Gratuitous completely unnecessary "post a pet photo" thread...

[tholte]

<p>Sorry I messed up posting the photo with my text.</p><div></div>

[benbangerter]

<p>This is Buster. I gave the cute little guy to my wife for her birthday a few years ago. She said he followed her around the house looking at her funny, and it creeped her out. So we had to find him a new home. (I think she was just paranoid.)</p><div></div>

[benbangerter]

<p><em>Sorry Josh, and everyone. I just couldn't restrain myself!</em></p>

[photojen]

<p>One of two stray cats I have taken in and loved...they both are amazing...so well behaved for strays...never an issue, the both of them. No scratching or meowing or fighting...it's like they were meant to be with me...</p><div></div>

[colin carron]

This guy is also due for some knee surgery.<div></div>

[epp_b]

<p>Ben... what the...? I don't even... That's scary as heck.</p>

<p>Anyway: yay, an excuse to post my dog! (of whom I take far too many photos ;)</p>

<p>This is Cleo, my Portuguese water dog / poodle cross, although you wouldn't know she's part poodle by looking at her or observing her puppy-like demeanor at 2 & 1/2 years old.</p>

<p><strong>Enjoying the sun</strong><br>

<img src="http://pic.phyrefile.com/e/ep/epp_b/2009/10/02/2009-08-22_Cleo_Enjoying_the_Sun.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p><strong>A windy day</strong><br>

<img src="http://pic.phyrefile.com/e/ep/epp_b/2009/10/02/2009-09-27_Cleo_in_the_Wind.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p><strong>I haz a boo boo :(</strong><br>

<img src="http://pic.phyrefile.com/e/ep/epp_b/2009/10/02/2009-09-10_I_Haz_a_Boo_Boo.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p><strong>Being her puppy-like self ^_^</strong><br>

<img src="http://pic.phyrefile.com/e/ep/epp_b/2009/10/02/2009-09-28_Cleo_Running_Ecstatically.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[randy_parks1]

<p>This is Maggie, but also answers to Magda, Magenstein, Magneto, Magnus, Magarino, Mugsy, and plenty others. Super-ultra obedient, reacts to commands with lightening speed, but scared of anything out of the norm - like paper bags or electronic device chirps and pings. Very loving girl, but a bed wetter, pine cone eater, and the worst farts in the world - they're like concentrated mustard gas that you can see. But we love her.</p><div></div>

[KenPapai]

<p>Our dog Cleo -- she lost a leg due to bone cancer, she was a fun new dog after that.</p>

<p>(Colin -- AWESOME photo!)</p><div></div>

[rubens_t_vora]

<p>This is our whippet Simba that passed way one year ago in a tragic fatal accident when was rolled over by a car . He was really special and young - 2years old - and meant a lot to us. We deserve him a best place to rest in peace.</p><div></div>

[karen_rich1]

<p>Here's a recent image of our baby, Belle. She's a 2 1/2 year old German Shepherd/Choc Lab mix who we rescued 2 summers ago. Belle is an absolute joy and I spoil her to death! She's got a huge laundry basket full of toys that she has strewn across the living room. This past weekend, this soccer ball was her favorite toy of the moment and I snapped this shot as she was playing. <br>

Thanks for letting me share my photo! I hope everything with your puppy's surgery goes very well!<br>

<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2526/3973994773_be65b19126_o.jpg" alt="" width="462" height="689" /></p>

[ben_goren]

<p>A college girlfriend’s then-fiencée’s ex-wife (follow that?) adopted two

tuxedo kitten littermates, named Joanie and Chachi. Several years later, Chachi started being mean

to Joanie — chased her, wouldn’t let her use the litterbox, that sort of thing. So, a

separation was called for, and I was volunteered to be the one to take in Joanie.</p>

 

<p>She was such a sweetheart…I’ll never forget how she let me hold her paw all

through her first night with me, even though she was obviously quite unsettled by the weird new

environment. She actually had a sense of humor, too: she would nonchalantly walk right over a ball,

pointedly not looking at it, and then flick it in a random direction as she was astride it. When the ball

shot out from underneath her, she would act genuinely surprised and promptly give chase.</p>

 

