ps....drama yr right i absolutely luv to walk w/my dog too...she's so happy...
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ps....drama yr right i absolutely luv to walk w/my dog too...she's so happy...
Is that an Italian Greyhound, TRJ? I think you spoiled the dog. I never let my dog on the bed. In fact she's rarely allowed upstairs to the bedrooms. You have to established what is allowed and what isn't. It's not a qustion of being mean; it's a question of being the alpha pack leader. How old is she. My previous dog liked to shred any paper too, but she out grew it. It took persitent "no!" when she was caught in the act.Quote:
Originally Posted by BibliophileTRJ
Not just for you drama. Walking a dog every day on a leash is an important thing. I know some people just let the dog out to relieve herself. But walking out away from the house on a leash (and that's important) does wonders. The dog bonds to you seeing you as part of its pack, it gives the dog excercise, it establishes hierarchy (you are in control with the leash and it gets used to responding to your direction), it allows the dog to not feel closed in within its territory (dogs can be psychologically over protective of their territory if it doesn't go out), and it stimulates the dogs sense of curiosity. It is the one thing I recommend to keep a dog psychologically balanced.Quote:
Originally Posted by drama
Virgil - Yes, indeed she is an Italian Greyhound. I am not the one that spoiled her..... and she IS spoiled rotten. If it were up to me she wouldn't even sleep in the house; never mind the bed.
Drama is right.... He was her man long before he was mine, and jealousy is only natural....specially in an animal with a brain the size of a grape. She's 10 years old, and we've been together for 4 years. In the 6 years prior to me coming along they lived alone together, and he was home all day every day for at least 2 of those years (suffering severe illness). She saw him through some very tough times and they are quite attached to one another; so I can't really come in and put my foot down or become the disciplinarian.
Littlewing - Sorry to hear about the neighborhood that you live/lived in; but if those bad things brought such a great dog into your life & your heart then at least some good came out tragedy. p.s. my dog has accepted me into her heart....... as her ARCH NEMESIS!!
Oh that would explain it. You know it might help to take her on daily walks like I mention above. Without your partner, just you and her for say ten to fifteen minutes per day. It would bond you together as a pack, while you being in the authority position. Her peeing on your side of the bed is probably her way of trying to superceed you in the pack hierarchy. I'm skeptical if dogs really get jealous. What we interpret as jealousy may be a positioning for power within the pack.Quote:
Originally Posted by BibliophileTRJ
I've tried everything I can think of to get that dog to bond with me. I'm a smoker who only smokes outdoors; so she & I go for several solo walks every day that I'm not out to sea. I buy her special dog treats that she LOVES, and have forbidden my partner from giving them to her.... they are just from me to her. I give her lots of loving attention every day: petting, scratching behind her ears, playing fetch.... all to no avail. We get along fairly well on the rare occasions that we're alone together; but as soon as Bob shows up...... I'm the one in the doghouse, as far as she's concerned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
I think one major setback in our attempt at bonding is my job and the fact that I go away for weeks on end. As soon as she starts getting used to me, I sail away for a while. I guess she has abandonment and trust issues.
This is going to sound horrible; but...... She's 10 years old..... she can't live THAT MUCH longer..... I can out-last her. (I just hope my sanity can)
:lol: I thought of that too. Good luck.Quote:
Originally Posted by BibliophileTRJ
I have two sugar gliders. I'll post pictures when I get a chance. Polly and Anna. I was going to name one of them Kamikazee, but my parents wouldn't go for it.
Sugar Gilders?? Are those birds, reptiles, fish, insects or furry mammals?
Cute names haha. I have two cats and a horse. They go by Boots, Snowy, and Tobasco respectively.Quote:
Originally Posted by Serenata
Guess you could call me an animal lover...I'm waiting to be accepted to university for animal biology with the hopes of becoming an equine surgeon. **FINGERS CROSSED**
I suppose that means I should put down whatever novel/play/short story/epic poem I'm currently reading and pick up a text book...but where would be the fun in that?
so we have a gallery for us litnetters...but we seem to have forgotten the most important...our pets! what kind of pets do you have? how many? what are there names? how long have you had them...all that fun stuff, throw in a few pictures and were done! :D
okay lets see...
i have 4 german sheppards...
2 white thelma,louise, 1 black, prissy. than my male is marlin, he's mixed.
