Gaf. show off your pets.
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I'm sorry for your lossHoly shit, the last time I posted on this thread I still had my previous two pets. Time flies
Right now I only have this almost two-year-old Golden Retriever, Mel.
There is no sweeter face on earth than a happy Golden.
My two girls, Beatrix (cattle-bred border collie) and Daphne (border collie mix), taking a nap.
I dropped Bea off for training on working cattle two weeks ago. The bed has felt empty without her.
Captain Tuttle
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Alice is the Frenchie and Axel is a Beagle/Corgi
My Squad.
Fancy
Bernie
Nelly
We have the same cat.
Fancy
Bernie
Nelly
Half Persian half domestic cloud of fluff...She's called Smokey. She was two when we took her in from Cats Protection. She hissed and growled at us for a month and crossing paths on the stairs was a game of russian roulette. She still hates other people especially women for some reason??
We have the same cat.
Captain Tuttle
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Bernie looks amazing haha
SleepehSheep
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This is PomPom, the nerdy one
This is Gizmo, the bubba
This is Luna, the sassy one
ShaoranWright
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My 16 years old friend, Kero.
BlazingDarkness
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uncelestial
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Omg, what a adorable pile of fur and eyes.
Listen, better tighten up your security measures coz I'm on my way to get them ;P
igonnadie socute
YesNOnoNOYes
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omg they are so adorable *___* i loves *___*
here's my new pupper, malley, learning to fetch~
gotstrangepowers
Banned
Bruce is the best
My 10 weeks old Mila.
Run run run! by Bram Van Der Stichelen, on Flickr
Mila by Bram Van Der Stichelen, on Flickr
Mila by Bram Van Der Stichelen, on Flickr
Right in the middle of the biting phase. But we're working on it!
Run run run! by Bram Van Der Stichelen, on Flickr
Mila by Bram Van Der Stichelen, on Flickr
Mila by Bram Van Der Stichelen, on Flickr
Right in the middle of the biting phase. But we're working on it!
Easystride
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God, this thread makes me want to adopt a dog. Just don't think I could do it living alone and working full time.
bucknuticus
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we all about dat air bud life
wesleyshark
Banned
OmgMy 10 weeks old Mila.
Run run run! by Bram Van Der Stichelen, on Flickr
Mila by Bram Van Der Stichelen, on Flickr
Mila by Bram Van Der Stichelen, on Flickr
Right in the middle of the biting phase. But we're working on it!
She's already grown quite a lot in the last 2 weeks. The pictures above were taken the first couple of days we had her. This is her now:
Mila by Bram's Videogame Imaging, on Flickr
Mila by Bram's Videogame Imaging, on Flickr
Hero_of_the_Day
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Our Vigo:
We've had him for a good number of years now. He was a stray hanging out at my parents house, so the wife and I took him in. He is a goof ball who loves to play fetch with hair ties and have you chase him around the house. When he's done playing, he'll put the hair ties in his food or water dish until he's ready to play again. He also loves crawling into anything he can to take naps.
And our Egon:
We've only had her for a few months. She's a weirdo. Loves being held like a baby, she'll just sprawl out on your chest tail wagging away. I swear she'll fall asleep being held like that. You can tell when she's ready for a nap, 'cause she'll just start racing around the house as fast as she can for a minute or so. Then, she'll just crash and pass out. Easiest dog to train I've ever seen. She was no problem at all potty training, understood to ring the bell we put on the doorknob immediately, had no problem sleeping in her crate at night and rarely ever had accidents in it.
She still likes to nip at you when she wants to play. We haven't figured out what to do to get her to stop doing that. We're bringing her to training classes though, so we'll get it figured out I'm sure.
We've had him for a good number of years now. He was a stray hanging out at my parents house, so the wife and I took him in. He is a goof ball who loves to play fetch with hair ties and have you chase him around the house. When he's done playing, he'll put the hair ties in his food or water dish until he's ready to play again. He also loves crawling into anything he can to take naps.
And our Egon:
We've only had her for a few months. She's a weirdo. Loves being held like a baby, she'll just sprawl out on your chest tail wagging away. I swear she'll fall asleep being held like that. You can tell when she's ready for a nap, 'cause she'll just start racing around the house as fast as she can for a minute or so. Then, she'll just crash and pass out. Easiest dog to train I've ever seen. She was no problem at all potty training, understood to ring the bell we put on the doorknob immediately, had no problem sleeping in her crate at night and rarely ever had accidents in it.
