Pets PART 2 - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

**51anna** · 05-12-2006, 01:41 PM

Let's keep talking about our Pets in PART 2 of this thread. They help us so much in our recovery.

Here is the link to the original thread:

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ets-47694.html

eddie z. · 05-12-2006, 06:51 PM

I'm just posting a quickie here so that I'll be subscribed to this thread.

On this past Sunday, it was a year since my beloved Patsy cat died. I still miss her, of course, but the other pets are doing well and are definitely a source of great comfort.

Love and hugs,
Eddie

Autumn · 05-13-2006, 11:57 PM

Sorry about your pet Eddie. I'm glad you have others to help fill some of the emptiness you might feel for awhile.

I have a pup who just turned one on March 17th. I love him sooooo much. I so regret that since I didn't sober up until September, I don't remember much of his earliest months in life.

Today, I just looked him in his big brown eyes, and I told him that I would make sure he was the happiest pup who ever lived. Even if it means allowing him to stretch out on the sofa 'till his heart's content or hog the bed.

And I just swore that if I could ever hear him laugh (imagine that), I would die in total peace and contentment.

eddie z. · 05-14-2006, 07:22 AM

Those are beautiful tender sentiments, Autumn!! Thank you for sharing them. What kind of pup is he? You saying you want to hear him laugh reminds me that I sometimes wish my dogs could purr. LOL.

Love and hugs,
Eddie

Beachbabe · 05-15-2006, 05:09 AM

http://www.dropshots.com/picsofbaby2

My 1 yr old talking parrot. Like mother, like son!

eddie z. · 05-16-2006, 04:03 AM

Thank you again, Beachbabe!! That "here kitty" bit cracks me up!!

Love and hugs,
Eddie

**deedee** · 05-16-2006, 07:23 PM

(((Eddie)))

I remember when you lost Patsy

I still think about our rotties on their heavenly anniversaries.

Here's our current hound-doggies:

Dakota (front), Boss (lounging), and Ty (curled in his corner)

**deedee** · 05-16-2006, 07:34 PM

and our grand-dog ...

Mad Max

eddie z. · 05-16-2006, 07:45 PM

Aw, they're wonderful, deedee!! I have a black Lab, too, although she is more of a grey Lab now with lots of white on her even though she's not that old. I'll have to post a picture later. Now is bedtime!!

Love and hugs,
Eddie

**Ann** · 05-16-2006, 08:02 PM

Those are beautiful dogs, Deedee, but do YOU ever get to sit on that couch?

And...grand-dog?

Here's Toby's new "domain", he's such a control freak and has to "own" the whole place, although I think he's in love with "Bella" the grey tabby next door. And he's not terribly fond of being on a leash, but until he's familiar with everything he's gonna stay that way. We walk with it and he's fine but he doesn't like it on the deck.

Here's his grumpy look, still miffed about the leash and won't pose for anything. I ask ya, have you ever seen such a rude look? Control freak, I tell ya!!

**deedee** · 05-16-2006, 08:16 PM

What can I say Ann??? The dogs do love the cushy life they fell into.

Nice view Mr. Toby has, but he does look rather po'd in that second shot.

You, my dear, look radiant!

eddie z. · 05-18-2006, 04:59 AM

Yes, radiant, Ann!! Toby looks like Agatha when she gets "airplane head." You know, when they fold their ears back like the wings on a plane? Agatha is the mistress of looking pi$$ed off. I'll have to catch that with the camera, too.

Love and hugs,
Eddie

**Ann** · 05-18-2006, 06:14 AM

Toby has many facial expressions, he can smile and he can purse his lips like he did in the picture and just look annoyed to death. His eyes too, they can be squinty like the picture, or big as saucers when he wants something and goes into his "cute" look.

His ajustment to moving is amazing. Lots of new birds and animals here. He is respectful of the foxes (and they of him), is curious about the groundhogs (too rodent like I think), and doesn't know what to make of large geese and great blue herons that walk on the little beach in front of our place.

Last night my neighbour and I were watching the foxes (mom, dad and 4 babies), and I was taking pictures and Toby was quite bored with the whole thing. It's an ongoing nature show here, and we're both enjoying watching it all happen every day.

eddie z. · 05-18-2006, 07:36 PM

They're beautiful, Ann!! Thank you so much for posting that pic!! Most of the nature show around here is the "presents" that Marcel leaves on the porch or tries to bring through the window. LOL. This morning, there was half a squirrel by the front door.

!!

