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Title: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Rainer on May 24, 2007, 11:35:42 PM
Haven't seen my dog, Hank, in months.  Ran across a picture of him on my hard-drive and couldn't resist launching a new thread.

(http://craigdietz.com/images/hank.jpg)

Pet pictures, please.

Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: kenkwan on May 25, 2007, 12:03:59 AM
I actually have a new pet bird, which wasn't planned for. The past two days when I've woken up and walked out of my room, a bird has been flying around, breaking my dishes. I think it's the same bird, and I can't figure out how it got in my house. I don't have any broken screens or windows, and my flues are all shut. It's the weirdest thing. I think now I have to name it, because it obviously wants to live with us.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Rainer on May 25, 2007, 12:19:37 AM
That leaves ... something to be desired.  Hope you cover your fruitbowls at night. Is it a small thing, like a finch?  Or a pigeon/seagull/crow?

[youtube=425,350]QJC9pio_zlQ[/youtube]



Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on May 25, 2007, 07:32:51 AM
Damn, I wish I had a digital camera so I could show off all my beasts.

Rainer, Hank strongly resembles my dear dead dog Katie, except that his snout is slightly longer.  They both belong to the generic "yellow dog" type (or "ideal," as I like to term it) to which all dogs seem to revert when miscegenation reaches its apogee.  In a documentary about dogs I watched a while back, I was very surprised to see Katie clones happily roaming the streets the world over
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: kenkwan on May 25, 2007, 10:33:57 AM
That leaves ... something to be desired.  Hope you cover your fruitbowls at night. Is it a small thing, like a finch?  Or a pigeon/seagull/crow?




I did a little research. It's a Chimney Swift. I've named him Bert.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Stan on May 25, 2007, 06:52:51 PM
My blurry fish:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/alembic14/DSC_0087.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/alembic14/DSC_0067.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/alembic14/DSC_0064.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Dorvid Barnas on May 25, 2007, 07:57:36 PM
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n129/DorvidBarnas/monaCute.jpg)
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n129/DorvidBarnas/MAXANDMONA.jpg)


Mona and Max at 4 months - They're about one now.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Josh on May 25, 2007, 08:10:40 PM
(http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/7609/maxandmonaqx3.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Rainer on May 26, 2007, 12:23:56 AM
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They both belong to the generic "yellow dog" type (or "ideal," as I like to term it) to which all dogs seem to revert when miscegenation reaches its apogee.

The only thing I knew about Hank when we adopted him from a NYC Pound in 1993 was that he was 6 months old and wandering around Central Park and that he might have been abused.  Since then, I have seen a lot of these "yellow dogs" and found it interesting and unsettling in equal measure.  As if Hank were a Kentucky Gentleman, and then I see armies of Colonel Saunders all around on my drive home from the vet (a throwaway comment our fearless leader made that still resonates with me as being top tier nightmare).

Dogs know.  My wife told me that she once took Hank for a walk down a forest path.  As she approached the basin, this unseemly character started toward here, stepping out of the shadows, as it were. At that point, Hank rippled his "lips" and bared his incisors in a fierce display of "don't even try, asshole."  Because he never does that unless he needs to. 

Somebody recently threw a cinderblock through the back window of our rowhouse in Baltimore, and Hank didn't do anything.  Just stayed in his basket.  The police actually caught the guy in flagrante delicto. Hank probably thought, whatever .... I'm tired.  Let's let the cops deal with this one.

Love that dog.



Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Rainer on May 26, 2007, 12:27:00 AM
Dorvid,

I know cute kittens have been devalued by LOLCATS, but I must say that Mona and Max are supremely darling.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Dorvid Barnas on May 26, 2007, 01:16:24 AM
Lazer Allin?!  Those little a-holes told me they were going to the mall.
That explains the hundred-yard stare.

Thanks, Rainer.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Rainer on May 26, 2007, 01:32:45 AM
(http://www.woodka.com/wp-content/stuff/oakley_golden21.jpg)

Shhh!  He's dreaming of a soppying wet tennis ball.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Rainer on May 26, 2007, 01:42:03 AM
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It's a Chimney Swift. I've named him Bert.

A teeny little guy:

(http://www.wildforlife.org/Gallery/Chimney_Swift.jpg)


Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: bobby. on May 26, 2007, 11:27:48 AM
Howowowowow do you make friends with a bird?!!
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: buffcoat on May 26, 2007, 02:45:58 PM
The Birds is not a scary movie.  How can you have a scary thing that can be defeated by one man with a hat, a ski mask and a chainsaw?  And that guy would be the GOOD guy.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on May 26, 2007, 03:13:12 PM
I object:  one man with a chainsaw would be no match for swarms of angry birds.  Several people with nets, perhaps.  And having seen several grown men panic when a bat was flitting around the upper reaches of the bar one night, I defy you to claim that people of either sex don't go a tad loony at the thought of some flying thing getting caught in their hair.  Add the possibility of pecking/biting, and pandemonium ensues.  I know, I know, people are extra phobic about bats, but I bet if it had been a sparrow, all the same people would have started squealing.

The bat story had a happy ending, by the by:  one unfazed fellow brought it down to the floor--gently--with his shirt, and I scooped it up and released it outside.  Me, I would just as soon have seen it remain indoors and take care of some of the mosquitoes.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Rainer on May 26, 2007, 05:10:36 PM
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I defy you to claim that people of either sex don't go a tad loony at the thought of some flying thing getting caught in their hair

I remember my younger brother and I watching a re-run of Lost in Space on our small, portable black-and-white in the "book room" in Massachusetts in 1972 when my crazy Scottish mom ...

(http://vs1.craigdietz.com/images/past/office_party.jpg)

... came hurtling through the living room, past us, and into the kitchen.  A scream, and then, again: through the dinner room, into the living room, only this time with a beret jammed down to her ears and a bat pursuing her.  It wasn't actually pursuing her (probably just trying to find a window to get the hell out of dodge) but it cemented itself firmly into my brain.

The memory, not the bat.



Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: John Junk on May 26, 2007, 09:17:01 PM
The Birds is one of the scariest movies I've ever seen.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: buffcoat on May 27, 2007, 12:20:36 AM
Perhaps this will clear up the confusion: I meant a BIG hat.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: kenkwan on May 27, 2007, 04:58:17 PM
The grogginess mixed with the surprise must have made Bert seem like a falcon in my eyes. Still, I opened the door and ushered him outside as gently as possible. I think after the second time, his feelings were hurt, because I haven't seen him since. Come back, Bert! Well have a Supercalifragilistic time!
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: KickTheBobo on May 28, 2007, 10:38:06 PM
my cat:

(http://kickthebobo.com/biscuit.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Rainer on June 02, 2007, 08:25:32 PM
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my cat:

Miss Miranda is so ... distinguished.  Is that even the right word?  Regardless, she brought to mind this guy:

(http://www.solarnavigator.net/history/explorers_history/winston_churchill.jpg)

Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Fido on June 02, 2007, 11:57:58 PM
(http://www.woodka.com/wp-content/stuff/oakley_golden21.jpg)

Shhh!  He's dreaming of a soppying wet tennis ball.

And that's what my pet would probably look like, if I had one.  It's one reason I will probably one day leave my shoebox Manhattan apartment for a life considerably less urban.  So that I can own dogs and they can run free without being confined to 700 square feet and the occasional walk on a leash. 
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on June 03, 2007, 07:21:30 AM
Heck, even Lubec has leash laws.  Campobello, however, does not; perhaps you should look into settling there.  Unless you can afford to buy a lot of land where you can impose your own rules, of course (and convince your dogs never to stray from it).
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Amplituden on June 07, 2007, 01:05:40 PM
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o313/amplituden/4986892d2abc0e508ab49faf6c904e59.jpg)
This is my dog Alice, she just had surgery.  She is tops.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: butler on June 07, 2007, 04:30:50 PM
Dirk

(http://files.dogster.com/pix/cats/86/363586/363586_1155256267.jpg)

http://www.catster.com/cats/363586/in/stroll/

Lil' Chipz

(http://files.dogster.com/pix/cats/81/363581/363581_1155255958.jpg)

http://www.catster.com/cats/363581
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Rainer on June 08, 2007, 12:37:43 AM
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This is my dog Alice, she just had surgery.  She is tops.

Hang in there, Alice.  Dog's hate those Elizabethan collars, and for good reason.  She seems a very sweet dog.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Dorvid Barnas on July 31, 2007, 02:51:56 AM
Max and Mona: Adoption Day - 7/06
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n129/DorvidBarnas/mmkittens.jpg)

Today
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n129/DorvidBarnas/MaxAndMonaBW.png)
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n129/DorvidBarnas/MonaAndMaxBW.png)

My KFOT have become CFOT.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on July 31, 2007, 07:09:37 AM
David those photos are beautifully shot!

