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Please post a picture of your pet. (Original Post) IrishEyes Mar 2020 OP
When my Sophie was a puppy Ohiogal Mar 2020 #1
Very cute. Even with the mud. IrishEyes Mar 2020 #5
Awww! smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #14
Mud is fun, Mom! Niagara Mar 2020 #38
Roscoe from Iosco...county that is... N_E_1 for Tennis Mar 2020 #2
He looks like he likes to explore. IrishEyes Mar 2020 #7
Cute! Beautiful scenery! smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #15
Northern Michigan... N_E_1 for Tennis Mar 2020 #21
It's gorgeous! smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #23
It does... N_E_1 for Tennis Mar 2020 #33
What a cutie! Ohiogal Mar 2020 #29
Super sweet! Niagara Mar 2020 #39
The dark spot above his nose gives him that "special" look. zanana1 Mar 2020 #64
My bestest boyfriend UpInArms Mar 2020 #3
Beautiful horse. IrishEyes Mar 2020 #8
Thank you ... UpInArms Mar 2020 #9
They can be fussy! 2naSalit Mar 2020 #60
What a sweetie! smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #16
What a beautiful equine! CottonBear Mar 2020 #77
The longest period of time in my life was without a horse UpInArms Mar 2020 #78
... when all the world falls away and it is just me and them ... CottonBear Mar 2020 #79
Like I am finally whole UpInArms Mar 2020 #80
Someday, I'll have my very own horse again. CottonBear Mar 2020 #84
I hope you can, again soon, have a horse friend UpInArms Mar 2020 #85
Thank you! CottonBear Mar 2020 #86
Mine: The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #4
Both your photographs would be awesome paintings! Ohiogal Mar 2020 #6
Your Jeoffry reminds me of my Indiana UpInArms Mar 2020 #10
Sorry about Indiana. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #11
Thank you UpInArms Mar 2020 #13
They look very sweet! smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #17
They are all beautiful. IrishEyes Mar 2020 #19
Thank you! All cats are beautiful, I think. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #22
Pixie, oh my gosh, that face is too cute! Niagara Mar 2020 #40
Here's Snowy hanging out with me mnhtnbb Mar 2020 #12
Awww! I love sleepy doggies! smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #18
Here's another sleepy dog pic: Ohiogal Mar 2020 #26
Ohhhh! smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #28
Sophie is our second yellow lab. Ohiogal Mar 2020 #30
Labs are so loving and sweet! smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #34
Adorable doggie. IrishEyes Mar 2020 #43
She's an old lady now. Snoozes a lot! mnhtnbb Mar 2020 #51
Snowy looks like a dog I had when I was a kid IrishEyes Mar 2020 #20
She's a sweetie. An old lady now. Will be 14 next month. Snoozes a lot! mnhtnbb Mar 2020 #49
I can just feel how soft Snowy's fur must be! Ohiogal Mar 2020 #31
Very soft. And she LOVES cold weather. mnhtnbb Mar 2020 #50
Awww, Snowy! Niagara Mar 2020 #41
This message was self-deleted by its author mnhtnbb Mar 2020 #52
Here they are. Niagara Mar 2020 #24
Those eyes .... Ohiogal Mar 2020 #32
Are you referring to Bermuda's eyes? Niagara Mar 2020 #35
Yes Ohiogal Mar 2020 #36
He's definitely a lover, not a fighter. Niagara Mar 2020 #37
I used to have a striped cat just like that. IrishEyes Mar 2020 #44
That is so hilarious that Moppit sits squarely in front if your computer screen ailsagirl Mar 2020 #46
Moppit getting up on my desk is a new thing Niagara Mar 2020 #57
Ok. jayfish Mar 2020 #25
Precious! Niagara Mar 2020 #42
It looks like you photographed them all at nap time. IrishEyes Mar 2020 #45
All beautiful and so precious ailsagirl Mar 2020 #47
I Don't Get To Often But... jayfish Mar 2020 #68
I think all our natures are particularly acerbic these days!! ailsagirl Mar 2020 #69
Have you read the book Homer's Odyssey? 3catwoman3 Mar 2020 #70
I'll check it out. jayfish Mar 2020 #72
This message was self-deleted by its author drray23 Mar 2020 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author ailsagirl Mar 2020 #48
I'm going to add my favorite photo of Elmo mnhtnbb Mar 2020 #53
Elmo! He is the best. MadLinguist Mar 2020 #55
Awesome that you adopted older kitties, they need love. JudyM Mar 2020 #61
Stitch had the most gorgeous green eyes. mnhtnbb Mar 2020 #62
Ohhh, he looks so content and engaged with you... sweet. And yeah, really pretty eyes. JudyM Mar 2020 #63
Beautiful eyes. Looks like they want to be petted. IrishEyes Mar 2020 #67
Elmo looks like our cat mithnanthy Mar 2020 #65
Adorable kitty IrishEyes Mar 2020 #66
My sweet baby Othello I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2020 #54
Othello has beautiful eyes. IrishEyes Mar 2020 #73
Yeah he does his eyes have a sweet dreamy I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2020 #76
My kittie at the vet RegexReader Mar 2020 #56
Looks very interested in what is going on. Pretty cat. IrishEyes Mar 2020 #74
RIP Annie Aquaria Mar 2020 #58
I love black cats. IrishEyes Mar 2020 #75
She was actually a tuxedo kitty. Aquaria Mar 2020 #82
Our new baby Aquaria Mar 2020 #59
There is something about blue-eyed cats. 3catwoman3 Mar 2020 #71
Pretty kitty. IrishEyes Mar 2020 #83
here are three of them I took this afternoon Kali Mar 2020 #81