Love and hugs,
Eddie

**deedee** · 05-18-2006, 08:02 PM

Eddie - Gross!!! Perhaps that's why I'm not much of a cat fan (sorry)

I still remember the time my little sis's cat regurgitated a baby squirrel under her bed.

**Ann** · 05-19-2006, 06:04 AM

Ewww. Toby hasn't brought home a critter since I attached 3 bells to his collar. He always brought them home whole and not gruesome (he's well fed and probably didn't know what to do with them once he caught them).

Bells are a good solution,

**Phinneas** · 05-19-2006, 12:37 PM

Oh the grumpy look on Toby! Priceless-lol My cat, Sophie-Grace does "distain" with the talent of an academy award actress! I pet her and she gives me "that look" and then washes the offending part of her body that I touched. -lol Cats really help me get my ego back in check!

eddie z. · 05-19-2006, 06:54 PM

Yeah, it was pretty nasty. Maybe I will consider the bell thing. Thank you, Ann!!

Love and hugs,
Eddie

**Ann** · 05-22-2006, 05:37 AM

I learned something...foxes bark, LOL. Toby sits up and gives them "the look", nothing more and yesterday the daddy fox just looked back and barked, then went on his way. Perhaps he was saying "hello", perhaps he was saying something else

eddie z. · 05-23-2006, 07:27 PM

I guess somewhere in the back of my mind I already knew that, but I hadn't thought of it in a while. It's sort of a yip, right? I'd love to see some more fox pictures. Hint, hint.

Love and hugs,
Eddie

**Ann** · 05-23-2006, 08:50 PM

Eddie, you KNOW I need no encouragement, LOLOL.

Here's a couple I liked...

This one made me chuckle because it looks like the fox is about to pounce on the duck, but he's really just running along the shore and I caught him as he passed the bush.

They spotted me in this one and can't decide whether to be playful or run. My fox pictures are more difficult for me because you just never know when they're gonna show up and have no time for lighting or focus,

**51anna** · 05-23-2006, 11:46 PM

Oh Ann,

You can really read Toby's mind in that 'grumpy' photo!

Lunkker · 05-24-2006, 05:43 AM

The foxes are so neat! You're so lucky! We had a pair of hawks nest on the hill behind our house, and for a few weeks we had the baby hawks soaring around the backyard

We have a dog, three cats, a cockatiel, a pionus parrot, and a bullsnake. They're all rescues, either from the pound or just abandoned/strays. We know the cockatiel and snake are females, they've lain eggs. Not sure about the parrot. The dog is female and the cats all male. All the mammals are fixed.

The best dog I've ever had was German Shepherd, Alaskan Malamute and Eastern Timber Wolf. He was more wolf than anything I think, very smart, funny and kind, just the greatest dog I've have met. We had him about eight years and he died of a liver disease, there was nothing the vets could do for him. We still miss him, my kids still cry over him sometimes, and it's been three years since he died.

**Ann** · 05-24-2006, 07:59 AM

It's baby season in the woods next to our property. I got these this morning just sitting on the deck having my coffee with Toby. It's a real nature show non-stop out there and we both love it...

I found where the groundhog lives...

And his new family...

And Toby's new love interest "Bella"...

I'll keep this thread to 4 legged pets, but sometime I'll show you the great blue herons who hang out on the shore here too.

First thing in the morning when the sun has just come up, is absolutely magnificent out there. I'm so lucky to have landed here when I really had no idea where God was taking me.

Hope these make you smile.

Hugs,

**Ann** · 05-24-2006, 08:02 AM

Lunkker, I missed your post somehow earlier, but that's quite a menagerie you have going there. I don't think I could handle the snake, but the rest sound like a wonderful family of mixed-rescues

05-12-2006, 01:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
51anna Forum Leader Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dancing in the Light Posts: 11,160	Pets PART 2 Let's keep talking about our Pets in PART 2 of this thread. They help us so much in our recovery. Here is the link to the original thread: http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ets-47694.html __________________ Anna "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou Last edited by 51anna; 05-13-2006 at 06:06 AM.

