[Racoon]

Here is a little thread I'm starting to give people a chance to talk about their Cat(s) or Dog(s).
I love both cats and dogs. Although I must say I'm more of a Cat Person.
They're just so much less maintainance. (Less SKAT to clean up! )

I have a cat and a dog. Balance.

My cat of 12 years died a while back. I loved that sucker. He was such a bad ass! Got 'em from the pound. He was also a spoiled jerk, but I miss his sleeping next to me at night. (sad...)

Anywho's, I found a pitbull that was abandoned at a park here. He's a little guy. (pocket pit) I just love him. First Pit I ever had in home. He's great, and gets along with My Golden Retreiver.
I found a possible home for him down in Oregon who heard his story that got put on an adoption site. Looks like he's gonna have a happy ending!
S'funny, He has a Spiked Harly-Davidson collar and his name is Bruiser!

Just opening a thread to discuss your pets, if indeed you have any.

I think pets can be an enjoyable and rewarding part of life. And unlike Kids, they actually listen to you!

[Jay-qu]

Yeah I have a cat! Her name is Roxy and I love her, shes one of the constants in my life. Shes always there, and like you said racoon they are very low matainance. Heres some pics

[TheBigDog]

I grew up with cats. Now I have a dog. Charlie. He is how I got my handle.

Bill

[Racoon]

I thought you were BigDog cuz' you're 6'4" and 250!!

What kinda' Dog??

PS, Those are adorable thumbnails JQ!!!

[TheBigDog]

Originally Posted by Racoon

I thought you were BigDog cuz' you're 6'4" and 250!!

What kinda' Dog??

250? I am tipping at 265 these days. Anyway, I got the handle big dog from teaching the kids to deal with Charlie when we got him. He is half Border Collie, half Black Lab. When we brought him home from the pound at seven months old he was pretty well fully grown, but still lanky. We had a 4 foot fence in the back yard that he could jump over - clear over without touching - from a sitting position. He loved to chase the soccer ball around the back yard. And when he got excited playing soccer with the kids, he would begin to do, as #2 son described at the time, "his special dance". Charlie loved to hump kids in the yard.

To prevent this I had to educate the kids about how the dog thinks. He see the whole world as prey and dogs. Either things to hunt, or other members of the pack. he was humping them because he saw them as inferior members of the pack. But I assured them, he would never do that to me because I let him know from the very beginning that I was the big dog. And if they wanted him to leave them alone, they had to let him know that they were a bigger dog than he was. Because when you have a house full of kids in a neiborhood full of kids you end up being inivolved with lots and lots of kids, and my dog was humping just about all of them, I had to spread this same lesson to everyone who visited the house. And that is how I became TheBigDog.

The only one who still has assertiveness issues is #2 who is now 15, and who is learning about being assertive by taking old Charlie for his daily walks and making sure that the walk is on his terms, not the dog's. And now the mature dog weighing 85 pounds and in the prime of his life is a real handful if you do not assert yourself as his leader when you take him out. And that posturing that works with dogs - to show confidence and leadership - translates to humans very well too. #2 will do just fine.

Bill

ps I could tell Charlie stories for hours. Love that dog.

[C1ay]

Originally Posted by Racoon

Here is a little thread I'm starting to give people a chance to talk about their Cat(s) or Dog(s).

I guess that leaves out those of us with only 6 tarantulas, a ball python and a bearded dragon.....

[Jay-qu]

hehe - maybe we should extend the thread to all pets..

[Racoon]

Originally Posted by C1ay

I guess that leaves out those of us with only 6 tarantulas, a ball python and a bearded dragon.....

Cool Clay! I like Tarantulas too. I had a Pink-Salmon Bird Eater. Named it Martha. She Molted about 4 times before she died.
I later realized I should of fed her mice now and then, instead of just crickets.
Talk abot a cool, low maintainance pet!
Tarantulas are so fascinating... I could seduce her out of her cubby by gently tapping her webs. Probably thought I was food (or an annoyance)

[Chacmool]

My little pet rodent, Maximouse, died yesterday. I think he probably ate himself to death. But how do you put a mouse on a diet? I had Max for about a year and a half. He used to bully my cat, Chesh, by gnawing his tail and clawing at his face. Cheshire Cat was a stray that casually moved in with me one day, and now even shares my bed.

[C1ay]

Originally Posted by Racoon

Cool Clay! I like Tarantulas too. I had a Pink-Salmon Bird Eater. Named it Martha. She Molted about 4 times before she died.
I later realized I should of fed her mice now and then, instead of just crickets.
Talk abot a cool, low maintainance pet!
Tarantulas are so fascinating... I could seduce her out of her cubby by gently tapping her webs. Probably thought I was food (or an annoyance)

I think she was probably a he. A female Pink-Salmon should have lived 15-20 years where the male would die about 1 year after maturity, 2-3 years. They can live their entire lives on insects but I do feed my larger tarantulas mice occasionally. If it was a she, her demise was not because of her diet.

They are very low maintenance, fascinating pets to observe. Sometimes my goliath will go for months without eating, needing nothing but humidity to keep her happpy. I also have an usumbara that will sometimes go 6 months with no food and prefers an extremely dry habitat. Almost no maintenance.