FKIM01 Posted December 16, 2021 Report Share Posted December 16, 2021 I'll Jump in. Most of you know we are cat people (love dogs but too much care for us). This is Nermal, my grandcat. He looks a lot like a Russian Blue, but is just a ditch cat that I rescued him at my office a couple of years back and brought him home at the insistence of my daughter, who promptly adopted him. These pictures illustrate that (1) Nermal wants what you are eating/drinking and (2) he is not a real fan of his new Christmas sweater. Nermal sweater.mp4 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted December 16, 2021 Report Share Posted December 16, 2021 (edited) This is sweet Leila...another rescue tabby. She is mostly inside, but hates a litter box so she usually does her business and some recreational hunting outside. This is her "please share your food with me" look. She's spoiled rotten and likes to drink from a running faucet in the bathroom. Edited December 16, 2021 by FKIM01 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted December 16, 2021 Report Share Posted December 16, 2021 ...and this is our outside posse, starting with Ted Nuisance, who is too fat to properly groom himself, but a sweet boy... Fat Ted.mp4 ...and GG (stands for Grey Girl or Garbage Gut) vs. Todd the Possum. She wasn't in a sharing mood... GG vs. Todd.mp4 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted December 17, 2021 Report Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) Dogs are not particularly popular with one segment of the population in India. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/group-of-monkeys-kill-over-250-dogs-for-revenge-in-indian-town/ar-AARVuGV?ocid=uxbndlbing These are revenge killings in retaliation for a dog killing an infant monkey. The monkeys are dragging the dogs up to the top of buildings and throwing them off. Fascinating story. Edited December 17, 2021 by 5fouls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted December 24, 2021 Report Share Posted December 24, 2021 The foster dachshunds went to their new home last night, just in time for Christmas. Was just in time, b/c our nerves were frazzled by the barking. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 Got my daughter's dog this week while they have a week in Disney World...had to get her some gear for Thursday! She watched the Minnesota game with me... 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 Cold and rainy in East Texas...raincoats for horses...who knew? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 His favorite place to take a nap. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 (edited) Trying to harness train her. She came from a litter that was born under my deck. Been part of our family from the day she was born. Used to fit in the palm of my hand. Named her Tyson. She's my baby tiger. Edited March 2, 2022 by mrflynn03 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 6 hours ago, mrflynn03 said: Trying to harness train her. She came from a litter that was born under my deck. Been part of our family from the day she was born. Used to fit in the palm of my hand. Named her Tyson. She's my baby tiger. When we were going to school in Bloomington, we had a cat that we tried to harness/leash train. He would just flop around and embarrass us so much that we gave up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted March 3, 2022 Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 2 hours ago, Lostin76 said: When we were going to school in Bloomington, we had a cat that we tried to harness/leash train. He would just flop around and embarrass us so much that we gave up. Yeah, she isn't taking to it very well. We take her for rides in the car but she gets antsy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted March 3, 2022 Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 11 hours ago, mrflynn03 said: Yeah, she isn't taking to it very well. We take her for rides in the car but she gets antsy. We eventually stopped trying, b/c we thought our neighbors would think we were abusing him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted March 5, 2022 Report Share Posted March 5, 2022 Yogi turned 1 last month! (Great Dane) Growing up I didnt have dogs. My wife did. She had an Aussie (Tank) before we started dated, now hes my buddy and the puppy doesn't leave her side. 😂 We had no clue what to expect from this massive breed, but we've truly loved every min of having him. Gets a little drooly sometimes, and he might step on your shins in bed lol... but he is incredibly loving and mild tempered. I would for sure recommend this breed. We believe Yogi weighs 140lbs, currently. He's going next week for his check up.. the Doc has said the whole time that Yogi will be on the larger side for the breed. Oh boy lol (I also fully understand not wanting a horse sized dog living in your house) 😂😂 Snapchat-781996765.mp4 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 I am having a rough week. Last Monday evening, our beloved family dog tore his ACL (called something different in dogs) 6 days before his 9th birthday. After taking him to the vet and getting X-rays the following days, he is on pain meds and hasn't been able to put weight on it all week. We are hoping to avoid surgery for him, so vet is checking in with us at the 2 and 4 week mark to see how he is progressing on pain meds/"bed rest". That has been tough on the whole family, but especially me and my wife. A few days ago, one of our 3 "barn cats" went missing and hasn't been seen yet. He is just under one year of age, and our best guess is that he was attacked by a large bird and carried off (he is the smallest of the three cats and not quite fully grown). My wife found some large feathers and blood on the back of our property near our out building. Even though they are "barn cats", our young kids adopted them and they have their own room in the outbuilding we dedicated to them, complete with cat door. We still aren't 100% sure what happened to him, but it isn't looking good. Our house sits off the road a good ways, and our outbuilding is behind the house, so the cats rarely venture anywhere near the road. I haven't seen any predators by us since we are surrounded by fields...but there is a tiny patch of woods off in the distance aways on the other side of field. We feed the cats as well, so they never wander too far from our property/barn. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 Just now, FritzIam4IU said: I am having a rough week. Last Monday evening, our beloved family dog tore his ACL (called something different in dogs) 6 days before his 9th birthday. After taking him to the vet and getting X-rays the following days, he is on pain meds and hasn't been able to put weight on it all week. We are hoping to avoid surgery for him, so vet is checking in with us at the 2 and 4 week mark to see how he is progressing on pain meds/"bed rest". That has been tough on the whole family, but especially me and my wife. A few days ago, one of our 3 "barn cats" went missing and hasn't been seen yet. He is just under one year of age, and our best guess is that he was attacked by a large bird and carried off (he is the smallest of the three cats and not quite fully grown). My wife found some large feathers and blood on the back of our property near our out building. Even though they are "barn cats", our young kids adopted them and they have their own room in the outbuilding we dedicated to them, complete with cat door. We still aren't 100% sure what happened to him, but it isn't looking good. Our house sits off the road a good ways, and our outbuilding is behind the house, so the cats rarely venture anywhere near the road. I haven't seen any predators by us since we are surrounded by fields...but there is a tiny patch of woods off in the distance aways on the other side of field. We feed the cats as well, so they never wander too far from our property/barn. Keep hope...there was a beautiful calico female cat here when we moved in 10 years ago...she adopted us... About 4 years ago, after Hurricane Harvey, she disappeared...gone 3 months...we thought she had somehow died during the storm.. Three months later I'm walking across the pasture on a Sunday morning, and she runs up beside me, gives me her "I'm hungry" meow, and acts like nothing happened... She's still around and likes sitting on my wife's saddle... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlinedavid Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 19 minutes ago, FritzIam4IU said: I am having a rough week. Last Monday evening, our beloved family dog tore his ACL (called something different in dogs) 6 days before his 9th birthday. After taking him to the vet and getting X-rays the following days, he is on pain meds and hasn't been able to put weight on it all week. We are hoping to avoid surgery for him, so vet is checking in with us at the 2 and 4 week mark to see how he is progressing on pain meds/"bed rest". That has been tough on the whole family, but especially me and my wife. A few days ago, one of our 3 "barn cats" went missing and hasn't been seen yet. He is just under one year of age, and our best guess is that he was attacked by a large bird and carried off (he is the smallest of the three cats and not quite fully grown). My wife found some large feathers and blood on the back of our property near our out building. Even though they are "barn cats", our young kids adopted them and they have their own room in the outbuilding we dedicated to them, complete with cat door. We still aren't 100% sure what happened to him, but it isn't looking good. Our house sits off the road a good ways, and our outbuilding is behind the house, so the cats rarely venture anywhere near the road. I haven't seen any predators by us since we are surrounded by fields...but there is a tiny patch of woods off in the distance aways on the other side of field. We feed the cats as well, so they never wander too far from our property/barn. Carrying off a live animal would mean an eagle or hawk. Those tend to be more unusual than buzzards. I know where we used to live, turkey buzzards were always circling, but it was rare to see a hawk. I would think a reasonably grown cat would be too big for an owl. A small kitten maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlinedavid Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 On 3/5/2022 at 9:34 AM, btownqb said: Yogi turned 1 last month! (Great Dane) Growing up I didnt have dogs. My wife did. She had an Aussie (Tank) before we started dated, now hes my buddy and the puppy doesn't leave her side. 😂 We had no clue what to expect from this massive breed, but we've truly loved every min of having him. Gets a little drooly sometimes, and he might step on your shins in bed lol... but he is incredibly loving and mild tempered. I would for sure recommend this breed. We believe Yogi weighs 140lbs, currently. He's going next week for his check up.. the Doc has said the whole time that Yogi will be on the larger side for the breed. Oh boy lol (I also fully understand not wanting a horse sized dog living in your house) 😂😂 Snapchat-781996765.mp4 One of our Boston’s classmates in puppy kindergarten was a Great Dane “puppy”, which looked like a baby elk. Huge head, long body and sticks for legs. And of course, it was the biggest scaredy cat in the class. Our little (at the time) 8 pound Boston walked right up to her, put her front paws up on the Great Dane’s chest to say “Hi” and the poor Great Dane’s legs started shaking and it had a look of sheer terror across its face. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 15 minutes ago, Zlinedavid said: One of our Boston’s classmates in puppy kindergarten was a Great Dane “puppy”, which looked like a baby elk. Huge head, long body and sticks for legs. And of course, it was the biggest scaredy cat in the class. Our little (at the time) 8 pound Boston walked right up to her, put her front paws up on the Great Dane’s chest to say “Hi” and the poor Great Dane’s legs started shaking and it had a look of sheer terror across its face. Yogi is the same way. Only getting in the pool with his mom, and will absolutely bark at other dogs....from a far. 😂😂 What's your pups name? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 I died at "baby elk" 😂😂. So true 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlinedavid Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 Just now, btownqb said: Yogi is the same way. Only getting in the pool with his mom, and will absolutely bark at other dogs....from a far. 😂😂 What's your pups name? This was many, many years ago. Pup in question’s name was Addison, but she passed in 2017. We also had one of her younger sisters, Arielle, who we had to put down in 2020. Addison is on the left, Arielle on the right: Miss them even today, but they lead full, healthy lives of 11 and almost 14 years. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 4 minutes ago, Zlinedavid said: This was many, many years ago. Pup in question’s name was Addison, but she passed in 2017. We also had one of her younger sisters, Arielle, who we had to put down in 2020. Addison is on the left, Arielle on the right: Miss them even today, but they lead full, healthy lives of 11 and almost 14 years. 💙 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 51 minutes ago, Zlinedavid said: Carrying off a live animal would mean an eagle or hawk. Those tend to be more unusual than buzzards. I know where we used to live, turkey buzzards were always circling, but it was rare to see a hawk. I would think a reasonably grown cat would be too big for an owl. A small kitten maybe. We have heard an owl in the distance hooting, but I told my wife the same thing...I don't think an owl could have carried the cat off. We have seen larger hawks circling above the fields often. We paid more attention this summer/fall when the cats were younger/kittens. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlinedavid Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 12 minutes ago, btownqb said: 💙 Oh, what you mentioned about your wife’s dog switching “allegiances”, that does tend to happen. Initially, Addison bonded more with me, and Arielle with my wife. However, we had the dogs about 4 years when my wife got pregnant the first time, and they switched. Despite her relatively small size, Addison had a very strong protective instinct. If my wife was asleep, she was laying right beside her. Somewhere, I have pictures of her “standing guard” next to each of my kids as they slept. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlinedavid Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 10 minutes ago, FritzIam4IU said: We have heard an owl in the distance hooting, but I told my wife the same thing...I don't think an owl could have carried the cat off. We have seen larger hawks circling above the fields often. We paid more attention this summer/fall when the cats were younger/kittens. It would have to be a huge owl. They typically go after decent sized mice. If you’ve seen more than one hawk though…eeeehhh….here’s to hoping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 1 hour ago, FritzIam4IU said: I am having a rough week. Last Monday evening, our beloved family dog tore his ACL (called something different in dogs) 6 days before his 9th birthday. After taking him to the vet and getting X-rays the following days, he is on pain meds and hasn't been able to put weight on it all week. We are hoping to avoid surgery for him, so vet is checking in with us at the 2 and 4 week mark to see how he is progressing on pain meds/"bed rest". That has been tough on the whole family, but especially me and my wife. A few days ago, one of our 3 "barn cats" went missing and hasn't been seen yet. He is just under one year of age, and our best guess is that he was attacked by a large bird and carried off (he is the smallest of the three cats and not quite fully grown). My wife found some large feathers and blood on the back of our property near our out building. Even though they are "barn cats", our young kids adopted them and they have their own room in the outbuilding we dedicated to them, complete with cat door. We still aren't 100% sure what happened to him, but it isn't looking good. Our house sits off the road a good ways, and our outbuilding is behind the house, so the cats rarely venture anywhere near the road. I haven't seen any predators by us since we are surrounded by fields...but there is a tiny patch of woods off in the distance aways on the other side of field. We feed the cats as well, so they never wander too far from our property/barn. Around us, we lose a lot of barn cats to coyotes. If they get past a year, they usually get wise and live full lives, but the young ones too often disappear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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