Hello everyone,
I often come across threads here in the Community Center where you have mentioned your pets, so I thought it would be nice to have a dedicated thread to talk about our pets/animals, along with any photos you might want to share! If you are like me, I regularly come across cute or funny photos of pets so feel free to share those too (just remember to include the credit/source of the photo if you haven't taken it). 🙂
* I'm sorry about the photo above...I couldn't resist! hehe
I would like to introduce my cat, Johnny:
This a photo of Johnny enjoying the sun! We got him as a kitten and despite appearances he is a very good tree climber, when he is not lounging around...it's a hard life being a cat!
What about you?
@Lizzie @MicheleandLouw0....pets make you whole! Our current pet is an Aussie Shepherd dog who we call 'Betty Joy' (Betts)! The reason we call her this is because we last had the most beautiful dog who was loved by everyone.
His name was Jetti Boy and when he died we said we would never get another dog...it breaks your heart when they have to leave you.
But one night after Jetti died I got a picture of this Aussie Shepherd on my phone and I knew we had to have her! Her name was 'Lara' and she was a pedigreed dog, and as soon as we picked her up we fell in love with her.
We were still very attached to our beloved 'Jetti boy' but this dog was a little girl so....the obvious name for her was Betty joy!!
You do become so attached to your dog and each one shows you emotion in lots of different ways, Sure they wag the tale when they are happy and they bare their teeth when they are not, but there is a lot in between!
Betts is a very neat clean dog....when I say that she does not have slobbery jowels or weapy eyes...
You would say she is a neat, clean dog......and generally she will come with us when we go out to visit. Some times this is not possible and she cannot come with us! She will see us getting ready to leave and will head straight for the car ready to be involved in the next adventure. I have to tell her..."No, not this time Betts" and the tail will drop as she sees us get in the car and drive away. Sometimes we will get a few hundred metres from home and Ade will say, 'I forgot my phone,... my glasses... my teeth!' something or other, and I will turn around and head back home. Betts is sitting there and when I go up to the gate her face is wet with tears, she has been crying because she has been left behind! Others I tell this to say 'bullsh*t' dogs don't do that but I swear it is true...It has happened on a number of occasions and I know I am not imagining it.
Pets do make you whole though, I cannot imagine life without one. When Jetti died I felt I needed closure so I did this little memorial to him.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJGPQp9pF8o
It did give me a feeling of saying goodbye!
Cheers.....Rob
This is HOMBRE.
We adopted him from the animal shalter called "Noina arka" (Noah's ark) the oldest and only shalter in Croatia specialized for care about wounded, abandoned animals. They struggle with money but they have a big heart. We volunteer there.
When he was found he needed help...
He had broken fingers and an open wound on his left leg.
He had a big scar on his right leg.
He was very sick and had just 10 kg (now he has double)
He has a bullet in his belly 😞
He has beautifull smoky eyes 🙂
Now he is our pet and behave as one 🙂 He is hosting other dogs from the shalter, helping them to recover, socialize and to find new owners.
He is the reason our apartments are PET FRIENDLY. He is posing with new food bowls which we bought for our fury guests.
(He lives with us, on a different location.)
If you will ever travel to Zagreb, Croatia with your pet you are all welcome 🙂
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/13526118
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/14763481
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/13525942
I refer to my greyhound, Cami, as my "co-host" and now she is getting quite a number of positive reviews. Some of my guests also message that they look forward to meeting her. Here is a picture of her on my patio practicing her best "downward dog" yoga position:
@Lizzie.....Whenever someone talks about Hamsters, it reminds me of that Fawlty Towers episode where Manuel was trying to convince Basil his rat was indeed a hamster!!
Diesel was jet black.....there was not one strand of white fur on him.
He had a habit of hiding in a doorway off the passage which ran right down the middle of the house. His idea of fun was to ambush you as you walked past the open door! He would spring out and fasten his legs around one of yours. Unfortunately for him his give away was, we would hear him purring as we approached the doorway which gave us the opporunity to thwart his attack....
We had a perpetual battle keeping him from the neighbours chooks....he had a distict liking for chicken feathers and more than once he came home sporting a white feather or two sprouting from his cheek whiskers with this angellic look on his face which said....."Wasn't me folks"!!
He was just another star in that sky Lizzie....
Time being 12.15am, I'm turning it in for the day....have a day you will remember Lizzie!
Cheers.....Rob
