Hi! Hmmm.. I guess I'll just post pictures of my tanks and all of my pets...
29g community livebearer freshwater. Been going for almost 4 years.. I think.
A really sad looking 5.5g. Don't worry, some driftwood, java moss.. fish, and it looks fine.
Plans to put my last swordtail males in it after I tear it down, re-cycle it, and re-decorate. Poor guys were part of a breeding group I had, of 9 (3 males, 6 females) from boxing day last year. They turned out to be a really weak strain and I never once had any of the females get pregnant, so there was never any chance they were eaten.
4 of them before I had added any fake plants, the tank now looks decent with 4 large(ish) fake plants, and java moss.
Here's a nice little guy I had. He never outgrew his 2.5 inches in the 3 years he was alive..
4 years ago I had a nice strain of thses guys...
I have had deformaties such as this..
Here's some shots from a while ago in my 29g.
I currently own 3 dogs, a cat, a guinea pig, and all of my tanks.
We had to put our dog, a pomeranian x poodle down 4 years ago. My parents had owned her before they even had me. She was 13 when she died.
Buddy - guinea pig. Age 7.
Buddy is a (very!) old man who lives by himself, which is not usually encouraged due to their need to be with others. He is special though, in that he seems to prefer to be alone. Buddy came to the SPCA I work at and was there for a month. My parents had agreed we would foster a guinea pig litter when we were needed.. however, I ended up falling in love with this guy. He has lived his whole life alone, and we have no idea about his living conditions, or how many owners he has had. I officially adopted him on October 30, 2008.
Charlie - Bichon Frise. Registered with the Canadian Kennel Club.
Meet Charlie! He was such a badly behaved dog who was owned by my mother's co-worker. She became a very close family friend, and we always dog-sat him. When his owner was diagnosed with terminal lung and bone cancer, we agreed we would take him when it was time.
He is from a very well-known breeder and cost $1400. :crazy:
She passed away in April, and her house closes September 1st, which is really hard on all of us. We have spent many hours cleaning and moving furniture for open houses and have become family. She has no family, only a brother who has chosen to stay in Japan for buisness and pretend nothing has happened.
Charlie is now an angel and fits right in. He tries to talk, and will get very noisey if his needs are not being met. "car ride time, dogpark time, walk time please!"
Charlie is a show quality dog who's mother was from the USA. However, he was born the runt and was sold on a neuter contract and had to be known as pet quality.
Well, things aren't always what they seem. Charlie is now a very big guy! At 4 years old he weighs 26 pounds and is 2 times the size of some bichons. People are so amazed when they compare their bichon to him...
When we had an issue with his back left leg muscle, the vet said his muscles were so thick and tight she would need to sedate him to try and get them to relax so she could feel the ligament!
This was rose we were given when his owner died,
Darien - Miniature x toy poodle. 9 pounds
This was the dog we purchased after we put our pomeranian x poodle down. We didn't last 4 days without a dog in the house. Who knew we would end up with three?
We were very uneducated back then and didn't know any better.. he's from a pet store.
Darien has trouble staying at a healthy weight. Not what you're thinking.. it's because he never sits still!! This guy zooms around the house, backyard, dogpark...
He once was racing a whippet at the offleash (but fenced in) dog park and was winning. The whippet didn't turn fast enough, slammed into the fence, and caught her leg. Her screams were terrible and her owners picked her up and raced her to the vets. She hasn't been back to the park since. :shakehead:
Darien was named after the Six Flags theme park, where we once vacationed. His name at the store was Fraggle. :crazy:
When he was young I started teaching him agility. Big mistake. He can now jump pretty high, but I don't let him often.
We enrolled with him when he was a puppy into "puppy class". The other dogs were a rottie, a gsd, bouvier, and 2 labs. :22_yikes: But Darien.. he just out ran them. :grinyes:
We eventually graduated and decided to try "grade 1". I became the only person working with him... and the two of us bonded through a box of cheerios dipped in strawberry yogurt.
The owner/teacher taught me many things. She would teach me about grooming techniques and jump training..