2 huskies, male and female both white, princess and fang
a chiuauaa female, foxy, shes red
my boxer, sargent. male
a big fluffy golden retriver, female, cupcake.
sargent and foxy are show only, the others are breeders. cupcake is my pet.
cats...3, one is simease, the others i dont know about.
allure is a fluffy black kitty, peaches is the simease, nightmare is the only male and hes black.
horses, leo is an alp. black and star(red) are thoroughbreds, riddle(red) is their foal. my black stallion, sugarplum<<<little sister wanted to name him....
birds...one amazon parrot, jacob
and than my duck named goose, and my goose named duck:p
and my albino triantula sugar,
3 sugar gliders, splinda, equal, sugar:D
2 mice, both female, thing one and thing two
4 rabbits for ffa, thumper, lambo, tip, hopper,
and my cow moshu.
my pets :D im a foster parent who normaly gets attached, and ends up adopting my foster pet...im currently hosting three white tiger cubs, they are adorable both of my parents hate animals...so its always intresting around here...next
WOW!!!:eek2:
You have so many animals. Would you adopt me? I would be happy among your dogs!:lol:
You even have a cow! Cows are soooo cute!!!
You have tigers??? How strange! How cute!
Well, erm, I don't have as much pets as you, but I am a real dog lover. Some of my best friends are actually dogs and I learn a lot from them. They have this kind of tolerance, loyalty, unconditional love and intelligence that makes them role models to me.
I had a German Shepherd named Mabrouck (but I called him 'Greuz') who died 10 days ago, but anyway, he is still with me. His picture is in my signature. And I have a Spaniel named California. You can call him Calif, but I personally call him 'Connard' which is the French equivalent for 'Bastard'.:D I call him this way because it just suits his personality, he makes me laugh. When my other dog was still alive, Calif would always eat the other dog's food first so that he would be sure that he would still have his own food in case he was hungry later. :D Also, when you yelled at him because he had behaved badly, he was so offended that he took revenge on my Shepherd by giving him a quick bite.
When my Shepherd just wanted to be left alone, Calif would go and poke him with his nose, just to piss him off.
When Calif wants you to have pity for him, he looks at you with this hangdog look, and whenever you look at him, he shakes and shivers, as though he were so coooold. :lol:
He cannot stand that another dog comes to my parents' house. While Mabrouck readily went towards the new dog to make friends, Calif growled, eyed the dog from the corner of the eye and went to his kennel. He still does that. If a dog come to our house, you can be sure you won't see Calif until the dog has left. And, of course, if you want to see him, you have to go to the kennel and ask him to please come out.:D
Other than that, he's a very nice dog, very funny. I've had great laughs with him. Now we are comforting each other from the death of Mabrouck. It must be difficult for Calif too, because him and Mabrouck had been together for years. Calif's pic is my avatar. Look at the arrogant face he has!:p
sure!!! ill adopt you! :D
nah! you can stay in my spare room with the huskies, all the others are outside, but it gets to hott for them so they are inside with a pool and mess. lol u can even help me train the new puppies!!! im excited lol this is our first christmas litter, all the others have been a week before or after, but these will be ready to adopt on christmas eve... yay!!!
the tigers i cant keep :bawling: i cant get my licence until im 21, i had my assisent licence last year, but my trainer i was under let his go, so i have to find a new one, these will probably go to the cat rehabilitation center in dallas
That's nice that you can adopt me and that I can live with your dogs. :D Plus, I see you're from the States, which is even better because I would love to go there. :D
I think working with dogs would suit me perfectly, because I am somehow a dog myself. :p Ah, I just love dogs so much.
Wow, you are young! You are training and taking care of all these animals already?? This much take so much time to take care of all of them! What is the name of your job exactly? What kind of studies did you do to make this job? This seems to be quite a wonderful job! If I did such a job, I would prefer concentrating on dogs only though, but the diversity of what you do is wonderful as well.
This must be just extraordinary to be in contact with tigers! I mean WOW. Even if you can't keep them yet, you are already very lucky, this is a unique experience.:)
lol okay, first off breath...
name of my job...which one.
well, i did 4H showing dogs and horses, and FFA showing rabbits
i spent 2summers as an aprentence to a wildlife rehabilitation center, where basicly all i got to do was clean up verry big kittys litter boxes. i had to go before a commitee, and convince them that i had the land, and the means to meet the needs of my animals. i have to allow a vet/wildlife official come out every 6 months to inspect my facilitys, and animals.
lets see, the foster parent, basicly my girlfriends mom works at a shelter and they where going out of town for a month and she convinced me to take on the litter she was raising and i fell in love with them and adopted the 2 that survived. and she still calls me when she gets litters to young to adopt.