05-12-2006, 06:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
eddie z. No expectations! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,606	I'm just posting a quickie here so that I'll be subscribed to this thread. On this past Sunday, it was a year since my beloved Patsy cat died. I still miss her, of course, but the other pets are doing well and are definitely a source of great comfort. Love and hugs, Eddie __________________

05-14-2006, 07:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
eddie z. No expectations! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,606	Those are beautiful tender sentiments, Autumn!! Thank you for sharing them. What kind of pup is he? You saying you want to hear him laugh reminds me that I sometimes wish my dogs could purr. LOL. Love and hugs, Eddie __________________

05-16-2006, 04:03 AM	#6 (permalink)
eddie z. No expectations! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,606	Thank you again, Beachbabe!! That "here kitty" bit cracks me up!! Love and hugs, Eddie __________________

05-16-2006, 07:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
deedee Forum Leader Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Faith~Hope~Love Posts: 922	(((Eddie))) I remember when you lost Patsy I still think about our rotties on their heavenly anniversaries. Here's our current hound-doggies: Dakota (front), Boss (lounging), and Ty (curled in his corner) __________________ ~ While the light lasts I shall remember and in the darkness I shall not forget ~

05-13-2006, 11:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
Autumn alconaut Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Motor City Posts: 750	Sorry about your pet Eddie. I'm glad you have others to help fill some of the emptiness you might feel for awhile. I have a pup who just turned one on March 17th. I love him sooooo much. I so regret that since I didn't sober up until September, I don't remember much of his earliest months in life. Today, I just looked him in his big brown eyes, and I told him that I would make sure he was the happiest pup who ever lived. Even if it means allowing him to stretch out on the sofa 'till his heart's content or hog the bed. And I just swore that if I could ever hear him laugh (imagine that), I would die in total peace and contentment.

05-15-2006, 05:09 AM	#5 (permalink)
Beachbabe Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: On a Boat in the Gulf Posts: 312	http://www.dropshots.com/picsofbaby2 My 1 yr old talking parrot. Like mother, like son!

05-16-2006, 07:34 PM	#8 (permalink)
deedee Forum Leader Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Faith~Hope~Love Posts: 922	and our grand-dog ... Mad Max __________________ ~ While the light lasts I shall remember and in the darkness I shall not forget ~

05-16-2006, 07:45 PM	#9 (permalink)
eddie z. No expectations! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,606	Aw, they're wonderful, deedee!! I have a black Lab, too, although she is more of a grey Lab now with lots of white on her even though she's not that old. I'll have to post a picture later. Now is bedtime!! Love and hugs, Eddie __________________

05-16-2006, 08:02 PM	#10 (permalink)
Ann Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 15,155	Those are beautiful dogs, Deedee, but do YOU ever get to sit on that couch? And...grand-dog? Here's Toby's new "domain", he's such a control freak and has to "own" the whole place, although I think he's in love with "Bella" the grey tabby next door. And he's not terribly fond of being on a leash, but until he's familiar with everything he's gonna stay that way. We walk with it and he's fine but he doesn't like it on the deck. Here's his grumpy look, still miffed about the leash and won't pose for anything. I ask ya, have you ever seen such a rude look? Control freak, I tell ya!! __________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~

05-16-2006, 08:16 PM	#11 (permalink)
deedee Forum Leader Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Faith~Hope~Love Posts: 922	What can I say Ann??? The dogs do love the cushy life they fell into. Nice view Mr. Toby has, but he does look rather po'd in that second shot. You, my dear, look radiant! __________________ ~ While the light lasts I shall remember and in the darkness I shall not forget ~

05-18-2006, 04:59 AM	#12 (permalink)
eddie z. No expectations! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,606	Yes, radiant, Ann!! Toby looks like Agatha when she gets "airplane head." You know, when they fold their ears back like the wings on a plane? Agatha is the mistress of looking pi$$ed off. I'll have to catch that with the camera, too. Love and hugs, Eddie __________________

05-18-2006, 06:14 AM	#13 (permalink)
Ann Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 15,155	Toby has many facial expressions, he can smile and he can purse his lips like he did in the picture and just look annoyed to death. His eyes too, they can be squinty like the picture, or big as saucers when he wants something and goes into his "cute" look. His ajustment to moving is amazing. Lots of new birds and animals here. He is respectful of the foxes (and they of him), is curious about the groundhogs (too rodent like I think), and doesn't know what to make of large geese and great blue herons that walk on the little beach in front of our place. Last night my neighbour and I were watching the foxes (mom, dad and 4 babies), and I was taking pictures and Toby was quite bored with the whole thing. It's an ongoing nature show here, and we're both enjoying watching it all happen every day. __________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~

05-18-2006, 07:36 PM	#14 (permalink)
eddie z. No expectations! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,606	They're beautiful, Ann!! Thank you so much for posting that pic!! Most of the nature show around here is the "presents" that Marcel leaves on the porch or tries to bring through the window. LOL. This morning, there was half a squirrel by the front door. !! Love and hugs, Eddie __________________