Darien and I were asked to join a flyball team when Darien was only 6 months old.
We declined, because jumping him like that could ruin his legs for life.
Darien became so close to me... he knew well over 20 tricks and commands, and we even entered into a pet show once. :grinno:
Then, one day in the car my parents told me they were thinking about getting another dog to keep Darien company....
as a puppy
Enter...
Mattie!
Mattie is a Heinz 57 dog. We see soooo many different breeds in her.
Here is her story...
We went to an SPCA out of town to look for a companion for Darien when he was around 6 months.
This dog sat there, howling and howling. She looked like an ugly mutant creature. She looked pathetic. A dog? It couldn't be. Could it?
We asked about her/him.
Over 3 days we visited the dog through the glass of her "cage". The staff got to know us well.
Then, the next morning when we came in.. she was gone. :jaw:
They said that another family had come in and was interested in her. We were sooooo angry. We had gotten up at 6 am for the past 4 days for nothing?
So.. we sat down. My parents told me it was very unlikely we would be getting her. Somehow, I conviced them to stay sitting.
After an hour.. a guy comes out of the testing room, puts his hands in the air and shouts "touchdown!!".
Yeah... they turned out to be.. a little.. wierd. They also had a baby. This dog had been growling and snapping.
We got our turn with her. We all sat down on the floor. She walked over to my mom and collapsed in her lap, gave a huge sigh, and fell asleep instantly. The staff said this was the first time she had slept since she had come in.
She was found on the streets. It is unknown how old she is, her breed(s), where she came from and why, how she has managed to survive..
When she was spayed, the vet checked and said it looked like she hadn't ever had puppies.
Darien and Mattie got along like old friends. They would just chill out in an office, on the floor.. anywhere they were inside the shelter.
We officially adopted her and took her home.
Before - the night we brought her home, she and Darien ran to the dining room, jumped onto a chair, and up to the table, where the sat for an hour.
She couldn't see, so I gave her a ponytail.
The next day we took her to our groomers.
It took 4 groomers and all day to shave her down.
Wanna know where we got her name? She was covered in matts. One was so large, the vet even did an x-ray on one because we though it was an extra leg.
After -
What she looks like today...
It took her over a year to learn to trust, and to stop with all of the agression. She is now the perfect dogpark angel and has help guard new puppies who come to the park. She will tell dogs off for going after dogs who are weaker... and she really has a beef with a great dane known as Norman. No matter what he's doing she will be right alongside him, howling like the wierd little creature she is.
Group shots...
Last Christmas we had Charlie while his owner was away. This is the pig pen.. we thought it would be funny =-D
Alex
Alex is our cat. We took her as a kitten when one of mom's co-workers rescued a litter of abandoned kittens. Alex prefers the downstaires and loves my dad and my grandma.. the people who feed her. :grinno:
She looks overweight because of a medical condition.. don't worry.. we don't overfeed her. She has always eaten stuff the vet has said was good stuff... she loves tormenting the dogs and chasing them around the house...
Had her since I was little. I think she's almost 10...
We used to have hamsters... my first was Phonix (yes, not Phoenix), then there was Foxy Roxy.. Again.. uneducated we were.. and I picked her up from her cage a week after we got her.. and then screamed and dropped her onto her bedding when I saw a bunch of hairless things under her.
Foxy -
1 found a home.. then the others caught wettail and even though we spent alot of money and tlc on saving them, they eventually were all lost.
One was going to go to my cousin and her 2 year old daughter.. I had chosen my favourite for her.. turns out that I was really going to be allowed to keep her instead...
Umm.. basically we're animal lovers..
