*** PET PIC THREAD ***

[charlie and algernon]

Post pics of your pets

Here's Esther, who just turned 6 years old at the beginning of the month

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

1. Beag and Mick

Beag is much bigger now. She was 4 months old in that photo. Now, she's 8 months and looks like a grown dog.



Mick, with his messed up paw last year

[Shell Beau]

3. Did Mick rip off his nail?

I remember my Hutch having a "cast" for a ripped off toenail! And it bled all over the place, bless his heart RIP!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

4. Yep, and it got infected

He went through a phase last year where he ended up at the vet four times for stupid paw injuries. I'm glad he grew out of that habit.

[Shell Beau]

5. We had to put a ziploc on it every time he went outside.

It was crazy. Your dogs are precious, btw.

[murielm99]

37. How did you keep your dog from chewing off his

bandage?

Mine had to wear a lampshade thingy until she healed.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

93. He attacked just about everyone there when they were putting it on

But once it was on, he left it alone.

I had to muzzle him to get it off. He doesn't handle his feet being touched.

[BikeWriter]

99. Hmm, you're in his pack instead of vice versa then.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

105. Yes, because the typical dog just sits there while you cut a bandage off

He listens to me the vast majority of the time. I'm not going to say he's in charge of me, because he didn't want his injured foot messed with.

:eyes:

Actually, I'd love to see you try taking a bandage off him.

[BikeWriter]

107. He is not my animal. If he were he would mind me.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

108. Nice post, Caesar Milan

What kind of dogs do you have?

[BikeWriter]

110. None at the moment. I've had Chihuahuas to Great Danes, but...

mostly Chows. My vet once told me he could identify the dogs from my kennel that were brought to him by the way they responded to their owners. If someone wanted one of my dogs they listened to me instruct them in how to raise it.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

114. Well, there's a big difference between obedience

And, the reactions of a Border Collie (very different than Chows) in pain.

Somebody who ran a "kennel" should know that.

[BikeWriter]

116. I've had Border Collies and Aussies, too. They're good dogs...

and very intelligent dogs. It's best to keep their minds busy, very busy.

[BikeWriter]

113. Here's a picture of some of my chows with me.

We bred blacks, blues, and creams. I gave a written lifetime cash back guarantee with each puppy on their temperament, eye entropia, and hip dysplasia.

[Deja Q]

2. Here's Rusty...

[charlie and algernon]

10. what a beautiful bird!

that's a fantastic picture

[Deja Q]

56. Thanks! Rusty gets most of the credit...

:)

[badgerpup]

111. Lovely pic...

...and while Rusty's a great subject, you must have a pretty good trigger finger to be able to catch him in flight like that. Give yourself credit...:applause:


I've tried to take pics of my owners cats when I had access to a camera, and even when I was RIGHT THERE and had the gizmo in my hands and pointed the right way, it was tough to catch them doing anything but blinking or looking away...
and incredibly bored by the whole process...

"Oh, Bast...not the flashy thing again :eyes:...
I don't know why I put up with this, except she's usually pretty good about the supplying food, water, door service and warmblooded furniture on demand..."

[Withywindle]

28. AMAZING photo!

And what a stunning bird. You are truly blessed!

[Deja Q]

55. Too kind, thank you so much!!

I do let him out every night for a few hallway flights. The exercise does him good; he might live a longer, happier life this way too.

[BikeWriter]

81. Lock your doors before letting him out!

I've rescued everything from keets to macaws in the wild.

[Digit]

47. My parrot is flighted also...I will try to see if I can grab a pic

Do you have do do anything different on your settings?

[bluesbassman]

48. I doubt a "point and shoot" camera will get that much detail.

I would guess that's a DSLR, shot at about 500 to 1000 shutter speed. The "sports" setting on a point and shoot may get close to that though, just depends on the camera's capabilities. Good luck, can't wait to see your bird.:hi:

[Digit]

50. When it is time for bed, I ask her if she wants to go night-night....

Then I ask her if she wants to fly to mommy and do some flap-flaps. She does her wing spread signifiying she is ready and then she does her potty in the trashcan I have next to us.

I am in a split level so I place her on the arm of the couch downstairs and walk upstairs so she can see me, but I am on the opposite end of the house. She LOVES being able to fly to me.

