Your beagles are just precious, SweetCIFan! I grew up with beagles and I just love them. They are so melodious! When we retire from the military and quit moving around, I'm planning to go to a beagle rescue and give a rescue beagle a forever home. The other part of my plan is to adopt a bloodhound, then I want to train them both to do search and rescue. Gotta give those good noses a job to do!

I hope Shaggy's blemish is just a new beauty mark and nothing to worry about!

There are some good books in the bookstore/library about cat behavior and getting her to stop biting and scratching (she's a cutie, by the way!!). The one thing we do when our kitty turns into "ferocious jungle cat" while playing, is just turn around, walk away, and ignore her for a while. It took some time, but she finally associated her rough tactics with the end of play time (that's no fun!), so she became more gentle. When she's really mad, though, that's another story!

Our oldest doxie, Pooch, has bumps and spots all over her. The vet said if I live to be her age I would have bumps and spots too. He said she isn't sick, she is just fine...only getting old...she is 17...going to be 18 in March. Our little dog occassionally gets little marks like yours has(usually on her face or belly). These are actually soft too and if you rub them they will rub off, fur and all and then bleed a bit like a scab...it is from her alleriges. I found a new shamppo and lotion treatment that helps way better than the expensive meds they had her on that didn't help her at all.



Love the last one...surveying their domain.



We taught our cat "no bites", cause she is a nibbler. She sometimes kind of licks your arm or hand and then gives it a little bit. She can hurt you though because she is a very large cat. So we taught her that "no bites" as a kitten. Trust me, it will only get worse as she gets bigger. The walk away when she gets "wild" works very well too to teach them that...or a light tap on the nose. I also, when she was a kitten and bit me hard, would poke her into her mouth with the finger she was biting, pushing her tongue down. Not to hurt, ever, but she sometimes gagged a bit, but she learned not to bite us.

Here is a new Poochie picture. Sleeping in the sun from the sliding glass door, in our old recliner.

Mina is a cutie alright (3 months? wow, time flies). Hope Shaggy dosen't have anything serious.

they look so regal in the last picture. Looks like they tacke neighborhood watch very seriously.




Awww sweet little Poochie. Look at all the white on her face. Give her a hug for me.

Nice pet pix. Still haven't gotten another pet. Used to not having one underfoot; maybe we wont get another one. If we can get one that's okay with staying outside all the time, that would be best.

Thanks all for the comments & yes that is one of my fav pics of them and they love having the back yard fenced in now. They take doggy patrol very seriously too to the point where you would think there is more than 2 of them lol. I just love them. They both love to "smell the sun" in one of our bedrooms that is still empty sort of, the sun comes in in the morning and I will open that door and they both will go in there and smell the carpet where the sun is shinning before laying down to take a nap and they will "follow" the sun till it is gone. Never seen a dog do that before. Bayley also loves to lay on her back and when she especially enjoyed her meal, she just rolls around snorting lol.

My Rigs a shih tzu does his neighborhood watch from the livingroom window. He barks at everyone who has the nerve to walk by his house. It is about his only annoying habit. That is cute about your dogs smelling the sunshine. Being so low to the ground it surprises me but he loves the snow. He likes to sniff it, eat it, stick his face in it.

hee hee that reminds me of my gran's old dog. Topsy the papillion, who used to sit on the top of her chair and watch EVERYONE - also a good lookout for the ice cream van. She loved an ice cream cone!

Well doc is pretty sure it isn't cancer or ringworm, but won't totally rule it out. He is pretty sure it might be an infected scratch, since Mina has been known to scratch him in the face, and we know cats claws carry germs from the litter box. So he is on antibotics and anti-inflamatories and compresses to the eye. Doc says that is the worse place for anything to occur that would need surgery, so lets hope this is all it is.

Good to hear, I hate it when pooches (or other animals for that matter) are in pain
All the best
TFM

That's good to hear Jr.

I have a five month old Airedale Terrier who is quite active. We're dog sitting a friends beagle puppy. It was quite humerous when they met last night. My dog, Scotty, is about three times the size of the beagle. Molly, the beagle, is cute, though.

An Airedale is like Asta from the "Thin Man" movies, right? They are so cute and bouncy! Post a pic so we can see your sweety.

I would love to see a pic of your dog too jc. I haven't seen one of those in years. They're the big ones yeah? They are nice dogs and so different looking. Very cute.