I've rescued a little loose dog on a busy road and found his owner (just so happened they were selling their motorcycle and had their phone number posted right outside their house) 3 puppies that got loose at a busy intersection.. I once was riding my bike around the block and saw a loose malamute puppy. This thing followed me home... "hey dad, look what followed me home!". We ended up keeping her for the night and then taking her to the SPCA where she was scanned for a microchip (none!). We had a note on her file that we wanted to stay in contact with the owners when they re-claimed her... she was re-claimed the next day and the owners were too embarassed to talk with us. She was a puppy and was completly trained.. about 40lbs.. we talked with a breeder in our neighbourhood who offered to take her.. she checked her out and valued her at around $1500. :jaw:
When I was 12 and in grade 6 I was on safety patroll duty and it was beside a golf course. A lady started calling for me to come over to the fence. She passed me a budgie through the fence and kept saying "You take canary. It land on shoulder" So I took it inside the school and we got it a box. A school mom took it home even though my parents told the school we would take care of it and either find the owner or take it to the SPCA.. I never saw it again. The mom had a huge issue with my mom and everyone knew that.. so it was completly unfair.
My family has dog-sat other dogs, one which we were asked to take a year later because they were getting a divorce. I have pet-sit 2 cockatiels, 2 budgies, 2 finches, a rabbit, a dog, 2 tanks, and a pond all at the same time. I was asked a few months ago to take a guinea pig from a Pet Value that was going back to being company owned, which mean't there would not be pets for sale. The lady told me if he was not sld he would go back to the company. As much as I wanted to.. I couldn't. I was asked to care for a guinea pig over the summer, however I couldn't because I was going on vacation for a week, and my grandmother already has enough animals to care for.
She's really a champ. She feeds the dogs, plays with them, cuddles them, feeds the cat, brushes her... feeds the fish, feeds the pig and cleans his cage..
When Charlie's owner passed away she left money to be spent on grooming supplies as a gift to me. Here'd what I purchased...
I love fishing, photography, reading, writing, agility, working with and around horses and small animals.
I grew up dairy farming and training horses. All of my family are farmers except for my parents.. so we usually joke about the fact I was born into the wrong family...
I was a show jumper for 5 years but my mom couldn't handle the getting thrown off part.. so now I'm just working with an asmatic western quarter horse my cousin owns.
And.... me!
If I had to specialize in a fish, it would be guppies. I'm not allowed any more tanks because I'll be going to college "soon".. but I keep finding more ways to get them in.. ;-D
29g community livebearer freshwater. Been going for almost 4 years.. I think.
A really sad looking 5.5g. Don't worry, some driftwood, java moss.. fish, and it looks fine.
Plans to put my last swordtail males in it after I tear it down, re-cycle it, and re-decorate. Poor guys were part of a breeding group I had, of 9 (3 males, 6 females) from boxing day last year. They turned out to be a really weak strain and I never once had any of the females get pregnant, so there was never any chance they were eaten.
4 of them before I had added any fake plants, the tank now looks decent with 4 large(ish) fake plants, and java moss.
Here's a nice little guy I had. He never outgrew his 2.5 inches in the 3 years he was alive..
4 years ago I had a nice strain of thses guys...
I have had deformaties such as this..
Here's some shots from a while ago in my 29g.
I currently own 3 dogs, a cat, a guinea pig, and all of my tanks.
We had to put our dog, a pomeranian x poodle down 4 years ago. My parents had owned her before they even had me. She was 13 when she died.
Buddy - guinea pig. Age 7.
Buddy is a (very!) old man who lives by himself, which is not usually encouraged due to their need to be with others. He is special though, in that he seems to prefer to be alone. Buddy came to the SPCA I work at and was there for a month. My parents had agreed we would foster a guinea pig litter when we were needed.. however, I ended up falling in love with this guy. He has lived his whole life alone, and we have no idea about his living conditions, or how many owners he has had. I officially adopted him on October 30, 2008.
Charlie - Bichon Frise. Registered with the Canadian Kennel Club.
Meet Charlie! He was such a badly behaved dog who was owned by my mother's co-worker. She became a very close family friend, and we always dog-sat him. When his owner was diagnosed with terminal lung and bone cancer, we agreed we would take him when it was time.
He is from a very well-known breeder and cost $1400. :crazy:
She passed away in April, and her house closes September 1st, which is really hard on all of us. We have spent many hours cleaning and moving furniture for open houses and have become family. She has no family, only a brother who has chosen to stay in Japan for buisness and pretend nothing has happened.
