My little Poncho.
Your little Lula has a Disney character profile. Very cute.
Posted on 08/07/2011 8:01:02 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman
There are many here on Free Republic that absolutely love our "Fru-babies". We post pics and follow each other, well I thought it would be terrific if we post the pictures of our 'babies'.
I don't know about you all but mine 'get me through' these nightmarish days. They love me no matter what. They are there and want to be with me no matter what. That includes the way I now look in the mornings! LOL!
Show YOUR babies here... :) Here are a few of mine both past and present...
Confession. Me too.
Yes, and she is such a ham.
My little Poncho.
Your little Lula has a Disney character profile. Very cute.
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Cats have long been the chosen companions of writers, poets and intellectuals.
A few of their quotes:
Time spent with cats is never wasted. ~ Colette
There are no ordinary cats. — Colette
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. ~ Dr. Albert Schweitzer
What greater gift than the love of a cat?
Charles Dickens
“The smallest feline is a masterpiece” – Leonardo Da Vinci
I love cats because I enjoy my home, and little by little, they become its visible soul. — Jean Cocteau, French poet and filmmaker
“Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!” - Theophile Gautier
A loving cat can mend a wounded heart.
- Anonymous
A dog, I have always said, is prose; a cat is a poem. — Jean Burden
Like a graceful vase a cat, even when motionless, seems to flow. — George Will
Prowling his own quiet backyard or asleep by the fire, he is still only a whisker away from the wilds. - Jean Burden
“When they are among us, cats are angels.” – George Sand
There are many intelligent species in the universe. They all own cats. ~ Author Unknown
Cats are the natural companions of intellectuals. They are silent watchers of dreams, inspiration and patient research. ~ Dr. Fernand Mery
author, The Life, History and Magic of the Cat
With the qualities of cleanliness, affection, patience, dignity, and courage that cats have, how many of us, I ask you, would be capable of becoming cats? — Fernand Mery, French writer
Cats are a mysterious folk. There is more passing in their minds than we are aware of. — Sir Walter Scott
It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can’t see.
Eleanor Farjeon
There is nothing in the animal world, to my mind, more delightful than grown cats at play. They are so swift and light and graceful, so subtle and designing, and yet so richly comic. ~ T S Eliot
“The more people I meet, the more I like my cat.” – Anonymous
The cat is the animal to whom the Creator gave the biggest eye, the softest fur, the most supremely delicate nostrils, a mobile ear, an unrivaled paw and a curved claw borrowed from the rose-tree. ~ Sidonie Gabrielle
Her function is to sit and be admired. - Georgina Strickland Gates
Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties. - W. L. George
“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.” Robert Heinlein
How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven. - Robert A. Heinlein
A cat’s got her own opinion of human beings. She don’t say much, but you can tell enough to make you anxious not to hear the whole of it.
- Jerome K. Jerome
A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not. - Ernest Hemingway
“After scolding one’s cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference.”- Charlotte Gray
If animals could speak the dog would be a a blundering outspoken fellow, but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much. ~ Mark Twain
If you shamefully misuse a cat once she will always maintain a dignified reserve toward you afterward - you will never get her full confidence again. ~ Mark Twain
Of all God’s creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat. ~ Mark Twain
No matter how much cats fight, there always seems to be plenty of kittens. ~ Abraham Lincoln
Cats have it all - admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it. ~ Rod McKuen
Cats are kindly masters, just so long as you remember your place. ~ Paul Gray
“All dogs look up to you. All cats look down on you. Only a pig looks at you as an equal.” – Winston Churchill
“No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.” – Abraham Lincoln
“One cat just leads to another.” – Ernest Hemingway
You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~ Colonial American proverb
Beware of people who dislike cats. Irish proverb
The man who loves cats will love his wife. - Russian proverb
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No heaven will not ever Heaven be; Unless my cats are there to welcome me.
Epitaph on an ancient tombstone in England
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I kind of think the Bengal escaped a car, a cat carrier or something like that.
I don’t know why anyone would pay the kind of money you have to pay for a Bengal and then dump it.
There’s no telling how far she had traveled on he own and for how long. She was dirty and just skin and bones.
Reminds me of a cat I had, a beautiful silver chinchilla persian. (She's since crossed over the Rainbow Bridge)
Poncho in a bag
Alfie: he always crosses his legs
Cleo looking at a mouse
Ruby laying on my clean laundry
Buttercup
Peaches
We also now have a Cheetos, Sunshine, and Shaggy--all adopted gerbils but no photos yet.
This is by Lady Jag, who used Brad's Gramma's beautiful GSD as her subject.