N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,663 posts)
2. Roscoe from Iosco...county that is...
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 03:55 PM
Mar 2020

Roscoe love to be outside..20 pound Havanese. During the summer while we kayak around a lake by us, he walks along the edge of the lake chasing the little fish.


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N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,663 posts)
21. Northern Michigan...
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 08:44 AM
Mar 2020

The first was taken along the glorious AuSable River at the Canoer’s Memorial.

Canoer's Memorial in Oscoda, Michigan

Number two is in the Huron-Manistee National Forest at Corsair cross country/hiking trails.

Corsair Trail in National City, Michigan

If you have Google Earth...copy those locations and plug into Google Earth and take a virtual vacation.

Number three is in our township park part of the Iron Belle Trail, a hiking, biking, horseback trail.

https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-350-79133_79206_83634---,00.html

All this is basically my backyard.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
23. It's gorgeous!
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 10:25 AM
Mar 2020

Reminds me a lot of upstate NY, where I grew up. I miss that beauty sometimes, although the Boston area is quite lovely as well.

N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,663 posts)
33. It does...
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 12:44 PM
Mar 2020

I was stationed at Seneca Army Depot near Geneva in the Finger Lakes area for a few years. It’s the “other” place I’d choose to live if I had to.

UpInArms

(51,279 posts)
9. Thank you ...
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 09:22 PM
Mar 2020

He was so funny tonight ...

I had to change what I normally feed him ... because I can no longer go to the feed store 30 miles away ... well ... because everything changed ...

So ... 3 weeks ago, I had a different place bring me enough feed for (I’m hoping) 3 months ... and they have a different formulation.....

So ... I finally ran out of the “normal” feed this morning and gave the horses their “new” feed this evening ...

They hate it ... I mean ... they really hate it

He put his nose in the bucket ... turned and looked at me and said ... “WTF is in my bucket?!”

Started stomping his foot .. shook his head ... looked at me ...

So ... I gave him a sugar cube (which he really likes) and he took a bit of food and tried to chew it ... and shook his head and spit it out...

I got him to eat about half of his dinner by feeding him out of my hand .... he would not take a bite of it unless I was feeding it to him ...

I tried to explain that life had changed .... he said he wants his old feed back ...

It’s gonna take some time ....

But ... I hope ... he will eventually be okay with it ...

I will be glad when we can go and get what he likes again ... but he will have food and he is loved

2naSalit

(86,318 posts)
60. They can be fussy!
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 10:54 PM
Mar 2020

My landlady has two mares and apparently the new hay she got this fall was not to their liking. She found that if she puts some of the old hay that they like with the new hay they will eat it. Nothing wrong with the hay, they're just picky.

CottonBear

(21,596 posts)
77. What a beautiful equine!
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:35 PM
Mar 2020

Last edited Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:09 PM - Edit history (1)

I raised my sweet Cybele from the night she was born. I miss her so much.

