Pets...what do you have?

[Ali]

I like the coy little pose in the school girl picture.  Very appropriate.

[Buddy]

Haha That reminds me of the time I dressed up my friend's doberman. For being good guard dogs, they are surprisingly tolerant of skirts and bows. 

[DeterminedJuliet]

Handsome pup!

We had a show doberman that used to come into our clinic, he was so regal. I really like the breed.

[Amicale]

Handsome pup!

We had a show doberman that used to come into our clinic, he was so regal. I really like the breed.

I actually like them too. All the ones I've 'known' personally have been sweet dogs. That said, when I was about 10 years old, one of them chased my mom all the way down the street biting her winter boots as she ran. It was quite a sight, and a mistake on her part. Apparently saying "shut up, you big dummy" to a barking dobie hurts their feelings... 

[statichaos]

My wife has a service dog named Rocky.  I'm currently taking care of him while she goes to the pool with her kids.

[Forsaken]

A have a Labrador Retriever cross bred with a local Fijian breed which itself is a mixture of some breeds I am not aware of 

[Sandra Craft]

A have a Labrador Retriever cross bred with a local Fijian breed which itself is a mixture of some breeds I am not aware of 

My wife has a service dog named Rocky.  I'm currently taking care of him while she goes to the pool with her kids.

You guys know we have a strict "post a picture" policy for pets, right?  Put 'em up there, service dogs are not an exception.

[Buddy]

I know I've posted pictures of Vinnie multiple times, but I just can't resist. I gave him the winter off this year, and he gained so much weight that I had to ride bareback for a while because his girth wouldn't fit him.

[MorneDJ]

We have (while I have bought all of them, it is considered the family pets):
- The required dog, a small Schnauzer
- Two cats (animal care cases)
- 3 Chickens (fresh eggs daily ... mostly)
- 3 Ducks (Love the ducklings)
- 10 ducklings (the eggs were hatched by the chickens and they are looking after the ducklings)
- I have a number of fish, converted my swimming pool into a fishpond.

[Tank]

We have (while I have bought all of them, it is considered the family pets):
- The required dog, a small Schnauzer
- Two cats (animal care cases)
- 3 Chickens (fresh eggs daily ... mostly)
- 3 Ducks (Love the ducklings)
- 10 ducklings (the eggs were hatched by the chickens and they are looking after the ducklings)
- I have a number of fish, converted my swimming pool into a fishpond.

This reminds me of an incident that happened a few years back. There's a posh town a little way away from us next to a river not known for flooding. It flooded. Over £100,000 worth of prize Koi Carp swam out to freedom from one chaps garden pond, he was not a happy bunny!

[Piratenerforsej]

I have two guinea pigs named Holly and Creamy (in the picture there is three.. 'My' is dead ) and one budgie named Vicky

[Amicale]

Sometime in the next week or two, my kiddo and I are going down to the petstore because she wants her very own pet, so we've decided on goldfish. We'll get either the fantail (gold) and/or the Blackmoor (black), and get at least 2 so that they have company. Or as A puts it, "so they can play tag together". The ones I described look like this:



I think she's at the right age for a couple of fish. She'll learn to feed them, care for them, and when they go belly up (sorry, but they do, lol) she'll see death as a normal natural process too. I do hope she gets to enjoy them for a while though, she's begged for them every time we've walked to the petstore 'just to look'. She doesn't know we're going to get them yet. Should be exciting. 

[Buddy]

You should get a betta! They're the best fish. Here is mine, named Ze Captain:




*Edited to add, they are also much hardier, and live longer than goldfish.

[Sandra Craft]

Beautiful!  I had a betta named Hector once, lived about 2 years and that was with a cat.

[xSilverPhinx]

I had a beta (quite a few actually, as my mother would keep reminding me at the time because I would sometimes forget to clean their aquariums). Countless hours amusing myself by putting a mirror in front of them and seeing how they reacted to it. Some would tire quicker than others.

I wish I had a wolfdog hybrid.