This is my Rocket. He is at least 16, and he has chronic renal failure.
Miss Hissy Slashy
Shadow
Lucas Prince of Darkness
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For all who have lost a beloved pet:
Rainbow Bridge
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigour, those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.
You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together.
~ Author Unknown~
Thanks! RIP Spotty (dog), Muffin, Tiger, Baby, Little Bit, Katy, Hannah (dog), and Slinker.
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Famous people and their cats:
Cleveland Amory (1917-1998) Author and animal rights promoter
Amory devoted his life to promoting animal rights. He was best known for his books about his cat Polar Bear, whom he rescued from New York streets on Christmas Eve, 1977. Amory co-founded the Humane Society of the United States and founded the Fund for Animals. He was also the president of NEAVS (New England Anti Vivisection Society) from 1987 to 1998.
Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and Navarre
King Louis XVI and wife, Marie Antoinette, allowed their Angora cats to roam about the tables during court gatherings. Legend has it that six of her beloved white Angora cats arrived by ship in Maine, USA in the ship she had intended for her escape during the French revolution.
Pope Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger, 1927- ) Reigning head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State
His cat Chico, a black-and-white domestic short hair, continues to live at the pope’s home in Tübingen, Germany (pets are not allowed in the Vatican). Cardinal Roger Mahony, archbishop of Los Angeles, who was in Rome for the pope’s inauguration, says “The street talk that the pope loves cats is incorrect. The pope adores cats.”
Sultan El Daher Beybars (13th century) Ruler of Egypt and Syria
In his will Sultan El Daher Beybars, who was devoted to cats, bequeathed a garden known as Gheyt-el-Quoltah (the cats’ orchard) near his mosque in Cairo for the support of homeless cats. The tradition continues to this day. At the time of afternoon prayer each day, meat is brought into the center of the garden, and cats from all over the city come for their share.
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) Russian classical composer and chemist
Borodin had many cats, one of which - Ryborov - learned to fish through holes in the ice in winter. (’Ryborov’ means ‘fisherman’.)
Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855); Emily Bronte (1818-1848); Anne Bronte (1820-1849) Authors
The three sisters were well-known as cat lovers. Their novels and poetry often showed their relationships with their felines. Charlotte and Anne often referred to their cats in their diaries.
George Burns (1896-1996) American comedian, actor, and producer
George Burns called his cat “Willie,” reportedly because “when you tell the cat what to do, there’s always a question of will he or won’t he.”
Lord George Byron (1788-1824) Poet
An lifelong friend, Poet Percy Shelley, once commented that Byron’s “eight enormous dogs, three monkeys, five cats, an eagle, a crow, ... a falcon, five peacocks, two guinea hens, and an Egyptian crane; and all these, except the horses, walk about the house ...”
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) Author (Phillip Marlowe private eye novels)
Chandler talked to his black Persian, Taki, as though she was human and called her his secretary because she sat on his manuscripts as he tried to revise them. He stated, “A cat never behaves as if you were the only bright spot in an otherwise clouded existence...this is another way of saying that a cat is not a sentimentalist, which does not mean that it has no affection.”
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British politician (notably, UK prime minister during World War II)
Churchill’s marmalade cat Jock slept with his master, shared his dining table, and attended numerous war-time Cabinet meetings. If Jock was late for meals, Churchill would send servants to find him, waiting to eat til the cat was present. Jock was said to have been with his master when he died. Churchill also had a cat, Nelson, named after the famous British admiral.
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker
Cocteau is best known for his 1929 novel Les enfants terribles, the 1929 play Les parents terribles, and the 1946 film, Beauty and the Beast. His famous quotes include: “I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul” and “A meow massages the heart.” He dedicated Drôle de Ménage to his cat Karoun, whom he described as “the king of cats.”
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) Author (works include Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickelby, David Copperfield, A Christmas Carol)
Charles’ cat, Willamena, produced a litter of kittens in his study. Dickens was determined not to keep the kittens, but he fell in love with one female kitten who was known as “Master’s Cat”. She kept him company in his study as he wrote, and when she wanted his attention she was known to snuff out his reading candle.
Alexander Dumas (1802-1870) Author (works include The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo)
Dumas owned a cat called Mysouff. This cat was known for his extrasensory perception of time. Mysouff could predict what time his master would finish work, even when his master was working late.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Physicist
Fond of animals, Einstein kept a tomcat named Tiger who tended to get depressed whenever it rained. One acquaintance recalled him saying to the melancholy cat: “I know what’s wrong, dear fellow, but I don’t know how to turn it off.” Einstein was also quoted as saying, “A man has to work so hard so that something of his personality stays alive. A tomcat has it so easy, he has only to spray and his presence is there for years on rainy days.”