You are so very fortunate to have a horse.

UpInArms

(51,279 posts)
78. The longest period of time in my life was without a horse
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:54 PM
Mar 2020

It was as though my personal music had been silenced ...

I finally manifested them back into my world in 2016 ...

The first is Freckles ... a now 22 year old Arab/quarter cross ... she was basically being starved to death ... she is now a diva mare ... ruling the Shetland (Walter, who was given to me) now 7 years old and always ready to play a game ... and then Turk (of the photo) ... now 9 years old ... a haflinger ... my Romeo ... my heart ... my bestest boyfriend

My best times are with them ... when all the world falls away and it is just me and them ...

CottonBear

(21,596 posts)
84. Someday, I'll have my very own horse again.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 07:31 PM
Mar 2020

Until then, I’ll make the most of any opportunity to ride, groom, muck stalls, load hay & feed, or just hang out with horses any time I can. 🐎 🐴

My special horse was an Oldenburg filly out of a Thoroughbred mare. My filly’s sire was Coromino, an Oldenburg stallion.

I couldn’t afford to keep her after I was laid off in 2009. I nursed her through an eye infection that involved a subpalpedral lavage device (sp?) I saved her eye, but spent the last of my savings. I slept in the barn for 3 months in a stall next to her. I gave 6 medicines 6x/day for over 3 months. I miss her every day. She was beautiful!

UpInArms

(51,279 posts)
85. I hope you can, again soon, have a horse friend
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 09:12 PM
Mar 2020

Your filly was so lucky to have you to care for her ...

I have a friend who says ... horses spend 11 months trying to be born and the rest of their lives trying to kill themselves ...

If you are ever near me, you are welcome to come and love mine with me ...

I do so hope this terrible time passes and we will survive it ...

My haflinger had a tendon injury two years ago ... I am happy to see him ... just lately ... carrying his weight evenly ... I keep telling him that someday we will see it all in the rear view mirror

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,576 posts)
4. Mine:
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 04:11 PM
Mar 2020

This is Pixie:



Here are Milo (orange & white) and Jeoffry (gray tabby):



Here's an oil painting I recently did of Milo:



Now that I'm stuck at home for God knows how long I'll do the other two.



UpInArms

(51,279 posts)
10. Your Jeoffry reminds me of my Indiana
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 09:24 PM
Mar 2020

She passed in 2015 ... I miss her ...

Give Jeoffry a hug and kiss for me

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
28. Ohhhh!
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 12:29 PM
Mar 2020

What a sweet baby! I love Labs so much! My family has mostly had Labs and Goldens. A few other breeds as well. I find that when I fall in love with a particular dog, I fall in love with the breed!

Ohiogal

(31,895 posts)
30. Sophie is our second yellow lab.
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 12:33 PM
Mar 2020

Before that we had an English Springer Spaniel. She was a nice dog, but they seem to be one-person dogs, and that person was my husband.....

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
34. Labs are so loving and sweet!
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 12:47 PM
Mar 2020

They are very social and love the whole family. You are lucky to have such a sweet dog!

Response to Niagara (Reply #41)

Niagara

(7,547 posts)
24. Here they are.
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 11:02 AM
Mar 2020

This is Moppit. She's been developing a bad habit of sitting in front of my monitor. It doesn't matter if my hand was already on my mouse before she jumps up on her new space. She gets mad, growls and tries to bite me because this is now her new territory. This also explains why I can't always answer right away here on DU. She's not always grumpy though, she reminds me when it's time to go to bed and jumps into bed with me.









This is Bermuda. He's a special needs cat with several health issues. He's affectionate and has separation anxiety from his humans. Even though he's been in our home for 8 years and is fed regularly, he still acts like he lives in the streets and dumpster dives for food. It got so bad that I ended up putting a brick in the kitchen trash can so that he couldn't knock it over on the daily. Now, he has learned to stand on his back legs to rummage through the trash can. We have a saying in our home, "You can take the cat out of the street, but you can't take the street out of the cat."



Niagara

(7,547 posts)
35. Are you referring to Bermuda's eyes?
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 02:49 PM
Mar 2020

If he's lying on a person and closes his eyes, he ends up putting everyone to sleep.



