How many pets do you have~~~~

[dominosarah]

This can be 4 legged ones or 2 legged ones.......

I have my beagle who is going to be 13.  She is my girl and the Queen of the domain here.  Everything is about her comfort.....
Then there is Miss Cali who is almost 11 months old.  She is just naughty and its like having a toddler around!!!  Also very spoiled rotten!!
Last but not least there is the cat who is 9.  I work for him........He has major attitude and one of the coolest cats i have ever met!!

[PromisedLand]

Oh..and then there's "gizmo"...who is just a cat...black with some white markings...she is a B....h sometimes, but other times the most loving cat in the world..loves to sit on my lap when I'm at our desktop computer, as a kitten would sleep up on the desk in a little cubby hole on it...of if I had to use the bathroom she HAD to come in with me and jump in the sink and curl up in there.  Now when I get out of the shower, Chloe sits on the edge of the tub, and gizmo has to do a little dance on the counter as I brush my teeth (trying to spit around her tail), etc...once I'm done with that...she hops down and wants out of the bathroom....everynight sleeps between my wife and I....and when I come home from someplace greets me like a dog would (except now she has to wait for the dog to do the greeting)

Jim

[PromisedLand]

I love Maine coons...we have 1 (had 3 at one time)..Chloe..she's about 10...and definitely has 9 lives..with probably 2-3 left.  We always tried to keep her inside..a very beautiful cat, as are Maine coons...one day she got out and we didn't see her for nearly a week..figured she got off in the woods and was attacked by some critter for dinner...one day she came home on our deck and we could see her tail was a bloody mess, and we tried to grab her but she got away..didn't see her for several more days...then one night my daughter and I were home, and she looked out the back slider 'CHLOE!'...we had the cat carrier by the door just in case, she grabbed her and in one move we had picked her up, put her in the carrier and were on the way to the emergency vet..Sadly, she lost her beautifiul tail but thankfully she survived and is stil with us...she's always been a little skittish but once in a while...very rarely...she'll sit in front of me and scream at me...just wants to be picked up..or come on my lap and she purrs and purrs....

she used to love to sit on the edge of the bathtub between the shower curtain and liner when I took a shower...and then hang around while I got ready for work and we had a daily routine where I'd dangle my belt in front of her and she'd try to grab it and I'd pull it away...she still loves to try to get that belt ;-)

We want to get another Maine Coon and I'm seriously thinking about it, should our cat population diminish over time.

Jim

[salsinator]

I have a 5 year old Maine Coon - Darcey.  She is definitely the queen of the house - and she knows it.  Yesterday I was trying to sleep in and she would not leave me alone.  She kept purring and walking on me - rubbing......."come daddy - time to get up"!  I finally just got up - then she was happy.  I grew up with dogs, but have had a cat for the past 15 years - Salsa was my first - Darcey is a carbon copy of Salsa.  I travel a lot and it's always nice coming home to my baby.  Animals love unconditionally.  

[Dav125]

Quite the inspirational video there Sarah..He certainly turned into a very talented pup :)

[dominosarah]

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=BGODurRfVv4

I received this from a friend of mine.  You all just need to watch this.  Grab the kleenex first, it is truely wonderful.........sara

[IBKleen]

I had dogs my whole life until I met my husband.

The dog I will always remember, and I hope is waiting in Heaven for me, was my Golden Retriever "Chivas". He was my best friend. He had heart disease, probably from birth, but I did not know it. He had a heart attack at 10 years old and died in my arms. It about killed me. I have his ashes on the shelf next to where I sit here and I laugh out loud sometimes thinking of the funny stuff he did.

No matter what animal is in my life at the time, they are my babies and I am blessed for having had them. It's funny but it seems most every addict I know is an animal lover. See, we are good people after all!!