T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) Nobel Prize-winning British poet and playwright
T.S. Eliot was a cat lover and wrote an entire book of poems about cats. His Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats was set to music by Andrew Lloyd Weber and became the long-running musical, Cats.
Robert Goulet Recording artist, star of stage, screen and TV
Goulet has loved cats since childhood. When he toured the country as King Arthur in Lerner and Loewe’s musical Camelot, he took along two of his cats - Vincent and Wart. Several years ago, the cat-count in Goulet’s Las Vegas home was up to seven.
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) Author (works include For Whom the Bell Tolls, Old Man and the Sea)
Hemingway shared his Key West home with more than 30 cats. The story goes that Hemingway made the acquaintance of a sea captain who owned an unusual six-toed tomcat. Upon his departure from Key West, the captain presented the cat to Hemingway. Today many of the numerous cats that inhabit the grounds still possess the unusual six toes. Hemingway once said, “A cat has absolute emotional honesty; human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.”
Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Author
Hugo is considered one of the greatest author in the history of French literature, one notable book being Les Miserables. He wrote fondly in his diary about his cats.
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Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84) English author
Dr. Johnson is perhaps best known for his great English dictionary, published in 1755. Johnson had a pet cat named Hodge whom he fed oysters and other luxurious treats.
Edward Lear [1812-1888] Artist, illustrator and writer
Edward was devoted to Foss, his tabby cat. When he decided to move to San Remo, Italy, he instructed his architect to design a replica of his old home in England so Foss would not be disturbed and suffer a minimum of distress after the move. Lear’s drawings of his striped tabby cat are well known, especially those which accompany his rhyme, The Owl and the Pussycat. When Foss died, he was buried in Lear’s italian garden.
Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) Career army officer (Confederate army General during the American Civil War)
Lee had several cats tha he referred to often in letters to his family: “I am very solitary and my only company is my dog and cats. Spec [a dog] has become so jealous now that he will hardly let me look at the cats.” He chose cats to share his tent at Camp Cooper partly for mousing, and partly for company.
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870 – 1924) Founder of the Russian Community party and first head of the Soviet government
Not much is known about Lenin’s affection for cats, though he had been filmed and photographed holding and petting various cats.
John Lennon (1940-1980) Singer
The famous Beatle loved cats; as a boy he reportedly cycled to the fishmonger’s to buy hake for his cat. He named his first cat Mimi after his cat-loving aunt. He and his first wife Cynthia had up to ten cats.
Pope Leo XII (1760-1829) Head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State
Pope Leo owned a grayish-red cat with black stripes called Micette, who was born in the Vatican and lived with the Pope. Reportedly, the pope occasionally gave audiences with the cat hidden on his lap under his robes. Similarly, an earlier religious figure, St. Gregory the Great (540-604) possessed no worldly goods except a cat, which he held and stroked while meditating.
Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) American aviator
Charles Lindbergh’s cat Patsy occasionally accompanied him on flights (though not on the flight that made him famous). A Spanish stamp commemorating his record-breaking flight from New York to Paris shows Patsy watching as his plane took off.
Louis XV (1710-1774) King of France
The King had a favorite white cat that was allowed to play on the table during Councils of State.
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) French artist
Matisse loved the company of cats, and when forced to remain in bed due to poor health, he would be joined there by his favorite black cat.
Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) Founder of the rock group Queen
Delilah, released on Queen’s album “Innuendo,” is a song Mercury penned for his favorite housecat, a female tortoiseshell named Delilah. When on tour, he would call London to talk to his several cats. Freddie dedicated his first solo album, “Mr. Bad Guy,” to his beloved cats (Tom, Jerry, Oscar, Tiffany, Delilah, Goliath, Miko, Romeo, Lily). He is shown with Oscar and Tiffany.
Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) Scientist and philosopher
Sir Isaac invented the cat-flap, likely so he wouldn’t be disturbed by his cats’ comings and goings.
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) Humanitarian
One of Florence’s cats was a large Persian named “Bismarck”. She owned more than 60 cats in her lifetime.
Nostradamus (1503 - 1566) Seer and Prophet
This French astrologer had a cat named Grimalkin. The definition of a grimalkin evolved to “A cat, especially an old female cat” or “an old woman considered to be ill-tempered.”
Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374) Italian scholar, poet, and humanist
Petrarch was said to have been even more devoted to his cat than to the memory of his great love, Laura. When the poet died, his cat was put to death and mummified.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Author
Poe used cats as symbols of the sinister in several of his stories, although he himself owned and loved cats. His tortoiseshell cat Catarina was the inspiration for his story The Black Cat. In winter 1846, Catarina, a house cat, would curl up on the bed with Poe’s wife, who was dying of tuberculosis, and provide warmth.
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) Queen of England
Her favorite cat, a large Angora named White Heather, outlived her and was inherited by her son and successor King Edward VII.
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Maurice Joseph Ravel (1875-1937) French classical composer
Ravel had several beloved Siamese cats. He penned L’enfant et les sortilges (”The Child and the Enchantments”) in collaboration with the French writer Colette. The opera has a bravura cat duet sung by the Tom Cat and the She Cat in an authentic-sounding feline ‘language’.
Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) Artist
This French artist loved cats and depicted them in several paintings. Some of these paintings are available at AllPosters.com and Art.com (search renoir cats)
Cardinal Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis (1585-1642) French clergyman, noble man, and statesman
Cardinal Richelieu, Louis XIII’s chief minister, kept dozens of cats, even building a cattery at Versailles for his wards and leaving money to maintain the cats after his death.
George Sand (1804-1876) Author
Sand (real name Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin Dudevant) reportedly ate her breakfast from the same bowl as her cat Minou.
Dr. Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) German theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician, Nobel Peace Prize winner
Cats played an important role in Dr. Schweitzer’s life. He rescued a kitten after he heard her plaintive “meow” under the floor of a building under construction. Named Sizi, she sat on his desk as he wrote, often falling asleep on his left arm. During these times Dr. Schweitzer, who was left-handed, wrote prescriptions with his right hand. This went on reportedly for 23 years. Another cat, Piccolo, slept on papers stacked on Dr. Schweitzer’s desk; if someone needed the papers, they were required to wait till the cat awoke. Schweitzer once said: “There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.”
Sir Walter Scott (177 -1832) Poet and author (works include Rob Roy and Ivanhoe)
Absorbed in folklore and the supernatural, Scott was devoted to cats, and a portrait of him by John Watson Gordon shows the author at work at his desk with his tabby, Hinx, lying close by. This tomcat was known to terrorize Scott’s dogs. Scott wrote: “Cats are a mysterious kind of folk. There is more passing in their minds than we are aware of.”
Dusty Springfield (1939-1999) British pop singer
Dusty (real name Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien) adored cats. She was an advocate for several animal-protection groups. In her will, she made provision for Nicholas to be taken care of by a friend.
Theophile Steinlen (1859-1923) Swiss artist
Steinlen’s Paris home was known as “CatsCorner”. In addition to paintings and drawings, he also did sculpture on a limited basis, most notably figures of cats that he had great affection for as seen in many of his paintings. The paintings below, and more, are available at AllPosters.com and Art.com
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) Author
Harriet had a large Maltese cat called Calvin (her husband’s name was Calvin also). He arrived on Harriet’s doorstep one day, moved in and took over the household. Harriet enjoyed his company; Calvin, she wrote, was assertive, domineering, and prone to sit on her shoulders while she wrote her manuscripts, overseeing everything she wrote.
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) Eastern European inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer
Sparks generated when stroking his pet cat Macak led him to investigate electricity. PBS provides an interesting article about the affection between Tesla and Macak.
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910) American humorist, novelist, writer and lecturer
Twain kept eleven cats at his farm in Connecticut. Twain wrote, “I simply can’t resist a cat, particularly a purring one. They are the cleanest, cunningest, and most intelligent things I know, outside of the girl you love, of course.” He also quipped, “If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way”; and “The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he won’t sit upon a cold stove lid, either.” Some of the cats’ names: Sour Mash, Apollinaris, Zoroaster, Blatherskite, Beelzebub
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Louis Wain (1860-1939) English artist
Black-and-white cat Peter was the loved companion of Wain’s wife Emily, and he taught Peter tricks to amuse her. He began to draw extensive sketches of the large black and white cat. He later wrote of Peter, “To him properly belongs the foundation of my career, the developments of my initial efforts, and the establishing of my work.” Peter appeared in many of Wain’s early drawings.
Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) Essayist and novelist
Calvin, a cat originally belonging to Harriet Beecher Stowe, went to live with Warner when Stowe moved. Warner became devoted to him and wrote about him in My Summer in a Garden.
Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948- ) English composer of musical theatre (works include Cats, Phantom of the Opera)
In 2007, Webber’s 6-month-old Turkish Vant Otto wiped out the score to his sequel to Phantom of the Opera by stepping on the keyboard. “I was trying to write some new music, he got into the grand piano, jumped onto the computer and destroyed the entire score for the new `Phantom’ in one fell swoop.” [Otto was run over by a car outside Webber’s estate later that year.]
