I have 4 dogs. A Lab/Greyhound mix; a Malamute/Husky mix; a Husky/hybrid mix and a chihuahua. Everyone but the chihuahua is a rescue. Lab is 11, Mal is 14 or so, Hybrid is 4, chi is about 14 or so. Love 'em all. Previous owners were jerks and abusive. Chi was mother-in-law's when she passed away. Have had to put down my OES, hubby's Wolf mix (with yellow eyes), and one of the mellowest chihuahuas you'd ever meet. I can sympathize with those who have lost their "kids". There's always a little piece of your heart that they capture, and they are never forgotten.

Missed this thread first time around, but it prompted me to share a recent event...most of you have prob seen Lucky's pic in PF's "more dangerous...baby pictures" thread, he's a Pomerianian/? mix, tricolor about 15 lb furball we adopted from the shelter when he was about 11 months...now he's about 12, & been in excellent health & still frisky as a pup till a couple weeks ago...he began vomiting repeatedly til there was nothing left to bring up, & was walking funny when he moved at all...we all got so concerned I took him to the vet's office...several hours later when I went to pick him up he could hardly walk at all, his eyes were rolling around & seemed disoriented...I was sure the we were going to have to put him down...till the vet told me he was suffering from a usually temporary condition that affects old dogs sometimes, can't remember the name but it usually passes within 48 hrs...said to give him the non-drowsy dramamine pills for the nausea, that it was just extreme dizzyness, he couldn't tell which way was up...set me back a couple hundred bucks, but my wife agreed it was just as if it had been one of the kids...he was much better the next day, he still has a little difficulty with the step to the den & the vinyl floor in the kitchen, but he's back to play-fighting with the 13 yr old (he growls so viciously)...but this was a whole new for me, never had a dog get old on me before, & if you could have been in that vet's office you would have seen a grown man crying over his scared little dog that he thought he was gonna lose...

I’m so glad to hear they feel it’s something normal of an aging pup and he’s doing better, Scotzoid. That is a new one on me, after having a number of pets that passed expected life spans, as mentioned many other threads. I’d like to know more about it and hope he continues to drive you crazy for a few more years. ;)

It's begining to look a lot like christmas around here.

my pet isn't so soft and cuddly, although i absolutely adore cats, one wouldn't mix with Geek. Geek is my 5 1/2 year old male Leopard Spotted Gecko. If I pet his chin/ bottom lip err what ever it is, he'll lick my finger. So I get lizard licks and kisses from him in that way. He is a beautiful blending of yellow, brown, green, and purple. He likes to sit on my shoulder while i am sitting, other wise he goes in my hair. He's shedding right now, and quite grumpy so i'm not gonna bother him to get a pic.
maybe I should get him a girlfriend for Christmas, hehehehe:D

Here's my buddy Sarge. He's a fun little fella. Lately I've been spending a lot of time at home due to some health problems and I'm afraid he's starting to get a bit more spoiled than ever. He could probably stand to lose about 10 lbs. but he doesn't seem to want to cooperate with me on that one.

Sarge is adorable!

Yeah, I think he's a keeper. :D

Not so sure he'd want me posting naked pics of him on the internet but I figure it's probably better him than me. Not so sure the world would be ready for that. :faint:

Hey it's a start...we'll get you soon ;)

We'll see............ maybe somewhere down the road. ;)

Yup, he looks like a Sarge!! He's adorable!!!!

Thanks for the pic!

He is sweet, Iowa. What a great companion. :)

Awwww, I though you were just happy to see me.

This is Lou.
 

Here are a couple of pics of my new kitty Lou. I named him after the Cubs manager Lou Piniella, go figure. :p

As you can see, he has at least one thing in common with me, he likes to spank his monkey. :rofl:

Here's a couple more of the little furball.