She still likes to nip at you when she wants to play. We haven't figured out what to do to get her to stop doing that. We're bringing her to training classes though, so we'll get it figured out I'm sure.
Pamplemousse
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Here's my Doxie when he was a puppy:
Ehh, maybe at some point. lol
Ehh, maybe at some point. lol
sixteen-bit
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Cool pets, everyone
Samoyed???Half a year old now. A bit of fur maintenance, but we can handle it
Half a year old now. A bit of fur maintenance, but we can handle it
So cute!
Mila is also growing up so fast!
Mila by Bram Van Der Stichelen, on Flickr
tearsofash
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I don't have any pets anymore. I had to get rid of my cats last winter because of the place I moved to. I'm really enjoying this thread though.
I had to get rid of my cats last winter because of the place I moved to. I'm really enjoying this thread though.
Laevateinn
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Fet likes to get into trouble.
Escape Goat
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what kind of dog is Oliver?
NOLA_Gaffer
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From left to right: Tony, Daisy, Ladybug, Vinny. All shelter pickups.
Our pet rabbit, Penny, died about a month ago. We'd had her for six an a half years. We got her after she was weaned from her mother, so about seven years old, which is a healthy age for a dutch rabbit.
For my daughter Bridget, six and a half years seems like a lot longer, since she's 11 now. We got Penny for her 5th birthday, so Penny was with us for most of her memory.
Shortly after we got Penny, I added an outdoor pen to her hutch, so she had room to run around. Penny and Bridget, age 5:
Penny had a great personality, which reminded me a bit of a cat. She loved to be petted, but didn't really want to admit it. So she'd do a kind of slow walk by, and maybe sit just a few feet away. You know, just in case you wanted to pet her. But you had to work a bit for it. Deep down though, she was a snuggler.
Penny and Bridget, age 8:
We have a few other pets - a tarantula, a bearded dragon, a fish - but Penny was Bridget's pet. She loves all animals dearly - I am not allowed to kill spiders or bugs in the house, only catch and release outside - and took to Penny. They spent a lot of time together.
Earlier this summer I replaced Penny's pen with a larger one, and she was enjoying the extra space. She was still very active for her age.
In July, she started eating less and losing weight fast. It didn't really occur to me until she was down to skin and bones how old she was.
On a Saturday about a month ago, she stopped eating entirely and had limited mobility. By Sunday, she wasn't able to move at all. I'd have had her put down, but all the vets around us are not open on the weekends (small town). If she had lived until Monday, I would have, but she didn't.
This was Bridget's first real encounter with death, outside of small critters like insects. It hit her like a ton of bricks that Penny would be leaving us.
She held Penny all day on Sunday, trying her best to comfort her, to spend every last minute with her.
Penny and Bridget, age 11:
It was getting hot out, so we moved Penny inside, in a box upon a bed of timothy hay (her favorite). Bridget sat and petted her while distracting herself with a show. Her shirt was soaked with tears.
Penny died about an hour later, while Bridget held her. That is our last picture of her. We cried, hard, together. I loved that rabbit, and was the closest to her along with Bridget.
After a couple of hours of deep grieving, we took Penny over to the side of the yard and buried her together. I used a crowbar to break up the hard, compacted dirt that is our yard, and Bridget used a small shovel to dig the hole. She insisted on being there, insisted on digging the hole. I think it was her way of looking for some closure.
We set Penny to rest along with a large carrot. Bridget pulled the dirt over her and collapsed with tears. I finished burying her. I'm so proud of her for staying there.
Over the past few days we spent a lot of time crying together, and talking about death. We talked about how all we can do, as caretakers of pets, is to give them as happy and healthy a life as we can, and that's what we did for Penny. We talked about how as people, all we can do is make the most of the time we have (I may have kinda quoted Gandalf here). My baby girl grew up a lot that week.
I didn't expect it, but it was an incredible bonding experience for Bridget and I; it's brought us closer together. Only she and I in the family buried her, and have grieved this way. She asked to make a marker for Penny in the yard, and sensing a request for some closure, we made one out of some left over concrete I had.
