The Pets of Smokeless Image

[EleanorR]

Oh, Eleanor, that's too bad. How long till your move is complete? Are you already looking around for a companion to share your new place?

I'll be moving to a new city/state the 3rd week of August (where I have both a brother and a sister living now). I'm going to live with my brother and his family while I shop for my "real" home; after which I imagine I'll want to do some interior re-modeling (flooring, paint, etc.) before whistling to the moving company to bring all my "stuff" to my new location.

After all that, THEN I will finally be able to get a new fur-baby.

 

[rave]

Here's a shot of me and Bomani from early this spring. We adopted him from the original breeder after being told by a pet resuce agency that we couldn't handle a doberman since it was "too big for us". I'll never forget my wife's comment as we pulled into the driveway when we brought him home...."We need a bigger house!" Bo is a South African Boerboel, in the Mastiff family, which means "farm dog". His name translates from South African as "warrior". He's a big .....cat, 160 pounds worth, unless someone comes on our property or to the door, then he does become that warrior.


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Bomani is gorgeous!! I've got an English mastiff, so I completely understand needing a bigger house. Also a big .....cat.

 

[CatLady007]

I'll be moving to a new city/state the 3rd week of August (where I have both a brother and a sister living now). I'm going to live with my brother and his family while I shop for my "real" home; after which I imagine I'll want to do some interior re-modeling (flooring, paint, etc.) before whistling to the moving company to bring all my "stuff" to my new location.

After all that, THEN I will finally be able to get a new fur-baby.

So, maybe by Fall. Keep us posted.

 

[CatLady007]

awsum--Bomani is indeed gorgeous; I was hoping you'd post pics. When you first introduced yourself here, you told us his breed, and I looked them up; they sound like excellent dogs.

 

[awsum140]

awsum--Bomani is indeed gorgeous; I was hoping you'd post pics. When you first introduced yourself here, you told us his breed, and I looked them up; they sound like excellent dogs.

They are excellent dogs. Bomani had obedience training and training as a therapy dog before we adopted him, at four years old. A dog this large and powerful does need to be well trained or they can be VERY difficult to handle. His original owners got divorced and returned him to the breeder. He is great, and I've had a number of dogs, both pedigreed and mixed breeds. He doesn't get on the furniture and sleeps in his own bed which is bigger and thicker than a crib mattress. At his size and weight he wouldn't make a good sleeping companion to say the least. He is so well behaved it amazes me. My wife wanted a big dog, this is her first one, and we stumbled on this breed totally by accident and it was the best accident I've had in years. He's great when meeting new people and is great with kids, all the way down to small ones. If I were a few, like 40 years younger and single, he'd still be a great choice, he's a babe magnet everywhere he goes! (Sorry for being sexist and politically incorrect, LOL)

 

[reptilr]

Bomani is gorgeous!!


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[JoeM86]

Cool thread!

Our puggle/mut, Coda

Coda and Zoey

Cainer

Zoey and Foster

Diego

Sammie

Foster, Cainer and Zoey

My wife is the cat-lady, I'd be lying if I said I haven't come to love em tho lol.

 

[CatLady007]

Um, Joe--there's no pic, there.

 

[JoeM86]

Edited it. Sorry the pics are so big!

 

[rave]

They are all so beautiful. Thanks for sharing them!

 

[CatLady007]

Wow, Joe; your litter bill has got to be sky-high! Nice housemates...your Coda must be a Zen master.

 

[Stormlark]

My bunny Stelio when he was little

And now that he's an adult


My parents have rabbits that run around their backyard, but they were given another one by a neighbor who was moving and it turned out to be male (they were told it was female). When added to the other four females, the result was a ton of babies born outside that had to be captured and neutered along with the adult male (otherwise they'd soon have hundreds of bunnies). Stelio here was caught by a cat, along with his mother who didn't survive.

Injured and not yet weened, I took him in to care for him. My husband said we could keep him if he could name him. He named him Stelio Kontos, which is a character from American Dad, because he was strong enough to survive his injuries (and also because he's a bully to any other rabbit he meets). In an absolutely terrible quality video, you can see who Stelio Kontos is and hear his theme song.

 

[Stormlark]

By rave:

I also have a colony of five sugar gliders (Australian marsupials). They are Dizzy (a neutered male), his mate Squeezles, and their three daughters from before Dizzy was neutered - Blinkers, Bonkers, and Bitty. They all live in a six foot tall cage. And they're spoiled rotten.

They do sell them in the US, but they shouldn't. There are unscrupulous mills that sell you a bill of goods about how easy they are to care for, when in reality, nothing could be further from the truth. They are very high maintenance. Appropriate housing is very expensive, as is an exotic vet, and their diet which needs to include fresh fruits, vegetables, and proteins such as insects. It's also very important that their diet is calcium and phosphorus balanced. They live as long as a dog or cat, and must not be kept singly or they can become depressed enough to self-mutilate. Not good pets.

My parents also have a colony of sugar gliders and I agree that they take a lot of work. My step-dad built an unbelievably large cage for them (8 feet tall, 8 feet long, and 4 feet wide). Several adults can stand in it at the same time. The food that's prepared for them every night takes a bit of time and cleaning the cage is even more work. They're all about 10 years old now, so my parents must be doing something right. It breaks my heart when I see sugar gliders confined to hamster cages and fed improperly. I'm so glad that someone else knows how to properly care for them.

 

[marlou]

Great pics, Joe and Stormlark.

Coda and the cats are fine looking critters. Stelio is so cute and his story was so interesting. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Enzusa]

Meet Benji, he's our rescued pooch. He had problems we knew about at the start but boy he's been a challenge lol
He has deformed front feet that causes his toenails to press against his pads. Pee'd EVEYWHERE when we first got him, hates dog food or dog treats, does not like his ears, feet or tail being touched at all, hates the sound of clippers & just recently found out one of his kidneys is in the wrong place which is causing all sorts of problems!
Still, we love him & he's a really sweet dog, a great companion for all of us, especially one of my daughters but he does not like my older daughter at all OMG he growls & barks even if he see's her car parked or hears her whistle for her cat! LOL

 

[Enzusa]

What a lovely bunch of pet friendly volties we have in here... so nice to see everyones furry families

 

[WhatSheSaid]

This is Boss, my mastiff mix.

 

[Mroutlaw]

This is zazu (parrot) hope (white cat) and charity (tabby)

We used to have a dog name faith too, but she passed.

Charity and zazu get along very well.

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[ahall]

cockatiel dante, parakeets sophia and doug bunny is oreo he has recently passed, and hamster cheeks

 

[ahall]

dogs lex and kasia better pic of dante and leopard gecko blaze he was pretty sick at the time of this pic. all better now