Gary, thanks for the welcome! No clue how I managed to only find this forum now, I feel so behind the times. But better late than never, right?
With a fair warning, let me say you opened a can of worms now. lol! I love sharing photos of my furkids, past and present... oh, and my featherkids, and scalekids, and all my non-human family.
And I love viewing others' pics too, so will make a note to look over as many pages in this thread as I can.
I'll try to keep these photos small, assuming I do it correctly...
First off, a couple before pics of Chance, the slaughterbound guy I mentioned in my other post.
Around 500 pounds underweight, unknown age though estimated in late teens or early 20's, teeth all worn down from eating rocks, hooves split and cracked, covered in rainrot and various sores from flies, so weak the first night we got him the emergency vet figured he would be dead by morning. Next morning he was very much alive, but needed help getting to his feet. In the pic with the red trailer in the background, I was holding Chance's head up because he was too weak to even hold his head normally, that pic was taken less than 12 hours after we bought him.
The second pic up there was 3-4 months after we had him. His coat shed out and his rain rot cleared up pretty quick.
Yes, THIS bag of bones was my first true love. I adored that old man.
๐Heres a shot of Chance less than a year after we had him, maybe 8-10 months after his purchase. The saddle is just decorative, he was never ridden, but you can see some weight gain and muscle improvements. He was also getting back into a winter coat which made him look a little fatter too, hehe. Sorry about the crappy photo, that was before I had a decent digicam.
Smartest cat and best traveling and hiking companion, Micro (named after Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs on TV). Seen here in Las Vegas. (On the roof of the Bellagio, with Paris' eifel tower in the background). She was a pick-up in Florida and has been with us through 20-something states. She's sleeping right next to me as I type this, actually. I consider myself more of a dog person in general, but this cat is awesome.
One of the two Pigeons we travel with. Yes, pigeons. Nothing fancy, like an African Grey or Cockatoo, but still very loving and fun to have around. We picked up a pair in Las Vegas back in June. This is the female, Pajamas.
Last pic, then I will stop hogging.
๐ A pic of my two canine kids. The Tibetan Spaniel (left side, arguably a Pekingese..?) is Chrissy, the Pug goes by many names including (but not limited to) Puggy, Frankie, Fatty, Egghead, Dummy and Goober depending on what she's doing at the time. Both joined the family here in Missouri around Christmas and have yet to travel out of state with us, both "rescues" in a way. Both the apparent product of backyard breeding kennels, though in better general condition than puppy-mill dogs... or so I hear.
Thought I had some pics of the toads in Photobucket but can't seem to find them. I'll snap some shots tomorrow if anyone cares to see them.
๐Dogdiva, is "interesting" good? Might have been more interesting if the Grand Canyon was in the background, eh?...never did get there, by the way. Maybe this year or the next.
Mother/Daughter team living full-time in an RV with
5 Cats, 2 Dogs, 2 Pigeons, 3 Toads & 2 Tortoises.
Changing our destination as the wind blows!
03/07/2011: 32 states and counting