Are you a pet parent?

[bluebottle7]

Max - my 2.5 year old Cairn Terror.

 

[lilhurricane]

You betcha. They own me ( 2 dogs)

 

[alisab]

Talk aout excess:

3 dogs, 4 cats, 2 birds and 6 horses - dogs/cats/birds (I've had one bird [parrot] for 35 years!) are rescues.

 

[JB Goode]

I have a dog and 3 medium sized african grey parrots

 

[dspin]

My two Aussies and their Cabin

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[dspin]

My latest rescue - Havanese

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[dspin]

My first rescue - Lhasa Apso - yes now I'm done, I do love posting pics

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[throatkick]

A black cat. He is capable of understanding somewhat more complex language than one would expect or what I have seen from others cats. I've learned to recreate many of the cat sounds rather closely and he gets a kick out of that too. Then he tries to combine the sounds as if to make new ones. Compound cat noises in the exact order we exchanged them. It is obvious he's trying to expand his vocabulary.

Despite my true affection for this cat (but especially most dogs) I would still reserve the word parent for those that have actual human children and not dilute the term.

 

[AprilRain]

I've got 2 pugs. George & Jack napping under my desk at my business. (I got them a bigger bed for christmas!) They are my Craigslist pugs. (people needing to "get rid" of their pets.... sheesh)

Jack is my avatar, he's just sweet as can be... Georgie is just BAD! LOL

A long-coat chihuahua. Gizzy my "accidental" chihuahua (long story).

Hughey, a lab mix or not? I dunno, he followed one of my kids home about 12 years ago.

2 cats... This one is Raja. He's 11 and friggin HUGE. My daughter adopted him then left him behind when she ran off to get married. The other cat I rarely see. She belongs to another daughter that hasn't run off yet. But I have pugs attached to me at all times and she HATES the pugs. LOL

4 freshwater fish tanks set up at the moment.
55 gallon angels & tetras (this is a video... click it!)


40 gallon 3 fancy goldfish and a betta

 

[alisab]

Great photos April - I especially dig the fish pix.

 

[jadeite]

I have a porky! Half pig and half Yorky. Does anyone else have one of these?

 

[Ardeagold]

6 Newfoundlands (one from a rescue, one rehome to us)
5 Golden Retrievers (one blind, two rehomed to us)
1 Toller (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever - came from a rescue with the rescue Newf - they were a pair)
1 American Bulldog (rescued by us - deaf)
1 very old Mix Chocolate Lab (rescued by us, pregnant, had 8 puppies which we found good homes for)
1 Chihuahua - inherited when my Dad passed away last year

5 cats - all rescued by us as tiny kittens

That's all!

Pics on Facebook...you can see them even if you don't belong to FB. Just click the link and then click the first pic to see them larger. Upper right...click next or previous:

Our puppy Newf, Frankie. No more recent pics because he's going through the Fugly (very much so) stage, and pics are only for posterity...not for public viewing hahahaha! He's now 8 mos, 111 lbs.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=195327&id=668626438&l=fd7610f7d6


Frankie and his big bro, Cole. (not really brothers, but they are cousins)

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=223135&id=668626438&l=86fa9dd88e


The furry crew:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=159677&id=668626438&l=cb78329f01


A few more:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=65851&id=668626438&l=1e913f7839


Sick of 'em yet? LOL Some show pics of Cole (and others) from Brooksville FL last year, when he became a Champion.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=137751&id=668626438&l=99b8ca2349

A few more earlier show pics:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=80371&id=668626438&l=dacef15e2c

 

[dopeh]

Andrea, you really have 15 dogs? lol nice!

We have 1 mutt. He looks like a mini 25lb yellow lab, but is a little long in the back and short in the leg. He's our little sausage, got him at the SPCA 10 years ago. He's 11, and my best pal.

 

[ValleyGirl]

I have a rather large (17 lb.) and VERY opinionated cat (who I love more than life itself <3 ). She's a black American Shorthair, and has been with me for the past 8 years (since she was a teeny tiny baby, lol).

I also have a parakeet - he's alright, I've had him for about 6 years - I guess he's "family" now, lol.
And we recently adopted a very old (total grandpa) cockatiel from a friend of a coworker's whose father passed away (was originally his bird). To be honest, the cockatiel just gets on my last nerve - I don't know if I will ever learn to "love" him But I will continue to care for him anyway *sigh*...

 

[Airbrusher]

We have Sasha. Someone left momma cat and all her kittens next to the dumpster at the school my wife teaches second grade at. She was the runt and the last one picked. Screamed to high hell when my wife picked her up. Well as you can see 4 years later she has settled in lol.

Yes she really does sleep like that... sound asleep in both those pics.

AB

 

[CoughingBad]

2 cats and a husband.

 

[dysfoundation]

I have 1 dog a golden Retriever and lab mix
Here's Micah

second place is dead last

 

[rerere55]

I have Minnie my litlle baby, 9 years old

 

[Beez]

I have two dogs, a Pom and a Terrier/Poodle rescue. They are my heart!!!

 

[Alky]

Lol what a biased poll. What if I just want to answer plain "no"?