<p>She developed congestive heart failure some years later. Those weeks of trying to figure out

what was going on, the antibiotics, the syringe feeding when the antibiotics killed her

appetite…the nights in an oxygen chamber…let’s just say they were very hard and

leave it at that.</p>

 

<p>b&</p><div></div>

[judy_waytiuk]

<p>our one-year-old cuddle-bug, slurpy-kiss, chewaholic cockapoo, Wizzo... <img src="http://www.wordsink.ca/021 Wizzo.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[Lou_Meluso]

<p>This is our Coco. A shelter Lab/Doberman mix. My close friend and constant companion on my nature photography adventures for many years. Also the best damn rabbit hunter in Kansas! In this shot she has just spotted one. The very next second she was off in a flash. There is a sadness, in some respect to owning dogs. They are so smart, so loving that they really do become a family member, yet they don't last long. What we need is a good 20 year dog. I know if she needed anything medical, she would have it. Good luck, Josh, with your pooch and a wish for a speedy recovery.</p><div></div>

[joshroot]

<p>Good photos everyone. Good stories from ALMOST everyone (except for those few who didn't bother to read the original post and didn't write anything).</p>

[osfania]

<p>Max.</p><div></div>

[randy_henderson1]

<p>Mabel the Wonder Dog always sticks her tongue out at the camera. Her mother was a wet, pregnant, abandoned Chihuahua and we took one of the babies. Obviously dad wasn't a Chihuahua (can you say 30 lbs. and growing? Anyway, she rules the roost.<img src="http://www.hendersonimages.com/mabel.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[ben_goren]

<p>And this would be Tamar. The same friend who “saddled” me with Joanie…well,

her mother went into assisted living a few years ago. They allow pets, but she didn’t think she

could properly take care of her. So, once again, I wound up being the cat rescuer.</p>

 

<p>Everybody loves Tamar, and she loves everybody. This past Monday night the brand-new <a

href="http://patinabrass.com/">brass quintet</a> I’m playing in rehearsed at my place for the

first time, and she was both crawling on laps and inside trombone cases. I telecommute, and she

often spends a good part of the day sprawled across my lap, purring up a storm.</p>

 

<p>There were some jokes about pet healthcare up top…but pet insurance is no joke. As soon as I took in Tamar, I signed her up for pet insurance. She was already about 12 at the time, and Pets Best is the only company that will enroll a cat older than about 7. The premiums are about as much as routine checkups, dental cleaning, and the like; since all that is included in the plan, it’s basically a way to spread those costs out. And, if anything expensive-but-treatable happens, they pay 80%. (Actually, they just pay 80% up to some insane limit; it’s me who wouldn’t put her through pointless and painful treatments.) It’s already been a huge help; Tamar was getting frequent bladder infections for some time after she moved in with me, and I didn’t even have to think twice about whether I could afford to treat her (unlike with Joanie, who would have needed diagnostic procedures more expensive than my savings account balance at the time). It’s been a year or so since the last infection, so I know I must be doing <em>something</em> right….

 

<p>b&</p><div></div>

[finch_.]

<p>This was snapped on my 5MP camera phone for want of anything better to hand. This is our 16 month old flat coated retriever and our new puppy. Our older dog has been an angel, apart from when she joins in the pup's mischief! Two dogs are better than one but getting the pup has made us realise what a sweetie our older dog really is, she's been so good. I hope they are both around for many years to come, unfortunately this breed can be prone to medical problems but fingers crossed. Good luck with yours, Josh.</p>

<p><a href="http://s396.photobucket.com/albums/pp50/finch_44/?action=view&current=011009bsml.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp50/finch_44/011009bsml.jpg" border="0" alt="Big pup and little pup" /> </a></p>

<p>Big pup and little pup</p>

[wanda_rooken]

<p>Here's my assitance dog Lance,. He is my cuty, my helper, my love of life and a really crazy dog.</p><div></div>

[wanda_rooken]

<p>PS.: We live in Holland, a cold and rainy country right now.</p>

[david_bivins]

<p>Chihiro has the most gorgeous red coat. We can't take a walk without several people, at least, commenting on how beautiful she is. She's also a wonderful dog, wonderful with people, gentle with children (including our one-year-old who constantly torments her) and a great cuddler. And on nighttime walks in Brooklyn, she looks intimidating enough that I don't worry about my wife having to walk her when I'm out of town.<br>

She was named for the character in the Miyazaki movie <em>Spirited Away,</em> in which the protagonist is effectively orphaned. Our Chihiro was found near the Home Depot in Brooklyn when she was only 6 weeks old. Our neighbors who found her were going to tie her up at the local police station (no idea why--people have the weirdest ideas of how to deal with stray dogs) but I took her immediately. As a puppy she looked like a tiny version of this, but with huge ears. Adorable.<br>

I shot this with a Rokkor 58mm with red filter on a Minolta XD11. I thought the red filter on a red dog would give me a new way to look at her and I was right!<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1225/654239971_cc4a6a14f9.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="333" /></p>

 

[teresaberg]

<p>here are my two ... flash (the red one) and cleo (the dark exotic beauty) </p><div></div>

[ben_goren]

<p>Rounding out the triptych is Baihu, who is sitting on the kitchen table with me, just on the other

side of the laptop, after leaving his favorite perch on my shoulder.</p>

 

<p>About a year ago, a very young kitten started mewling near the apartment door around dusk. He

wouldn’t let me get near him, but he <em>did</em> devour Tamar’s leftovers if I set

them out for him and moved out of sight. And whatever he didn’t finish, his mom would (after most warily emerging from the deepest shadows).</p>

 

<p>Over a couple weeks or so, he would let me get closer and closer. The first time I touched him

as he was eating, he bolted like shot from a canon, and I didn’t see him again that night. But

he was back the next night, and only ran away after he finished eating. Eventually, he was eating a

few feet inside, with the door open, and then would stay a while and even play with some of

Tamar’s toys. The first night I closed the door, he freaked and I let him out again, but he was

back the very next night, only mewed a bit when I closed the door, and he’s been an inside

cat ever since.</p>

 

<p>Tamar doesn’t care for him very much, but it’s developed into a rival sibling kind

of relationship, rather than the open hostilities they started with. They usually seem to wind up

sleeping within a few feet of each other; Tamar under the desk and Baihu on top, for example, or

maybe both on opposite sides of the desk. Never too close, but usually not very far, either.</p>

 

<p>Baihu is, in many ways, the polar opposite of Tamar. He’s terrified of people. He’ll

sit in the window sill, but scamper under the bed as soon as the UPS truck pulls up, even before the

delivery guy has a chance to stop the motor and get out. Tamar is old and prefers napping to

playing, but Baihu loves to run, full throttle, from one side of the house to the other, making

“Vroom! Vroom” noises just like a little boy. Baihu actually does a pretty good job of

exercising Tamar; he annoys her into taking the high ground on a chair or table, then then forces her

into a game of patty-cake. I think it’s one of the reasons Tamar’s health has

improved substantially since I brought Baihu in off the street.</p>

 

<p>Oh — Baihu’s second-favorite place, after my shoulder, is laying down on the

keyboard. He’s figured out that that’s the place to get a full-body massage before

being removed to my shoulder….</p>

 

<p>I was photographing some artwork a couple weeks ago, between pieces, when Baihu plopped down in the middle of the set. Of course, I released the shutter; this is the full frame that resulted.</p>

 

<p>b&</p><div></div>

[norman_kushner]

<p>Here is a photo of my children. The first one is Callie then Knickerbocker and the Bernese Mountain dog is Maxwell. This is a photo I did in my studio. My wife and I used it as a holiday card. we love our dogs.<br>

The two cocker spaniels were both rescue dogs. The Bernese we have since is was 8 weeks old.<br>

Hope you like the photo.<br>

Thanks,<br>

Norman Scott</p><div></div>

[jeannean_.]

<p>My two "kids' at their 1st (and last) birthday party. I went all out and baked them a "cake" made out of meatloaf, iced with mashed potatoes, and piped with sweet potatoes. There were 12 dogs in my house including three Giant Schnauzers. Never again. Afterward, it was one of those "what was I thinking?!" moments. For the record, they had those hats on just long enough to snap a quick picture. ;-) Maggie & Noah in June 2008:</p>

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