An Animal Contest Closed Winner Announced

Posts: 36 · Posted: 10.03.2008, 00:26

Had to say, that I TOTALLY wish that I could have 5 minutes alone with any animal or child abuser, they would NOT abuse anyone or any animal ever again, trust me!!

Didn't see any edit button, but, here are pics of my 3 babies, also, Val, anytime I name an animal, I usually wait a day or 2 and thats how we decided on sparky's name, hubby goes, my gosh, he's full of fire and energy, like a spark plug!! LOL and, Iggy, she is so tiny, thats how we came up with the name, Itty Bitty Little Baby Girl! LMAO! and Princess, hubby named her, because he had a dog when he was younger, and she had just passed away when he got this princess...

Posts: 3276 · Posted: 10.03.2008, 01:58

I have always loved dogs.For some reason I've never been scared of big dogs like a lot of people.My first experience was being a security officer handling a kennel full of shepherds.I was made foreman very quickly since I was the only one that could enter the kennel and handle all the dogs.The smartest of them all was named "dog".
My favourite dog was of course my rottie.She was the runt of the litter so I paid $100 less for her.She fit in the palm of my hand,but not for long.She grew up to an amazing 145 lbs.My proudest moment was when at 4 months of age she placed 1st out of 35 dogs at obedience school.Her name was Nykki by the way.

Posts: 1740 · Posted: 10.03.2008, 05:37

Well I was always raised with animals growing up my favorite being dogs but I would say having 2 dogs and 2 cats of all my animals my 11 yr old rott would be my favorite and most obident of all.I had a fuzzy fluffy chubby dog that was very gentle growing up with my kids and the most trusting being a kid dog but my 150 pound rott is my very favorite,loyal dog.I had the childrens dog for 15 years and now my rott for 11.I think everyday of how I will react when something happens to her as she is more faithful then most people.But as far as animals in general I think a animal abuser should be punished the same way as a child abuser.yep I love my animals even my cat who is 15 yrs old now.The other is a farrel.

Posts: 156 · Posted: 10.03.2008, 12:17

We have a cat named Steve. He is 5.
Also a Ball Python who is about 6 yrs. old, we had him since he was a baby.
My story would be the time the snake escaped, we went away for a few days to our cottage and when we came home the snake tank was empty. Now of course my husband was on the road (truck driver) and my older sons were out of town! It was me and my one son and daughter. We searched the house top to bottom, we had the neighborhood kids come and search the house. Well this went on for days. I couldnt sleep at night. This is a very large snake...This went on for a week. One night I was in my daughters room making up her bed and who comes slithering out of the closet (he looked much bigger than he looked in his tank)!!!So, I shut the door and announced quietly the snake is in Em's bedroom. Well of course we didnt know what to do now. My sons friend was home from the navy on leave and I went to his house and asked him to help. He tried to get him but he was under the bed and did not want to be caught. Jay then put his leg under the bed and the snake wrapped itself around his leg! He than carried him upstairs and got him in his tank. I think he was more scared than we were. Thats the end of the story and you would not believe how small the hole was he got out, it was were the wire was for the plug for his heat rock.
I would love to have a dog again someday!
My best animal ever was a sheperd/retriver mix, his name was Molson and he was part of the family for 15 years. He died in the year 2000 and still cannot bring ourselves to getting another dog. He was well loved

Posts: 444 · Posted: 13.03.2008, 12:46

Hi all! I just came over from the other side (Casino-Crush) and had to share in the animal stories. Love animals! We have 2 cats-Rjush and Mythe-both black; Rjush is 13 and weighs 30 lbs, Mythe is 12 and weighs 13 lbs. (one extreme to the other!). We also have a Chesapeake Bay retriever who's 7 months old and getting huge, she's not the brightest dog but we have high hopes for her Laughing

Anyhow, we have 2 kids, one soon to be 4 and one soon to be 2; my cats were never really around children; the big one is like a big Mommy(even though he's male) and when my firstborn was a baby, he would lay beside her bassinet and come and meow at me if she started to cry. My little cat is a scaredy cat and pretty much just hides. Well, the firstborn is now almost 4, and that cat puts up with anything from these kids! They have ridden him like a horse, tried dressing him up in hats and gloves, and my littlest one-almost 2-has a thing for tickly things-if the gets something soft, she's tickle her ear with it. The other day in the kitchen, I hear the cat meow funny-kinda like a "huh?", I go out and there's the poor cat with his butt in the air looking over his shoulder like, what is this? And my daughter's got his tail tickling her ear with it! The cat just took it, though. Too bad I didn't have the camera handy! I've always had animals, mostly cats, the puppy is testing my patience but she's not so bad. So that's my animal story, nothing really exciting but they are definitely part of the family.

Posts: 1825 · Posted: 13.03.2008, 17:59

They are all wonderful stories! I love the pictures too everyone. They are great!! It is fun to put faces to aliases and their pets Smile

Keep them coming!

