PETS

[Juro]

We have a man's man dog

A s*** / Maltese cross named Allie LOL

I had to read that twice. For a second I thought you named it Alfie…

My kids are still a bit too young to look after pets. My rule is that if they want one, they are the ones to look after them - walking, feeding, everything. However, we have had a few animals around - silkworms, compost worms, ant farm... Things that you don't really care if they die...

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

We have a man's man dog

A s*** / Maltese cross named Allie LOL

Shihtzu / maltese? You poor bastard. A handbag dog :laughing:

We're getting a Schipperke around Christmas break (not a Christmas present, just the only time we have off to housebreak and keep an eye on him 24/7.)

Can't stand cats.

That's what I thought too CB when I came home to find they bought the runt of the litter as well

Took me about a month to block every way she could find a way out of the yard , should of named her Dora the Explorer

She's an intelligent and adaptive dog actually , she can be a lap dog when someone wants a lap dog and she will wrestle and fight and try and drag the big branches around the yard with the boys

Most terrier breeds are pretty bright, and their attitude largely depends on how they are trained. Problem is most Shihtzu x Maltese I've known of are spoiled by the ladies of the house and they develop a pampered pooch mentality.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

3 cats, Jin, Mugen and Fuu

Interesting names. Chinese?

 

[Flippedy]

Did I say I thought any less of people whom own cats Flip? I just don't happen to like them. Just my opinion, and that's what a public forum is for, isn't it?

I wasn't setting out to enrage the feline lovers, most people either own a dog or cat if they own pets. It was just my way of saying I don't own cats, albeit brash and probably a little OTT. I have friends and family who own cats and their pets get the respect they deserve from me. So to say I hate them is a stretch, I just don't like them enough to want to own them.

Fair enough, CB. Still thought it was an unnecessary comment to make - just saying that you don't own any cats would've been a better option for sure.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Did I say I thought any less of people whom own cats Flip? I just don't happen to like them. Just my opinion, and that's what a public forum is for, isn't it?

I wasn't setting out to enrage the feline lovers, most people either own a dog or cat if they own pets. It was just my way of saying I don't own cats, albeit brash and probably a little OTT. I have friends and family who own cats and their pets get the respect they deserve from me. So to say I hate them is a stretch, I just don't like them enough to want to own them.

Fair enough, CB. Still thought it was an unnecessary comment to make - just saying that you don't own any cats would've been a better option for sure.

Yeah fair enough Flip. If I thought it was going to draw a response like that I probably wouldn't have phrased it that way. Rest assured I don't go around using cats for goal kicking practice :slight_smile:

Your cat's name Salem, wasn't that the talking cat from that show with the witches?

 

[hobbo]

Have a Jack Russell Terrier "mad dog" …
It would bail up my kids in the corner on command ! ( when the kids mucked up) .
Now old age has set in and it just sleeps all day ...
" it's a dogs life "

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[Demps]

A lot of people hate cats.
No need to get upset about it.

I personally love 'em.
They're all so different, personality wise.

Let the haters hate.

 

[Snapper]

I've got two chickens (fresh eggs every morning)
Fish, Dog he's a Jack Russell and a Cat .
I prefer dog over a cat.
Difference between a cat and the dog is.
A dog looks up to you Cat looks down at you!

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[Flippedy]

Did I say I thought any less of people whom own cats Flip? I just don't happen to like them. Just my opinion, and that's what a public forum is for, isn't it?

I wasn't setting out to enrage the feline lovers, most people either own a dog or cat if they own pets. It was just my way of saying I don't own cats, albeit brash and probably a little OTT. I have friends and family who own cats and their pets get the respect they deserve from me. So to say I hate them is a stretch, I just don't like them enough to want to own them.

Fair enough, CB. Still thought it was an unnecessary comment to make - just saying that you don't own any cats would've been a better option for sure.

Yeah fair enough Flip. If I thought it was going to draw a response like that I probably wouldn't have phrased it that way. Rest assured I don't go around using cats for goal kicking practice :slight_smile:

Your cat's name Salem, wasn't that the talking cat from that show with the witches?

Yeah I believe so, CB. When you look at him, I can see why the previous owner named him that - although he isn't black he moves his mouth like he's talking exactly like the one on that show! I swear he's a human disguised as a cat sometimes :laughing:

Good to know you don't use cats for goal kicking practice, although it is tempting sometimes when they sit down on the floor in the shape of a football lol

 

[NT_Tiger]

No pets at the moment but planning to get another bitsa when the kids can look after it.
I'm with you 'Flippedy'. Some people just don't get it with cats.
When I was a kid my old man started feeding this feral tabby that was hanging around. After a while it became tame enough to handle. It was very big. It got to 10kg (not fat) and when curled up on my dads favourite chair, occupied the whole seat.
I used to play rough with it and it would respond in kind. If you played nice, it would bite without breaking the skin and kick with claws withdrawn but if you hurt it it, it would hurt you. I trained it to attack me and it would jump up as high as it could, latch onto my leg and kick with no claws, then run away to regroup and do it all again. This evolved into it hiding in the garden then stalking and attacking any family member that went out to garden. It caught my mum unprepared a couple of times.
One day a mate of my dads came over and the cat was sitting in the driveway. I had been rumbling the cat for a while and it was pretty aggro. He saw me rumbling the cat as he arrived and decided to have a go. I warned him that it might not be a good idea, but I was just a kid. If he could have read cat body language he wouldn't have gone near it. The cat didn't know him that well and as he leaned over and reached out, the cat leaped up, teeth, claws and all, latched on and ripped his arm. 10kg of angry cat hanging off him. He didn't ever try that again.

