I love pet threads to see what everyone has. I have had many pets and would have many more if money, family, and time allowed lol. Currently, I have 2 cats, 2 dogs, and 1 horse.
Cats:
**** is all white and just turned 12 in April. I adopted her when she was 6 from a shelter. She was very skittish and my ex did not think she would make a good cat for us but she eventually warmed up...to me. She didn't like him at all; guess she could sense the evil lol.
Anubis is all black and just turned 7 in March. My ex and I adopted him from a shelter as a kitten. He was the only boy in the litter and the feistiest one. Now he believes he is king of the house and gets crabby with **** and the dogs. He can be a lover or a big jerk depending upon his mood.
Dogs:
Toby is a Husky/German Shepherd/Black Lab/Collie/etc. mix that I got from my best friend and former neighbor when he was a tiny puppy. He ended up in our yard in the middle of December and was only 6-8 weeks old. After much begging my parents let me keep him. He will be 13 in October for his age and size (~95 lbs.) I think he's doing pretty good. He LOVES food and steals human food frequently.
Trixie is a Brittney Spaniel who was a stray. She showed up last October around my birthday and we both fell in love. I call her my tick dog because she is constantly latched onto me (that and the poor thing tested positive for Lyme disease when we got her checked out
). She is a big lover and everyone that meets her wants to take her home. No one can believe that she was a stray. We are not 100% sure how old she is as the vet said between 2 and 4. I just call her 2 years-old.
Horse:
Cherokee is an American Paint Horse Association registered bay Tobiano mare. She just turned 26 on Monday and I have had her since she was 12. My grampa bought her for me when I was in junior high because he wanted me and my cousin to have good riding horses since most of the ones he had from his "hay" days were unrideable for one reason or another. She's got Impressive bloodlines, and still has more spit and vinegar in her than some horses half her age lol. Unfortunately, she has laminitis and white line disease so her more intense riding days have been over but for her age, she's in great shape and my best gal.
I have had gerbils and mice in college; goats, pigs, chickens, and sheep on my grandparents farm as a kid; and multiple kinds of fish including Corydora catfish, Comet goldfish, Bettas, Guppies, Mollies, Gouramis, Tetras, and Platys. I would love a hobby farm when I am more established but my boyfriend swears I won't be able to get mice or rats again (he doesn't see the point), and I don't have time for aquariums right now.