KC pets

[Dave Bryce]

Post ‘em if you’ve got ‘em.

 

 

Loki (cooling his paws in the pool) and Ziggy.

 

dB

[CyberGene]

Here’s Murray (in Bulgarian it comes from the word for purring). Saved from the streets. Doesn’t like being told what (not) to do and would scratch you as an immediate retaliation!

[Motif88]

Don't trust people that don't stop for puppies or babies...

 

 

[eric]

Great topic! Here are my three kitties. First up is Linus and Lucy, sibling stray cats that found us in 2015 as kittens. Then we have Frankie, another stray cat who showed up out of the blue in April of this year. He's about two years old. I can't have all three co-existing together (yet) as Lucy girl HATES Frankie. Linus tolerates him. So we have different feeding stations and sleeping arrangements. All three are indoor/outdoor cats.

 

[ElmerJFudd]

Had to say goodbye to my best buddy this year (the big C).  15 years together from a pup.   
 

 

[Mike Martin]

Tough year at the Martin household. We lost 2 dogs and 1 cat this year (two of those last month). 

 

New to our home is this guy, Monte.  He may not appear it in this photo but he's BIG.  

74 lbs and very skinny right now. Very long like a Great Pyrenees - we sent off doggy DNA to figure out his mix.

[SteinwayB]

Boo boo, our neighborhood bear, and Eddie the cat doing what he does best.

[U.Honey]

That's Bunny, our 3 year old cat. He was telling me to keep my hands off of the synth!

[Sundown]

Josie, ~16 months …

 

- Todd

 

[The Real MC]

Long time cat person.  My limit is two cats.  One for each hand, no one gets jealous.  I like dogs too, but I live alone and cats are easier.

 

Pepper is 16 years old this year, I adopted her when she was six months old.  I picked the name before I even saw her - her coat has the colors of a pepper shaker.  Don't let her innocent appearance fool you, she is the territorial one.  She once cornered the neighbor's St Bernard by the shed.  That big dog would not go past the little kitty with the arched back and bared teeth.  I had to walk the dog home.

 

My little panther buddy is Tabasco.  I adopted him when he was three months old, he bonded to me fast.  He was a year old in the picture and is still feisty like that.  Loves to play and he is STRONG.  I almost lost him when he escaped outdoors just before the movers came to pack my house for the relocation to my new job 1100 miles away.  You can read about his miracle rescue that made him a celebrity - the rescue was in 2022 and I >STILL< get asked to tell his story at parties.

[Konnector]

My two cats are both gone now. First time in my entire life there's been no pets in the house. Haven't replaced them and I don't think I will at this point as we're doing more travelling these days. One less hassle to have to deal with when we're not around. Maybe later on down the road when we're old and feeble I'll revisit the pet thing.

[The Real MC]

2 minutes ago, Konnector said:

My two cats are both gone now. First time in my entire life there's been no pets in the house. Haven't replaced them and I don't think I will at this point as we're doing more travelling these days. One less hassle to have to deal with when we're not around. Maybe later on down the road when we're old and feeble I'll revisit the pet thing.

 

I'm a few years from retiring, and when my two cats are gone they're the last ones I will own.  I'm growing tired of the chores of owning cats.  When I'm retired I want to be free to travel and not have to hire a cat sitter to care for them.  I've had cats all my life and I'm ready for a break.

[ElmerJFudd]

16 minutes ago, The Real MC said:

 

I'm a few years from retiring, and when my two cats are gone they're the last ones I will own.  I'm growing tired of the chores of owning cats.  When I'm retired I want to be free to travel and not have to hire a cat sitter to care for them.  I've had cats all my life and I'm ready for a break.

I’m not going to find a new buddy for now either.  The last year was tough.   But when my kid is grown and we’re empty nesting I’m sure we’ll be ready again. 

[David Emm]

I had a friend with a notionate little poodle-oid dog who was the center of the universe. Smart and a real character. Her aunt stopped by and she failed to greet her majesty, who turned her back on her. When she finally acknowledged her, she just looked over her shoulder and delivered a harpoon of stinkeye. 

 

"I don't trust any man who doesn't like dogs." ~ Winston Churchill

[Moonglow]

[Dave Ferris]

My wife and I have been together since the Spring of 1970. We've never had kids so our dogs have always been "our kids". All through the decades we've always had two, usually separated by a 4-5 year age difference span between the two. One tragically passes and then after a month of grieving, we normally get another younger one, maybe a year or two old, most often a rescue.