=^..^=

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
44. I used to have a striped cat just like that.
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 06:07 PM
Mar 2020

I love that little black kitty. They are both very cute.

ailsagirl

(22,885 posts)
46. That is so hilarious that Moppit sits squarely in front if your computer screen
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 06:18 PM
Mar 2020

It's almost as if she's trying to tell you something.
Beautiful kitties!

Niagara

(7,547 posts)
57. Moppit getting up on my desk is a new thing
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 10:06 PM
Mar 2020

It's only been going on for a few months. All I know is that she gets extremely angry if I do not move my hand once she decides she wants to sit there, never mind that I was there first lol. I have no idea what she is telling me when she does this. If you have any idea, please let me know.



I have a spare computer chair that she likes to stand on the legs of that chair. She hides under this chair and runs up to me, grabs my leg and runs off. This indicates that she wants to play. Her favorite toys are the homemade foil balls that I roll from aluminum foil. She goes crazy chasing them and hitting them back to me.



From the living room, there is an oddly shaped hallway that leads to several other rooms. Moppit will sit in the hallway with her back to me. This indicates that she's ready to go to bed and that it's time for me to go to bed also.

Yes, the feline children are spoiled.


jayfish

(10,037 posts)
68. I Don't Get To Often But...
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 01:45 PM
Mar 2020

I like to talk about Moe with anyone who'll listen. He was born without eyes and is sweetest, most amazing creature on this plane or any other. I often consider looking into letting him help others as an emotional support animal. I just have to have all that sweetness for myself though. IRL, he balances my acerbic nature.

Thanks to everyone for the kudos.

ailsagirl

(22,885 posts)
69. I think all our natures are particularly acerbic these days!!
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 01:48 PM
Mar 2020

Thanks for sharing info about Moe-- you're lucky to have him (and he you)

3catwoman3

(23,943 posts)
70. Have you read the book Homer's Odyssey?
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 02:03 PM
Mar 2020

It about a cat whose eyes were surgically removed when he was only about 2 weeks old - badly damaged because of an infection that started before his eyes opened - he’d been abandoned.

Had a very impressive life. You might find a lot to relate to.

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mnhtnbb

(31,372 posts)
53. I'm going to add my favorite photo of Elmo
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 07:30 PM
Mar 2020

who now lives with my oldest son.

This shot was taken a couple of years ago the summer after we adopted him--and his brother, Stitch, (who crossed the Rainbow Bridge last year) from the Wake County Animal Shelter when they were both 9.


JudyM

(29,186 posts)
61. Awesome that you adopted older kitties, they need love.
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 11:10 PM
Mar 2020

Sorry you didn’t get as much time with Stitch, but I’m sure it was a healing time, being with you.

mithnanthy

(1,725 posts)
65. Elmo looks like our cat
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 11:53 AM
Mar 2020

His name is Bussie the Snowman (he's a polydactle, many toes) He has his own song.(to the tune of Frosty the Snowman) "Bussie the Snowman, is a very happy fellow...He's got spots and big fat feet, and eyes like Limoncello". He's 18 years old and a Sweetheart. We love him SO MUCH!

 

Aquaria

(1,076 posts)
58. RIP Annie
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 10:30 PM
Mar 2020


I don't know how old she was, exactly, when we adopted her. I only know how long we were lucky enough to have her in our lives: Over 19 years. I miss you, still, my sweet baby. I will always miss you.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
75. I love black cats.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:45 PM
Mar 2020

How kind of her to hold the papers down for you. Cats make the best paperweights.

 

Aquaria

(1,076 posts)
82. She was actually a tuxedo kitty.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 12:09 AM
Mar 2020

Also, on that day, she wasn’t being a paperweight, but informing me that I wouldn’t be studying until I paid sufficient obeisance to her for daring to be incommunicado for so long at that ridiculous college.

3catwoman3

(23,943 posts)
71. There is something about blue-eyed cats.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 02:06 PM
Mar 2020

It’s almost as if there was a human being inside looking out through those blue eyes.

Kali

(55,002 posts)
81. here are three of them I took this afternoon
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 11:35 PM
Mar 2020

Jameela the waterbuffalo





Lupe the illegal alien/paint coyote (old slow and fat like Mom)





Roscoe the moose, seeking out any padding to lay on, in this case an abandoned camping tent I picked up in the middle of nowhere

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