Pets, Part of the family, Whos got what?

[Protour_Pinto]

Astroracers thread got me wondering whos got what? Little terrors? Multi heathens? Scales,feathers,fur?

My past career was based around animals so I have quite a few but in the house I have 6 rescue cats a king snake and a Bearded Dragon.

In the Barns is a different story...

[SRD art]

I've got a pit-bull/ border collie mix, an Aussie shepherd/ blue heeler mix, a tabby cat, a huge red eared slider water turtle, a few fish, and my wife breeds parakeets. They're all great pets. Well, my aussie barfed on my office carpet today, that wasn't very cool, but mostly they're great. ;)

[Protour_Pinto]

SRD, Good for you! Lots of Karma coming your way for sure. Pits sure get a bad rep for the few bad ones out there. I have a 3 legged pit that is the sweetest thing!

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[Rod]

mine

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[solarguy09]

Three rescue cats that rule the house...i just pay for things and live here...

[spacepirate]

2 hairless cats here! Peanut and Lt. Worf

[CreepinDeth]

SRD, Good for you! Lots of Karma coming your way for sure. Pits sure get a bad rep for the few bad ones out there. I have a 3 legged pit that is the sweetest thing!

Wow......that's so awesome of you to care for him!!!!
How did lose the leg ?? I hope it wasn't an adoption from fighting.....

I love APBT's and I'm on my 3rd. I love the big one's that are outside the tighter breeding spec's.
They're huge lovable dogs ALWAYS wanting to make you happy and have your attention.
GREAT with kids........but not for stupid lazy owners.

I don't have a current pic of my 1 year old Gotti/Greyline, but he's @ 80lbs right now.
I flew him in from Dallas Texas from a UKC breeder of Gotti's. This was after his cropping Spring 2011.
Choppers grand sire is 100lbs and IMMENSE and a champion. (no not fighter, I hate a**holes who fight dogs )
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Here's Chopper's grand sire (grandpa) who still studs.
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This was my best friend through my 20's......Chaos, Midnight Reign bloodline and just such a happy dog.
He passed 3 years ago from catching Blastomycosis (Evil stuff)......left a huge hole in my heart.
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[Protour_Pinto]

Creepindeth, She was being used as a bait dog in Compton. I was on set and a bunch of us heard a bunch of dog fighting and called my buddy at the aspca to report it. He came to set just as we were wrapping things up and he had her in the back of his car. A big pit/rot cross had bit her leg hard enough to shatter it at the shoulder. I knew a vet that would fix her up n the middle of the night. She loves her little pack now ad will live violence free the rest of her life.

I have an AmStaff and my English Staff just passed a couple years ago.

Boomer the Am Staff on his way to another show with my roommate at the time.
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Puddles the English Staff with her Favorite toy
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[Protour_Pinto]

Here is a little sampling of what I have had over the years.

http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f359/BanditMan1200/Animals/

[CreepinDeth]

Creepindeth, She was being used as a bait dog in Compton. I was on set and a bunch of us heard a bunch of dog fighting and called my buddy at the aspca to report it. He came to set just as we were wrapping things up and he had her in the back of his car. A big pit/rot cross had bit her leg hard enough to shatter it at the shoulder. I knew a vet that would fix her up n the middle of the night. She loves her little pack now ad will live violence free the rest of her life.

This got my blood boiling just reading it.
I am glad I moved out of Chicago and into the burbs, because if I was witness to this kind of butchery
I'd end up shooting someone and/or beating them to death. I have no concern for humans who act less
then human like an animal and deserve to be put down like one.

Boomer the AmStaff looks VERY healthy, handsome, and strong. A fine male ya got there.
My wife was scared of these dogs but my 90lb Chaos showed her that they really do get a bad rap from the media.
9 breeds in the Bully category who are all categorized as "Pit bull types" to make it look more severe then
other dogs in incidents. Then the scumbag thugs ruining them, I'd like to hang them like they did in the old west.

Save society and the courts a buttload of money.

Hey, a little not commonly known fact on AmStaff's, they were always the same dog as the APBT.
The ADBA and UKC started their organizations in the late 1800's and early 1900's with APBT's
as their #1 dog. AKC didn't want them but they finally realized their popularity and accepted them
under a DIFFERENT name.......guess what name it was. :) True story.

Today they do have slightly different breeding characteristics, but essentially they were the same dog.

[CreepinDeth]

Holy SHEISSE Batman........that's a HUGE friggin tarantula......is that the Goliath???
I think I'd scream like a little girl if that thing crawled on me. LOL

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[shmoov69]

I have a Black Bassedor non Retriever.....!! half Bassett and half Lab! Looks like a black lab cut off at the knees!! LOL!! Like a science project, off Dr Moreau's island!! LOL! Daddy was the Bassett, must've got her drunk and passed out or something!! LOL

And a black lab to go with him.

[Larry Callahan]

Susan is part of a small dog animal rescue. They specialize in the broken ones from the medical ward. She takes really good care of them and does an awesome job of healing them up.

Over time we wound up keeping a couple. The four below are ours.


Callie
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Lola
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Happy the 3 leg wonder
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Nellie
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The ones below are just a few Susan has fostered over the years.

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[Protour_Pinto]

Yep, I have a breeding pair of them.

As far as the Pit/Staff names, yea those waters are pretty muddy. I had no intention of showing him but my roommate was newly divorced and he was looking for something to do to keep his mind busy. Boomer was pretty easy to handle since he was trained for the movies already. I thought he ws too big but he ended up doing very well. I gave him to my roommate since they got along well together and he ended up going to Westminster. His first Best Of Show http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/american_staffordshire_terrier/dog.html?id=713263

[Protour_Pinto]

Larry, We need more like you and Susan, My reptile collection is in your neighborhood BTW.