[Deja Q]

53. I prefer DSLRs, but the Canon PowerShot G9 was my tool of choice this time...

ISO 100, 1/60th second, manual focus set to 0.67m, and pressing the shutter at the right moment.

[Deja Q]

52. Nope - Just analyzing his behavior and clicking the shutter at just the right moment

[Deja Q]

54. See #53 for more info on specific settings, and I'm looking forward to seeing your flighted friend!

:)

[Mugu]

98. Very nice job on the photo (good looking bird too.) n/t

[BlueJazz]

6. Bunny

[Shell Beau]

9. OMG! The cutetest bunny EVAH!

[begin_within]

15. Cute!!!

[juajen]

34. Please tell me about this bunniy. I am in love. NT

[Tommy_J]

38. What cutie!

[SammyWinstonJack]

69. Awww!

So precious!

[sniffa]

7. Milk and Stupid

This post has the commentary:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=8606874#8607178

[Shell Beau]

8. I love my babies! Your cat is beautiful!

Here is Hank outside peaking in the doggie door



Hutch, RIP, I miss you sweetie!



And my oldest little asshole brat! And I love that about her! My original baby!

[charlie and algernon]

11. that first pic is great

Hanks looks like a big goofball.

[Cannikin]

12. My family

Kelsey, my 13 year old alley cat, with my SO


Starbuck, my 7 month old adopted pup:

[begin_within]

16. Kelsey looks like a great foot-warmer

It's fun when pets double as furniture. Great family!

[Ikonoklast]

13. Here's the entire pride. All were ferals except for Hobbes.

Mu, the Tux, and his sister Missy, the gray and white long hair, the kitties in my sigline.


Jeff, the gray ring-tailed Tabby and his brother Mutt-mutt, the brown Tabby. Mutt-mutt had a fractured right femur, a fractured and displaced pelvis, and a tail fractured in two places when we finally got him to come inside. He's our special guy.



My son's old Tom, Hobbes. He's fifteen and like a grandpa to all the younger kitties. They all love him.


Marble, my son's female Tux. She is jealous whenever any of the other kitties, except Hobbes, comes anywhere near my son. She'll even hiss at his girlfriend if she thinks she is getting too much attention from him.

[begin_within]

14. My cat

[bluesbassman]

17. Here's the whole crew...

Leo and Maui kickin' back by the fireplace.


Leo's twin Saydee.


The Beast.

[Heidi]

44. What a beautiful family!!!!

Ginger wants to know if Saydee has a boyfriend. :hug: :loveya:

[bluesbassman]

45. LOL. No, but she has a real protective big brother!

:D

[Heidi]

46. Ginger's a lover, not a fighter.

He doesn't want Leo to open up a can-o-whupass on him. :rofl:

[AlCzervik]

18. Cute! Here are 3 new ones of Bob.

The Bait


the snatch and grab


Victory

[bluesbassman]

19. What the hell is that Al?

A ball of yarn?:rofl:

[AlCzervik]

20. ball of yarn, hardly! Bi-Baby also calls Bob "An alien".

he's just the best guinea pig ever, that's all!

Look, here's an action shot, he got a sunflower seed stuck on his front teeth so i had to get it out using an oven mitt. Needless to say Bob isn't allowed to eat sunflower seeds unsupervised anymore.

[bluesbassman]

22. Now I see it. Nice Cavia porcellus you got there.

I don't know why they call them pigs though, I think they taste more like chicken.:9













































:hide: Just kidding!

[AlCzervik]

23. Shaddddup.

:spank: :spank: :spank:

Poor Bob, he gets no love from people who aren't in our family. It ain't right.

[bicentennial_baby]

25. You know I love Princess Bob!!

x(

[AlCzervik]

26. you bettah!

Bob's going to be 5 on April 12th, 5!!!!

[NV Whino]

31. I like Bob

Even if he isn't a kitty.

[AlCzervik]

35. Thanks you NW Whino.

:thumbsup:

[PassingFair]

60. He looks like a BABY BEAVER!!!!

You should rig up a fake tail and FREAK-OUT your house guests!!!!

[AlCzervik]

62. he does doesn't he? he makes that face, we call it the Templeton the rat face, he looks up

and his mouth is open a little bit and you can see his teeth.

