https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:15:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets/page/2#post-2367671 Mon, 12 Aug 2024 13:41:54 +0000 Mary Beth (formerly LBD) 2367671@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We don’t have pets, per se, but we do have…</p> <p><b>#1-7 &nbsp;The Treetop Tyrant, Prince</b>, who produces clutches of babies at regular intervals with his mate, Dolly. &nbsp;By my best guesstimate, they have consistently had 4-6 babies every other month, from late February to early November, since we moved in and started putting out birdseed in November 2019. &nbsp;</p> <p><div><br /></div><div>When the seed bowl is empty, he locates and stalks us through the windows, and insistently chirps at us until one of us refills it. &nbsp;He supervises us from the holly tree to be certain we’re doing it properly. &nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>He used to come get us to chase away the wood pigeons, who would sit in the seed dish and not allow the other birds to come near, until my partner “pigeon-proofed” the dish with a McGyver-style cage.</p> <p>It’s rare he ever holds still long enough for a photo. &nbsp;These are all pulled from video.</p> <p><b>#8-9 &nbsp; &nbsp;Miss Fiona</b>. &nbsp;Miss Fiona is a story of human conflict, and its impact on local wildlife. &nbsp;We had a former neighbor, with some mental health issues, who was shooting any small animal that wandered into our shared yards. &nbsp;I didn’t know this until I made an off-handed comment that I never saw any squirrels, about a year after we moved in. &nbsp;Or any wildlife, really, other than songbirds and chipmunks. &nbsp;Then my partner filled me in on the “why”. &nbsp;I won’t go into the details, but not long after, the house was sold and the neighbor moved away. &nbsp;But the wildlife still avoided our yard. &nbsp;Until Miss Fiona. &nbsp;She woukd creep along the back fence rail, look around, then bolt. &nbsp;</p> <p></div><div><br /></div><div>She eventually made it to our walk out deck, and found that all my plant pots made convenient storage for her acorns. &nbsp;One day, I caught her digging, and stepped outside to scold her. &nbsp;Terrified, she ran to the holly tree. &nbsp;But she must have been hungry, because then she doubled around and went back to the planter. &nbsp;I said in a scolding voice, “No. &nbsp;Don’t dig up my plants”. &nbsp;She tucked her tail and slunk away like a scolded dog, with hurt feelings. &nbsp;She turned back one more time, and I said, “No. &nbsp;I mean it.”</p> <p>But by that point, I didn’t. &nbsp;I left empty planters full of dirt for her to store her nuts in. &nbsp;And sometimes if she comes by, I’ll say “Is that Miss Fiona?” and she’ll come to the door for a strawberry or a macadamia. &nbsp;She’s very polite, and waits patiently.&nbsp;</p> <p></div><div><br /></div><div>She disappears for long stretches - I haven’t seen her in a few months, but my partner sees her out on the back rail, going about her day. &nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>I have a theory that squirrels don’t merely store acorns, they plant to ensure a future supply of trees and nuts. &nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>It took a few years after the neighbor moved away, but the wildlife that roams our neighborhood freely, has come back to our yard, including deer, squirrels, possum, squirrels, and flying squirrels. &nbsp;</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets/page/2#post-2367670 Mon, 12 Aug 2024 13:30:58 +0000 citygirldc 2367670@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love these photos. I keep coming back here because it just puts a big smile in my face. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367650 Mon, 12 Aug 2024 02:35:55 +0000 Janet 2367650@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here are our dogs, Sunny (10, grey) and Woody (8, brown). They are catahoula leopard dogs, retired cattle ranch dogs, now accustomed to a life of leisure on fancy furniture in our home, LOL. </p> <p>They have lots of adventures with us! Woody is the goofball and Sunny is more serious. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367613 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 11:02:49 +0000 Olive Green 2367613@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, this thread is a heart warmer!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367609 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 10:10:32 +0000 bella 2367609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are our girls, Princess Leia (3.5) and Ms. Mocha (1). You can easily guess which one is which </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367593 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 00:19:29 +0000 JAileen 2367593@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>NYT op-ed that cats are better than dogs. &nbsp;I don’t subscribe to that, of course, since dogs don’t make me sick. :)<div><div><br /></div><div><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/31/opinion/cats-vs-dogs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CE4.nw9Q.LaUHFoTYH9v-&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=c-cb">https://www.nytimes.com/intera.....code=1.CE4</a><br /></div></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367550 Fri, 09 Aug 2024 19:10:56 +0000 Suz 2367550@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am late to this thread, but what fantastic pics of your pets! <b>LJP,</b> that photo of your two is beyond fantastic.