basicly lots and LOTS of vaulenteer work, showing intrest, and cleaning up lots of poo... but it all works out okay becuase now i can pretty much have w.e. i want as a pet.
my official job thou is a lawyers assistant, and i take college classes thru corispondence, before and after school. it doenst realy take that much time to feed them, we have cat and food despencers that hold 50 and 20lbs which last a week, the horses and my cow have hay, so we normaly just give them oats every other day, the pasture is still good for grazing. the bird is inside so he can get w.e. he wants to eat, my spider i just throw in a handfull of crickets a week, the sugargliders eat like a handfull a week, and they have a small dispencer, and the mice eat whatevr we eat, we give them the scraps, and a little bit of stable food. none but my spider realy stays in a cage, dad is scared to death of spiders... but yeah it takes maybe an hour a day to check water and that mess and then 3 on sundays to refill the dispencers. its so hott right now none of the animals realy want to eat anything, its just water.. now when it comes bath time that is when it all gets fun... bc none of them like water... the duck and goose eat w.e. they find , i know that sounds bad, but i tried feeding them but they wouldnt eat, i think they feel up on all the random bugs that hang around the pasture. so its not so much time as expense.
yes the tigers are amazing. right now they dont have there pernament teeth so i can still play with them, i like to roll them on there backs and kinda shake them like you do puppys, they growl and try to bite you its so cute (playfully) they sound like housecats when they try to growl right now. but all in all they are spoiled babys, one sleeps on the foot of my bed, one in my bed, and the other by my door. anyone who says you shouldnt have wild animals for pets are wrong, thy are a part of the family, my lil cousin was over here and her momma was like put those things in there cage...it makes no since, becuase her daugher 4 adores them, and they where licking her shoes and rolling over and just trying to get her to pet them... some people make no since. the only real diffrence is about 200 lbs. lol. and they make better pillows than regular cats.
and yes im kinda young, 15 it wasnt so much studys as connections. the owner of the wild life rescue center, is a friend of my dads. my debate parners dad is a lawyer. i dated the wildlife managers daughter, and then my current gf;s mom works at the shelter.
i dont know, i do know that im extreamly lucky to be already doing what i love
My family owns one cat, one dog, and a few chickens. I, independantly from my family, own two cats. I will talk only of my beloved kittens for now.
I adopted two 10-12 week old kittens from the animal shelter over the summer.
Apparently, these cats were rescued from an animal hoarder who had 40 cats. These two kittens were horribly malnurished. They were fed spaghetti once a week. Spaghetti!!! They were rescued and nursed to health by the animal shelter. Now they are purr-fectly healthy.
The first one, Eve, is a short-haired mixed-breed cat. She is the more vocal one of the two. :D She likes to sniff people and she occasionally grunts (but you have to be really close to hear it). She loves being handled and, strangely enough, she likes to hang out with people when they're taking a shower. :lol: Here she is:
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/DSCF0487.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/DSCF0504.jpg
The second one, Carmen, Eve's sister, is a long-haired mixed-breed cat. She is quiet; at best you'll hear a little squeal (I don't know how to describe it) from her. She doesn't like being handled at all. Also, she has no boundaries; she is the rebellious one. Everyday she's either on the table or the counter. Here she is:
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/DSCF0488.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/DSCF0482.jpg
Here they are together:
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/DSCF0492.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/DSCF0507.jpg
Dori those kittens are adoraable. My sister has one with the same pinkish-brown spot on the same place on the face. What a coincidence. And her's was rescued also in NY. I wonder if they're related.
Aww, Dori, those are adorable. Your Eve looks my Isildur, who is no longer with us because he liked to pee all over my son's things. He was very attached to Isaac and felt the need to mark everything he owned...all the time. :rolleyes: We put up with it for quite awhile because he really was, other than an unhealthy obsession with my son, a fabulous cat but eventually I got sick of washing Isaac's bedding and coats and clothes and carpet and backpack every stinkin' day so he had to go but that doesn't mean I don't miss him every now and then. :(
Here's my pet, well the family's; she lives on Vancouver Island
her names Scampy
it was heartbreaking to leave her
http://www.sammywebs.com/sammy/Picture%20112.jpg
and the paw is Rufus'.
Oh I lover her, I lover her!!!:) :) :) :) The color and the shape of the face reminds me of my Mabrouck.Quote:
Originally Posted by NikolaiI
My boyfriend and I just got a little cat. She's only 13 weeks old, and has been with us for a week and a half. She's adorable and her name is Tara.