I present Sasha and Nico: perfecting the art of synchronized lounging since 2003

(http://static.flickr.com/47/142810571_56f59d0a8d.jpg)

(http://static.flickr.com/46/142810568_e401cf1a9f.jpg)

(http://static.flickr.com/22/27669126_f843a4fb22_o.jpg)

(http://static.flickr.com/30/59561640_aa3d6d446f.jpg)

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/391783963_a4bdf77718.jpg)

sorry for so many pictures but i think you get the full "Synchronized" effect by seeing all of them. Side note: They hate each other.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on July 31, 2007, 08:23:32 AM
You people are going to make me get a digital camera.  And are you going to regret it when I do.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on July 31, 2007, 04:30:06 PM
Sarah you definitely should get a digital camera. If for nothing more than to show us proud pics of your menagerie and the lovely place that is Lubec! If you need help choosing one let me know -- I know how to get a cheap one that still takes great pics and isn't overloaded with useless bells and whistles.

PS. Here's what is possibly the best thread on AST:
http://www.aspecialthing.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=4514&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
("Post Your Pets!")
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: pigasus on February 06, 2008, 10:57:12 PM
JUNEBUG
(http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/6143/weirdowoodiq7.jpg)
Shown here minutes after being relieved of her cone, which she had to wear for a long long time due to eye surgery. Please believe me that she is not this walleyed in real life. She had not chewed her feet in three months.

(http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/3895/pipyc6.jpg)
I am not saying she is not cute now, but she was SUPER CUTE as a pup. Please note the pangaea of pink noseflesh and her blue eyes which lightened with age.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: God Stewart on February 06, 2008, 11:36:14 PM
I object:  one man with a chainsaw would be no match for swarms of angry birds.  Several people with nets, perhaps.

Since I actually talked about The Birds on the air, I feel obliged to mention that, like John Junk, I think the birds is plenty scary but, like Sarah, in the back of my mind I've always thought that all those people needed were some tennis rackets and that would be the end of that.

I'll add my boys (The Professor and Donald) to the cute parade in a short "film" my friend made of them eating.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXL_qxRjyDM[/youtube]
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: masterofsparks on February 06, 2008, 11:51:14 PM
Buford, my best buddy ever, who died last year. I miss him.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/kokoblue/buf_pillow_2.jpg)

Spank, looking psychotic
(http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v12/cvarney/kids/Spank.jpg)

Deuce, looking vacant
(http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v12/cvarney/kids/Deuce.jpg)

Wanda, looking feisty
(http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v12/cvarney/kids/Wanda.jpg)

Mom, looking smug
(http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v12/cvarney/kids/mom2.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: <<<<< on February 08, 2008, 03:02:29 AM
(http://b0.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00166/09/80/166440890_l.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Miss on February 09, 2008, 12:54:12 PM
What a bunch of cuties. :)

Here is my addition! She is a Bogland Terrier (half Boston Terrier, half Beagle) and she's a year and a half old.

(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii317/xoswiss/stampysocute.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Phantom Hugger on February 09, 2008, 03:37:12 PM
Frank, top dog.
(http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m1/theimann/Frank_alope.jpg)
Pearl, prefers the life of a cat
(http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m1/theimann/Pearl05.jpg)
Biscuit, the latest (and last) member of the team. Kind of like a pile of laundry with eyes and legs
(http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m1/theimann/biscuit3.jpg)

all rescued strays.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Miss on February 09, 2008, 03:39:45 PM
Oh my god, Phantom - those are three of the cutest little guys I've ever seen!!!!! Each one is so individual. I love them. :D
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: pupscout on February 09, 2008, 05:52:54 PM
here's my pup:
(http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v143/141/23/20726684/n20726684_34742120_4647.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: masterofsparks on February 09, 2008, 07:55:33 PM
Phantom Hugger, I had a dog named Biscuit (spelled Biskit, though) when I was a kid. He didn't look anything look your adorable little guy, though - he was a wheaten terrier.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Gregory on February 09, 2008, 08:19:53 PM
here's my pup:
(http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v143/141/23/20726684/n20726684_34742120_4647.jpg)

what's the breed of your pup?

I have a lab/chow mix that looks like it could your dog's long lost twin sister.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Dorvid Barnas on February 10, 2008, 10:28:56 PM
[youtube]14hNlMVedZ4[/youtube]
Mah kittehs.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: senorcorazon on February 11, 2008, 07:54:29 AM
This is a top-shelf thread.

Here are Kojak and Judi Dench being lovable, and then mid-scruffle.



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Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Phantom Hugger on February 11, 2008, 11:09:26 AM
This is a top-shelf thread.

Here are Kojak and Judi Dench being lovable, and then mid-scruffle.



Judi Dench!!!







love it.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on February 11, 2008, 11:17:49 AM
This is a top-shelf thread.

Here are Kojak and Judi Dench being lovable, and then mid-scruffle.



Judi Dench!!!


Second cat named Judi Dench I met this year. That's so cool. Hahah.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: senorcorazon on February 11, 2008, 06:43:23 PM
This is a top-shelf thread.

Here are Kojak and Judi Dench being lovable, and then mid-scruffle.



Judi Dench!!!

This is a perfect name for her - she's quite regal and always meowing in a slightly annoyed and condescending manner.





love it.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on February 11, 2008, 07:58:57 PM
I have cute four-legged brothers and sisters:

This is Vinnie, who sometimes gets cold and NEEDS to wear a sweater while posed on the cute chair in the living room:
(http://a543.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/28/l_e1e658975003adf5524a72e4afb510be.jpg)

This is Vera, who is usually under the bed. She looks a little like a fat peach marshmallow. I call her circus peanut:
(http://a682.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/34/l_4f3a2ff52403746375b8f66db8c232a9.jpg)

And this is Cole [Porter] who is a kitten and adores Vinnie and Vera. He can open cabinets pretty well for a 6 month old kitty:
(http://a125.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/40/l_ed065e6a35343070e023a236871d3adc.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Miss on February 11, 2008, 08:15:59 PM
Oh man. What a cute and unique group of pets we all have here! Vera in the sweater made me smile.

This is Maude (Sean's parents' dog.)

(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii317/xoswiss/jan030.jpg)

and my mom's cat, Goomba.

(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii317/xoswiss/DSCN7471.jpg)

Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: pupscout on February 12, 2008, 02:57:42 PM
here's my pup:
(http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v143/141/23/20726684/n20726684_34742120_4647.jpg)

what's the breed of your pup?

I have a lab/chow mix that looks like it could your dog's long lost twin sister.

the mom was a basset hound and no one knows what the father was. how big is your dog? mine is tall but bizarrely long, like a blown up basset.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Dorvid Barnas on February 14, 2008, 04:49:32 AM
and my mom's cat, Goomba.
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii317/xoswiss/DSCN7471.jpg)

Tell your mom the bad news is I'm stealing Goomba, the good news is I'll get to live with Goomba.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Laurie on February 14, 2008, 08:18:33 AM
Goomba has a goatee!
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Miss on February 14, 2008, 03:41:26 PM
Tell your mom the bad news is I'm stealing Goomba, the good news is I'll get to live with Goomba.

I had finally convinced her to take me to the pound so I could get a cat. I didn't see any I liked, except for him. He was a stray and they didn't really know him though - and I didn't want to take home some insane cat. We went to the other pound location, and then went back to pick him up. I was just drawn to him for some reason.. He came home and ended up being the most awesome, perfect cat ever. He's a Norwegian Forest Cat, btw, which are badass.

Goomba has a goatee!

I know, right?!?! It's so funny!
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Turf Out on February 14, 2008, 05:06:36 PM
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWziSROBi6s[/youtube]

my beasts.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on February 14, 2008, 05:22:50 PM
I fully agree with the one comment on YouTube:  "if you only watch one two minute and fifty second long movie about two dogs this february - make sure this is the one!"

