Mattlocked wrote:

Snoopadoop, the cockapoo, noblest of hounds!   

We have a tomcat called Emma (I know, it's a long story) and two female rabbits, Dammi and Charlotte. Dammi is named after my children's beloved primary school teacher.

We have a Springer Spaniel, male, 6 years old called Koby (named after Kobe Bryant but I spelled it wrong!) black and white. Also a 2 year old Llasa Apso/Cairn Terrier cross, female, Rosie, black and white. she is very funny. If two people are standing up, holding a conversation, she comes and stands inbetween them and tries to join in by making funny talking noises and barking. She also likes to sit on a lap but completely upright on her bottom with her front legs in the air. She is absolutely rubbish at coming to call (terrier trait) but the Spaniel is brilliant at this. She also has an embarrassing habit of invading other people's garden when out on a walk.

We did have a lovely fan tailed fish up until a month ago; it was about 10 but it died  .

Also a 25 year old ex-showjumping pony, liver-chestnut, 14.1hh, mare called Annie. She is retired now from competition and has arthritis. She is very cheeky and will try to escape from a field to better grass whenever the opportunity arises. We also have a 9 year old Belgian Warmblood, dark chestnut, 16.1hh, mare called Darly. She is a showjumper but she used to event. She is very, very beautiful (and knows it!)

That's all our animals. Unless you count the kids!

We have a Yorkiepoo called Sukie and a cat named Ringo! 

Puss in Boots??

SusiGo wrote:

We have a tomcat called Emma (I know, it's a long story)

My aunt has a male cat named Dotty (short for Dorothea, a woman's name). Dotty is littermates with Lou (Louis), and at the time they were named, it was believed Dotty was female. They were named after my grandparents (my aunt's parents). Um... whoops!

Davina wrote:

She is very cheeky and will try to escape from a field to better grass whenever the opportunity arises.

Ponies can be like that! I've never made the time and space to own a horse (or pony), but rode and worked at/with a stable in my youth. The ponies were so mischievous.

ancientsgate wrote:

Her name is Mazda Miata, named that as a kitten by a young SPCA volunteer at the time, who said she was "just a shiny little black sports car of a kitty".  She was, still is, and the name stuck. We just call her the Maz most of the time, but her name at the vet's is Mia. Confused yet? lololol

Oh, that's wonderful! I race Miatas, so love hearing that your cat is named after them! For those abroad, the car is the Mazda MX-5 outside of North America (and is the Mazda Roadster or Eunos Roadster in Japan).

We have two cats, 幽鬼 (Yūki) and Goro-Goro. Unfortunately, the characters for Goro-Goro don't appear to work quite right here, but can be seen in the caption of this photo.

Yūki is about two years old, and was found hiding under a truck, having been chased there by a dog. He was a kitten, barely 6 weeks, at the time. It's believed his mother and littermates were killed by the dog and he was the only one to escape. We wanted to name him something appropriate for a couple of Unix nerds, and decided upon UUOC - Useless Use of Cat. There's a command on Unix machines called "cat", and this command is often abused. But "UUOC" is long and difficult to say, so we wanted something to, well... you know... actually call him. Something vaguely like "you-key" seemed like a reasonable spoken name for UUOC. My boyfriend noted that Yuki/Yūki is actually a Japanese name, with the former being a feminine anglicization, and the latter a masculine one (alternatively Yuuki for the masculine form, if the ū isn't available). So Yūki became an anglicized spelling for his name, and my boyfriend decided to select kanji for his name, as is done in Japan. My boyfriend was able to find characters pronounced the appropriate way that would mean "ghost" - a very appropriate meaning for a white cat who is so skittish he disappears, seemingly there one moment and gone the next!

Goro-Goro was a shelter cat (while Yūki was found by a friend of a friend), and is just over a year old. In the shelter, his name was "Gus-Gus", but this didn't really fit for us. The sweet little kitten constantly purred, though, and purred loudly. On a whim, since our other cat has a vaguely Japanese name, I looked up "purr" in Japanese. From what I could find, it appeared "goro-goro" would essentially mean "purr" - for the purring of a cat, an engine, etc., etc. It's similar enough to "Gus-Gus" to not be a significant name change, and so Goro has his name. He's a brown tabby.

And I am quite sentimental about my pets!

Last edited by equiraptor (January 5, 2013 9:19 pm)

Mattlocked wrote:

Snoopadoop, the cockapoo, noblest of hounds!   

Just gigglesnorted into my nice hot cup of tea/nice cup of tea/cup of tea/cup.

Currently at a grand total of 0 pets. Although my parents did used to own dogs/cats/fish etc when I was a child.

I would like to own a malamute, degus or a hedgehog at some point but I unfortunately don't have the time to take care of them because I'm often out working. (Not that I'm complaining you understand )

Lelli wrote:

Hullo together!

I noticed, that many of you do have pets, and i thought it would be nice to know like cats or dogs (or exotic stuff) (I alway find it interesting to know who is a cat type and who is a dog type...) and how many and also funny stories. I mean... I don't know of anybody who hasn't at least got one story to tell about their pet.

I probably added this topic because I absolutely adore my dog!
She's called Sunny and that describes her perfectly.
She is so friendly to everyone and all jumpy and funny when you play with her. But when she manages to seize a place on the sofa she acts all lazy.
Oh I forgot to mention what race she is... She is a Cockapoo (Cocker-spaniel Poodle) Her fur is very bright beige and really fuzzy. She's about knee height and has flappy ears
I totally love her... And I'll stop there, because otherwise I won't stop for ages!

I would love to hear about your pets ;)

MK

I have a Sunny, too. My Sunny is a rescued, female Golden Retriever. She's very sweet and playful.  She loves my dwarf hamsters.

Does anyone know about any pets owned by any Sherlock cast/crew?  I've seen a yellow Lab associated with Andrew Scott. I think Benedict needs a pet, if he doesn't have one. It would love him for who he is, not the celebrity he has become.

In 2008 when I went to live in NZ a pregnant female cat came to live at my place. She later disappeared leaving a tiny kitten. She's not so tiny anymore and this friend of mine, who's feeding her when I'm not there, is keeping her on a very strict diet. Her name is Tui, like the bird and also because in my native language to call a cat we say "tui tui" instead of "puss puss".



Tui bird (you could see the likeness)

Two cats, one of them completely crazy; called Lumi and Tahra. They're white with little "red" spots... They're little princesses amd think that they're chief of the home but... Uhm, I think they really are. But still they're both not ordinary. Sometimes I think they don't know what they are (cats, actually ;-) ) and act like any other thing (human, dog, carpet :-D ). And monsters, of course.
But they're lovely. At least one of them (my little Lumi-Dummy ;-) ), because the other one is a bit spoilt. And doesn't like to be touched and this stuff. Just by my mother. Sometimes I think she hates me... But she's lovely, too.