Loungers' Pets

[lolly_loisides]

I'm sorry to hear that Binkie, but I'm sure Modi is resilient & will be around for quite awhile.

 

[TackCollector]

"... he also seems very happy!! and playful again, so it is quite a relief, the Vet did say they become accustomed to not seeing, but I am really amazed with how well he copes"

I am sure that must have been upsetting to find.

I had a cat who lost his eyesight at the age of 14, and he adjusted quite well. I blocked off the stairways so he'd not try going up or down, and I kept him on one floor. I also crawled around on the floors so I that could find all of the potential eye-hazards and other hazards down there at his level. There were quite a few that I'd have never thought about.

Animals just seem to accept things pretty well and they adapt and go on.

 

[Frankly Scarlet]

Poor Modi I'm so sad when things like this happen to animals.

This is my fur ball, Hamburguesa, he's an exotic cat (1 1/2 years old).

 

[LocktownDog]

I can't imagine waking up in the morning and seeing that face right off the bat. He looks like he'd be plotting my death.

 

[SteveAS]

"Modi one of my Italian Greyhounds went blind last week, he may have been loosing his sight over a period of time, but when I came home one afternoon he was sitting in the middle of the sitting room floor ignoring me. He was a bit timid and would not go into the garden, however, now he is carrying on as if he can see, he is not bumping into anything and can run in and out of the garden with ease, which involves some steps from the french doors in the dinning room. he also seems very happy!! and playful again, so it is quite a relief, the Vet did say they become accustomed to not seeing, but I am really amazed with how well he copes"

I had a dog go blind a couple years ago. It's amazing how little it affected him. He still happily went on hikes on unfamiliar, uneven ground (on a leash, to keep him from walking into or off of things) and only slowed down a little in familiar environments.

 

[Feraud]

Miles won first place in a local pug Halloween contest.

 

[Dav]

I had a dog go blind a couple years ago. It's amazing how little it affected him. He still happily went on hikes on unfamiliar, uneven ground (on a leash, to keep him from walking into or off of things) and only slowed down a little in familiar environments.

My neighbour had a blind dog but you wouldn't know if you weren't told, I think we tend to forget that eyesight isn't a dog's primary sense.

 

[rue]

Everyone's furry babies are so cute! I laughed and cried with you through this thread. I know how hard it is to lose our furry children, since I lost two in a year from old age, but I wanted to share one of our babies... This is Bear....

When we brought him home:

and now at 4 1/2 lbs. and 1 years old:

He's called Bubbas and Bubbala..... I love him more than life, which explains why I'm always on here. I can't leave him, because he cries lol

 

[Puzzicato]

Here are a couple of Urchin's more recent pictures. That horrible yellow fleece my husband is wearing is her favourite thing.

 

[BinkieBaumont]

Sausage Dogs running the UN?

And Back Stage

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Do you own a Dachshund?

Thankfully, PICA and local artist Bennett Miller are looking for 47 sausage dogs to take part in a bizarre and joyful installation called Dachshund UN.

If you have a Dachshund and are interested in being involved contact PICA on 9228 6307 or email Bennett at dachshundsunited@googlemail.com to register your interest. Hurry along now though, places are filling fast!

 

[Kahuna]

Here's our lovable mutts Dinah:

And Woody:

They're both pound pups and a quite a comedic team. They keep us laughing and on our feet. We believe Dinah is part blue heeler and part lab and Woody is some kind of hound mix. They are instant death on stuffed toys, eviscerating them in minutes so they can play tug-o-war with the skins. Their toy basket is pretty pathetic, just a bunch of threadbare skins of what used to be stuffed animals.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I don't know if you all know about these web sites so here ya go:

www.icanhascheezburger.com

http://dogs.icanhascheezburger.com/

 

[HeyMoe]

Here's mine:

Jethro - 2 years old on on Dec 5th. He doesn't look like it but he is a golden boxer!

 

[MrNewportCustom]

I still have 'Tilla. Here he is doing what he does best.

I've missed out on much of the goings-on around the Lounge for most of this past year, but in the interim, I gained - and unfortunately lost to some car tires - a real sweetheart of a cat . . .

Gwendolynne.

Gwen loved to play and she always used her indoor claws whenever she attacked my hands. In the few short months that she was with me, she never broke my skin. She was also nuts about the red laser beam dot and would chase it for hours!

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Here's the only pic I have of my cats, Earl and Randy at the moment. I'll get better ones later.

 

[Dav]

Here's mine:

Jethro - 2 years old on on Dec 5th. He doesn't look like it but he is a golden boxer!

That's a beautiful dog you've got there HeyMoe, but golden boxer? I've never heard of a black dog described as golden before.
Edit
I see now golden retriever cross boxer, I have never encountered them before.

 

[dandelion-vint]

Here are Boris & Harlow, posing for this year's Christmas card

 

[rlk]

Electra

Just over 14-1/2 years now.

 

[BinkieBaumont]

Hunni, one of my two Italian greyhounds, Modi the other is her Father,................... Hunni contemplating wether or not she can leap up and get the fairy within her jaws ( oh a ghostly apparition of a snow man!!) left of picture!

 

[Fletch]

rlk & Binke - I agree.

old cats too.