(Although now I'm sad, because Jack reminds me of Zach.  Poor Zach.)
Title: Meet Bubakar (Boo-Boo for short)
Post by: steely damn on February 14, 2008, 05:37:07 PM
snatched off the streets of Bushwick as a tiny kitten.
He's now 21-22lbs and likes to shower/hang out in the sink:

With fur (in the winter)
(http://www.mindspring.com/~sinistar/fot/boosink.jpg)
He gets a haircut in the summer:
(http://www.mindspring.com/~sinistar/fot/boo2.jpg)
Aquacat:
(http://www.mindspring.com/~sinistar/boo7.jpg)
Title: Re: Meet Bubakar (Boo-Boo for short)
Post by: Sarah on February 14, 2008, 05:53:55 PM
I want

(http://www.mindspring.com/~sinistar/fot/boosink.jpg)

and

(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii317/xoswiss/DSCN7471.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on February 14, 2008, 10:22:19 PM
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/Picture448.jpg)
me with baby Sprinkles and Sparkles about 2 years ago
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/chewbaccaLights.jpg)
Chewbacca
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/OctoberBirthdays2002018.jpg)
Ginger (R.I.P.)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/DSCN2271.jpg)
My sister's red tick healer Salvahorse
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on February 14, 2008, 10:23:47 PM
Goddamn my parents feed their dogs too much.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on February 14, 2008, 10:48:02 PM
Vinnie likes Scrabble a LOT. He likes it because my parents sit on the floor with him when they play and he gets a chewie to chew on.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGerNpyETeA[/youtube]

My parents sound a little drunk in this video but I promise they're not. Just a little odd.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Phantom Hugger on February 15, 2008, 03:23:28 AM
Vinnie likes Scrabble a LOT. He likes it because my parents sit on the floor with him when they play and he gets a chewie to chew on.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGerNpyETeA[/youtube]

My parents sound a little drunk in this video but I promise they're not. Just a little odd.

I like Vinnie a LOT.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on February 15, 2008, 07:55:25 AM
Goddamn my parents feed their dogs too much.

I was going to say. . . .  But, to be fair, it's hard to keep a spayed lady slim.

Ginger reminds me very much of two of the best dogs in the world (not the nicest --that accolade still goes to Bandit; no matter what uta/Julie says, nicest does not automatically equal best):  Snoopy, the dog I grew up with, and Katie, who died in 2000 at the age of 16.  Both were wonderful, and Snoopy, at least, was very fat.

I hate it when people overfeed their beasts.  It's just another form of animal cruelty, yet so many people can't resist.  Certainly, my parents are guilty of it.  In 1996, for example, they took care of my three cats for six months, and when I finally reclaimed my beasts, they were huge (actually, I only got two of them back; my parents stole my lovely Rhodie, who was sort of a gray-and-white version of Goomba).  Mary looked particularly grotesque:  she was one of those very slim ladies--a very dramatically marked calico with the build and yowl of a Siamese--and, fat, she looked most unnatural. 
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on February 15, 2008, 09:56:18 AM
I like Vinnie a LOT.

:) He's a good boy. He's incredibly smart, but only in ways that make him more neurotic. He also barks WAY too much. But overall he's a sweetie.

Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Rainer on February 16, 2008, 07:47:41 PM
We adopted him in '93 in a shelter off of Central Park in NYC.  His tag said his name was "BINGO."  With all the crap he ate, how did he last so long?

Hank, winding down in triumph:

http://vimeo.com/600624


Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on February 16, 2008, 07:57:36 PM
Made me cry.  Beautiful old, rickety, unbowed, generic mutt.  Another one who reminds me of my dear Katie, dead these five years.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Forrest on February 17, 2008, 03:46:37 PM
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/forrestsimmonms/bathburt.jpg)

A little racy, maybe, but I love the fact that Burt the cat always wants to be a part of bath time.

Please note moldy-looking towel for whatever it's worth.

Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Emily on February 17, 2008, 03:54:35 PM
Ha!

That's cute & funny.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Turf Out on February 17, 2008, 04:25:45 PM
keep it clean buddy!

:o
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Laurie on February 17, 2008, 04:56:58 PM
My cat Zo tries to comfort me after shower time. She mews pathetically and runs over to me as soon as I step out of the shower, rubbing against my legs in what I assume is an effort to comfort me. She just can't believe the ordeals I put myself through on a daily basis.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: masterofsparks on February 17, 2008, 05:20:49 PM
Our shower is one of those old-fashioned combo bath/shower deals and one of our cats likes to prowl along the edge of the bathtub while someone is showering. He gets between the clear plastic shower curtain and the cloth other curtain so he can see without getting wet.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on February 17, 2008, 06:51:51 PM
Both cats stare at me when I'm in the tub. Nico, the small one, has fallen in a few times, and both kitties have drank my bathwater. (just a taste -- while I was in the tub)

Nico will sit on the edge of the tub and cry and paw at my face while I'm in there. Bathtime gets them VERY excited.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: senorcorazon on February 19, 2008, 09:24:28 AM
My cat Zo tries to comfort me after shower time. She mews pathetically and runs over to me as soon as I step out of the shower, rubbing against my legs in what I assume is an effort to comfort me. She just can't believe the ordeals I put myself through on a daily basis.

My cats used to do that when anyone would take a shower and I thought it was out of concern. And then I realized that they were just begging for food.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on February 19, 2008, 09:55:04 AM
Sprinkles will watch the water through our glass shower door like she wants to attack it.  when I sprinkle her with water from over top of the door, she freaks out and runs away.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on February 19, 2008, 12:24:37 PM
I used to have a cat who especially liked to lie in the sink when the faucet was dripping.  When I wanted to give her a special treat, I'd crack it open a bit more so a very thin stream would fall on her.  Then she'd be in heaven.

She was an odd girl.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on February 19, 2008, 12:27:09 PM
how about this:
Sparkles is a maniac.  When we feed them their wet food, all she wants is the gravy.  She drinks the gravy from both of their plates and then walks away.  90% of the time, we then hear her throwing up the liquid 20 minutes later.

Do I just stop feeding them wet food?
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on February 19, 2008, 12:54:20 PM
I used to have a cat who especially liked to lie in the sink when the faucet was dripping.  When I wanted to give her a special treat, I'd crack it open a bit more so a very thin stream would fall on her.  Then she'd be in heaven.

She was an odd girl.

Nico likes it when I pet her with wet hands. By the time I'm done getting a bath, she's soaked from head to tail. She also enjoys letting the faucet drip on her.

Bunch of weirdos, those cats.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on February 19, 2008, 01:01:40 PM
Oh, this reminds me of a pointer that might be of use to some of you.  If you have a cat who drives you nuts when you're doing stuff in the kitchen, pat him/her thoroughly with your greasy/wet/otherwise sullied hands.  Your cat will immediately get down to the business of cleaning off what you've deposited on him/her and leave you alone for a bit.  Sure, you'll then need to wash your hands before you get back to work, but it's worth it for the respite.

I have even considered filling a spray bottle with some kind of greasy liquid--or perhaps the water drained from tuna fish--to spray on my cats to distract them from harassing me when I'm doing something tempting in the kitchen.  (Oh, what I would give sometimes for kitchen doors.)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on February 19, 2008, 01:12:09 PM

Nico likes it when I pet her with wet hands. By the time I'm done getting a bath, she's soaked from head to tail. She also enjoys letting the faucet drip on her.

Bunch of weirdos, those cats.
around these parts we call that "the wet pet"
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on February 19, 2008, 01:31:49 PM
Oh, this reminds me of a pointer that might be of use to some of you.  If you have a cat who drives you nuts when you're doing stuff in the kitchen, pat him/her thoroughly with your greasy/wet/otherwise sullied hands.  Your cat will immediately get down to the business of cleaning off what you've deposited on him/her and leave you alone for a bit. 

This is also a good way to give them liquid medicine if they won't hold still. Just put some on the top of their paws and they have no choice but to lick it off. It makes them nutso.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on February 19, 2008, 01:37:56 PM
Ooh, that's a very good tip, erika!
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on February 19, 2008, 01:44:06 PM
also, if you have to give them medicine or do anything else they don't want, just wrap them up in a towel so that they lose their squirming abilities.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on February 21, 2008, 04:01:58 PM
I still don't have a digital camera or scanner and so can't thrill you with pictures of my creatures, but today a friend of mine sent me this of two of hers, so I'm going to live vicariously through them:

(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c293/ssto/Noseleathers.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Beth on February 22, 2008, 03:29:11 PM
My other kitty, Blam, brother and punching bag to Stuart.


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v687/girlpantsx/blam.jpg?t=1203712020)


Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Jason on February 22, 2008, 03:51:16 PM
I sometimes go for the two week stretch with jeans. Actually, i almost always go for the two week stretch.

Well, you weren't lying there.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Phantom Hugger on February 22, 2008, 05:19:52 PM
My other kitty, Blam, brother and punching bag to Stuart.


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v687/girlpantsx/blam.jpg?t=1203712020)




(http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m1/theimann/whale_h3.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on February 23, 2008, 01:16:34 AM
Hercules Voltron

aka

Herc-man-doo

Jerk-ules

Hercky Jerky Man

The Fat Badman and The Bad Fatman

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2107/2285504112_f8a860fcba.jpg)
This man is 18lbs of awesome.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Beth on February 23, 2008, 12:57:52 PM
I sometimes go for the two week stretch with jeans. Actually, i almost always go for the two week stretch.

Well, you weren't lying there.