It did help bring some closure, and now a month on she's already asking for a new rabbit (in the spring, is my answer).
I can tell the experience has changed her, though. She's more grounded than she was before, even more sensitive when we get hurt, and is taking better care of her other pets.
At any rate, I wanted to show everyone Penny, and say that we loved her, miss her, and appreciate all she meant to my daughter, and how even in her passing she brought us closer together.
Sorry for the sad post.
For my daughter Bridget, six and a half years seems like a lot longer, since she's 11 now. We got Penny for her 5th birthday, so Penny was with us for most of her memory.
Shortly after we got Penny, I added an outdoor pen to her hutch, so she had room to run around. Penny and Bridget, age 5:
Penny had a great personality, which reminded me a bit of a cat. She loved to be petted, but didn't really want to admit it. So she'd do a kind of slow walk by, and maybe sit just a few feet away. You know, just in case you wanted to pet her. But you had to work a bit for it. Deep down though, she was a snuggler.
Penny and Bridget, age 8:
We have a few other pets - a tarantula, a bearded dragon, a fish - but Penny was Bridget's pet. She loves all animals dearly - I am not allowed to kill spiders or bugs in the house, only catch and release outside - and took to Penny. They spent a lot of time together.
Earlier this summer I replaced Penny's pen with a larger one, and she was enjoying the extra space. She was still very active for her age.
In July, she started eating less and losing weight fast. It didn't really occur to me until she was down to skin and bones how old she was.
On a Saturday about a month ago, she stopped eating entirely and had limited mobility. By Sunday, she wasn't able to move at all. I'd have had her put down, but all the vets around us are not open on the weekends (small town). If she had lived until Monday, I would have, but she didn't.
This was Bridget's first real encounter with death, outside of small critters like insects. It hit her like a ton of bricks that Penny would be leaving us.
She held Penny all day on Sunday, trying her best to comfort her, to spend every last minute with her.
Penny and Bridget, age 11:
It was getting hot out, so we moved Penny inside, in a box upon a bed of timothy hay (her favorite). Bridget sat and petted her while distracting herself with a show. Her shirt was soaked with tears.
Penny died about an hour later, while Bridget held her. That is our last picture of her. We cried, hard, together. I loved that rabbit, and was the closest to her along with Bridget.
After a couple of hours of deep grieving, we took Penny over to the side of the yard and buried her together. I used a crowbar to break up the hard, compacted dirt that is our yard, and Bridget used a small shovel to dig the hole. She insisted on being there, insisted on digging the hole. I think it was her way of looking for some closure.
We set Penny to rest along with a large carrot. Bridget pulled the dirt over her and collapsed with tears. I finished burying her. I'm so proud of her for staying there.
Over the past few days we spent a lot of time crying together, and talking about death. We talked about how all we can do, as caretakers of pets, is to give them as happy and healthy a life as we can, and that's what we did for Penny. We talked about how as people, all we can do is make the most of the time we have (I may have kinda quoted Gandalf here). My baby girl grew up a lot that week.
I didn't expect it, but it was an incredible bonding experience for Bridget and I; it's brought us closer together. Only she and I in the family buried her, and have grieved this way. She asked to make a marker for Penny in the yard, and sensing a request for some closure, we made one out of some left over concrete I had.
It did help bring some closure, and now a month on she's already asking for a new rabbit (in the spring, is my answer).
I can tell the experience has changed her, though. She's more grounded than she was before, even more sensitive when we get hurt, and is taking better care of her other pets.
At any rate, I wanted to show everyone Penny, and say that we loved her, miss her, and appreciate all she meant to my daughter, and how even in her passing she brought us closer together.
Sorry for the sad post.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Pets are family members Ghal, sorry for your loss and it's certainly even harder hitting when your kids grow up with them little critters. We had to put our boxer down earlier this year at 9 years old (too young). It's bloody tough for the family. Thanks for sharing the story in detail, I think it helps us when we put it out there too. Personally I'm glad we waited a few months before getting another pet, it gave the kids an education about life, death, love and loss.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
We did Christmas photos recently and brought our puppies along. I'm quite happy with the results.
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