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Post by TJ on Dec 14, 2003 1:13:34 GMT -5
Original Thread started on: Oct 24th, 2003, 3:26pm By: TJ Tell Us All About Your
PETS
(Animals)
Not Humans Either, Here...
You Can Talk About
What Type Of Animal,
How Old They Are,
How Long You've Had It/Them,
Memories Of Pets You've Had,
Etc...
Basically Tell Us Anything
You'd Like To Share About Your
Little Furry/Scaley/Slimey/Feathery
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Post by TJ on Dec 14, 2003 1:14:17 GMT -5
« Reply #1 on: Oct 24th, 2003, 3:41pm » I've Had Numerous
Animals Over My 30 Yrs...
Hmmm, Where To Begin, lol 
At Age 5,
Had A Duck, Puppies, Dogs,
Pigeon, Spider, Gerbils,
Stray Cats...
My Dad Loved ALL Animals
&
If He Found Any Animal Stray
Home It Came
When My Sister & I Were Raised By
Our Grandparents We Never Had A Cat
Again But We Had ALFIE  The Dog...
She Was My Absolute Best Friend
Through Some Tough Childhood Dilema's
She Died Sept. of 91 From Old Age (14 Yrs)
In That Time Frame Of Growing Up,
I Had A Hermit Crab,
Hamsters,
Budgie Bird (Jimmie) Which My Blind Uncle
Gave To Us...He Died Very Old A Few Yrs Ago...
We Got A Mate For Him About 8 Yrs Ago
Named Shinoa...She Died In My Hands Which
Was Very Hard On Me...
We Within The Last 12 Yrs,
Have Had Cari Our Dog
Which Was Part Golden Retriever & German Sheppard...
He Died At 14 Yrs (Almost 2 Yrs Ago),
We Had Him Cremated For The Boys
&
Is Sitting In An Urn On Our Stereo
Suboofer...My Rockin' Cari-bum As We
Nicknamed Him
I've Had Quite A Few Cats In The Last 14 Yrs...
But My Best Friend Is My Cat Now...
She Is Exactly 2 Wks Younger Than Our
Oldest Son... Which Is 11 Now...
Then We Fell Victim To Pure Sorrowfullness,
Brought In A Stray Cat This Summer
Which Was Freezing All Winter
&
Was In Our Appletree Catching Birds...
We Call Her Hunter...
Anyhow, Over The Summer Hunter
Kept Getting Bigger Bigger In The Stomach
&
Well, We Now Have 3 Kittens Running Around Here 
We've Decided To Keep The Matching Kittens
The Calico Brown/Orange Cats...
Named Sascha & Jinx
Haven't Decided What To Do With
The One Kitten & The Mother Cos
We Can't Have 5 Cats...
Oh & We Have A LARGE Oscar Fish
Which Hubby Got About 7-8 Yrs Ago...
He's Our Buddy That One...
Okay, That's All I Can Think Of... |
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Post by TJ on Jan 1, 2004 3:52:28 GMT -5
« Reply #3 on: Oct 27th, 2003, 3:17pm By: MAC » Nice that you started this thread TJ 
As a kid we had all kinds of pets. The first dog I remember, was our Dachshund Karen.
Over the years we had ponies, chicken, geese, hamsters, rabbits,... The dog I loved the most was our St. Bernard-dog Barry. He was huge, very sweet and drooled a lot. He was friends with everyone except the man who delivered gas at our house. Barry always got outrageous whe he saw that guy (I suppose that man hit him once).
When I got married our houserental-contract said that we were forbidden to keep pets. But I persuaded my landlord that a bird wouldn't do much harm. So we bought our parakeet , Mac (yes I got my nickname from him). I guess he was a bit too young at the time because he was so clumsy in the beginning, the poor thing. Anyway, I spent hours with him to make him tame which succeeded very well (but I failed in learning him to say a few words). Mac is 13 years old now, a real artist in the air, very self-aware (I really believe that Mac thinks that he's bigger than he actually is, you know like some chihuahuas think they are as big as a German sheperd). He likes showers in the kitchen sink, eating crisps (only salted ones), afternoon naps and trashing paper. Most of the time he is not very noisy but sometimes he can have his moods. In the morning he can be irritated.
Mac had a friend for a few years. When he was 2 years with us, my husband came home with a big parakeet. (I don't know how you call this in English, in Flemish it's called a 'falcon-parakeet', it looks a bit like a cockatoo, but smaller). It was a yellow beauty we called Pookie (you know like Garfields' bear). She was such a sweet thing, we always had to cuddle her and she was the happiest bird in the world. She died 4 years ago because of a stroke. The vet came twice, but nothing helped. She died in my hands and it took me quite a while to get over it.
I really like animals but the problem is I can't leave them behind for a long vacation. When we had our Mac 3 years and Pookie 1 year, we had a little vacation in Holland (5 days or so). Our neighbour, a great old lady, took care of our birds. When we got home she told me that the birds had been so sad, had hardly eaten, etc. At that day I took the decision that I wouldn't go away from home for more than one night as long as my birds would live. Well and I kept that promise. Everyone laughs with this and teases me with this but I always say : when you have animals you have to take care of them. And if that means 'no long holidays' that's ok with me.
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Post by TJ on Jan 1, 2004 3:58:42 GMT -5
« Reply #4 on: Oct 27th, 2003, 3:20pm By: TROLL »I did have a
Rabbit when I was 5
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A chicken!
