QOTD #77: Do you have pets?

I have furry children.

 

I have 3 dogs

old black lab 13 years old was found on side of road when she was little
my pit, 2 years old rescue dog
daughters pit 1.5 years old rescue dog'

my wife and daughter have a habit of fostering dogs so at any given time theres a lot of dos at my house.

im not a cat person

 

Likewise, I consider Molly to be my furkid. We've had his and hers dogs for a couple of decades, now. Male Golden for her. female Newf for me. We've had cats in the past, but they are prey where we live now.

Molly is 8, I'm 60, I'm not sure if there is another dog in my future. If so, nothing other than a Newfie girl will do.

 

One little dog. Best dog ever.

I'd always had cats, but Mrs. Levite is deeply allergic to cats, and even to most dogs. But when she and I got together she had a little Maltese named Sammy. Sammy and I learned to get along, but Sammy's health was failing, and a few months before Mrs. Levite and I got married, Sammy had to be put to sleep. I was all for waiting a while before getting another pet, but Mrs. Levite is the leap-now-think-later type, so within ten days, we were off to the rescue shelter to look at dogs.

I constantly credit this as being the time that she was most right, and I was most wrong.

The little dog that she picked, I thought was ugly. She'd only just been rescued: her previous owners had bred her as soon as she was physically capable, then abandoned her on the street before her puppies were even finished suckling. She'd been found with terribly matted fur, and they'd had to shave her down at the shelter. So when we first saw her, she was scrawny, with a buzz-cut all over her body, and pendulous nipples. I wasn't paying attention to anything else. I was like, "Yikes. Ugly dog. Who's next?" But thank God, Mrs. Levite knew right away this was the dog for us.

We don't know what breeds she is, except that there are a number of them in there. We are fairly sure that she has some Shih Tzu, some Maltese, some Poodle, but there's probably something else in there, too. Technically, her name is Pumpernickel, because when we got her, she looked kind of like a loaf of black bread. It was instantly shortened to Nicky. But we never call her that. What she answers to most is Little Dog, although we also call her Puppy and Fuzzy Girl and things of that sort.

She is a very quiet dog-- we hear her bark maybe once a week, and then it's only two or three barks, and then she's done. She has zero interest in playing, in toys, in going for long walks, and she can't abide other dogs. She has really only ever wanted to nap, to cuddle and be petted, to snack, and to watch the world. We often say she's basically a highly animate throw pillow. But the truth is, for a creature that is not actually bigger than a bread box, Little Dog is remarkably smart. She responds to all her various names, she comes when called, she can be summoned with a series of snaps of the fingers, and can follow directions ("Go over to the sofa," if accompanied by a point in that direction, will in fact usually lead to her going to the sofa. And when it doesn't, it's clear she understands, she just doesn't feel like complying). She sleeps with us, and usually curls up against me.

And in very short order, as her fur grew out, she filled out with regular feeding, and her nipples shrunk up, she became a ridiculously cute dog.

 

We have a dog & a cat.

As my FIL is famous for saying, dogs have owners. Cats have staff.

 

No other words needed

 

Sandy and I both prefer Jack Russell Terrier, Sandy had 2 and both passed away ( 13 and 15 ) years old. Mine was a terrier mix and was hit by a mini van. We both want another and it's time. We are definitely dog people, no cats in the house. The barns okay for them felines.

 

No. I think they are a waste of time and money. I like my animals outside wild and free and that can survive on their own.

 

Yes, I have two guinea pigs, and unfortunately one of them always pisses the other one off with his execrable sense of humor:

 

Relevant:
View: https://vimeo.com/93544310

 

We currently have a dog, a cat, a turtle, and a hamster in our house.

The cat doesn't come around as much these days as he and the dog do not get along. The hamster is in my daughter's room and I barely see it ever (just the way I like it).

 

We have a dog and three cats. I'm sure I've told their stories here more than once.

 

They are Shysters.

 

The dog and the cat have formed an interesting detente. They don't like each other and fundamentally ignore each other. 3 or 4 times in the evening, the dog will realize there's a cat. As if there was never a cat before. She runs at the cat. He hisses and swats. The dog wants to smell the cat's butt, but the cat is not into inter-species anal play. The dog does not understand the concept of consent, and gets her nose swatted by the cat.

Yesterday, they stood shoulder to shoulder at the glass wall lusting after the birds in the back yard. As if they were friends.... an unholy alliance, indeed!

 

You could call my wife & I Strays-R-Us.

Four dogs and three cats, all were strays. Yellow Lab, Dober-mix, Sheltie (small), Miniature Dachshund, an old cat, and two 'kittens' about a year old.