She just woke up in this picture and she actually looks a lot older that she usually does.
Also, my avatar is a picture of her as a little tiny baby. :p
At the present time....4 cats, on is 18 years old, a 17 year old dog, and one spiny tailed lizard...
at one time had 6 cats, 2 dogs, and a bearded dragon lizard.
my pony riddle
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...ecamera051.jpg
my cat allure
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...ecamera043.jpg
peaches
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...amera001-1.jpg
me on Leo
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...ephanie053.jpg
nightmare
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...ephanie020.jpg
this is my puppy im fostering.
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...skateboard.jpg
thats all that i got from pictures on my farm :)
The cutest dog in the world- (who just happens to be mine, (^: )
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...o/100_0745.jpg
Well we have two dogs.
There is Skipper, a yellow Lab who is the nicest, handsomest and best dog in the world. Then there is Toby, the dog who is pretending to be a dog, haha. Toby is a beagel and all he ever thinks about is food. We had loads of fish when I was younger...and I had a frog. His name was Gibson, after my fav. guitar the Gibson SG. He died though.
R.I.P. Gibson
http://http://i205.photobucket.com/a..._tree_frog.jpg
I am not sure if this has been done already.
Having read "Petrarch's Love" pet bird on the "Ownig Pet is Cruel" thread, I really want to this bird :D
So Petrarch's Love can you post a pic of your bird if you don't mind? :D
I used to have Mynah and a Bower bird. But that was a very long time ago.The antics of your bird reminded of mine.
Anyway if anyone want to share pics of their pet you are welcome :D
Regards,
Lote
I remember more than one thread with pics of dogs and cats etc.
I dont like pets. Especially dogs and cats. Though I was considering a goldfish...
I think there was a thread similar to this, but I'll post some picture of my cats anyway.
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/DSCF0488.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/DSCF0482.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/DSCF0487.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/DSCF0504.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/DSCF0492.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/DSCF0507.jpg
Wow Dori, your first cat looks very beautiful!
Here is a pic of my doggies:
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/d...splaying-1.jpg
Nice thread, Lote! :)
Don't have any pets. BUT I am super-evil, Lote, even without them. :p
BTW, very cute cats, Dori!
Here are some pictures of my kitten, Tara. She is now 4 months old. :) A very cute little girl.
And the last one is of her and me in January 2008.
This has been done already. I assume one of the mods will see it and merge it with the old one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lote-Tree
Dori, your cats look exactly like two of my nieces. They also have a third.
I may have posted these, but this is Brandi.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...Image002-2.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...5/Image138.jpg
Awwwwwww I am a Brandi fan, it's official. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
Today I was thinking of her since I think I dreamt of her last night :D and I searched if you had posted other pics of her, and I saw the pics of when she was a puppy!! I just melted in front of my screen. :p
Oh, when you say your cats look exactly like two of my nieces, it sounds like your nieces look like cats. :D
:lol: :lol: Yo9u're right. I'm sloppy with my grammer. I meant Dori's cats look like my niece's cats.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sweets America
Oh, you know, you're not the only one, sometimes I have to turn a sentence in all the possible ways to find the right one!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
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Originally Posted by thelastmelon
She is cute. She reminds me of my Kate. We got her back in July when she was just a small kitten and she has grown so much since then. This is the only pic I could find since we wiped the harddrive.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...et/img4593.jpg
edit: I just noticed that Kate looks almost exactly like one of Dori's cats
Yes, I noticed that too! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Shalot
Here is my Mini-Schnauzer, Elvis. He's a bit of a nut but I love him anyway!! http://thumb14.webshots.net/s/thumb4...4TQDYFf_th.jpghttp://thumb14.webshots.net/t/54/154...9tTsPVw_th.jpghttp://pets.webshots.com/photo/14392...53415454eNjxcU
Ok, Technically these aren't my pets, they are my brothers, but I see them whenever I'm on land and take them for adventures....
Here I ask, "Who wants to go to the park?"
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...k/DSC00495.jpg
and of course, the trip pictures on the way to the park... first is Sierra (female)
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...k/DSC00579.jpg
Second is Charlie (studmuffin male, takes after his uncle pete
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...k/DSC00580.jpg
Then they play with my niece after the park trip
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...ofDSC00767.jpg
Both of these guys were rescued from abusive situations, and have a very happy home...
B-mental, I love your brother's dogs! :)
Thanks Sweets, You would totally fall in love if you saw them in person...they don't bark, and obey both my brother and myself by vocal and hand command. They are tons of fun without the hassle.