[PassingFair]

63. Are you sure the pet store didn't pull a fast one on you?

They've probably got a bucket of these in their back room!

[AlCzervik]

65. if you saw him person you'd know what he is and you'd love him!

especially if you're a woman, all the ladies love Bob. I'll make him a tail when i get from vacation, did i tell you we made him hats? The one i made looks like a Paddington Bear hat and my daughter made him a nifty 50's looking head band.

We're beyond help here.

[PassingFair]

70. No wonder, he's adorable! n/t

[moriah]

21. Here's my Ninja...

His glamour shot:



And here's how he looks normally:

[Withywindle]

29. What a beautiful fluffball!

And hey, at least he's security screened!

[moriah]

32. He is adorable...

Makes up for him sleeping on my head and pawing at my face to wake me up. (I wouldn't have declawed him but he came to us that way at 5 years, he's 8 now... but his pawing me in the face makes me glad he is.)

The last picture was from when I got back from a trip -- as soon as I unpacked but before I had the suitcase put away he claimed it as his bed. I think he decided if he slept in it I couldn't leave again, or would have to take him with me! He would have hated the airplane though....

[Withywindle]

33. Aw, declawed.

I know it's cruel but sometimes I wish...My Madimi (pics below in the thread) is not declawed. I would never do it and yet...in the dark of the dawn when I am trying desperately to squeeze out one more half-hour of sleep....I feel the *very gentle and sublimely threatening* scritch of one tiny little needle claw RIGHT at that sensitive spot at the small of my back, and know that the true torture will commence soon if I don't get up and feed her.

My ex's cat liked to insinuate himself into our suitcases before we left for a trip, burrowing under clothes and curling up, apparently hoping to stow away. As if that extra 20 pounds of weight wouldn't be noticed at check-in. :D

[sakabatou]

24. Yoruichi (Yo-yo)

[Withywindle]

27. Awww, she's beautiful!

And she looks well-fed and well-loved. Next time around, I want to come back as a kitty who has a person like you.

[Withywindle]

30. Madimi, three and a half years old

Adopted from a shelter in Chicago on 3/9/08. I am her loyal slave.








(the human lady in the third pic is my mom. Usually a dog person, but she knows she's been sat on by a Queen.)

[graywarrior]

74. Cool cat!

[soleiri]

36. My little sweeties

Lil Girl, our 15 year old kitten.


Bella, the mama cat we found in our garage with her 4 kittens


Her baby girl, DeeDee


Her baby girl, Sarah


Her baby boy, Eddy


Her baby boy, Ed


And finally, Our feral cat and her semi feral kittens.
Cloudcover, Twilight (the mama, aka basement cat) and Storm


We also feed and take care of a few more feral/abandoned cats, all but two have been fixed (they aren’t falling for the traps).

[Withywindle]

39. Wow, you have quite the pride!

All of them look so healthy and happy to have good human staff to attend to their needs. :loveya:

[soleiri]

66. All my life I've taken in strays

or found them homes.

Our kitties are a bit spoiled,
My son asked if I thought that Bella Bella Boo lucked out when she decided to have her kits in our garage.
I think we all did. :loveya:

[Bertha Venation]

57. A woman after my own heart.

Bless you for looking after the little ones. :hug:

[soleiri]

68. I must tell myself

I will NOT become the crazy cat lady. I will NOT become the crazy cat lady. I will NOT become the crazy cat lady. I will NOT become the crazy cat lady. I will NOT become the crazy cat lady. I will NOT become the crazy cat lady. I will NOT become the crazy cat lady. I will NOT become the crazy cat lady. I will NOT become the crazy cat lady.




But If I ever won the lottery...
I'd buy a big ol' ranch and open a cat sanctuary so fast it'll make your head spin.

[Bertha Venation]

77. I would do the same thing.

And this idol, properly displayed, will ward off the Crazy Cat Lady Curse:



And you should definitely take the quiz:

http://www.archiemcphee.com/goodies/catlady.html

"Can you tell your cats apart by the roughness of their tongues?" :rofl:

[soleiri]

82. oh my!

:blush:



I guess I can throw away my giant chalkboard and mantra... it's toooooo late!

[MountainLaurel]

104. She sitting on my desk at work right now

I love the crazy cat lady!

[Roon]

80. Me too!

If I ever win the lottery I am opening up a no kill cat shelter.