Charlie is now an angel and fits right in. He tries to talk, and will get very noisey if his needs are not being met. "car ride time, dogpark time, walk time please!"
Charlie is a show quality dog who's mother was from the USA. However, he was born the runt and was sold on a neuter contract and had to be known as pet quality.
Well, things aren't always what they seem. Charlie is now a very big guy! At 4 years old he weighs 26 pounds and is 2 times the size of some bichons. People are so amazed when they compare their bichon to him...
When we had an issue with his back left leg muscle, the vet said his muscles were so thick and tight she would need to sedate him to try and get them to relax so she could feel the ligament!
This was rose we were given when his owner died,
Darien - Miniature x toy poodle. 9 pounds
This was the dog we purchased after we put our pomeranian x poodle down. We didn't last 4 days without a dog in the house. Who knew we would end up with three?
We were very uneducated back then and didn't know any better.. he's from a pet store.
Darien has trouble staying at a healthy weight. Not what you're thinking.. it's because he never sits still!! This guy zooms around the house, backyard, dogpark...
He once was racing a whippet at the offleash (but fenced in) dog park and was winning. The whippet didn't turn fast enough, slammed into the fence, and caught her leg. Her screams were terrible and her owners picked her up and raced her to the vets. She hasn't been back to the park since. :shakehead:
Darien was named after the Six Flags theme park, where we once vacationed. His name at the store was Fraggle. :crazy:
When he was young I started teaching him agility. Big mistake. He can now jump pretty high, but I don't let him often.
We enrolled with him when he was a puppy into "puppy class". The other dogs were a rottie, a gsd, bouvier, and 2 labs. :22_yikes: But Darien.. he just out ran them. :grinyes:
We eventually graduated and decided to try "grade 1". I became the only person working with him... and the two of us bonded through a box of cheerios dipped in strawberry yogurt.
The owner/teacher taught me many things. She would teach me about grooming techniques and jump training..
Darien and I were asked to join a flyball team when Darien was only 6 months old.
We declined, because jumping him like that could ruin his legs for life.
Darien became so close to me... he knew well over 20 tricks and commands, and we even entered into a pet show once. :grinno:
Then, one day in the car my parents told me they were thinking about getting another dog to keep Darien company....
Enter...
Mattie!
Mattie is a Heinz 57 dog. We see soooo many different breeds in her.
Here is her story...
We went to an SPCA out of town to look for a companion for Darien when he was around 6 months.
This dog sat there, howling and howling. She looked like an ugly mutant creature. She looked pathetic. A dog? It couldn't be. Could it?
We asked about her/him.
Over 3 days we visited the dog through the glass of her "cage". The staff got to know us well.
Then, the next morning when we came in.. she was gone. :jaw:
They said that another family had come in and was interested in her. We were sooooo angry. We had gotten up at 6 am for the past 4 days for nothing?
So.. we sat down. My parents told me it was very unlikely we would be getting her. Somehow, I conviced them to stay sitting.
After an hour.. a guy comes out of the testing room, puts his hands in the air and shouts "touchdown!!".
Yeah... they turned out to be.. a little.. wierd. They also had a baby. This dog had been growling and snapping.
We got our turn with her. We all sat down on the floor. She walked over to my mom and collapsed in her lap, gave a huge sigh, and fell asleep instantly. The staff said this was the first time she had slept since she had come in.
She was found on the streets. It is unknown how old she is, her breed(s), where she came from and why, how she has managed to survive..
When she was spayed, the vet checked and said it looked like she hadn't ever had puppies.
Darien and Mattie got along like old friends. They would just chill out in an office, on the floor.. anywhere they were inside the shelter.
We officially adopted her and took her home.
Before - the night we brought her home, she and Darien ran to the dining room, jumped onto a chair, and up to the table, where the sat for an hour.
She couldn't see, so I gave her a ponytail.
The next day we took her to our groomers.
