How many pets do you own, what types and what are their names/nicknames

[AFCM]

My little girl is a three year old mutt named Tallica, but she goes by Talli. Tallica is a derivative of Metallica, and how I named her is a long story that I'll attempt to make short.

As a young airman stationed in Idaho, I was shot down for months by another beautiful airmen named Jessica. Finally, one day at the chow hall, Jessica gave me the time of day. I was wearing a Metallica shirt and she mentioned how Metallica was her favorite band. She also mentioned she just bought a guitar and was wanting to learn how to play, Metallica songs in particular. Well, I thought she was full of crap, but I saw this as an opportunity to spend more time with her. Seriously, I was a HUGE Metallica fan, and I could play every single one of their songs on guitar, so I offered to teach her (more as a selfish way to spend time with her). BTW, to prove to me how serious she was, Jessica showed me her Metallica tattoo on her upper back...as if the room decorations weren't enough. This chick was AWESOME! Well, we fell in love that night (April 28, 2003) and as fate would have it, Metallica was scheduled to perform live in her hometown of Lousiville, KY, on our one year anniversary.

Now, about this time we began looking for a house and had discussed our interest in animals. We both agreed getting a dog would be a great idea, so we began looking for a Rott. While down in KY, her mother surprised us with a litter of Lab/Rott mix puppies she was trying to give away for a friend and told us we could take one if we wanted. We fell in love with one dog in particular, and since we were seeing Metallica that night on our one year anniversary, we decided to name her Tallica.

Talli looks more like a lab now, but has the markings of a Rott. She weighs in a 40 pounds and is an escape artist. She is extremely hyper and curious, but is an excellent guard dog and very lovable. Her accomplishments are learning to sit, shake, and lie down. She doesn't like having her tail touched, but like every dog, loves having her belly rubbed. Below are a few pics of Talli, taken this Easter (which is why she is wearing bunny ears in one of them).

[OkieKAS]

I own 3 pets and my son owns 1.....actually, they own us!

Zoi is my 3 yr old Chihuahua, female, and her Mom, Suki, is 9 yrs old. Zoi-Moi is a sweetie and loves me stupendously! Suki is somewhat more solitary and only appreciates hugs and kisses once in a blue moon. Zoi is the princess because Suki is the queen! They do not enjoy clothing, bows or frills, however. Once, I tried to paint Zoi's nails and she ran all around my bed, leaving red polish all over the comforter!

Then we have GrayBoy, an abandoned kitty, whom I fed baby - formula. He is 8 mths. Quite lazy as cats go, even for a Tom-Cat. This week he is experiencing difficulties because the birds are nesting and they do not seem to appreciate him lazing about. They peck and fly at him and he just continues to lay there and squeal because his naps are interrupted. When I light a candle out on the deck in memory of my daughter, Leslie, he crawls over the rail to it and snuffs it out with his paw.

My son, who lives by me, has an 8 mth old Blue Healer, named Jaeger. (pro: Yay - Ger) I call him YaY-YaY. He is quite smart but very hyper. But we are training him, constantly. He takes to training very well.

The Chi-Chi girlz do not care for him, however. He likes to use them as bowling pins, and they do not care for his strikes. Sometimes Jaeger has a chihuahua attached to him on both ends. He is learning to keep a wide path from them.
One of these days we are gonna tie a pink bow on him and paint his nails!

[Dark Jedi]

4 dogs.

Smokey - Norwegian Elkhound/sneaky neighbor dog mix. 12 years old.
Bull - Boxer/Lab mix. 9 years old. (Named after Richard Moll's character. Big, dumb, gentle, and loveable.)
Bozette (Bozo) - Austrailian Shepherd/Heeler mix. 2 years old.
Precious - Black and Tan Coon Hound. 6 months old.

I'm kind of a dog person. We do not care about breed, we rescue dogs that need rescuing. The coonhound was sick at the shelter, and scheduled to be put down as a 6 week old pup, so we fostered her (and her 3 sisters). Once they were healthy they went back, but she did not adjust to shelter life... no one wants to adopt the dog that cowers at the back of the cage when they approach. So when her time was up, we saved her from the incinerator again... permanently this time.
The downside: 4 dogs means we won't foster anymore. We know our limits.

[Pete Brzycki]

Here's my gang...

I have two Labradors: Reina (yellow) and her daughter Jette (black):



And two Abyssinian cats: Sunny (ruddy) and her daughter Venus (blue):




Venus is now all grown up and currently has a litter of three:

[bandnerd]

OMG I want I want!

But hubby won't let me Those kittens are ADORABLE!

[Karried]

oohhhh .... baby labs!!!

That looks like Kodi when he was a baby!

I just took this picture ... I love my Kodi!

I call him Toady sometimes as a nickname...

[Karried]

I like this one because he looks happier!