 

However with Lacey, getting close to an 11 year old Border Collie mix, she has been our only child these past 5 years or so. We tried bringing another Border Collie into the house from the same rescue agency, "Border Collies in need", in the South Bay some years ago but it didn't work out. Maybe 3 years had gone by since the other had passed and by that time Lacey was too set in her ways and used to being the "only dog".

 

We got her on 7/18/14, a day after my 61st Birthday and 5 weeks after our beloved Golden Retriever, Jenna, unexpectedly had a stroke just short of her 14th Birthday. That ripped us apart.

 

I was still running good mileage at 61 and Lacey accompanied me on every run. We've gone as far as 17 miles together when she was in her prime. I've calculated we've put in 13,000 miles together over the the last 10 years. Now, like her dad, the dreaded osteoarthritis is limiting the higher mileage like we both used to do.  But she's still out there everyday walking and running a little. We love her so much. ❣️

 

[Hubi]

[SteveCoscia]

Kira and Odo. If you know, you know.

 

[BluesB3]

Lizzie our rescue GSD. She's 11 going on 12 and has some mobility issues. We know it's not DM as we had her tested when we got her. Loves people does not tolerate other dogs. (probably a result of her life before we got her).  A smart, protective, and happy German Shedder.

 

 

[J.F.N.]

Here's my little buddy Rex, a barfly and soprano...

 

He's around 12, a rescue who's been with me for 8 1/2 years now, love him to bits!

 

[lightbg]

Marty the beagle rescue (they got 24 of them on President’s day 8 years ago, so if we put Martin Van Buren on his tags he couldn’t lift his head). If I practice too long he sits on the Hammond pedals to let me know it’s time for a walk. Total pisser.

 

 

 

[mcgoo]

Our girls, or as my grown daughter calls them, "the Replacement Children". Got the Husky / Shepherd first and added the three legged monster (Lab / Beagle) because the husky has severe separation anxiety. Pretty much cured that issue right up when nothing else worked. They're a never ending source of amusement and, of course, unconditional love. Both rescues. 

 

[16251]

I had this roommate for 16 years. He's been gone since 2006. The left pic is him on my covered Roland FP8. The other pic was days after I purchased a CP70. Great memories.

 

 

[mpn_user7629]

 

been here since 2015, with the cage sitting on a Hammond L-100 bench  

 

[Michael Wright]

Lost Topaz a few years ago. Miss Her terribly.

[TommyRude]

Lucky giving some skin

 

[Shamanzarek]

This is my cat Jett. I have had cats most of my life and Jett is the best of all of them. When he was a kitten he sat and watched me change the strings on my guitar. When I was done he walked over and plucked a string with his mouth. About eight years ago I was patting him and noticed he was purring loudly. So I started hand drumming on him and he loved it. Now he expects me to drum on him every day and my hand drumming skills have improved immensely. I checked on YouTube and other people do have cats that like to be drummed on. When I come across other cats I try drumming on them but none have put up with it for very long.

[NewImprov]

This is Jack, almost 4 years old, 60% Pit Bull, 16% Australian Cattle Dog, and about equal parts Great Pyrenees, Bassett and Collie for the rest. We adopted him when he was just over a year, and he is the most loyal and loving dog I’ve ever lived with, a totally sweet and non-aggressive guy who loves other dogs and people. He was a rescue from Oklahoma, and was very fearful of a lot of stuff (children, bicycles, large trucks, etc.) when we first adopted him, but has been very adaptable and open to training. 

[The Real MC]

It's funny how the social pets are around visitors.  Some recognize voices, some recognize vehicles.  When I was married I could tell that my parents were at the door when the dog's barking changed to a happy yipping.  The smart pets recognize the sound of vehicles belonging to frequent visitors - I had a cat who would sit at the door when he heard my parents' car pull in.  When I come home from work, both of my cats are greeting me at the door.

[mcgoo]

4 minutes ago, The Real MC said:

It's funny how the social pets are around visitors...

 

It's also pretty easy to pick out people who know how to act around dogs if they're a stranger. I'm to the point where I coach people before they come to my house for the first time on how to keep my dogs from acting like hostile aliens are invading.