It took 4 groomers and all day to shave her down.
Wanna know where we got her name? She was covered in matts. One was so large, the vet even did an x-ray on one because we though it was an extra leg.
After -
What she looks like today...
It took her over a year to learn to trust, and to stop with all of the agression. She is now the perfect dogpark angel and has help guard new puppies who come to the park. She will tell dogs off for going after dogs who are weaker... and she really has a beef with a great dane known as Norman. No matter what he's doing she will be right alongside him, howling like the wierd little creature she is.
Group shots...
Alex
Alex is our cat. We took her as a kitten when one of mom's co-workers rescued a litter of abandoned kittens. Alex prefers the downstaires and loves my dad and my grandma.. the people who feed her. :grinno:
She looks overweight because of a medical condition.. don't worry.. we don't overfeed her. She has always eaten stuff the vet has said was good stuff... she loves tormenting the dogs and chasing them around the house...
Had her since I was little. I think she's almost 10...
We used to have hamsters... my first was Phonix (yes, not Phoenix), then there was Foxy Roxy.. Again.. uneducated we were.. and I picked her up from her cage a week after we got her.. and then screamed and dropped her onto her bedding when I saw a bunch of hairless things under her.
Foxy -
1 found a home.. then the others caught wettail and even though we spent alot of money and tlc on saving them, they eventually were all lost.
One was going to go to my cousin and her 2 year old daughter.. I had chosen my favourite for her.. turns out that I was really going to be allowed to keep her instead...
Umm.. basically we're animal lovers..
I've rescued a little loose dog on a busy road and found his owner (just so happened they were selling their motorcycle and had their phone number posted right outside their house) 3 puppies that got loose at a busy intersection.. I once was riding my bike around the block and saw a loose malamute puppy. This thing followed me home... "hey dad, look what followed me home!". We ended up keeping her for the night and then taking her to the SPCA where she was scanned for a microchip (none!). We had a note on her file that we wanted to stay in contact with the owners when they re-claimed her... she was re-claimed the next day and the owners were too embarassed to talk with us. She was a puppy and was completly trained.. about 40lbs.. we talked with a breeder in our neighbourhood who offered to take her.. she checked her out and valued her at around $1500. :jaw:
When I was 12 and in grade 6 I was on safety patroll duty and it was beside a golf course. A lady started calling for me to come over to the fence. She passed me a budgie through the fence and kept saying "You take canary. It land on shoulder" So I took it inside the school and we got it a box. A school mom took it home even though my parents told the school we would take care of it and either find the owner or take it to the SPCA.. I never saw it again. The mom had a huge issue with my mom and everyone knew that.. so it was completly unfair.
My family has dog-sat other dogs, one which we were asked to take a year later because they were getting a divorce. I have pet-sit 2 cockatiels, 2 budgies, 2 finches, a rabbit, a dog, 2 tanks, and a pond all at the same time. I was asked a few months ago to take a guinea pig from a Pet Value that was going back to being company owned, which mean't there would not be pets for sale. The lady told me if he was not sld he would go back to the company. As much as I wanted to.. I couldn't. I was asked to care for a guinea pig over the summer, however I couldn't because I was going on vacation for a week, and my grandmother already has enough animals to care for.
She's really a champ. She feeds the dogs, plays with them, cuddles them, feeds the cat, brushes her... feeds the fish, feeds the pig and cleans his cage..
When Charlie's owner passed away she left money to be spent on grooming supplies as a gift to me. Here'd what I purchased...
I love fishing, photography, reading, writing, agility, working with and around horses and small animals.
I grew up dairy farming and training horses. All of my family are farmers except for my parents.. so we usually joke about the fact I was born into the wrong family...
I was a show jumper for 5 years but my mom couldn't handle the getting thrown off part.. so now I'm just working with an asmatic western quarter horse my cousin owns.
And.... me!
If I had to specialize in a fish, it would be guppies. I'm not allowed any more tanks because I'll be going to college "soon".. but I keep finding more ways to get them in.. ;-D
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