Fur baby Friday :)

[mathistm]

TGIF mamas! How are your fur babies doing this week?
Just to spice things up a little, what breed is your animal(s) and how did you acquire it/them?
What is your favorite thing about your baby or babies?

[mathistm]

Here is Skyy this week-she has definitely been a lot more snuggly lately!

She is a shiba inu. We took her in just before she went to a shelter. One of my co-worker's sisters had her and was having a hard time with her behaviors. Her behaviors in my opinion were 100% based on her inability to care for her animals and when we got her we realized that she was a terrible person in general. Skyy lived with 3 bigger dogs who were all fed from the same food bowl. When we got her she was a year and a half and about 6lbs. She now averages around 18lbs. So she was severely underweight and covered in fleas (which we found out when we took her to the vets she is severely allergic to). We also found out what we thought were scars from flea bites were scars from what my vet thought were cigarette burns. She had no fur on her belly or behind and had bitten her legs raw-my poor baby. The first day we brought her home and fed her she looked at us and howled with joy.
My favorite thing about her is when she uses her paws like little hands. It's ridiculous but it melts my heart.
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Also here she is protecting me from the evil plastic bubbles that come in all of our target orders.

[pghtruelove]

mathistm Skyy is so beautiful! I love seeing her picture! She looks so cuddley, and I just want to hug her!

[mathistm]

pghtruelove what a cute kitty! My husband is afraid that when we buy a house this summer and have a yard that I will come home with all of the stray animals. He is probably right haha. Roxy is adorable! Returned 4 times before 4 months? Jeesh!

[pghtruelove]

mathistm that's what my SO is scared of too. I want all the pets. The only reason I haven't brought home another dog right now is being LO is on the way. Rox was returned because she has severe separation anxiety and can't be left alone or crated because she hurts herself. No one wanted to deal with it. I am lucky enough to be able to take her most places with me(where I work allows us to bring well behaved dogs) or I figure out care for her. But we do everything together and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

[mrsdee1982]

I stayed home from work on Monday. Someone was more than happy to snuggle all day in bed with mommy.




This is Eva. She is a chihuahua mix. She was a stray that got hit by a car in front of our house. We took her in, nursed her back to health and adopted her. She is the sweetest dog I've ever seen. She's not nasty or yippie like chihuahuas tend to be. One of my favorite things that she does is she "dog purrs". When she is snuggled up and very happy she lets out these little groans "mmmm…mmmm…mmmm". It's the cutest thing.

[carolyngrace]

All these babies and stories are especially adorable today! I hate how difficult it is to tag people when I'm on tapatalk, so I'll edit for comments later

Our neighbors discovered 8 kittens behind their house and took them in. We took 2 of the 3 Orange ones. Kit, who we still have, was the most chill. Kaboodle, who died suddenly this year, was always the most playful!

Here's right after we got them:


They were best buddies! Here's a cute one of their usual napping position:


And finally kit curled up next to me like usual.

[littlemissgrump]

Boomer is a Min Pin/Yellow Lab (his mom was the min pin) he was 1 of 7 boys in his liter. His mom was in a rescue when she had them. He will be 7 in July.

He was a very naughty puppy but turned good once he was 3.


He has some adorable quirks such as sitting in front of me while I'm on the toilet...


Or tucking himself in at night...


And sometimes he just wants to be a chocolate lab....


I think he'll like having a baby around most days.

[mrsdee1982]

May 1, 2015 10:58:34 GMT -5 littlemissgrump said:

He has some adorable quirks such as sitting in front of me while I'm on the toilet...

I haven't been able to go to the bathroom by myself since we got our little Eva girl.  She actually tries to crawl up into my lap sometimes!  

[littlemissgrump]

mrsdee1982 he does that as well. I don't think the bathroom is big enough for a dog and a toddler (when they inevitably follow you wherever you go!)

[tatersalad]

Molly was super cuddly with me yesterday. She is a "cowboy corgi" blue heeler/corgi mix that I adopted as a pup from a shelter 10 years ago. Definitely my first baby.

[pghtruelove]

I'm having an AW moment. Just got up to my lake house not long ago and I've had Roxy off leash the entire time. We aren't fenced or anything and she is usually a runner. Her training is going so well!!! I'm such a proud mama!

[ravinraven216]

Elsa was a Bad Dog today. She slipped out the front door and thought it would be great fun to run around in our thankfully empty street. My co-worker was able to bribe her with food before she ran off entirely. She was shut up in her crate for longer than usual today as DH worked a split shift. Now she's all huffy for a walk. I am disinclined to acquiesce to her request.



She's a 1.5 year old Pembroke Welsh Corgi. We got her last January from a breeder who has a cattle farm an hour away - she was one of 13 puppies I her litter. Needless to say, her mom got to retire after that. She's DH's first real pet (my smelly tabby stray and I were a matched set). I've had numerous dogs, which is good - I would not recommend corgis without previous experience with dogs. They're smart, sneaky little bastards and if you give them an inch they'll take a mile.

And while she is occasionally a pain in the ass, I love her dearly. She learns quickly and loves everyone she meets. I have high hopes for her and LO to be close.

[tatersalad]

ravinraven216 I'm surprised to hear that about your corgi. Maybe it's the half and half factor but mine basically trained herself and is freaking awesome with kids. No sneakiness with her at all.

[dogmama22]

Totally going to AW our "sneak preview" from our maternity pictures.
We only have best guesses on the breeds of our two. We say Tucker (brown) is a beagle/ boxer and Meeko (white) is a jack russell/ Australian shepherd. We rescued them both from a local rescue, who we now foster for.

I love how Tucker crawls under the blankets with us at night to be spooned and Meeko is just a total diva!

[missjenniebean]

My baby girl Sadie after she decided to chase one of my mom's cats. They don't mess around. You think she would learn her lesson but she still punks them...she never hurts them she just likes to see them run...well one wasn't having it and got her good. She had a swollen nose for a little bit but all is good. Silly pup.



ETA I adopted her. My sister found her as a stray at the local park and a neighbor took her in until someone claimed her and wasn't gonna send her to the pound. Instantly fell in love and now she is my baby girl. German Shepherd mix with some sort of northern breed. They say akita but she is so tiny for both of those breed at 40 lbs. Definitely has the energy though. Love her energy, spunk, and the fact she never leaves my side. my girl for sure. Cant wait to see her with LO.

[ravinraven216]

May 1, 2015 17:47:15 GMT -5 tatersalad said:

ravinraven216 I'm surprised to hear that about your corgi. Maybe it's the half and half factor but mine basically trained herself and is freaking awesome with kids. No sneakiness with her at all.

Maybe sneaky was not the best description - I think it's that I can see her thinking and sometimes she tests me to see what she can get away with. Elsa is a bit like a lazy honors student.

She's pretty good with kids, except she is terrified of my friend's 2 year old and runs away from her. I think it's the shrieking. 

[bruunk]

Misi has been much more snuggle happy these days. She's protective of me and only wants attention from me - which is annoying at 5:30 am when husband wakes up and feeds her but she wants me to feed her. She's been forced to join him in the bathroom until he's done showering every am or she jumps on my head for attention.

I got her from the local SPCA - she's a short hair domestic cat. She's not a traditional tuxedo since she's grey and white, but she's got most of the characteristics of one. I adopted her 8 years ago March, she's 9 yrs old now.

ETA: I love how much she seems to like us (which sounds odd). She's devoted to me, and she and DH, after a few rocky first encounters - she was pissed he was taking her side of the bed - are now two little partners in crime. She meets us at the door at the end of the day and will curl up between us on the couch so she's got a paw on both of us. I'm a little worried she's going to be really hurt we had a baby.

[lc1158]

These are older pics of our three since all they have really done today is sleep.

This is Mercedes doing her thing:


Inky loves anything to do with a box


And Dylan is a mama's boy


Have no clue what breed any of them are - all three are rescues. Dylan and Inky from shelters, and Mercedes is the typical 'kitten finds you' story. Just to spice things up a little, what breed is your animal(s) and how did you acquire it/them?

What is your favorite thing about your babies? - we adore how people-oriented they are. They all love to talk, cuddle, and interact and always want to be where we are. Yes, this includes accompanying us to the bathroom (because apparently we can't be trusted to get it right by ourselves). It is a rare morning when DH can do this thing without Mercedes wanting to be in there with him, usually sitting inside of his pants.