&nbsp;</p> <p>Here's our Max (the Siamese).He is 17 and has kidney disease but is in pretty good shape, for all that.&nbsp;</p> <p>This week I am house sitting and caring for two cats -- Ginger and Ollie.&nbsp; Their owner told me they ar enot lap cats but Ginger has proved her wrong.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367520 Fri, 09 Aug 2024 13:56:49 +0000 Theodora 2367520@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My boys Banjo (short hair), who is 10, and Gizmo, who is 13, and turning white in the face. &nbsp;I adore them! &nbsp;Bonus pic of my third “daughter”, now passed, the love of my life Pepper. &nbsp;Life would be so much less without them </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367491 Fri, 09 Aug 2024 02:19:19 +0000 Irina 2367491@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I keep coming back to this thread - all the pets photos make me smile!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367488 Fri, 09 Aug 2024 01:47:08 +0000 Pat_P 2367488@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is my girl Celia, we adopted her 7 years ago. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367417 Wed, 07 Aug 2024 21:19:20 +0000 pil 2367417@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the pet photos.<br />We adopted Chip about three years ago. He can be a stinker but we sure love him. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367392 Wed, 07 Aug 2024 16:29:06 +0000 citygirldc 2367392@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Apologies for not responding sooner.&nbsp; I'm in love with all your fur babies and can't wait to see more of them at some point.&nbsp;</p> <p>Bonnie - love the cockatoos.&nbsp; They are amazing and smart animals.</p> <p>Angie - I so love Sam and Jo. I agree about pets completing us.</p> <p>Jailene - I'm sorry for your loss. It must be so difficult to lose someone so close. I'm dreading that day. Bob Barker is adorable</p> <p>Laurie - I got more than a couple of photos, maybe thousands. LOL!&nbsp; They also have an IG account.</p> <p>Kerry - pets are really the best. Go figure I've never had one until 4 years ago.</p> <p>LJP - Pet photos always make me happy.</p> <p>Olive Green - If I ever have a dog, it would be a border collie. My parents had one and he was great.</p> <p>cat2 - I didn't realize that travel would be an issue with our cats until we had to travel. Good thing is we have a good sitter.</p> <p>Helena -Joy is the perfect word.</p> <p>Brooklyn - he is adorable.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Kyle - Lucy and Jojo are beauties.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>slim cat - What a cool name - Tigra</p> <p>Anchie - Aww, sorry to hear but I'm sure she'll come around shortly and give you some love back.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367359 Wed, 07 Aug 2024 13:11:25 +0000 anchie 2367359@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We just got back from vacation and Chili is ignoring us and giving us a silent treatmant. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367327 Wed, 07 Aug 2024 02:01:27 +0000 slim cat 2367327@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We lost our lovely Keesya last year and recently adopted young kitty from shelter -Tigra. She was probably 10 months old and turned a year now. She is our joy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367323 Wed, 07 Aug 2024 01:21:52 +0000 Kyle 2367323@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My beautiful girls Lucy and JoJo. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367306 Tue, 06 Aug 2024 23:20:41 +0000 Brooklyn 2367306@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We got our dog Siena almost 4 months ago. She turns 1 later this month. She is fitting in just fine. Sweet and playful. A little bit naughty but eager to please. She is being good right now. Having a little morning nap on her daybed next to the fire (winter here). Second photo shows her in our front yard. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367269 Tue, 06 Aug 2024 17:11:45 +0000 Helena 2367269@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Coming from a pet-free home due to some allergy issues, this thread is a joy. Love all your fur babies! Irina, your cat wins for most entertaining poses </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367256 Tue, 06 Aug 2024 16:04:32 +0000 Angie 2367256@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All kitties are adorable!