H.G. Wells (1866-1946) English author
His cat, Mr. Peter Wells, had the habit, if a guest talked too long or too loudly, of getting up from its chair, protesting loudly and stalking out of the room.
Vanna White (1957- ) TV celebrity
The world-famous letter turner frequently mentioned the two cats she owned (one named Rhett Butler) on “Wheel of Fortune”.
Other notable people who loved cats include classical composers: Tchaikovsky wrote “Puss-In-Boots and the White Cat.” Frédéric Chopin’s cat walked across the keyboard and Chopin liked the melody so much that he created an entire piece called “The Cat Waltz” around it.
Domenico Scarlatti’s cat Pulcinella composed a fugue. The cat was fond of prancing about on the harpsichord and wrote Fugue in G Minor, L499; better known as The Cat’s Fugue. (Scarlatti may have helped a little, but the first few bars, at least, are convincingly the work of a cat.)
Stravinsky wrote “Lullabies for the Cat.” Many of these compositions were compiled onto a cd titled Purrfectly Classical, available at Amazon.com.
Camille Saint-Saens was a noted cat and animal lover: his Maestoso theme (Symphony No.3 in C- ‘Organ’) was the theme music in the movie “Babe”.
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"Does your dog have a special story, Joe?" - Immerito
He is a clown. Very playful and active, but he can be a bit headstrong. For example, he's very intelligent and knows a full repertoir of tricks that I've taught him, but sometimes (like when I'm trying to show him off to other people) he'll play dumb like he doesn't know what I'm talking about. Of course, the inducement of a milkbone wrapped in a slice of cheese is usually enough to get his attention and prompt him to pay very close attention to what I'm asking. He's never growled at or snapped at anybody in anger...frankly, I would not recommend him as much of a guard dog. One potential caution or downside is a very strong herding drive. The Great Dane people at the dog park hate him, because they like to show up at the same time, and Ranger wants to keep like objects in a group. He applies the same thought process to neices and nephews. Another potential problem area is that he is very cat aggressive, but I think some of that may be more to his individual background than the breed in specific.
As to his background, he's a Katrina rescue who had been neglected, malnourished, abused and was heartworm +. I was volunteering at a no kill shelter at the time, and when Ranger was brought in, the vets didn't have much hope for him. Because there was such a premium on kennel space at the time, I agreed to foster him, and the shelter would pay the heartworm treatment which the vets doubted he'd survive. Needless to say he did, but once we got him out of the woods on that, I noticed some behavioral peculiarities. If I would pick up my hand or hold something over my head, he would cringe and cower. It was really sad. Another is that he would rarely bark, and when he did, it was more of a yip. I honestly suspected that he might have some coy-dog in him, and at the recommendation of FReeper vetvetdoug, I had him genotyped through the veterinary school at UC Davis, to find out for sure, as apparently coydogs have some real negative reactions to anesthesia and some other domestic canine meds. His results came back as all Terv, and the yipping developed into a mature, healthy bark, although he very rarely does bark. I suspect his wandering about the NO area after Katrina for 2 weeks or so following Katrina contributed to his cat aggression.
At the time I adopted him, I also had my German, Timber, who was invaluable in incorporating Ranger into the pack and who contributed a lot to Ranger's maturation and well-bing. Because of Timber, I may hold Ranger to an unfairly high standard, but he doees ok. The morning Timber died, I don't know what I'd have done had Ranger not been there for me, and if for no other reason, I love him dearly for that alone. Heere's the three of us at Christmas 2006. Timber died the following summer.
Shadesy. I found this big guy (17 lbs) around the same time I was dealing with some depression issues stemming from when I was in a cult. Long story short, this little guy made me so happy that I reconsidered one of the biggest mistakes in my life and I'm still alive today.
Would someone like to come over here and show us how to do it? Hairy was so spectacular yesterday at The Forum convalescent center. He is such a good dog. :)
Poncho looks so cute too! I have a sweet spot for chihuahuas.
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way - Mark Twain
After dark, all cats are leopards - American Indian proverb
Never try to outstubborn a cat - Lazarus Long
Cats must have three names - an everyday name, such as Peter; a more particular, dignified name, such as Quaxo, Bombalurina, or Jellylorum; and thirdly, the name the cat thinks up for himself, his deep and inscrutable singular Name. - T.S. Eliot
God created the cat so that man may know the pleasure of caressing the tiger - Fernand Mery, French writer
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