The T-Rex Chihuahuas are too common now a days. I have a friend who rescued one while on the Baja 1000 a few years go.

[Rick Dorion]

A mix of rescues and newbies: 4 Jack Russells, 1 aussie, 2 horses, 12 chickens, 1 old blind peacock, 11 Guinea fowl, and will-hiss the barn cat.

[Slick68]

My wife and I have had several dogs over the years and 1 cat. The cat was a siamese that my wife got as a kitten. She named her Huzzy because every time she would find here, she was into something she shouldn't have been. She got diabetes a few years ago and we had to put her down.

Our favorite dog was a black Standard Poodle(yes, that's tha big ones) named Zack. We got him when he was a year old from a lady who was getting divorced and couldn't keep him. Standard Poodles are VERY smart and well behaved dogs. I also found out that they're very tough. They were originally bred for retreiving waterfowl. The kinky, curly hair repelled water quickly and the PomPons around their feet were actually designed to keep ther ankles warm in the cold hunting weather.

Currently we have a Bull Terrier. He's about a year and a half old. We got him from a lady who was forced to get rid of him by her husband because they didn't have time for him. Refer back to CreepDeth's comment about stupid lazy owners. It took him a couple weeks to get house trained, and overall he's a good dog, but he tends to get a bit rough when playing and he doesn't know his own strength.

I'll try to post some pics later.

[Norwoodx55]

One cat, he is a pretty low maintenance buddy.
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[Protour_Pinto]

Norwoodx55, classic shot!

[406 Q-ship]

I have two short haired black cats, Shadow and Charlotte. Both came from work's parking lot, found three kittens gave one a home with the Mother of a guy here at work.

I had a cat (Bill the Cat) a few years ago that was my best buddy (the two today are running a close second) that I lost to heart troubles. Broke my heart and said I would never again.....well never say never.

I love that picture of the Tabby in the sink!

You know that Dogs have owners.......CATS have staff.

[406 Q-ship]

One cat, he is a pretty low maintenance buddy.
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All I can think of when looking at that picture is........"Will you get the A/C fixed already......and peel me a mouse!"

[Damn True]

Guinness

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Here's his story: http://thedamntrueexperiment.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-family-member.html#more

Before Guinness we had Roxy.

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Here's her story: http://thedamntrueexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/08/saying-goodbye.html

Before Roxy I had Dutch. Here's his story: http://thedamntrueexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/01/dog-adoption-few-points-to-consider.html

[BulldawgMusclecars]

We have a one eyed Yellow Lab, Bandit, that was picked up by a friend on the interstate; a Black Lab/Akita mix named Herschel, who was rescued from a local animal shelter (originally was a foster); a brindled AST named Yenko (rescue); a German Shepherd/Rhodesian Ridgeback mix named Beouwulf (we call him Wulfie; rescue); a Shi Tzu named Gracie (adopted when a previous owner didn't want her anymore); an African Grey parrot named Charlie (adopted from my wife's ex-brother in law); a gray cat named Kit Kat (adopted); and an Arabian/draft horse mix named Tallulah (rescue).

[Onebadtwo]

I have a Boxer Pit mix named Jasmine.

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[Bryce]

My wife has a little jack russel.

Here is a picture of my shop dog that passed away last year from cancer, Mollie.
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My dad adopted another shop dog, Roo, he is a australian cattle dog mixed with carolina dog. He is awesome! really hyper except when he is around my new born, he calms down and just smells her. HAHA, freaking comedy.

[class67]

Ok, here it goes...I'm a lab guy but after two of them the wife wanted a small dog. I was not excited at all, but this little guy is pretty cool!

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[solarguy09]

Susan is part of a small dog animal rescue. They specialize in the broken ones from the medical ward. She takes really good care of them and does an awesome job of healing them up.

Over time we wound up keeping a couple. The four below are ours.


Callie
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Lola
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Happy the 3 leg wonder
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Nellie
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The ones below are just a few Susan has fostered over the years.

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So you know that there is a place in Heaven reserved for you two...

[DirtShark]

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Slyder hittin the pool, 6 year old rescue pointer/border collie mix, best dog I have ever had!!!

[garickman]

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[BuddyP]

Does the wife count??

[FlyDoc]

here is my kids with 4 legs.
this is my latest he is going to be my service dog.
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if you watched Hawaii five O on Halloween you have already seen this one
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my dobermans, the big one is scared of cameras,
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my wife's Pomeranian,
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the cats
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Toby getting use to the new ones.
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My sister and niece working there expensive family members.
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and the rest of her stable,
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this one she had to pull from the trainer, he was just not feeding him enough for how hard he was getting worked.
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he is doing better now, in the first group horse photo, he is behind the tree on the left. all these horses get well taken care of!

[Turbo67camaro]

Here's our current adopted sweetheart named Savvy.

We think she's APBT, AMSTAF, or pit / boxer.

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[neki67]

Palido el Batidor, our 7yr old mini-bullterrier
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Sir James Crumble von Manmisch, our 2-1/2yr old Sphinx
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Mara, our 4yr old one eyed rescue
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[68KMARO]

We have been rescuing dogs right off the street in the south central part of los angeles. We have a warehouse down there and seem to find dogs constantly. have people that are fostering some right now but we have them ranging in size from 12 lbs up to 130 lbs. just found a nice 18 month old shepard pit mix and when i brought him to my vet, he was 102 lbs and under weight. always looking for good people to adopt them. will post up some pics.
rich

[Protour_Pinto]

Its amazing the dogs you cn find downtown L.A. This one jumped in my van when I was filing Dangerous Minds down in the LA River. Probably the best dog I have ever had.

Filming the Aerosmith video "Pink"
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