&nbsp;</p> <p>Of course, Bailey is a good girl! What a sweetie with beautiful eyes. Would never have thought otherwise,<b> kerry</b> :)</p> <p><b>Olive Green</b>, your collies are sooo cute, beautiful, playful, and spunky! How precious to have THREE! That's the best type of workout ;)&nbsp;</p> <p>I need to move to a farm so we can have ten Yorkies.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367247 Tue, 06 Aug 2024 14:05:35 +0000 cat2 2367247@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No pets right now given our travel schedule. Two neighbor cats have adopted us as their back up humans. Services include calling their owners when we see a health issue, petting on demand and gym time by dragging long ribbons from the dry cleaner. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367239 Tue, 06 Aug 2024 12:37:01 +0000 Olive Green 2367239@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Why I don’t have a gym membership…one fluffy and two short haired border collie siblings. Mr Pink and his sister Rita Ballou, and our elder citizen, Chula. &nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367203 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 22:09:48 +0000 LJP 2367203@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pet photos make my day </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367202 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 21:51:12 +0000 kerry 2367202@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is Bean the British Shorthair and Bailey the Golden Retriever. Both are 2 years old. Bailey is a good girl and Bean is naughty. They both make us laugh and are so much fun to have around. I’ve only spent about 4 years total without a pet in my lifetime. Pets are the best! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367200 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 21:24:13 +0000 Laurie 2367200@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cats are having a bit of moment here in America...</p> <p>Lisa - that is ADORABLE!</p> <p>Our kitties are already so big! Sonny is almost as big as Ralphie. Teddy, the long hair, looks bigger than he is because he's flouffy, but he's a little guy. They're so totally fun but I forgot that we would have 3 big boys, sooner than later. </p> <p>Cat pics? I have a couple </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367198 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 21:04:12 +0000 Irina 2367198@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are some of my favorite photos - my kids’ cat.&nbsp;<div>I have an album with cats’ photos on my iPad and I like to go through them with my grandson. So fun!</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367194 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 17:47:46 +0000 LJP 2367194@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These two little criminals are Oliver and Bandit (named by the Humane Society where we adopted them ). &nbsp;This cuddling business is an anomoly .</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367193 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 17:31:32 +0000 MsMary 2367193@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG my pets are the twins of your pets, Citygirl! Introducing Felix and Oscar! They are our pandemic kitties and they are funny little fellows, indeed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367189 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 16:13:08 +0000 Angie 2367189@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>PETS ARE THE BEST!!!</p> <p>Nyx, Luna, Keeper, Nikki, Izzy, Mr. Skunky (RIP), and Bob Barker are beautiful and adorable! Love these pics of them :)</p> <p>I cannot put into words how much I love our Yorkies Sam (9) and Jo (3). They complete us. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367186 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 15:14:43 +0000 JAileen 2367186@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Many of you have seen our boys. &nbsp;We lost Mr Skunky (not his real name) last year, to cancer. &nbsp;He was 11. &nbsp;When he was a puppy, his person gave him to us. &nbsp;She had a terminal illness and couldn’t keep him. &nbsp;While he was a very good boy, he never did anything he didn’t want to do. &nbsp;</p> <p>Bob Barker (also not his real name) turned 13 this spring. &nbsp;He had been a stray at an elementary school as a puppy. &nbsp;I got him from Russell Rescue in San Francisco. &nbsp;He is a very good boy, too, but he barks a lot. &nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367183 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 14:51:05 +0000 Bonnie 2367183@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We have two cockatiels, Nikki and Izzy. Izzy is 20 and Nikki is 12. Cockatiels are small parrots with big personalities and they are great companions.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/show-me-your-pets#post-2367182 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 14:49:55 +0000 citygirldc 2367182@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Irina - Love that name, Keeper.&nbsp; He definitely looks like my Luna, although he has more white and Luna has a lot more gray on her back. </p>