[Lethe]

40. cat's almost camouflaged

here's my stray cat alpha female hunter-killer







yes, she does drink Keystone from time to time. :D

she is the most efficient, ruthless, and athletic hunter-killer i've ever seen. very independent, but for some reason she loves to sit on the kitchen table chair and watch me cook. (haven't figured that out yet)

[RoyGBiv]

41. Franky

[Heidi]

49. Those _eyes_!

Your Franky is a beauty! :thumbsup:

[RoyGBiv]

83. He thinks so ...

And he thanks you for noticing. :)

Most cats have a degree of arrogance, but I think Franky heard "such a pretty kitty" one too many times. The boy poses, I swear.

[Heidi]

84. Ginger poses, too, I'm afraid.

My mother-in-law recently redressed the issue of Ginger's comely manners in a most inelegant way: "Ginger is spoiled to the point of believing he is the center of the universe." (This, of course, from the woman who allows my cat to jump on top of her armoir, rub up against costly-and-delicate paintings, tapestries and small ceramic and iron sculptures because "If I look away, he won't show off and nothing bad will happen." He NEVER does that stuff at home -- but his "grandmother" allows it. :rofl: )

My reply: "Your _other_ grandchildren haven't been spoiled to same degree?"

P.S. Franky has his daddy's beautiful eyes. :D

[RoyGBiv]

87. Awwww ...

:blush:

They're his great-grandmother's. :)

Franky has manners. He makes absolutely sure each and every inch of the entire house has been rooted out and cleaned of all possible intruders, even if that means pulling out everything from the cabinets and checking behind every picture frame. He does this on a daily basis, he's so committed. He is being nothing but the mannerly gentleman when he goes through each and every bag looking for threads when I bring in the groceries. That lingering moment with the chicken wings was just to be extra careful.

As for his claws and the couch? That's art. He is just trying to brighten my day by giving me beautiful things.

Yes, very mannerly cat. :)

[Heidi]

42. Your Esther is _gorgeous_! Here's The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger.

He seems to enjoy having his picture taken. :eyes:

[bluesbassman]

43. Those are great shots of The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger!

The middle one is very majestic, and the last one is like "I'm busted"!:rofl:

I finally posted a shot of Saydee. She's upthread.

[Bertha Venation]

58. there's my sweet Ginger

:loveya:

you too, Heidi :loveya:

[Heidi]

73. There's Ginger's sweet "Tante Bertha"!!!!

He sends you head butts, milk steps and -- if you have lotion on your legs -- vigorous, scratchy-tongued leg licks. :rofl:

:*

[Bertha Venation]

76. This cat licks off lotion?

:rofl:

I wonder if he and Petey are in some symbiotic, separated-by-miles relationship where they both make biscuits/milk steps at the same time. Hmm...

[Heidi]

79. Yes, he does. And it's sometimes shocking for our female guests,

or even for tourists walking along the street outside our driveway. Last summer, I heard an old woman laughing at the end of the drive, and walked out my studio door to see a very nice old German woman in a long skirt -- sticking out from the bottom of her skirt was Ginger's tail. Her husband was laughing to split a gut. :rofl:

Ginger and Petey are practically twins, aren't they, even in physical appearance? :hug:

[PassingFair]

64. That LAST one is screaming to be LOLCatted.

What a FUNNY shot.

What a cute cat!

[Heidi]

72. Unfortunately, Ginger has me on "LOLcat" timeout, due to two previous "incidents."

:rofl:




Ginger and his sister/litter mate, Tabitha (my mother-in-law's cat)

[charlie and algernon]

85. The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger is a handsome fella

what a photogenic cat!

[Heidi]

86. And he apparently _knows_ it.

It's true that Ginger has a lot of personality. It's also true that he's probably the most photographed cat (besides Mo) at DU. But there something else that CMW and I see but don't quite understand -- it's like Ginger _tries_ to be "naughty" or annoying sometimes.

Here's an example. Our neighbors are "holiday" people: they live near Zurich but own a "holiday home" next door to us here in Ticino. Ten months out of the year, their property is Ginger's playground. Every late spring, though, when they come down here to open their vacation home for the summer, and Ginger sits beside their pool, _daring_ them to approach him. On one hand, it's funny. On the other hand ... I wouldn't wanna be them.