Oh Yea Gallup loves snow!! He eats just about anything he can get in to his mouth lol. We caught him eating small rocks, sticks, walnuts, paper, he even thinks ice cubes are a treat and loves them no matter how cold it is outside. Oh course some things his tummy can't handle and then he pukes them up on my carpet, which is not fun.

That's great news, Jryan.

Now, Mina, you keep your little kitty paws to yourself, sweet pea!

There was a two week span where Scotty kept eating random dead animal carcasses that he would find. They would make him very sick and he would throw up all over his crate. The last thing that he ate was a bird. When it cam back up, it was very identifiable.

Here's Scotty. He's an Airedale Terrier. This was taken before we left to see my family sometime around Christmas. I wanted to get a picture of him with his sweater on. Sorry the pics are so big:







Scotty is just a puppy. Here's how he will look when he gets older:

Scotty is very cute. As is his sweater.

Thank you. I typically don't dress him up, but I though that since it was a special occasion (and since the sweater cost about $20 and I promised hubby that he would wear it) that I would. I really like the sweater, and I kind of wish that I had one like it (I typically would not spend that much $$, but I'm hoping that we can get 'family' pictures done).

I'm glad that I put it on him, too. It ended up getting fairly cold outside, and we really weren't able to take him into the house that we were at. So we left him in the car. He did well though. Airedales are typically house dogs because they like people, but they are very resillent in cold temps, too.

I have only "met" one Airedale but he was just so handsome and so friendly. I fell in love.

Oh that sounds nasty but then my dogs will still eat "poop" which really drives me nuts.

I hope he gets well soon and that is it just an infected scratch.

Hi everyone. I've been busy and away from the computer for a bit, but I thought I'd share some of the pictures I took last week when we had our "big snow". Okay, it was just a couple of inches, but in North Carolina, any snow is "big snow". I've turned into a winter weather wimp. But I'm OK with that. LOL



Mandy. My sweet old girl.



Gracie's first snow... she couldn't get enough of it!



Calvin didn't know what to make of it all.



The boys are getting so big.

He's adorable...and very dapper in his sweater!!!

They are all so cute, pfchristine! Wow...I can't believe NC has gotten a good snowfall and the DC area has only seen a few passing flurries this winter. We may get some accumulation Tuesday. I hope so. I need a snow day!

Great to "see" you pfc and your beautiful babies. it's been awhile.

pfc your pets are so cute. the cats look so chilled out!!! and i love dogs in the snow, does your dog do "the snowplough" - mine used to and always a massive lump of snow on her nose at the end and wondered how it got there!

We never get enough snow here in North Carolina for "the snowplough", but Mandy used to do that when she was a youngster and we lived in the Catskills in New York. She also would go splashing in the creek behind our property in the dead of winter. She come back wearing a halo of icicles like those swimming monkeys on Mt Fuji.

Well the hair is growing over the thing on under Shaggy's eye, he is finished the medicine, from what the doctor said, there really isn't anything to do and it doesn't look like cancer, so I think evenually it will heal. He goes for his reg check up in 4 m, so I will have him check it out again.

Great to hear it's not cancer, hope Shaggy's back to his normal self

Love the pics everyone!

Just thought I'd post this over on this thread since he has a pet in his lap.





Someone on the forum posted it on another thread and I saved it, but I can't remember who and what thread (sorry ). So, thanks whoever it was for finding this one...you get the excellent VDO photo-finding credit.

Cute! Wonder if it's his or just some cat they brought in for the photo shoot.

Speaking of which, there's a scene in Feeling Minnesota where his character gets out of the car to visit Red (I think that's his name) and there's a cat blocking his way so he looks at it and tells it "Will ya move?" Hilarious!

I don't know, but that's one lucky kitty!

I haven't seen that movie in forever...I'll have to watch for that scene next time.

Thats good to hear Jryan.

We had a friend once who lived on a lake. Their neighbors had an airedale. That dog would stand belly deep in the lake, watching the fish swim in its shadow. It was like a statue, but just its tail moved. They are beautiful dogs.


Wow, the kitties are getting so big! Your old dog looks like mine, all grey in the face. I like Gracie's expression. =)


Poochie says to tell you thanks for the hug.

