O/T- An important update

[RichardSimon]

Dogs are terrific and cool, but,,,,,

[Jobu]

Great dogs everyone. Here is my rescued Carolina Dog, Lucy (aka Dingo aka Dingbat aka Ding-a-ling aka The Juice), the smartest dog I have seen and also great with my son.

@ Lou: Who is the only man ever to get all of his work done by Friday?

[grainsley]

The ultimate beach bum....don't tell my wife and daughter this, but when we were trying to come up with a name, I suggested Cooper. They both said "cool!" I didn't tell them the name was the short version of Cooperstown....somehow forgot to mention that.

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

Dogs are terrific and cool, but,,,,,

Two big thumbs up, Leon, from a fellow animal lover. Since I'm an attorney who is always involved in litigation, I tend to see the very worst in people when there is a lot of money at stake. I often think at those times that rare is the person who can match the character of a good house dog or cat. We had the most wonderful dog, an 80-lb American Staffordshire Terrier, that we had to put to sleep just a couple of months prior to her 15th birthday in 2010. My 40th HS reunion was scheduled for that same evening, already had tickets, but there was no way I could go after that. They are family! As the main character said in the movie, "Marley and Me," a dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, smart or dumb. Just give him all your heart, and he will give you all of his in return!

We now have four cats, two of whom look just like Richard's, and I've found the above to be a truism with them as well. They are all rescue cats, and the youngest, just a year and a half old, will climb up on my chest while I'm watching sports and pump his paws on my chest, and lick my neck and face.
Sometimes I'll just walk by him and he'll lay down, roll over on his back, and expose his belly for a tummy rub, which he seems to dearly love. My wife, who is also an animal lover, will sometimes exclaim in near exasperation, "We have four cats!" I just say "Yes, dear, we are truly blessed with cats."

After we retire, we'll get another dog--probably a female, as they seem to accept cats as part of their pack!

Great post--God will bless you for what you've done!

Larry

[Cozumeleno]

Eh, why not?

[pawpawdiv9]

Finally got around to get a pic of my dog.
His name is Toby and he is a spanador. Part black lab and cocker spaniel. You can figure he is more spaniel with those ears.

[philliesfan]

Dogs are truly the best. We have four..........an 11 year old Smooth Fox Terrier, a 10 year old Wheaton Terrier, a 2 or 3 year old Chihuahua, and a 1 to 2 year old Jack Russell mix with Border Collie. This is the Jack Russell Mix after a play session............

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

Dogs are terrific and cool, but,,,,,

+1

Our cats Callie and Lily (sisters) that we rescued from the outside.



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[thetruthisoutthere]

My Leopard Gecko "Captain Jack." He turned 15 in December 2015.



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[oldjudge]

Bullwinkle

[Stonepony]

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[Leon]

Great looking pets guys, one and all!!

All animals are welcome in this thread. I could never foster dogs as NONE of them would find other homes because I would have to keep them all. So that isn't a good plan for me. Four out of our five we got straight from the street.....and the fifth one (our first and only one we (will ever) buy) is on her last leg going on about 14-15 yrs old....

Chris- Cool Gecko, just stay away from Tokay's.....they are like reticulated pythons and are always mean. And Tokay's grow big enough to eat mice and small animals. I love reptiles but my wife doesn't so we have dogs . When I was young I volunteered at the Houston Zoo in their reptile dept. At the time the zoo's Curator specialty was reptiles so they had a great reptile dept. (that is what happens with curators specialties)...,