[stewartcolbert08]

51. Chloe and Maddy in the snow!

<a href="http://s486.photobucket.com/albums/rr223/candycrim/?action=view¤t=maddy.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="" border="0" alt="Maddy"></a>

<a href="http://s486.photobucket.com/albums/rr223/candycrim/?action=view¤t=Chloe.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="" border="0" alt="Chloe"></a>

[graywarrior]

59. Dusty the cat who was supposed to die 3 weeks ago says hi to Esther

She is doing extremely well, BTW


Dusty's two buds, Hatchet Head and Kamere.

[Bertha Venation]

78. Hello, sweet, sweet Dusty

:scritches:

[charlie and algernon]

91. aww, what happened to Dusty?

Glad she's doing good now. Esther says hi back! :hi:

[graywarrior]

94. Her kidney's are failing, she has a bad heart, and her thyroid is screwed up

But man, she wants to live, so she hangs in there. I love her and when I move next week I am going to miss her so much.

[PassingFair]

61. The "BigDog" and the "Bane of his Existance"

2 weeks into the dysfunctional relationship.

[AlCzervik]

67. lemme have your dogs.

please?

[PassingFair]

71. The puppy is causing all kinds of puppy-trouble.

Sprocket tried to IGNORE her for the 1st
week, but found it impossible...as her
main activity consists of running in front
of him and laying down or trying to stick
her nose INTO his.

Oh, that and peeing on the floors.

Corgi's are comical.

[Heidi]

75. Poor, poor Big Dog.

That's EXACTLY how Ginger feels about his brother/litter mate, Barley, who lives across the street with my sister-in-law. They're buddies, but it's only because Ginger's so charitable. :rofl:

[SoxFan]

88. The girls

Pippy: Sneaky Striped Cat!


Brianna: Big bundle o' marshmallow fluff!

[seemunkee]

89. Same old shots of my iggies

Bean


Luna

[erinlough]

90. My fur family

Grand dog ARGOS



Zoey



Mitzy



Monkey




Princess



Zee

[many a good man]

92. Before she ran away

Thank god!

[Withywindle]

95. AAIIGHH! It's.... SHE-OSCAR!!! n/t

[mockmonkey]

96. 3 of 12 cats

Baker on top, Captain in the middle, and Lucius on the bottom.

[BattyDem]

97. Here's Ozzy, my schnoodle

He'll be 11 months old next week. :-)





This was his Christmas picture. Many people told me he looked like stuffed toy, LOL!

[MissMillie]

106. I LOVE OZZY!!!!

:loveya:


what a sweet face!

[BattyDem]

121. Thanks!

:hi:

[Orsino]

100. My little non-deductible responsibilities.

Nom-nom-nom-nom:



Closer...closer:



Zzzzzzzz:



All at once:



Silly:



Solar:



Woof:



Zoom:



Cute:



Grrr:

[lukasahero]

101. Late to the party but new Bella pics!

Darn she's cute. :)

[TroglodyteScholar]

102. Mao Mao

Here's Mao Mao turning up the charm:


And here he is makin' comfy:

[Bertha Venation]

103. taken yesterday

I think this is Angel's form of bonding. He let me scritch his neck & shoulders for a while, then he turned around, head-butted my knee, and laid down near my foot.

[charlie and algernon]

117. haha, that's Esther's form of bonding

she won't sit on my lap, but she'll sit next to me while I scratch her head, then she'll flop down next to my feet and fall asleep, lol.

[av8rdave]

109. I JUST posted this elsewhere, but it's thread appropriate

[Symarip]

112. I have a turtle

[graywarrior]

115. I practically live at this thread, I love it so much

[ElsewheresDaughter]

118. my furry/feathered children

Methuselah



Frodo





Celo



Pancakes



Poopies & Frodo

[Avalux]

119. Beautiful kitty! Here's my Tobi -

she was studying for an exam and I snapped this pic. ;-)

[ElsewheresDaughter]

120. owlcat

[mvd]

122. Thanks for the thread!

I've been in the political forums too much and need this. I'll try to post some pics of Gordon tomorrow.

[charlie and algernon]

124. you're welcome

you're right, threads like these are a much needed break from the fighting of GD and GD:P.

[Lex]

123. my kitteh Ozzy -- she's 15 this month