That is a MAN holding Blam. That's my boyfriend in his painting pants. But yes, I suppose we have the same pants habits. It's true love
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Forrest on February 29, 2008, 03:31:32 PM
Yes, I'm a little too nuts about my cat, but only a monster wouldn't be: The montage from yesterday:
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/forrestsimmonms/burt3.jpg)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/forrestsimmonms/burt2.jpg)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/forrestsimmonms/burt4.jpg)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/forrestsimmonms/burt1.jpg)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/forrestsimmonms/burt5.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: masterofsparks on February 29, 2008, 05:02:31 PM
We just adopted this guy - his name's Josh and he's 6 years old. His owner died and he found us through a friend of one of my wife's clients.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/cvarney/Josh%20Feb%2008/JoshDay2Couch.jpg?t=1204322580)

Our cats have been less than pleased at his arrival:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/cvarney/Josh%20Feb%2008/Momisnotamused.jpg?t=1204322621)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on February 29, 2008, 07:47:50 PM
my aunt has one of those dogs and it is terribly behaved.  however, so are her kids.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: masterofsparks on February 29, 2008, 10:51:55 PM
my aunt has one of those dogs and it is terribly behaved.  however, so are her kids.

An Airedale? Our last dog was an Airedale and he was the best dog ever. Josh is coming along pretty well but we're trying to ease his transition to our house - he's been pretty traumatized by the last several weeks.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Rainer on July 09, 2008, 06:44:02 PM
Not to be a sad sack, but I regret to inform you that Hank was put down yesterday.  Cannot really complain as he lived a good 15 years, but even so ...

(http://craigdietz.com/images/hank.jpg)

Haven't heard the Best Show in a pig's age.  Time to get up to speed ...
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on July 09, 2008, 06:49:28 PM
Oh, this is sad.  I loved  Hank.  He reminded me of my dog Katie, who died some eight years ago.  A plain old yellow mutt.  Best dogs in the world.  (Sorry for repeating myself [see reply #3, above]; at least I'm consistent).

I'm sorry, Rainer.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Rainer on July 09, 2008, 07:02:06 PM
Thanks, Sarah.

One of the signs was that he was doing that Elephant Graveyard thing.  I had my kids for the weekend, and took them to my parent's house.  At first, I was hopeful ... Hank was wagging his tail and running all over the yard and had a bowel movement.  But then later, he walked into my dad's workshop (dark as india ink) and just sat there by the fridge.   

But the suffering is over.  He never liked those pills that I had to wedge into cheddar cheese chunks.  Is there anything more violent than pinching a dog's cheeks to get his mouth to auto-magically pop open?
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Son of Dorvid on July 09, 2008, 08:06:11 PM
Sorry for your loss, Rainer.  I'm glad Hank had a nice long life with you and yours.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on July 09, 2008, 08:13:47 PM
Ditto, Rainer.  Sounds like he had a great life.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: TL on July 10, 2008, 12:10:37 AM
Hank! 
My sympathies go out to you massively, Rainer.
xo

Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Son of Dorvid on July 10, 2008, 01:00:44 AM
And what's with the absence, Rainer?  There are a couple of preemo DC-FOT-related events coming up this summer.   
You're still in Arlington, yes?  Come have a sody! (with me and maybe three other dudes.)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Stan on July 10, 2008, 03:22:41 PM
 Sorry for your loss, Rainer.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on July 10, 2008, 03:45:15 PM
Ranier! I was just thinking of you the other day and wondering where you had been. (I don't know why...)

I'm so sorry to hear about Hank. He looks like he was a good boy and 15 years is a good long lifetime. Still, I know it's still hard.

Hang in there.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Rainer on July 10, 2008, 11:54:55 PM
Thanks, all.  I picked up his ashes today at the vet.  The small, wooden container -- screwed shut but held in place with a rubber band -- was strangely heavy. Also disconcerting was a little sticker on the bottom reading "HANK DIETZ." 

Dorvid, yes, let's get together.  Please don't tell me that PFT has come and gone.

I'm living in Reston now (don't judge).  Got a top-secret job and moving forward with the divorce ... things are much better with my wife now, no more hostilities, just a Legal Matter, baby.  I'm so behind on listening to the Best Show because I got to the point where I didn't want to "waste it" when I was feeling so down.  An odd thing, because when I was at my lowest, The Best Show was somewhat of a lifeline for me.  Time to catch up.

Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Son of Dorvid on July 11, 2008, 12:29:01 AM
Quote from: Rainer
Dorvid, yes, let's get together.  And please don't tell me PFT has come and gone.

He frickin' postponed! Again!  (Something better must have come up for that weekend, so God bless him - it's awesome that he comes here at all.  I'm only mad because I love.) 
The Drafthouse told me he intends to reschedule.

Quote
I'm so behind on listening to the Best Show because I got to the point where I didn't want to "waste it" when I was feeling so down.  An odd thing, because when I was at my lowest, The Best Show was somewhat of a lifeline for me.  Time to catch up.

Funny you should mention that.  (long story)

Point is, I'm very glad that you're back on your feet and are back on the board. I look forward to hanging out with you and watching what I say - one can't be too careful around any resident of Reston, let alone the ones who won't say what they do for a living. 

You should meet Johnny Yesno before he heads back to Colorado.  Later this month, we're seeing a Jason Grote play alongside the man himself!  (Grote, not Tom) 

PM if you're interested.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on August 22, 2008, 01:20:29 PM
Dog owners should read this. Warning about a line of toys that can really hurt your dog. Pretty popular brand too. (Four Paws)

http://thechaistory.blogspot.com/2008/08/chai-story.html
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Jennifer on August 22, 2008, 02:27:14 PM
Rainer, hope you're doing okay. I'm approaching a similar situation with a 17 year old cat, so my heart goes out to you.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: kimota on August 22, 2008, 02:51:19 PM
  An odd thing, because when I was at my lowest, The Best Show was somewhat of a lifeline for me.  Time to catch up.



I also found the Best Show at a pretty low point in my life, after a divorce and whatnot and it got me through things splendidly.  It totally was a lifeline for me.  I don't think I watched tv or listened to anything else for almost a half year while I poured through the archives.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Rainer on August 22, 2008, 08:01:05 PM
Jennifer,

Thanks for the kind words.  Good luck with your cat ... not sure what the average life expectancy is for our feline friends, but 17 is not too shabby.

Totep,

It's sick how therapeutic the Best Show is, eh?   Of course, in saying that, I putting myself out there to be "fixed."

Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Phantom Hugger on August 22, 2008, 08:29:56 PM
I'd like to throw my heart into the ring for anyone who has lost an animal friend, including their animal friends.

My first dog Spidey died on his way to the emergency clinic and I cried like a baby....

(http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m1/theimann/Spidey01.jpg)


I didn't think I'd get another dog for a good long time but after I thought on it I realized that Spidey had made me a dog owner for life (thanks buddy); there are plenty of awesome animals out there that will bring miles of smiles, you just have to go pick them up.

In the interest of turning this thread around, here are some recent cuteness from my crew...


Biscuit......................................................................Frank...............................................Pearl
(http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m1/theimann/BFP01.jpg)
(http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m1/theimann/PB01.jpg)

Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: emma on September 30, 2008, 12:16:32 AM
This is Geoffrey! He is awesome except that he hates the ladies. He is like the Spike of my pets.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3185/2900319173_a226170204.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: daveB from Oakland on September 30, 2008, 02:03:46 AM
This is Geoffrey! He is awesome except that he hates the ladies. He is like the Spike of my pets.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3185/2900319173_a226170204.jpg)


Do you play lots of doo-wop for him?
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on October 01, 2008, 01:56:12 PM
wheat the cat

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v322/iAmBaronVonTito/JDRhea/after%20the%20fact/DSCF1691.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v322/iAmBaronVonTito/JDRhea/we%20didnt%20have%20internet%20then/658513-R1-035-16.jpg)

Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on October 01, 2008, 03:06:14 PM
prof. murder (aka TV's Scott Bakula)
(http://photos-333.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-snc1/v316/248/117/1074221333/n1074221333_144371_4159.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Bryan on October 01, 2008, 03:23:41 PM
Poppy. She oughta be in pictures.

(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc360/bpb_photos/poppy_squeak.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on October 01, 2008, 04:27:54 PM
I'm much sadder than I expected to be about the recent death of a dog who lived up the street from me.  His name was Griz, and he constantly got loose and roamed happily around town.  Many's the time I'd see him trotting down the street past my house and, an hour or so later, see a car heading up the street with him in the passenger seat, his head out the window, tongue lolling, once again having been caught by some good Samaritan who knew where he lived and was driving him home.  One day this summer, I was pottering about in my front yard and looked up to see him walking purposefully up the street.  When he caught sight of me, he slowed down, clearly expecting me to try to catch him.  When he realized I wasn't going to--he was on his way home, after all--he ambled over and honored me with some very fishy kisses (he'd obviously been poking around in the lobster bait joint next door a moment before).  He was a great dog, and he got hit by a fire truck the other night.  I miss him.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on October 01, 2008, 04:45:19 PM
I feel terrible when an animal dies.

