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So many of us have them, I thought they deserved a thread of their own.

This is Mitzi, scruffy looking as always. She's thirteen years old, but no one's convinced her of that yet.

And another pic, 'cause I couldn't decide which one I liked most.

Here's a pic of the real Stoopid Cat...

Cute. Looks like he's planning something.

This is Skipper Marie, my little princess. She has since lost her two fangs but she doesn't let that slow her down.

This is my Remy, the first cat Caroline and I adopted. He has an eye that clouded over after he got a concussion over six years ago 'tub-thumping' with Kippy.

This is Samuel (Samewl) Logan Markov, named after an RPG character I created who was the son of Tara and Gar. He is Caroline's baby and is always mothered by Lucky.

This is my constant companion, Lucky (from a couple of Christmas' ago, before I had to cut off my hair and shave). She never leaves my side when I'm awake, usually laying draped across my arm as I'm trying to work at my laptop.

Wow, that Samewl is one contented looking cat. Of course I know nothing about cats (alergic), he could be about to tear someone apart for all I can tell.

Lucky certainly knows where she belongs.

4 cats?!

How do you sleep at night? Or walk around during the day?


Mitzi looks playful. A cocker spaniel? I've heard they are well behaved.

As for Stoopid Cat, there's an evil genius behind those eyes.

LOL Playful doesn't begin to describe her. She's a coker spaniel/lhaso apso mix, and anything but well behaved. (Her nickname was Hellpuppy, but she's matured a bit lately.) I love her, though, and I've learned a lot about comunicating with dogs from her.

Well three of the four usually sleep with us so we save on heat. They generally don't get under foot so walking around is okay. They all have different personalities so its basically like having four kids.

This is Winston Bartleby.

This is Gilham Thorburn.

Cute. They don't look very old.

I can't say how old they truly are, as we got them as adults from a shelter. Winston's pretty rickety, but Gilham can hardly contain himself.

Well, they look adorable whatever their age.

This is Hyvvie (short for Hyfrydol), my beagle. Not being much of a camera person, it took a while, but I finally got a picture of him I could share.

Aw who's a good boy? Who's a good boy?



Um Nice dog, you have there Rockhopper LAd.

Where'd the name come from, Rockhopper?

"Hyfrydol" is a Welsh hymn tune . It's one of my very favourites and I thought it would make a good name for a dog. It became clear very quickly that it was too long and it got shortened to "Hyvvie" ("F" is pronounced as "V" in Welsh). The word itself, as I understand, means "pleasant", which is very appropriate.

Okay, here are my puppies!

First-- Sammy:

He's my baby. My boy. He sleeps in my bed when I'm gone (which is basically always ) and my goal is someday to whisk him away from my parents house and have him with me on the beach. Now I just have to find a place that allows dogs...

And Sassy:

She's my parents dog. Another brave Jack Russell terrier. She's a great huntress and far smarter than my boy Sam. We didn't get her until she was already, like, 9 or 10 years old but she's still spry and full of life. We love our li'l Sass, we do.

Both of these dogs are rescues... kinda.

Sammy we got from the no-kill pound. We think he's a lab/boxer mix. His original owners didn't have enough time to take care of him, so we lucked out 'cause he's just about the sweetest baby boy you ever could meet. Seriously-- he's like a baby. Even gets all jealous of Sassy.

Sassy had the same owners for years. Unfortunately, they elected to put her down instead of doing a simple, if slightly expensive, surgery to fix her bladder. My aunt, their vet, was not pleased and kept the dog. She then convinced my mum that Sassy needed a good home. (My mum's a pushover.)

And those are our dogs!

My beautiful Sheltie mix suffers every summer from a heavy coat and an undercoat that mats into felt, even with brushing, which she hates. I took her to a groomer, who said it just all had to come off. I just about passed out when I saw the finished product, but the dog seems perfectly okay with it and it has been a whole lot easier to find ticks, which are all over the place around here.

This was a few weeks ago and her coat's coming back nicely now.

Before and after:

FC.

I had a neighbor who had a similar dog, whom they had shaved in the summer.

Telling, looking at the "after" compared to a cat.