Other pets (pics and discussions)

[EasternGirl]

Again...I want to find a snake in my Christmas tree! So jealous.

[ConcinusMan]

Wouldn't be so great if the snake was venomous, and it found you first.

[EasternGirl]

Umm...I don't think I want to find that snake in my Christmas tree...

[ConcinusMan]

OK, finally I show you "Puffin". He's a long haired chihuahua. Funny story how he came to be with me. I lost my "Thumbilina" (9 yr old cream pomeranian) to a sudden unexpected death this year. The very same day she died, I saw a kid chasing puffin down the street and I ran to help. Turns out the dog didn't belong to the kid so I caught Puffin and brought him home. Within a few days, the RFID implant allowed me to track down his owner. He had been missing for more than 3 weeks. They came and got him.

About a month later they brought him back and asked if I could take him. They couldn't take care of him anymore and were being evicted to the streets. So I took him. He's awesome. Very sweet and highly protective of the entire family, including my 3 remaining pomeranians.

Here he's pictured with "Rufus" a black and tan pom. Forgot the red eye setting!



Puffin again:

[EasternGirl]

They are both adorable! I'm sorry to hear about Thumbilina's unexpected passing. It is weird that you found Puffin the same day that she died. Very cool story. I love my chihuahua but he can def be one of Cesar Millan's chihuahua's from hell when he is being territorial and jealous.

[ConcinusMan]

Thumbilina slipped into a coma one morning and died 21 hours later. Her passing was much easier to deal with since Puffin came along and gives me so much joy. He'll never replace her, but still, he made it much easier to deal with. It was just "fate" that he came along that day.

Thumbilina: (December 2010)



She was limp but barked non-stop though the coma. I can't help but wonder if she was on the "cusp" and was barking because she could see the dogs waiting for her on "the other side". I don't know about that, but I miss her a lot.

[infernalis]

My condolences Richard.. It's a difficult thing to have to cope with so close to the holidays.

Wait, how long ago?? Sorry if I mistimed the reply.

[EasternGirl]

She was a beautiful girl...rest in peace Thumbilina....here in my baby girl Kaela who passed away last January...she wasn't actually a baby, she was 12...but she will always be my baby...she had a lapsed esophagus...it was a pretty rough death. I miss her every day... It's still hard for me to look at pictures of her. I didn't do the red eye correction either...can't look at the pic very long.

[guidofatherof5]

Tank is always good for a few yawns when he is getting up.

[gregmonsta]

That just made me yawn ... should have gone to bed earlier!