Also on a sad note: cancerface has been gone for a while now.  I don't know where he went, but we haven't seen his body or anything.  We recently had some neighbors move, so I'm thinking they may have taken him, but I don't know.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on October 01, 2008, 04:58:40 PM
Oh, that makes me sad, too.  I hoped Cancerface was going to make it.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on October 01, 2008, 05:01:09 PM
whats the last surviving photo you have of cancerface, andy?
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on October 01, 2008, 05:36:54 PM
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/IMAG0083-1.jpg)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/IMAG0087-1.jpg)

here he was when the face cancer went into remission.

he's disappeared before, so maybe he's just on vacation.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on October 01, 2008, 05:40:17 PM
here's professor murder when his name was still oily the stinkbot
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/IMG00028.jpg)
now he's spoiled.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/IMAG0147.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on October 28, 2008, 07:18:00 PM
Cancerface is back! Cancerface is back!

I just got a text from the wife that he's back and looking good.  This fits him M.O. from last year (leaving mid summer and coming back early winter/late fall.)  I don't know why he does this, but I want to believe it has something to do with him living a life as described in the Wyclef song "Gone 'til November".
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on October 29, 2008, 06:47:59 AM
As I was scrolling down this thread to get to the new post, I paused at the pictures of Cancerface and said to myself, "Maybe Andy is going to say he's back."  And you did.

I'm very happy.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: samir on October 29, 2008, 09:26:28 AM
Agreed. Great news  :)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on January 30, 2009, 08:25:17 PM
14 pounds of lean, mean fighting machine:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/DSC00186.jpg)
or maybe not:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/DSC00184.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Forrest on January 30, 2009, 08:32:36 PM
Have you uploaded the above to http://catsinsinks.com/http:// yet?
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: mike_b on January 30, 2009, 08:47:35 PM
My 2 jerks:

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_65oF2UnoDn8/SXktBky2ZeI/AAAAAAAAAKY/h84mOXQArWU/s640/IMG_0275.JPG)
Nasturtium

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_65oF2UnoDn8/SXktCqNx5JI/AAAAAAAAAKg/UwQmu6qDgtY/s640/IMG_0276.JPG)
Fennel

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_65oF2UnoDn8/SXktDsHVjDI/AAAAAAAAAKk/djCQ-AFcDEA/s640/IMG_0286.JPG)

Being a jerk is hard work!
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on January 30, 2009, 09:53:35 PM
that has to be the same cat.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Big Plastic Head on January 31, 2009, 02:06:29 AM
I love cats but I think I need to throw a dog in this mix. My dog. Hurley...
(http://www.bigplastichead.com/images/one_offs/hurley.jpg)
He's an outdoorsman...
(http://www.bigplastichead.com/images/one_offs/hurley_03.jpg)
...knows how to keep it clean...
(http://www.bigplastichead.com/images/one_offs/hurley_02.jpg)
...and a lover of dogs of all colors.

(No, he is not named after the "large" guy on Lost. He is named after two more admirable Hurleys.)
The Hurley Gallery (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paddysat/sets/72157594171874562/)

Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on May 16, 2009, 04:38:28 PM
(http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v3903/248/117/1074221333/n1074221333_426176_7853454.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Come on, Jason on June 30, 2009, 04:01:04 PM
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3632/3676378638_92180e3737.jpg?v=0)


(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3656/3675564945_cb26954075.jpg?v=0)


(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2470/3675564995_384da811ca.jpg?v=0)
HERC!
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: DoodleJump! on June 30, 2009, 05:05:28 PM
My cats:
This is Albus
(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/bew409/237-1.jpg)
This is Jack
(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/bew409/051.jpg)
...and Bingley!
(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/bew409/141.jpg)
I have an awesome dog named Seamus, but I can't find any pictures of him right now.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on June 30, 2009, 08:01:52 PM
Three cheers for Dorvid for taking such good care of Herc! I'm sorry things didn't work out here but I couldn't think of a more perfect new home. I'm glad you're both getting along so well :) I miss that kitty.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Big Plastic Head on June 30, 2009, 08:19:05 PM
My wife took Hurley to work the other day. This was the result...

(http://www.bigplastichead.com/images/one_offs/hurley_04.jpg)

I adore my wife and dog.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: DoodleJump! on June 30, 2009, 11:05:53 PM
I love that picture so much- he looks so dignified. He is a beautiful dog!
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: masterofsparks on July 01, 2009, 08:55:15 AM
My wife took Hurley to work the other day. This was the result...

(http://www.bigplastichead.com/images/one_offs/hurley_04.jpg)

I adore my wife and dog.

Great.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: chrisfoll577 on July 01, 2009, 09:41:37 AM
In a perfect world, that would be the cover art for Dr. Dog's next album.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: AllisonLeGnome on July 04, 2009, 12:34:04 AM
My wife took Hurley to work the other day. This was the result...

(http://www.bigplastichead.com/images/one_offs/hurley_04.jpg)

I adore my wife and dog.
This picture has been stuck in my head (like a visual earworm) for the last few days. I can't say I mind it.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Big Plastic Head on July 04, 2009, 04:05:15 AM
My wife took Hurley to work the other day. This was the result..

I adore my wife and dog.
This picture has been stuck in my head (like a visual earworm) for the last few days. I can't say I mind it.
I would never claim that he he is better than any other dog but, to me, he is wonderful. I would gladly loan him out to any FOT for a day. I am glad y'all have enjoyed the photo. I swear I get choked up looking at that photo even when he is lying at my feet like he is right now.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Pastor Josh on July 06, 2009, 11:25:08 AM
Okay, stupid question time.  I would love to post pictures of my cats, but I don't know how.  Help, please?

Also, you all have amazing animals.  Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on July 06, 2009, 11:29:52 AM
Upload the pics to a site like tinypic.com and then insert them into a post using the little insert photo button (third button from the left, second row...next to the insert hyperlink button)

Like this here:

(http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs090.snc1/4647_86755881935_536296935_1932808_2894715_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on July 07, 2009, 03:34:00 PM
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3619/3687301927_bd3f512983_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Geoff Johnston on July 07, 2009, 03:53:32 PM
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2443/3615484844_1e83139c49.jpg?v=1244684178)

Alyssa (wife) & Buster (dog)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: AaronC on July 07, 2009, 03:53:53 PM
This is my pet guinea pig Moe.  He is awesome.

(http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs094.snc1/4685_1143723917458_1358303663_30686112_3159674_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: DoodleJump! on July 07, 2009, 06:12:03 PM
Andy, that picture = gorgeous!
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on July 07, 2009, 06:33:04 PM
that looks like the work of an SLR, andy. 
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on July 08, 2009, 12:44:43 AM
just my old Pro1.  For a 35mm, it does have a nice lens. Plus, Professor Murder is photogenic.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/3687301219_e1050604c9.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on July 08, 2009, 12:50:22 AM
He's all growed up!
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on July 08, 2009, 01:21:49 AM
Sprinkles, the least photogenic cat ever.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3438/3699726613_0ec0832596.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: kittykittymeowmixhead on July 08, 2009, 02:28:28 AM
Choosing the cutest picture of Lucy is impossible.

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a133/kittykittymeowmixhead/lucylaptop.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: senorcorazon on July 08, 2009, 08:03:37 AM
This is the best thread on the boards. After reading the news in the morning it's nice to get a picture of Hurley in a lab coat, or Lucy trying to log on to Twitter, or Erika's cats having a stare-down. 
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Scot on July 08, 2009, 09:03:15 AM
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2443/3615484844_1e83139c49.jpg?v=1244684178)

Alyssa (wife) & Buster (dog)

do tell: is that a brown boston terrier?
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on July 08, 2009, 10:50:04 AM
Surely that's a boxer?
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: kittykittymeowmixhead on July 08, 2009, 11:00:20 AM
I agree Senor. I love the aminals. Geeoff your boxer is sooooo adorable! And Andy - that cat closeup is amazing!

Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Scot on July 09, 2009, 06:45:53 AM
i only ask because my dad has a brown boston who gets mistaken for a boxer rawther frequently.

either way, yours is a nice-looking dog!
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on July 09, 2009, 07:42:49 AM
It's not as though you didn't have a perfect right to ask, Scot.  I was just surprised at the notion that it might be a Boston terrier when I was so sure it was a boxer.

Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Come on, Jason on July 09, 2009, 09:35:15 AM
(http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fillcommunication.beastieboys.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ffiled75qK5.jpg&h=da07d8be71ba90090e62a36bb20238a6)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: kittykittymeowmixhead on July 09, 2009, 03:39:56 PM
We got Lucy shoes so she wouldn't keep scraping her paws on the concrete when she played fetch at the ball court...this is her when we first put them on.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv6MHQLifIs[/youtube]
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Big Plastic Head on July 09, 2009, 05:40:17 PM
We got Lucy shoes so she wouldn't keep scraping her paws on the concrete when she played fetch at the ball court...this is her when we first put them on.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv6MHQLifIs[/youtube]
Nice! We've got those for our dog for snowshoeing and and hiking. He does the same thing for the first few minutes. We also have panniers for Hurley and, when we put it on him, he IMMEDIATELY starts walking sideways like he is drunk. It's pretty funny.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on July 09, 2009, 06:17:07 PM
Let it be known that I just temporarily renamed my cat Sasha. Her name is now "Kitty Boombastic".
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Scot on July 09, 2009, 07:52:06 PM
It's not as though you didn't have a perfect right to ask, Scot.  I was just surprised at the notion that it might be a Boston terrier when I was so sure it was a boxer.



i didn't mean to sound offended. if my dad had never purchased his dog, i would have thought it was a boxer, too. and that pic probably is of one!

the suspense is killing me. i need to know!
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Scot on July 09, 2009, 10:22:08 PM
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3547/3432578858_c8f7ee9d0b_o.jpg)

this is franny. she is an awesome dog in spite of the fact that she does some of the worst things i have ever seen a dog do.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on July 10, 2009, 07:59:06 AM
Details?
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Pastor Josh on July 10, 2009, 10:55:59 AM
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3547/3432578858_c8f7ee9d0b_o.jpg)

this is franny. she is an awesome dog in spite of the fact that she does some of the worst things i have ever seen a dog do.

Like write in solid concrete?
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Scot on July 10, 2009, 08:27:31 PM
Details?

only because you asked. she is sort of totally insane about food; she thinks all food belongs to her, and can be (actually, is) a total dick whenever guests come over and we have food in the house. we always have food in the house, by the way.

that's PG-13. the other awful thing she does is a hard R: she LOVES (loves loves) eating her own feces. and is smart and quick enough to do so on a fairly regular basis. which leads to other issues, which i will not divulge in a public forum.

other than that, she's great. the best. very smart, weird, funny. i like her bunches.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Big Plastic Head on July 10, 2009, 10:42:45 PM
Details?

only because you asked. she is sort of totally insane about food; she thinks all food belongs to her, and can be (actually, is) a total dick whenever guests come over and we have food in the house. we always have food in the house, by the way.

that's PG-13. the other awful thing she does is a hard R: she LOVES (loves loves) eating her own feces. and is smart and quick enough to do so on a fairly regular basis. which leads to other issues, which i will not divulge in a public forum.

other than that, she's great. the best. very smart, weird, funny. i like her bunches.

On the scale of gross things dogs do, eating his/her own poop is way up there.

Cat poo? Pretty common.

Other dog's poo? A little less common.

His/her OWN poo!? That's pretty rough.

But she is a cutie nonetheless. Still a winner and a "best of the best".
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Jouster on July 11, 2009, 05:28:16 AM
This is Roscoe:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3547/3676532756_dfe387a7f2.jpg?v=0)
He is staring intently at a squirrel in this picture.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on July 11, 2009, 06:20:25 AM
Bah.  Dogs eat their own shit all the time.  People just don't like to acknowledge it.

Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Scot on July 11, 2009, 07:02:13 AM
Bah.  Dogs eat their own shit all the time.  People just don't like to acknowledge it.



maybe i need to run some video. it's her STYLE when doing so that's awful.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on July 11, 2009, 11:35:42 AM
just my old Pro1.  For a 35mm, it does have a nice lens. Plus, Professor Murder is photogenic.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/3687301219_e1050604c9.jpg)

It's a Francis Bacon cat!

(http://www.artquotes.net/masters/bacon/bacon_study1953.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: dave from knoxville on July 11, 2009, 12:43:22 PM
Bah.  DogsKevin Smith fans eat their own shit all the time.  People just don't like to acknowledge it.


Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on July 31, 2009, 01:26:30 AM
from my scared cats line:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3773589427_9987b9bedb_b.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2553/3774395632_8ce0c2b7d4_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Christina on July 31, 2009, 09:14:08 AM
from my scared cats line:

Those photos are purty good Andy. For some reason I love cat whiskers and they come off really nice in these pics.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on July 31, 2009, 11:13:20 AM
i love AndyCat photos.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on August 03, 2009, 10:31:33 PM
here's one of cancerface.  I promise, she's not as bad as this picture looks.  I tried to get the eye booger out, but she wouldn't let me and the ears and face are mostly scars from the past (before we started her flea treatment.) She was curled up in my lap while I combed out a ton of loose hair, but then ran as soon as I put her flea treatment on.  Usually she stays away for a couple of weeks after I apply the treatment.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/IMG_7272.jpg)

She looks like a mean motherfucker, doesn't she?
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: DoodleJump! on August 04, 2009, 12:12:54 AM
She looks like a mean motherfucker, doesn't she?

Actually, this elicited a sound "Aww" from me.

Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: kittykittymeowmixhead on August 04, 2009, 02:24:52 AM
I heart the scared cats!
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: wwwes on August 04, 2009, 03:08:09 AM
Byakko:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/2733195083_b232a28e98.jpg)


This is him staring at a lizard through a glass door.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3115/3153619475_22861fa8e9.jpg)


Bella:

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2139/2170068162_5833f0fb6b.jpg)


Rembrandt:

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2006/2169806945_fe40a2ee26.jpg)


Gizzy (R.I.P.)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2250/2170157202_d6ed93332b.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on August 04, 2009, 11:38:58 AM
I'm glad Cancerface is still around.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: buffcoat on August 04, 2009, 11:46:25 AM
Some cats I know saw a mouse *one time* outside their back door and they keep a vigil on it every evening just in case it comes back, at which time they will do... what?

Cats do not have lock- or even doorknob-opening technology.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on August 04, 2009, 12:00:08 PM
But they also don't have the wit to understand that they would need it.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: buffcoat on August 04, 2009, 12:15:34 PM
But they also don't have the wit to understand that they would need it.

Even if they did, they wouldn't care.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on August 04, 2009, 12:49:58 PM
Cats do not have lock- or even doorknob-opening technology.

Sasha once opened a door (that didn't close properly, but was still latched) with this sort of doornob. Even without thumbs, she was able to invade my privacy in the bathroom... remarkable!

(http://goldenhouseegypt.com/Images/Brass_Door_Handle%5B1%5D.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Christina on August 04, 2009, 12:56:29 PM
Sasha once opened a door (that didn't close properly, but was still latched) with this sort of doornob. Even without thumbs, she was able to invade my privacy in the bathroom... remarkable!

God forbid you go in a bathroom and your cat can't come with you. They just can't stand to be on the opposite side of any door from you.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: wwwes on August 04, 2009, 01:07:19 PM
In fairness, at any given moment, you might decide to break open a bag of kitty treats, and then be forced to close it sadly when you realize they aren't around. They're doing YOU a favor so you don't have to go looking for them. Unless it's Kitty Quiet Time. In which case you should kindly piss off.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on August 04, 2009, 01:11:50 PM
House rules (as dictated by the cats) are that ideally, the door should be left open, so that they have the option of coming in and out as they please.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on August 04, 2009, 02:05:11 PM
Cats do not have lock- or even doorknob-opening technology.

Sasha once opened a door (that didn't close properly, but was still latched) with this sort of doornob. Even without thumbs, she was able to invade my privacy in the bathroom... remarkable!

(http://goldenhouseegypt.com/Images/Brass_Door_Handle%5B1%5D.jpg)

I once knew a Burmese cat that could open all doors with this kind of handle. 

Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on August 04, 2009, 02:14:27 PM
going to the bathroom is a particularly anxious time for my cat.  he insists on coming in and always gets the door open so he can curl up in the sink or drink from the faucet. 

unlike some other cat people i know, i refuse to help my cat get the door open or turn the faucet on (he can do this as well).  it's a dog eat dog world out there and he needs to toughen up.  to this day, he's the smartest cat ive ever had.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on August 05, 2009, 10:02:28 AM
scared or annoyed?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3525/3792246094_9482023cf7_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on August 05, 2009, 10:48:26 AM
Possessed. I expect her to start speaking in tongues.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Christina on August 05, 2009, 11:35:03 AM
scared or annoyed?

