Our Pets

[KP the nut]

Nugget has those wonderful doggie eyes which can see into your soul. She is beautiful.

 

[piratelady]

Today I learned a valuable lesson - just because your cat sneaks out in the middle of the night sometimes does NOT mean he wants to put put on a leash and taken for a walk. Let's just say, it did not go well, lol

 

[Sammy]

My boy has officially become frisbee dog. He watches it fly through the air, judges where it will come down and catches it - well, some of the time. He is learning fast and absolutely loves it. I like it because it wears him out!

 

[Sammy]

My handsome boy has decided this is his recliner... I don't know how he manages to fit in it.

 

[DharmaGirl]

Lol, Sammy, isn't it funny how they will try to fit into such small chairs. He is a very handsome fellow.

 

[Charmedone]

I miss my puppy, my friend said she's home by the window waiting for me to get back.

 

[blackemerald1]

Once when Sam was an adolescent and I was working full time and it was going to be 40 c. day so I decided to leave Sam loose in the backyard. Gates locked of course. When I got home I found a hole with splinters and tell tale white hairs (Sam was pure white) on my timber porch,.it looked like someone had taken to it with an axe.

I went straight to the backyard and Sam was not there however, I found the gate to the man-hole under my house was open. I ran around the neighborhood desperately looking for him and asking anyone who was home if they had seen him because everyone knew I was the lady with the huge white dog. Nobody could help. I rang the ranger, the vets but no success. I started to drive around the streets but that failed too. I knew he had a microchip & a tag but the rangers were pretty dodgy in this particular town.

Then I saw the lady who lived opposite me arrive home, so I went over and asked her if she had seen him. She told me he was locked up in her pool yard and the florist who was doing deliveries had dropped him off a couple of hours ago. She told me the florist, whilst driving down a busy street, saw Sam nearly get run over by a concrete truck so he pulled up and opened the door and Sam jumped into the passenger seat. This was in the morning.

Sam apparently spent the rest of the day accompanying the florist on all of his deliveries. The florist knew where Sam came from because he still had his tag on with my address inscribed on it, and when at the end of his deliveries he knocked on my door, but of course I was not home. The florist also saw Sam's incredible little hole he had eaten through my hard wood boards to escape. So he took him over the road and my neighbour recognised him of course and locked him in her pool yard.

I went to the florist the next day and thanked him, I was so grateful. The florist thought it was really funny a) Sam's way out of the yard and he said Sam was a delight to drive around with for the day and if I ever wanted him to take Sam along again I was welcome. Apparently Sam was a good listener.

I do not know how my gate to under the house got opened, its slip lock and hinges were rusted and it was hard to open. I knew Sam was smart but that was pushing the limits. I think it was someone in my life who preferred me not to have a dog at that time. But that is another story.

I got the porch fixed, a couple of hundred dollars, thanks very much Sam. I put a lock on the man hole door. That he had an enjoyable day delivering flowers was hilarious, just one of many adventures with my friend Sam.
blackemerald1

 

[Charmedone]

Aww bless Sam :) ^

Had some 'face time' with my puppy, using mine and my friend's I phone's today, and she got so excited she ran around the room several times before laying on her back with her feet up (playing dead). It was super cute.

Remember my puppy's first birthday, she got so many gifts she didnt know which to open first :).

 

[KP the nut]

Great stories - maybe we should contribute to a book. We all have tales of our friends with tails.

 

[Charmedone]

Going home to see my puppy today I can't wait, that's what I most look forward to.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

New trick from my dog Belle. She jumps up on our chests to be pet. She just loves it. She gets so exited when she does this. She takes turns jumping back and forth between the 2 of us. Then she lays down and cuddles for a short time. But mostly she lies by my feet and sleeps. She takes turns on that one too. She is doing it now making it very hard for me to type. She just sits down right in the middle of everything. Then she runs wild up and down the hall and then she throws her toys around and catches them. She is such a character.

 

[a3a2]

Today I took my cat to the vet because he has been lethargic and not eating well. The vet took a look and found A SEWING NEEDLE lodged in the back of his throat! An expensive lesson, but I am so relieved he is going to be fine!