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Post by TJ on Jan 1, 2004 3:59:49 GMT -5
« Reply #5 on: Oct 28th, 2003, 8:08pm By: TJ » ;D Have a 12 week old TeaCup Yorkshire Terrier called him Tyler. He's the size of my foot fully grown. Will Only put on a pound & he's such a cute little dog...  Aawwwwww,
He's Adorable DEX!!!
Is That A UK
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Post by TJ on Jan 1, 2004 4:00:52 GMT -5
« Reply #6 on: Oct 28th, 2003, 8:16pm By: TJ » I did have a
Rabbit when I was 5
&
A chicken! The Chicken Pet
Reminds Me Of When
RockinRon
Grew Up On The Farm
&
They Had Chickens, Etc...
I Made Friends With
A Crippled Chicken
&
Named Him
Barney...
Anyhow, I Came Back
The Next Summer For
Slaughter
&
They Had Already
Killed My Pet Chicken
Barney...
Btw, I'm NOT Joking
Either About This Chicken
& The Name I Gave It!
I Was Litterly
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Post by TJ on Jan 1, 2004 4:01:35 GMT -5
« Reply #7 on: Oct 28th, 2003, 8:25pm By: TJ » Nice that you started this thread TJ At that day I took the decision that I wouldn't go away from home for more than one night as long as my birds would live. Well and I kept that promise. Everyone laughs with this and teases me with this but I always say : when you have animals you have to take care of them. And if that means 'no long holidays' that's ok with me. What A Nice Story MAC ! I Thought Of Creating This Thread Cos' You Mentioned Your Pet Parakeet & DEX Talking About His Puppy... So Thanks Goes To You & Him ... Anyhow, My Bird Died In My Hands Also & I Asure You It's An Experience Felt Like Non Other Of Losing A Pet! We Watched & Were With Our Dog Cari When He Died In My Kitchen. I Tried To Make His Final Hour A Peaceful One By Cleaning Him Everytime He Had Spit/Etc...Caressing His Back In That Final Hour...Talking Soothingly To Him With My Boys! It Was A New Journey For Me But I Washed Him From The Spitup & Showed My Boys That This Was Natural & His Time For Death... I Totally Understand The Leaving A Pet For A Duration & Surely When You're A Cat/Bird Owner... Cat's Tend To Snub You For Awhile & Birds Are Quite Emotional In The Term Of Humans! So, Whomever Teases Ya  &  JUST KIDDING  |
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Post by TJ on Jan 1, 2004 4:02:27 GMT -5
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Post by TJ on Jan 1, 2004 4:06:38 GMT -5
« Reply #11 on: Oct 31st, 2003, 1:38pm By: ZINKX »
I too had a bunny rabbit, got it for my 5th birthday( the only time my birthday and Easter coincided). Named her Tug Boat Annie. Dad killed her and tried to tell me it was Chicken. To this day I only eat chicken breast, never legs or thighs, and I DON NOT!!!!!! eat rabbit ewwwwww
I now have 3 labs.. a black.. a chocolate.. and a yellow
I'm a very proud mommy.
Not to mention the 350 head of cattle and the 9 horses.
An animal lover from the get go. Just a small town country bumpkin ;D
« Last Edit: Oct 31st, 2003, 1:39pm by Zinkx »
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Post by TJ on Jan 1, 2004 4:08:29 GMT -5
« Reply #12 on: Nov 2nd, 2003, 07:57am By: MAC »I always had hamsters as a kid. When I was 18 or so I persuaded my parents that I could have another hamster (they didn't want me to because I was only home in the weekends because I was studying then). Finally I bought a hamster and called him Boris. In the petshop I asked : 'sure it's a boy?' 'Yes, yes, I'm sure.' A few weeks later I was studying in the living room, where Boris' cage was and he was sleeping and made strange noises. I thought Boris was having a bad dream. An hour later I checked on him again : and there was Boris surrounded with six tiny hamsters that looked like those gummybears you can eat. So Boris wasn't a boy afterall..
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Post by TJ on Jan 1, 2004 4:09:29 GMT -5
« Reply #13 on: Nov 20th, 2003, 6:16pm By: DEX » I or should I say we have now and 8 week old cocker spaniel called Bailey he is black with brown boots lol wanted to call him crizzly but i named tyler so Bailey it was damn cute too.............
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Post by Mac on Jun 9, 2004 3:01:14 GMT -5
I don't know if it exists in Canada, but in Belgium you can take a special insurance for pets (well, some companies anyway). But ofcourse that's only interesting when you expect a lot of visits of the vet for your pets. Alligators |
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Post by Rain on Jun 19, 2004 13:13:17 GMT -5
YAH NEUTERING AND SPAYING YOUR PETS IS LOTS OF MONEY - SICK SICK SICK BY THE WAY YOUR BUDGIE BIRD IS SOOOOOOOO CUTE MAC |
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Post by Mac on Jun 20, 2004 11:00:22 GMT -5
Thank AprilRain! Unfortunately my poor budgie died two weeks ago So I decided that TJ could use this pic as a tribute to my dear Mac (yeah, got my nickname from him). We had him for 14 years and he was such a cute thing. We miss him a lot. |
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Post by Tomb Raider on Jun 23, 2004 5:56:10 GMT -5
you were asking about my dog TJ. His name is Spike and he is a two year old white boxer.I also had a brindle coloured boxer called Hannah but I had to get her put to sleep in January because she had cancer, the vet said they could give her chemotherapy but didn't think it would work and she was 11 years old so I didn't want to put her through that. My daughter Mel also has a rat called Corey and she also had one called Joey but he died last month.It's not been a good year for our pets so far  |
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