It can be an easy scene to miss but it's near the ending

On Monday I took kitty Tasha to the vet since it looked like she had a cold, and she also had a wound on her foot that wasn't getting better. They said she had a bad upper respiratory infection and that her kidneys were getting ready to shut down. They put her on IV fluids and kept her overnight. Since I couldn't afford to have them rerun all her bloodwork the next day, they said we'd just have to hope for the best.

I brought her home Tuesday evening and she seemed tired and wobbly on her feet, but I figured that was just due to the medicine they had given her. I put her next to the food and she didn't want to eat. I put her in the litter box but she didn't need to go. The wound on her foot wasn't a cut like I had thought but an abscess which had ruptured, and it had finally scabbed over during her stay in the hospital. Her face wasn't snotty anymore either. I gave her a little petting and love, but mostly I left her alone to sleep off the meds.

I fell asleep early due to the stress of the past couple of days, then woke up and moved from the couch to my bed. The next morning I got up at 6 and found her laying in the front corner of the living room by the windows where I had last seen her the night before. I hoped she was OK, since she sleeps really soundly sometimes, taking a few pokes to wake up. This time she didn't wake up to give me a look for disturbing her sleep. She had died sometime during the night.

I'm so very happy that she was able to come home before she went. I don't know what ultimately took her life, but I'm sure she wasn't hurting or I'd have heard her squeeking. She never really meowed properly unless she was being very insistent. She was a very sweet and loving cat. I'll miss her trying to knead my hair thereby clawing my scalp, sitting on the back of my chair, seeing her when I come home, laying on my chest when I was watching TV. I found a place to bury her outside so her body can return to the earth.


Love you baby kitty girl, vampire kitty, velvet cat, snotface, attention seeker, velcro kitty, smelly face, needle claws, pretty kitty, Seekrit Cat.

Oh, Janx, I'm so sorry about the passing of your beautiful baby girl! She was very blessed to have such a good kitty mama. I hope all your wonderful memories of her will comfort you.

That's so sad to hear, Janx. It sounded like she'd been in a lot of pain before she died, at least there's no more pain wherever she is now.

It reminds me of when my first cat Boots died, I didn't find out until I got home from school that day, she apparently died during the night and was discovered by my parents, my mom told my dad to take her to the vet so they can take care of the remains. It was quite sad but even more sad for mom cause' she was her cat mostly.

janx, I'm sorry that you lost your kitty baby. I'm glad that it gives you peace knowing that tasha went peacefully.
::hugs::

~wipes away tears~

I am sorry to hear about your kitty. It is good you got to say goodbye to her first. She looks like a very loving friend.
~~hugs~~

Hi again...I just wanted to post the info above from the "OT" thread here, too, for all the animal lovers on this site.

Another great organization that I support by buying things from their shop is the Snow Leopard Trust. Snow Leopards, like the one in the photo, are native to the high mountain areas in Asia, and are critically endangered. The trust sponsors research, promotes conservation of snow leopard habitats, and works with the local communities to educate them and help their economy so that they won't be tempted to kill the leopards for monetary reasons. Here is the link if anyone is interested. If you sign up for their e-newsletter (which is free) $2 will be donated to the fund from a private charity.

Snow Leopard Trust

On one talk show he mentioned he had a cat. On Happy Accident he mentioned he had a dog. Wonder if he still has a pet.

My cat is doing something so strange, we have one of those automatic water bottles she keeps putting her paws in it like she is trying to get something out, just to hear the gurgle sound. She hates a bath, but doesnt mind wet paws, this agravates Shaggy so he barks at her when she does it. I am going to try and get a pic of this it's so funny I should get a video. I need to put a mat under it, cause my floor ends up wet.

My mother's cat has a water obsession. He dips his feet into his water bowl and licks them clean. She had to keep getting a heavier and heavier bowl until she finally found one he wouldn't dump or slide all over the kitchen floor. We think he just likes to wash his feet every now and then. Makes sense to me!

I think she might see the plug of the jug and maybe is trying to reach it. Here are some pictures, Shaggy is barking in the first two and then he finally leaves the house, lol.

She definitely looks like she's on the hunt. That is really cute! Poor Shaggy...aren't little sisters just a bother!

That is cute, I find it ironic that cats will get their paws wet yet some will almost claw your eyes out if you even try to give them a bath.

Speaking of cats, here's a link that has a pic of a cat sporting a "lion cut". Apparently the groomer misheard the owner (they really wanted a line cut). Poor kitty!

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/lioncut.asp