Srsly, how in the jeebus are you getting these cats to pose like that? Are you holding a sardine up or something? Anytime I try and take pics of either animals or kids I end up with a shot of the back of their head.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on August 05, 2009, 12:24:56 PM
Disdainful.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Christina on August 05, 2009, 01:03:49 PM
Disdainful.

Dunno, he could be counting down to ecstasy. Hard to say.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on August 05, 2009, 03:25:13 PM
You know, I think you may be right.   That could easily be the faraway gaze of a masturbating cat.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on August 07, 2009, 12:06:53 AM
my friend's german wirehair pointer named Oscar.  He has a 10 month old names Eli, but I didn't get a picture where his pink thing wasn't out.
(http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs169.snc1/6332_1180592549682_1074221333_565341_7713466_n.jpg)
(http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs189.snc1/6332_1180592709686_1074221333_565345_3114275_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Kim Kelly on August 07, 2009, 01:03:41 AM
Cats do not have lock- or even doorknob-opening technology.

Sasha once opened a door (that didn't close properly, but was still latched) with this sort of doornob. Even without thumbs, she was able to invade my privacy in the bathroom... remarkable!

(http://goldenhouseegypt.com/Images/Brass_Door_Handle%5B1%5D.jpg)

I once knew a Burmese cat that could open all doors with this kind of handle. 



We actually had to switch the door handles on the doors leading out to the garage and backyard for round door knobs. My cat Sidney could open the doors and let himself out very easily if we forgot to lock the door, which meant once he spent the night trapped in the garage.  :(

He hasn't mastered round door knobs yet.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on August 08, 2009, 10:23:07 PM
(http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs169.snc1/6332_1181641415903_1074221333_569065_8066709_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: AaronC on August 14, 2009, 06:34:28 PM
My wife and I adopted a one-year-old beagle/basset hound mix from a shelter today.  Her name is Molly.  She is such a happy, sweet dog. 

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3566/3821824506_290237b18f.jpg)



Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on August 14, 2009, 06:36:49 PM
congrats!!! so cute!
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on August 14, 2009, 09:40:58 PM
bassets are a lot of fun.  all personality, no brains.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: MC Shakespeare on August 14, 2009, 09:43:51 PM
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2454/3821393423_8727df074f.jpg)

My cat Ludlow.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: DoodleJump! on August 15, 2009, 01:45:18 AM
Wow! He reminds me of a cartoon cat, but I can't figure out which one.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on August 15, 2009, 02:20:22 PM
Pepe Le Pew's girlfriend! (I just looked it up and her name is Penelope Pussycat)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: DoodleJump! on August 15, 2009, 02:54:59 PM
Indeed!
(http://th05.deviantart.net/fs49/150/i/2009/184/c/4/Penelope_Pussycat_by_GoldenFox123187.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on August 28, 2009, 01:15:07 AM
drunk cat.
(http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs170.snc1/6385_1193395469747_1074221333_611037_6780797_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Geoff Johnston on August 28, 2009, 02:02:47 PM
Yikes!  I'm bad about checking back on threads.  Sorry.

Anyway, (B_)Buster the boxer thanks you for the compliments!
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on August 30, 2009, 09:50:24 PM
cancerface stalking me as I arrive home.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/cancerface.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on December 10, 2009, 12:32:42 PM
What Sasha and I did during The Best Show this week:

http://www.facebook.com/v/193854481935



(And what we do almost every night. Best kitty ever.)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: hugman on December 10, 2009, 02:00:30 PM
how have I not contributed to this thread?
Boushka AKA Boussie AKA Boose AKA Goofus AKA Goobie AKA Goobles
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h74/ejhuggins/photo-1-2.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on June 08, 2010, 12:27:47 PM
My dear dog Duchess died yesterday.  My other dear dog, Bandit, and I are very sad.  The cats seem unfazed.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Bryan on June 08, 2010, 01:18:31 PM
My condolences, Sarah. I'm really sorry to hear that.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Big Plastic Head on June 08, 2010, 01:23:58 PM
Horrible news. So sorry, Sarah.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Pastor Josh on June 08, 2010, 02:51:09 PM
Sorry, Sarah.  We'll be thinking of you.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on June 08, 2010, 03:02:17 PM
Thanks, guys.  She was very sick and almost fourteen; the last three plus months were hard and horrible.  I truly believe she is better off in the ground (I can see her grave through my window now), but it's still rotten sad.  And what makes thing worse is that Bandit is almost fifteen (a fairly big dog, too), and I'm afraid that grief may tip him over the edge.  That, or inactivity:  his hind legs are giving out, and trotting around after Duchess was his main source of exercise.  I'm thinking I may have to get him a dog just to keep him in shape.  

On the plus side, my house will no longer be slick with mucous, pus, and blood.  Soon it will stop stinking of death and decay.  The fly population will drop.  Silver linings.  Big fucking deal.

Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Christina on June 08, 2010, 04:17:12 PM
Aw, Sarah ... I'm sorry.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: fonpr on June 08, 2010, 07:55:48 PM
On the plus side, my house will no longer be slick with mucous, pus, and blood.  Soon it will stop stinking of death and decay.  The fly population will drop.  Silver linings.  Big fucking deal.

Check!
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: masterofsparks on June 08, 2010, 09:03:23 PM
I'm sorry, Sarah. I'll be thinking of you.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: erika on June 08, 2010, 09:36:31 PM
My thoughts are with you Sarah. It's so hard. My sympathy... :(
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Kim Kelly on June 09, 2010, 12:10:42 AM
My dear dog Duchess died yesterday.  My other dear dog, Bandit, and I are very sad.  The cats seem unfazed.

I'm so sorry for your loss, Sarah.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: ben on June 09, 2010, 12:44:59 AM
My dear dog Duchess died yesterday.  My other dear dog, Bandit, and I are very sad.  The cats seem unfazed.

:( 
Very sorry to hear that, stay strong!
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on June 09, 2010, 01:25:21 PM
 :'(
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on June 09, 2010, 03:07:50 PM
Here is a piece of advice:  Do not attempt to set up a new computer two days after your dog has died.  I think I just ruined mine (it was delivered on Monday, shortly after Duchess died).  Or maybe it's a lemon (I'm sort of hoping this is the case).

Learn from my mistake.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on June 09, 2010, 05:46:01 PM
Sorry for your loss. I'll overnight cancerface to you if it'll make you feel better.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on June 10, 2010, 04:59:31 AM
You know, it probably would, but I'd worry about making yet another change in my household so soon.  Besides, the trip would be hell for the boy.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on June 10, 2010, 10:00:05 AM
i was considering taking a puppy from my sister-in-law's new litter.  now, i'd rather not.

i'd rather send it to you, Sarah.  although, he is tiny and she babies them to a fault; i don't know if he could tough it out in the wilds of Maine.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on June 10, 2010, 11:54:16 AM
I cannot have dogs for this exact reason. Even as a puppy I'm looking at them and thinking "someday this thing is going to die and it's going to destroy me."

also, we figured out recently that cancerface is a girl.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on June 10, 2010, 12:58:28 PM
How lucky, then, that Cancerface is a unisex name.

Thank you for the thought, Baron, and please know that if your sister's puppy did move in here, the wilds of Maine would not be an issue; my beasts lead pretty sheltered lives. To tell the truth, though, right now the thought of volunteering for more pain down the line makes me feel queasy.  Which is not to say that if someone stopped by and offered me a middle-sized, short-haired, good-natured, lazy adult, I wouldn't say yes in a flash.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on June 10, 2010, 04:52:51 PM
Well, my parents 7 year old Australian shepherd died today. A frisbee dog that tore it's ACL, got morbidly obese during the recovery. She was a shell of her former self, but a great dog.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on June 10, 2010, 05:22:16 PM
i officially hate this thread now.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on June 11, 2010, 06:30:38 AM
Well, it's not here to be loved, exactly.

I'm sorry about your parents' dog, Andy.  Poor girl, first losing her ability to run and then dying at the far-too-young age of seven.

Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on June 11, 2010, 06:31:18 AM
What's killing me right now is that my surviving dog, Bandit, is at least fourteen, possibly older, so I'm going to be facing his death pretty soon, too.  That is going to wreck me.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on June 11, 2010, 01:03:07 PM
BOO    :-\
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on June 11, 2010, 01:50:58 PM
It just keeps getting cheerier, eh, Baron?
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: buffcoat on June 11, 2010, 05:30:06 PM
NEVER LOVE, NEVER LOSE!
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on June 12, 2010, 07:08:55 AM
Yup.  Is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?  I frequently think not.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: fonpr on June 12, 2010, 04:04:25 PM
Yup.  Is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?  I frequently think not.

Been reading Schopenhauer again?
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on June 12, 2010, 05:38:36 PM
I arrived at this point all by my own self, snookums.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: dave from knoxville on June 12, 2010, 05:43:40 PM
I arrived at this point all by my own self, snookums.

