of my life. When I got her, I could hardly walk. We started our walks, bit by bit, with me leaning on a cane for mobility (I have a kind of arthritis), and her learning to be nice. She broke one of my ribs on one of those walks, when she bolted after a rabbit. I held on when I should have let go. Aside from that, I got stronger and stronger, and along with modern medicine, I no longer need a cane. We walk for miles almost every day. And she is really well behaved. Zuki is a great dog. My bud. Without her, I would not have had the incentive to take those walks.

Zuki and Willie are buddies, too. They play together, Zuki protects her, and she lets me know when Willie needs to come in. Zinkadoodle runs from Zuki. No surprise there.

To keep animals as pets is selfish and an abuse of animal rights. They are living beings, not toys to be used as entertainment. Ask yourself, would you like to be treated as a pet? Sit, stay, roll over, eat when I tell you...yeah, like you would...

/me waits patiently for the popcorn brigade...

To keep animals as pets is selfish and an abuse of animal rights. They are living beings, not toys to be used as entertainment. Ask yourself, would you like to be treated as a pet? Sit, stay, roll over, eat when I tell you...yeah, like you would...

Yes, I would....if my 'master' devoted as much love and attention to me as I do to my cat....I'd consider it an honour.

No human being cares for me as selflessly as I do for my cat.

It'd be really nice if some of them even gave token 'respect'.  Humans make greater arseholes than any animal ever could.