*I had to post another because I'm sort of pleased with myself and my picture taking abilities this morning ...lol

(If could see the type of blurry out of focus pics I usually produce, you would understand!)



Malibusooner, those are gorgeous cats.

[Pete Brzycki]

bandnerd, don't worry... All my kitties are spoken for! There is a high demand, as Abys are really cool cats -- very dog-like in many ways.

Here's a previous litter where all colors (ruddy, fawn & red) are represented except blue:



And Jette was from a litter of 10:



And since there was some overlap, they all learned to get along fine:

[Tim]

Thanks Malibu! I was griping about sweeping up dog hair from one little Jack Russell/Chihuahua. I feel a whole lot better now!

[Pete Brzycki]

Yeah... When I open my windows -- especially during shedding season -- I sometimes get pet hair drifts!


The Dyson vac I invested in a couple of years ago is worth every penny.

[bandnerd]

Omg that is too adorable!

[Tim]

Originally Posted by MalibuSooner

Yeah... When I open my windows -- especially during shedding season -- I sometimes get pet hair drifts!


The Dyson vac I invested in a couple of years ago is worth every penny.

My house was built in '29, hardwood floors throughout. We have dustbunny vs hairbunny races!

[mmm]

oops. looks like i accidentally typed 'cuteoverload' into my web browser.

-M

[PUGalicious]

I've lost count, Malibu. How many creatures do you have under your roof???

[Karried]

I miss my cat Zoe. We brought her out from CA and she loved it here. She played and hunted in the creek behind our house but one day became the 'hunted' we think. She disappeared and we never found her. Still breaks my heart.

That is so sweet.. your lab adopted those kitties right off the bat?

Those lab babies make me want another one! But, I'm happy to say we have outgrown the chewing phase so I think we'll just stick with our big boy.

[Karried]

Actually looking at those pics again...how on earth did you get your babies to sit still for a photo?

[Pete Brzycki]

Karried, I take tons of photos and then a few turn out. Most of them are just blurs and butts but of course, they don't make the final cut!

As for the number of pets, I just have the 2 dogs and 2 cats. Of the litter of 3 kittens, 1 has already gone to it's new home and the other two will be leaving this weekend.


But... Over the holidays last year I had my one dog, 10 puppies, 2 cats and 5 kittens -- all at the same time.

For a while there, it was like living on a farm! Up very early to tend to them all and as soon as I was done, there was some other mess or feeding that required my attention. But of course, it was a blast.

[PUGalicious]

They are all adorable... but 18 critters in one house all at the same time??? And 15 little ones among? Better you than me!

[Misty]

Ok, I have a 15 year old cat. He’s an old Okie from Lawton (unfortunately I lived there from ages 18-21). His name is Chocolate Todd Kemp, but I call him Choco or Chocs. Here are some of his favorite aliases:

Chocs Cousteau (when he feels like scuba diving)
Sir Chocs a Lot (when kitty got back)
Chocolat (when he’s feeling French)
Chocolatte (when he’s feeling Italian)

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

You guys are making me think I need a dog.

[CCOKC]

We have one lab mix named Molly. You can see us regularly at the Lake Hefner dog park. She is the one terrorizing all of the other dogs.
We also have 5 cats if you don't count the stray we feed and vaccinate.
The smallest is Lace at 4 lbs and the biggest is Rosie at 17lbs. Her full name is Conchita Martina Rosita Sosweeta (big name for a big cat.) We found her and her sister Tiger in Wimberly Texas when they were just kittens. They had been abused and Rose's tail is permanently bent in 2 places. Lace's children also live with us. Her son is Rascal and her daughter is Paws. Everybody seems to get along pretty well as we can tell in the morning when we wake up and usually have at least 3 animals in bed with us. Molly is usually in between my husband and myself. All of the animals were some kind of stray or please can you give her a home kind of pet. We are just suckers I know. Please, don't ever ask my husband to give a child a home. I know it will happen some day but I think I am just a little too old to raise any more children.

[betts]

I've got three dogs. Alix is a Brittany and she's 11, Merry (10) and Chloe (1) are Welsh corgis of the Pembroke variety. They're all great, although Alix and Merry have slowed down a lot recently. Looking at the Abyssinian kittens makes me nostalgic. We had one, Spoof, a long time ago. He was the best cat ever. He loved to fetch, but his favorite fetching item was a piece of green pepper. Whenever I was chopping one he would fuss at me until I gave him a piece. I then had to play fetch with him until it was completely mangled.

[Express Girl]

We just have a hamster named Wapples (technically Wapples IV, but don't tell my son that!) He is the longest living we've had so far - 1yr, 7 months from date of purchase :-P

I want a dog. I hate touching the hamster

[rugbybrado]

here is my beast...watch out she is dangerous.

[Karried]

lol... she looks a little 'dangerous' but I'll bet she is the sweetest thing imaginable!