Awww, can I get a pet name?
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on June 12, 2010, 06:00:10 PM
Sure, peaches.

(I have carefully made a key:  Fredericks = snookums; Dave from Knoxville = peaches.  Should either of the heretofore named wish to dispute his random term of endearment, he should file the appropriate paperwork before 7/7/11.)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: dave from knoxville on June 12, 2010, 06:39:13 PM
Unless Bonnie wants to fight me for it, peaches is just peachy
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on June 20, 2010, 09:50:00 AM
Condolences, Sarah.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Big Plastic Head on September 20, 2010, 12:07:15 PM
I bought a new camera last week and wanted to test the video functions out...

Hurley & Penny (http://www.vimeo.com/15109018)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on September 20, 2010, 12:56:06 PM
That was lovely, even though poor yellow dog did not like being filmed one little bit (I loved brown dog's equanimity). 
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Christina on September 20, 2010, 01:01:47 PM
That was lovely, even though poor yellow dog did not like being filmed one little bit (I loved brown dog's equanimity).

Yellow dog is Penny, right? She was sort of a comedienne, though, wasn't she? Both totally sweet doggies.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Kid Pain on September 20, 2010, 02:02:56 PM
Here's Lucy, as photographed by Lisa Jane Persky!

(http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL449/2224620/23493563/391912156.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on September 20, 2010, 03:18:15 PM
That was lovely, even though poor yellow dog did not like being filmed one little bit (I loved brown dog's equanimity).

Yellow dog is Penny, right? She was sort of a comedienne, though, wasn't she? Both totally sweet doggies.

Yeah, I thought yellow dog was Penny and brown dog Hurley, but I didn't want to offend them by getting their names wrong.  Dogs are so sensitive about such things.

Lucy is a charmer, too, by the by.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Christina on September 20, 2010, 03:46:59 PM
Yeah, Lucy looks like a good dog too! And I'm partial to the name Lucy for a pet. So much so that I briefly toyed with spelling it "Looocy" on a form during a vet visit just because I wanted to amp it up a bit.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Big Plastic Head on September 20, 2010, 05:26:56 PM
That was lovely, even though poor yellow dog did not like being filmed one little bit (I loved brown dog's equanimity).

Yellow dog is Penny, right? She was sort of a comedienne, though, wasn't she? Both totally sweet doggies.

Yeah, I thought yellow dog was Penny and brown dog Hurley, but I didn't want to offend them by getting their names wrong.  Dogs are so sensitive about such things.

Lucy is a charmer, too, by the by.

Yes, Penny = Yellow, Hurley = Brown. And Hurley DOES get pissed with people call him "Harley". Or when they say, "Oh, after the dude on 'Lost', right?"

No wait, that's me. He doesn't care actually.

I think when people bring up the Lost connection, from now on I'll just get all indignant and say, "No, he's named after the Weezer album. Duh!"

Penny doesn't mind being filmed but some of those shots used a makeshift steadycam (http://littlegreatideas.com/stabilizer/diy/) which is just a pole with a weight on one end and the camera on the other. She doesn't care much for that.

Lucy = ADORABLE!

My wife LOVES the name Lucy. If we were having a girl, that name was gonna be it. Howver we are having a boy and we got nothin'.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: SJK on September 20, 2010, 05:56:29 PM


Dogs are cool...I think this is an appropriate place to post this.
Someday I'll adopt a dog.


 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHlJODYBLKs)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on September 20, 2010, 06:48:46 PM
Goat!
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Kid Pain on September 21, 2010, 02:16:47 PM
let's celebrate Presidents Day

(http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs235.snc1/8233_178066537906_547937906_3826663_5646826_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on December 07, 2010, 01:32:49 AM
World's dumbest dog tricked into howling (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0g7ZgLTzSI#ws)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on February 09, 2011, 09:22:17 PM
(http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/167632_1708340503051_1074221333_1863216_3834551_n.jpg)
Professor Murder trying to unhinge his jaw.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: masterofsparks on February 11, 2011, 12:30:27 PM
The face-swallowing yawn makes me chuckle every single time one of my cats does it.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: dudep on February 11, 2011, 02:08:17 PM
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/5436933680_5309b44b94.jpg)(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5014/5436322309_215487d11a.jpg)(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/5436933628_10ebfa6d03.jpg)(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5180/5436933584_aa251d8b1d.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Alex_from_the_woods on February 11, 2011, 02:30:41 PM
Roscoe "Bones" Jones

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_WYlW4f-DshQ/TVWOAf1HbZI/AAAAAAAAAVg/B3kGxa-5dOs/s800/0607-20080315%20web.jpg)
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on August 30, 2011, 08:02:10 PM
This evening, my dear dog Bandit died.  He was at least fifteen and a half, possibly older (I never could get a clear answer from the various people who had him before I).  He was a big old beautiful mutt, the gentlest and sweetest-natured dog I've ever known.  I got to live with him for fourteen years.  He was my dearest and truest and most constant companion.  I will miss him forever.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: buffcoat on August 30, 2011, 08:53:55 PM
This evening, my dear dog Bandit died.  He was at least fifteen and a half, possibly older (I never could get a clear answer from the various people who had him before I).  He was a big old beautiful mutt, the gentlest and sweetest-natured dog I've ever known.  I got to live with him for fourteen years.  He was my dearest and truest and most constant companion.  I will miss him forever.


Sorry, Lubec.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: fonpr on August 30, 2011, 09:05:00 PM
This evening, my dear dog Bandit died.  He was at least fifteen and a half, possibly older (I never could get a clear answer from the various people who had him before I).  He was a big old beautiful mutt, the gentlest and sweetest-natured dog I've ever known.  I got to live with him for fourteen years.  He was my dearest and truest and most constant companion.  I will miss him forever.
I'm so sorry for you.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: masterofsparks on August 30, 2011, 09:21:31 PM
This evening, my dear dog Bandit died.  He was at least fifteen and a half, possibly older (I never could get a clear answer from the various people who had him before I).  He was a big old beautiful mutt, the gentlest and sweetest-natured dog I've ever known.  I got to live with him for fourteen years.  He was my dearest and truest and most constant companion.  I will miss him forever.

Sorry. I've been through this and it's the worst. THE WORST.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: dave from knoxville on August 30, 2011, 09:40:01 PM
This evening, my dear dog Bandit died.  He was at least fifteen and a half, possibly older (I never could get a clear answer from the various people who had him before I).  He was a big old beautiful mutt, the gentlest and sweetest-natured dog I've ever known.  I got to live with him for fourteen years.  He was my dearest and truest and most constant companion.  I will miss him forever.

So so sorry, Sarah. I wish you peace.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Andy on August 31, 2011, 07:56:30 AM
Yep, that really sucks.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on August 31, 2011, 10:10:11 AM
This evening, my dear dog Bandit died.  He was at least fifteen and a half, possibly older (I never could get a clear answer from the various people who had him before I).  He was a big old beautiful mutt, the gentlest and sweetest-natured dog I've ever known.  I got to live with him for fourteen years.  He was my dearest and truest and most constant companion.  I will miss him forever.

So so sorry, Sarah. I wish you peace.

Rest in peace, Bandit.

Sarah, I am very sorry for your loss.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on August 31, 2011, 06:28:35 PM
Thank you, everybody.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: cavorting with nudists on August 31, 2011, 07:17:18 PM
It's very sad.  I'm sorry.  I have no doubt you were the best partner any doggy could have.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on September 01, 2011, 09:25:00 PM
Condolences, Sarah. I too have experienced this and it's awful.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on September 01, 2011, 09:32:04 PM
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6199/6104427695_009a679b95_b.jpg)

Our dog Margot. The sweater was not my idea.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Big Plastic Head on September 06, 2011, 11:01:15 AM
Sarah, I know we talked about this via twitter, but, still want to post my condolences here. Sorry to hear about your friend. Never easy.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Steve of Bloomington on September 06, 2011, 11:36:37 AM
Thank you, everybody.

I'm very sorry to hear about Bandit, I hadn't heard until today.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Sarah on September 06, 2011, 03:18:34 PM
One week today. 

Also, I was remiss not to say this earlier: thank you, especially, Big Plastic Head; I know you are grieving, too. 
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: Stan on September 06, 2011, 07:41:38 PM
One week today. 

Also, I was remiss not to say this earlier: thank you, especially, Big Plastic Head; I know you are grieving, too.

 Sorry for your loss, Sarah and for my tardiness. Maybe I really do need to get on Twitter.
Title: Re: Best in Best Show!
Post by: fletcher munson on September 06, 2011, 08:39:12 PM
Sorry to hear about your dog, Sarah - just read about it.