 

[Tigermama]

No pets at the moment but planning to get another bitsa when the kids can look after it.
I'm with you 'Flippedy'. Some people just don't get it with cats.
When I was a kid my old man started feeding this feral tabby that was hanging around. After a while it became tame enough to handle. It was very big. It got to 10kg (not fat) and when curled up on my dads favourite chair, occupied the whole seat.
I used to play rough with it and it would respond in kind. If you played nice, it would bite without breaking the skin and kick with claws withdrawn but if you hurt it it, it would hurt you. I trained it to attack me and it would jump up as high as it could, latch onto my leg and kick with no claws, then run away to regroup and do it all again. This evolved into it hiding in the garden then stalking and attacking any family member that went out to garden. It caught my mum unprepared a couple of times.
One day a mate of my dads came over and the cat was sitting in the driveway. I had been rumbling the cat for a while and it was pretty aggro. He saw me rumbling the cat as he arrived and decided to have a go. I warned him that it might not be a good idea, but I was just a kid. If he could have read cat body language he wouldn't have gone near it. The cat didn't know him that well and as he leaned over and reached out, the cat leaped up, teeth, claws and all, latched on and ripped his arm. 10kg of angry cat hanging off him. He didn't ever try that again.

Boys will be boys :laughing:

 

[softlaw]

Very much an animal family.
3 dogs:
Tommy - rescue greyhound. Because he's black and white he's named after the great Tommy Raudonikis. He's getting on now so lives inside with the cats.


Nissa - another rescue greyhound. She was the runt of her litter and had major health problems but is all good now, although somewhat deranged at times :slight_smile:


Talisker (Tali) named after the whisky - he's a russian wolfhound/ borzoi. He's considerably bigger than this now (roughly Irish wolfhound sized but not quite as heavy set) but still an absolute sook.


Nissa & Tali are generally outside while we're at work but inside when we're at home.

3 cats that are indoors only because of the amount of wildlife we have around us.
Quicksilver and Silverbelle


The third, Mischief, was born in our back room while we were looking after her mum for her owners. Most of the household think that she's the fourth dog rather than the 3rd cat.


Also a heap of chooks, alpacas and a horse.


& this is an old photo that I just found of Tommy and a Norwegian Elkhound called Ziggy. We gave Ziggy a home for his last few months. He was a pretty happy fella for most of it.


We've also fostered a number of other greyhounds - if anyone's looking for a dog they make wonderful pets. Great dogs.

 

[Flippedy]

What a menagerie! Great pics Softlaw, particularly the one with the cat and dogs on the lounge :laughing: You're right about greyhounds, they are beautiful dogs.

 

[tiger-stripes]

I've got two chickens (fresh eggs every morning)
Fish, Dog he's a Jack Russell and a Cat .
I prefer dog over a cat.
Difference between a cat and the dog is.
A dog looks up to you Cat looks down at you!

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But that's the beauty of cats in my opinion - so much personality and attitude, both good and bad :wink:

Just one cat for me. A spoilt rotten blue point ragdoll called Andy, snapped up from a couple who didn't realise she was allergic till they bought it

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[Cultured_Bogan]

Have to say I LOL'd hard at the cat on the lounge.

 

[diedpretty]

2 Australian Mist cats - Zuki and Fairy - The kids named them.

 

[farmduck]

What pets do you have?
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The new addition, a 7 week old Rottweiler puppy named Weebay.
Shout out to any one who knows about the name.

Haven't read the other posts but it's from The Wire. Weebay was one of the corner dealers for the Barksdale crew, who ended up working in a shoe store.

 

[farmduck]

One dog, a Slobovian Lardhound - think kelpie head on Rottie body then add 20kg. She is my third dog named Dog.

2 Muscovy drakes and 1 duck currently sitting on eggs.

2 2 mixed breed roosters - all my hens have died

 

[Demps]

What pets do you have?
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The new addition, a 7 week old Rottweiler puppy named Weebay.
Shout out to any one who knows about the name.

Haven't read the other posts but it's from The Wire. Weebay was one of the corner dealers for the Barksdale crew, who ended up working in a shoe store.

Weebay ends up doing life in prison.
Poot gets the shoe store job.

 

[farmduck]

Yes I just realised that about 8pm. Weebay was the father of the kid who went to live with the cop.