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DebbyM said:

I hope you can convince your
I hope you can convince your husband Linda to get another cat. I swear, my hubby and I treat ours better than some people treat their children. And, my husband was not a cat lover. Now he is! LOL

My husband
states that the cats are mine. Uh huh. The grey one in the picture sleeps on him, gets on the back of his chair when he is on the computer. And DH calls her and she comes. Sometimes. She IS a cat.

These 3 are all rescues, the seal point is almost 18 years old and very much a momma's boy, the white one is a flame point and was adopted from siameserescue.org He was found in Texas and shipped to me when I adopted him. He thinks that he is a Golden Retriever. Kinda shocks people when a cat greets them at the door. The little grey one is a blue point and was 5.2 pounds and supposedly over a year old when we adopted her in Las Vegas. I named her Tiny Cat because she was but she is now approaching 10 pounds and I'm thinking of renaming her Portly Cat. But most of the the time she is "wee ****" so it doesn't really matter.

But we love them all. 2 humans, 3 cats in a 33' fifth wheel!

Maureen

I have a puppy
in addition to my poodle and three cats!! my puppy---Molly---is a lab mix and I love her so much. I love my other babies, too. But Molly is so energetic that she keeps me a bit more active and she loves me unconditionally----as my others do too.

They each bring me something each day that I am grateful for.

Mittensandmedwick said:

Pets
Pinky I hope raider adjusts to the food. They can such a pain some times, but as you said what would we do without them. My Boy has been staying so close to me since I was diagnosed. In fact he will be 2 next month, so he is still a youngster. Hope all is well with you

Mittens
Raider does seem to be doing better with his new food the last couple of days!!!
My other cat Buzz really stayed close to me too..It's like they sense your not well..
Hope you are doing well!!!
Joyce

We have Thumbelina, our
We have Thumbelina, our little 6-toed 16 year old cat; Bruiser and his son Ben, yellow and black labs respectively; and SeeSaw our 20+ year old and still beautiful horse.

The mutt
The mutt came with the marriage. She gets leftovers all the time. She snores and grunts like a pig in her sleep. She rolls around in the neighbors horse manure and brings it in the house. She comes and goes as she pleases. She chases the coyotes away at night. She's definitely my husband's dog, but guess whose feet she comes to sit by when it storms?

What a character!

Deb

bumping up ..
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I love my furbaby!
Our baby is Midis, a nearly 6 yr old Maltese. He is spoiled rotten, but we love him to death! He stays right beside me on the couch whenever I am reading or on my IPad. I rarely use my desktop computer in our home office because Midis can't sit beside me in my computer chair. I also work from home three days a week, and have my work-office set up in our guestroom with my desk "chair" being a futon so that Midis can lay beside me while I am working. Of course, it goes without saying, he also sleeps with me at night and goes on vacations to Destin, FL with us every year. My husband is just as nutty about Midis as I am. He works from home all the time. Unlike me, he hasn't relocated his home office to accommodate Midis but Midis does have a catbed in our joint home office and when I am not at home he lies in that under Greg's feet all day long.

Before Midis we had Casper who was also a Maltese. He lived to be 14 1/2 yrs old. He was a very healthy and happy (and spoiled) little dog right up until the end. We were so heartbroken when we lost him that I insisted on finding another within the week of his passing. Midis was not ready to leave his momma until a week or so later. Casper passed away on 2/20 and I picked up Midis on 2/25. As much as my husand felt we should have a little breathing room without the responsibility of a little fur baby for a while, my grief overruled that decision (and I'm sure his grief also played a big part in him giving in so easily).

Years before Casper I had a Yorkshire Terrier. In fact, I had the Yorkie, Chipper, before I started having babies. After I had two little skin babies and bought and finished a new house with my first husband, then started working I turned my demanding little Yorkie over to my then Mother-in-Law who had just lost her mini Schnauzer of 19 years. She was lonesome and in love with Chipper, and he was destroying my new home! Hard to keep tabs on two little ones, an unruly little dog and a new job all at the same time in a new home!

So, I learned a lot along the way: Spoil the little fur babies all you want, and love them to death, but do not let them get away with murder or they can destroy your home and your peace of mind. Personally, I can't see myself ever without a furry little body next to me whether I be reading, typing on my IPad, working from home, on vacation or sleeping at night. They are just a part of who I am.

You know what broke my heart the most when I found out I had cancer? "What will Midis do? What will he think? He'll have to think I just abandoned him because there is no way anyone can explain to him that I left him unwillingly!" I knew the humans that care for me in my life would understand, but Midis? Never. I thank God I do not have this to worry about, at least not this time around. I will be fine and recover from this particular scare.

*Hugs to all Pet Lovers*
Cyndi