05-18-2006, 08:02 PM	#15 (permalink)
deedee Forum Leader Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Faith~Hope~Love Posts: 922	Eddie - Gross!!! Perhaps that's why I'm not much of a cat fan (sorry) I still remember the time my little sis's cat regurgitated a baby squirrel under her bed. __________________ ~ While the light lasts I shall remember and in the darkness I shall not forget ~

05-19-2006, 06:04 AM	#16 (permalink)
Ann Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 15,155	Ewww. Toby hasn't brought home a critter since I attached 3 bells to his collar. He always brought them home whole and not gruesome (he's well fed and probably didn't know what to do with them once he caught them). Bells are a good solution, __________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~

05-19-2006, 12:37 PM	#17 (permalink)
Phinneas Forum Leader Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: fumbling towards ecstasy Posts: 2,596	Oh the grumpy look on Toby! Priceless-lol My cat, Sophie-Grace does "distain" with the talent of an academy award actress! I pet her and she gives me "that look" and then washes the offending part of her body that I touched. -lol Cats really help me get my ego back in check! __________________ “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ~Marianne Williamson

05-19-2006, 06:54 PM	#18 (permalink)
eddie z. No expectations! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,606	Yeah, it was pretty nasty. Maybe I will consider the bell thing. Thank you, Ann!! Love and hugs, Eddie __________________

05-22-2006, 05:37 AM	#19 (permalink)
Ann Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 15,155	I learned something...foxes bark, LOL. Toby sits up and gives them "the look", nothing more and yesterday the daddy fox just looked back and barked, then went on his way. Perhaps he was saying "hello", perhaps he was saying something else __________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~

05-23-2006, 07:27 PM	#20 (permalink)
eddie z. No expectations! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,606	I guess somewhere in the back of my mind I already knew that, but I hadn't thought of it in a while. It's sort of a yip, right? I'd love to see some more fox pictures. Hint, hint. Love and hugs, Eddie __________________

05-23-2006, 08:50 PM	#21 (permalink)
Ann Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 15,155	Eddie, you KNOW I need no encouragement, LOLOL. Here's a couple I liked... This one made me chuckle because it looks like the fox is about to pounce on the duck, but he's really just running along the shore and I caught him as he passed the bush. They spotted me in this one and can't decide whether to be playful or run. My fox pictures are more difficult for me because you just never know when they're gonna show up and have no time for lighting or focus, __________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~

05-23-2006, 11:46 PM	#22 (permalink)
51anna Forum Leader Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dancing in the Light Posts: 11,160	Oh Ann, You can really read Toby's mind in that 'grumpy' photo! __________________ Anna "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou

05-24-2006, 05:43 AM	#23 (permalink)
Lunkker duck amuck Join Date: May 2006 Location: SoCal Posts: 28	The foxes are so neat! You're so lucky! We had a pair of hawks nest on the hill behind our house, and for a few weeks we had the baby hawks soaring around the backyard We have a dog, three cats, a cockatiel, a pionus parrot, and a bullsnake. They're all rescues, either from the pound or just abandoned/strays. We know the cockatiel and snake are females, they've lain eggs. Not sure about the parrot. The dog is female and the cats all male. All the mammals are fixed. The best dog I've ever had was German Shepherd, Alaskan Malamute and Eastern Timber Wolf. He was more wolf than anything I think, very smart, funny and kind, just the greatest dog I've have met. We had him about eight years and he died of a liver disease, there was nothing the vets could do for him. We still miss him, my kids still cry over him sometimes, and it's been three years since he died. __________________ "I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary." - Grandpa Simpson

05-24-2006, 07:59 AM	#24 (permalink)
Ann Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 15,155	It's baby season in the woods next to our property. I got these this morning just sitting on the deck having my coffee with Toby. It's a real nature show non-stop out there and we both love it... I found where the groundhog lives... And his new family... And Toby's new love interest "Bella"... I'll keep this thread to 4 legged pets, but sometime I'll show you the great blue herons who hang out on the shore here too. First thing in the morning when the sun has just come up, is absolutely magnificent out there. I'm so lucky to have landed here when I really had no idea where God was taking me. Hope these make you smile. Hugs, __________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~

05-24-2006, 08:02 AM	#25 (permalink)
Ann Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 15,155	Lunkker, I missed your post somehow earlier, but that's quite a menagerie you have going there. I don't think I could handle the snake, but the rest sound like a wonderful family of mixed-rescues __________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrow