Lets share pics of our pets.

[wilson]

I searched and was rather surprised to find that it doesn't look like this kind of thread has happened here previously. We all like cute (or so ugly that it's cute) positivity and we all need some of that these days, so...
Post any and all pics of your dogs, cats (I guess), birds, fish, geckos, sugar gliders, pot-bellied pigs, tarantulas...anything goes.

Here is my Violet, majestically sporting her Buzz Lightyear collar that she got for Christmas.
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[rsvman]

Hey, don't be dissing on cats! I love cats.

I may post a picture later on, but at my house we are a little sad right now because one of our cats (don't worry, we only had two) passed away suddenly late Saturday night. We took him in as a stray in the neighborhood back in 2009, so he has been with us for a long time. Since he was a stray, we don't know his exact age, but we think he was around 14. He had been sick off and on over the past six months with a waxing/waning pancreatitis, and he had to have three teeth extracted three days before he passed (don't know if that was related or not).

Weird part was that he was acting fine ever since the extraction, more active and seemingly out of pain for the first time in a while. That night I was watching the Texas A&M/UNC football game or I would've missed all this. He and the kitten were chasing each other around and they ended up in the same room where I was watching the game. They both sat there staring at me. I admonished them that should be nice to each other. He was sitting there looking at me like he was perfectly fine, and then all of a sudden he started moving rapidly sideways completely off balance as if some force was pulling him really hard. He slammed into the cabinet like a mortar. I said, "What the hell are you doing?" aloud, because sometimes he engaged in some pretty odd behavior, but when I jumped up to see what had happened, he was seizing. After about 20 seconds or so, he was completely still. I thought maybe he was just post-ictal, but after I got a closer look, I could see that his left pupil was completely blown and I could tell his personality was no longer inside this empty, furry corpse lying on the carpet in my family room.

Just like that. From vital and active to dead in less than 30 seconds. It was in shock. It was pretty horrifying.

I'm pretty sure he either ruptured an intracranial aneurysm or that he had a massive hemorrhagic stroke event. As frightening as it was, at least he didn't suffer. I would bet that he was unconscious before he even hit the cabinet.

Our other cat is just 9 months old. He seems a little perplexed by the absence of his elderly friend. (insert crying emoji here)

[wilson]

Hey, don't be dissing on cats! I love cats...

I'm just gonna say it...I don't. I'm not mad at those of you who do, but they are just not my jam. I'm not into the claws and the slinking and the aloofness...generally speaking, they just straight up creep me out. Plus I am wildly allergic...makes my eyes itch just to look at one.

...Our other cat is just 9 months old. He seems a little perplexed by the absence of his elderly friend. (insert crying emoji here)

My sympathies. Violet, pictured in my first post, experienced similar grief and confusion when her brother crossed the bridge about a month ago. It was simultaneously deeply heartbreaking and deeply touching.

[cspan37421]

Hey, don't be dissing on cats! I love cats.

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Just like that. From vital and active to dead in less than 30 seconds. It was in shock. It was pretty horrifying.

OMG, my sincere sympathies. Based on what you described, I bet you were right about the not suffering (long) part.

Almost 15 yrs ago we adopted 2 kittens, the first pets of my adult years. On the way to their first vet appt, I brainstormed some alliterative names for them with my kids. At the time I was into motorized 2 wheelers, so we settled on Vino and Vespa. (Vino was Yamaha's small scooter at the time).

Vino grew to be twice Vespa's size, so we could well have named them Spaghetti and Meatball. He was also the skilled hunter of the two, despite his bulk. He never caught birds (that we knew of), but he definitely kept the chipmunk population in check (which exploded after he was retired from part-time outdoor life).

We lost Vespa a bit over a year ago. She had been losing weight and getting sick a lot in her last year, and she eventually stopped eating. That made it easy for us to know the time had come. She was such a cute cat, never fully grew into those ears, giving her a youngish look. After her departure, Vino has become even more personable. Though in this picture, he looks like he's had too much catnip. I think he was just tired ... a long day in front of the camera, ha ha.

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[rasputin]

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Lionel, gray and white, is extremely social. Makes friends all over the neighborhood, and the neighbors send us pics when he's hanging out with them. Ashley looked like a good Catholic cat who just went to Mass on Ash Wednesday, hence the name.

[wavedukefan70s]

This is duke at the beach.

[rthomas]

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Bubba.

[jimsumner]

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Bubba.

Border collies are the best.

[DUKIECB]

This is Izzy our 9 month old brindle boxer...
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[wilson]

This is Izzy our 9 month old brindle boxer...
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I'm a sucker for those sweet bully faces. My recently departed Walter was half boxer, half bulldog.

[camion]

Kali is a house panther with blacker stripes on a black background. I lost my previous feline ruler in March and by June was ready to take the plunge again. I visited the Humane Society looking for a kitten, but came back with a young adult when I learned that adult black cats are the hardest to place. I now have a bouncy 2 year old with sharp pointy things on the ends of her hands. One thing I have learned is that black cats are hard to photograph.

Here are two of many moods.

Playful.

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When I'm late with dinner.

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[rsvman]

Kali is a house panther with blacker stripes on a black background. I lost my previous feline ruler in March and by June was ready to take the plunge again. I visited the Humane Society looking for a kitten, but came back with a young adult when I learned that adult black cats are the hardest to place. I now have a bouncy 2 year old with sharp pointy things on the ends of her hands. One thing I have learned is that black cats are hard to photograph.

Here are two of many moods.

Playful.

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When I'm late with dinner.

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They are the best, though! The one I lost on Saturday was jet black from head to toe, black whiskers, black everything. He was sweet and loved people. Came when called. Acted a lot more like a dog than most cats do.

I have a theory that black cats are nicer because people with stupid superstitions used to kill black cats, and only the ones that were super nice were allowed to live.

[camion]

They are the best, though! The one I lost on Saturday was jet black from head to toe, black whiskers, black everything. He was sweet and loved people. Came when called. Acted a lot more like a dog than most cats do.

I have a theory that black cats are nicer because people with stupid superstitions used to kill black cats, and only the ones that were super nice were allowed to live.

I've had two black cats now in my life and the reason I got this second one was because the first one was so good. Kali, the current one is also a gentle soul and a lovely kit.

[Gooch]

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Here’s Lucy. She’s a 4 year old Labradoodle.(She’s looking a bit shaggy in this pic)

I swore I would never get a dog. But one day we were visiting my brother-in-law, who had a new puppy. My son was quite an anxious kid, but on this day he was super calm petting their family dog. My wife looked at me and I knew I was sunk.

Now I can’t imagine our family without Lucy! And my son is not anxious any more...

[-jk]

This is our goldendoodle. A pure delight!

She doesn't shed a bit, doesn't chew stuff or get into the garbage. And we've never had to board her - we have several families vying to petsit her!

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-jk

[wilson]

This is our goldendoodle. A pure delight!

She doesn't shed a bit, doesn't chew stuff or get into the garbage. And we've never had to board her - we have several families vying to petsit her!

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-jk

...and she was captain of the tennis team and got into Harvard early. Showoff.

[-jk]

...and she was captain of the tennis team and got into Harvard early. Showoff.

She plays a mean game of fetch with that tennis ball if - and only if - there're treats involved. Otherwise it's a game of keep-away which she always wins!

-jk

[wilson]

She plays a mean game of fetch with that tennis ball if - and only if - there're treats involved. Otherwise it's a game of keep-away which she always wins!

-jk

Violet is good at getting the zoomies, snoring, goofy antics, and eating food off the floor.

[Utley]

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Utley, Shack and Teagan - keeshonds. Utley passed in February of 2020

[wilson]

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Utley, Shack and Teagan - keeshonds. Utley passed in February of 2020

Condolences. A lot of us lost buddies in 2020.
Are those Samoyeds?