Posts: 1740 · Posted: 13.03.2008, 19:30

Me to Val ,what a wonderful contest you chose.... Very Happy

Thanks Val as I love to show off my dog and the little one next to us is my sons little dog..... Very Happy

Posts: 151 · Posted: 13.03.2008, 23:54

Alright ... This is my zoo Smile

TIMI

Timi is originally from Tallinn, ESTONIA.
I found a website of Finnish organization which helps Estonian animal shelters.
The organization brings some cats and dogs to Finland as well ...
I saw Timi's photo on their website and it was love at 1st sight Smile

He is the most loving animal I've ever had - my precious <3

TIKRU

If Timi's breed is "Estonian bush coctail" LOL then Tikru is the same, except Finnish Very Happy

She's funny, lively and loves to sleep in the sauna 24/7 Smile

NELLY

The newest addition to my family is White West Highland Terrier Nelly ...
She's a cutie in devil's disguise (sp?)LOL
Today I cought her jewing my new laptops head set, AGAIN! ARGH! LOL

Above Nelly in her "bling bling" (LOL) winter jacket Smile

Cats against the dog LOL

Posts: 1100 · Posted: 14.03.2008, 11:39

My PIG
I had a pet pig that I razed from 3 days old . She was the cutest little thing you could ever seen . She was so tinny we gave here a toilet paper tube to play with . she was so cute when she would pick up the cardboard tube she would tip over . I think that happened because little pigs heads are too big for there little body's . I had her litter box trained . And when she got bigger we had to put here out side . She got very spoiled . She use to jump up into her window and watch for the kids to get off the school bus .Then she would start to squeal for the kids which let me know that the kids where home . She did this every day when the buss would come . I think she did this because the kids would always take her a treat when they got home . I have 3 kids and each one would take a different treat to here . Her favorite was Oreo cookies .Tomatoes and zucchinis . My hubby tried to take her for a walk one day and she took him for a walk of his life . She decided she did not like to have a harness on her so she took off like some one bit her and pulled him and drug him right over a plow . I told him don't put that on her she don't need any thing just slap your hip and say come on miss piggy lets go for a walk and she would walk right by my side where ever I went she went . But we found out she only would do that for me and no one else . She had a bad habit of getting out of her house and head right for my garden to eat my veggies . I now know why they call her a pig . She will eat any thing there is to get at .LOL

I would like to get a puppy . I want a small little fuzzy one . We have been going to shelters to find a small puppy that I can care for and love each and every day . I already have a quilt for it and food , dishes ,toys ,a bed MINE , I will get one

Posts: 155 · Posted: 21.03.2008, 14:28

1. How many animals do you have and what are they?

At the Moment We Don't Have Any Animals. The wife And I Had Always Lived Somewhere WHere We Could Not Have A Pet, Or The Place Was Just To Small With No Yard And Would Not Want To Have A Pet That didn't Have Enough Room For Itself. We Just Bought A New Place {Doublewide Mobilehome} That Had Been Repossessed And Vandalized About 5 months ago. We Pretty Much Ripped Out Everything To remodel This Place. New Hardwood Laminate Flooring{700 SQ feet} And 4 Bedrooms Of Carpet, Fresh Paint On All New Walls, ETC. We Had Said that If We Had A Bigger Place We Would Look Into Getting A Dog, We Now Even Have A Nice Yard As Well.

But After All the Hard Work, And About $5,000 Later , After Remodeling This House, I Decided We Would Not Get A Dog Anytime Soon, Seeing that The Money We Spent Remodeling This Place Was Alot, And I'm just Not Ready Yet, For My Pet To Scar Up And Scratch Up My Brand New Floors, hehe.

So Maybe In Another Year Or 2, I Will Feel Differntly About This And Finally Get Our Dog, lol

2. Best experience or profound experience you ever had with an animal(s) that made an everlasting impression on you.

Well, My Grandmother Had This One Dog She Kinda Adopted From A Family Member, He Was A Young Crazy Mut, That Sometimes You Wondered If He Would Bite As He Snipped At A Couple Of The Grandkids, But I Think It Was Only After A Long Torturous Evening With The Kids Aggrevating The Hell Out Of Him! lol Well, One Day He Got Outside When Someone Opened The Door And Took Off Running, And Ended Up Getting Hit By A Car, That Never Say Him.

He Was Still Alive When We Picked Him Up, And I Said Get Him In My Car{Which Was My 1st Car I Had Bought, A Ford Taurus SHO} It Had Leather Seats Too, But I Said Lets Go, See If We Can find Some Help And Didn't think Once About The Dog Bleeding On My Leather Seats.

The Bad Thing For "jessie" Was That He Got Hit By A Car On Sunday. Which This Meant, All Of The Veternarian Hospitals Were Closed In My Town. We 1st Stopped Across The Street A Block Down At A K-9 Training Place Hoping They Coulds Help. They Couldn't Help But, But Suggested That there Was A Place On the Other Side Of Town. So I Hurried Up, And Drove Accros Town Running Stop Lights{after checking that nothing was coming of course} With My Hazzard Lights On. Got All the Way Accross Town to Find Out that the Place Was Closed That Had Been suggested.

Disappointed, I Looked At the Dog, And Felt So Bad, As He Laid There Looking Up At Me, With Those "Puppy Dog" Eyes, And I Knew I Had To Find Somewhere. There Was A Pet Grooming Shop Beside The One Animal Hospital that Was Closed, And I Went In To ask For Any Suggestions.

The Guy Told Me About An Emergency Hospital For Animals But It Was In A Couple Towns Away.{About A 40 Minute Drive}

I Was Determined To do Anything I Could To Try And Save This Dog. So, I Fired Up My Hotrod, And Speed As Quickly As I Could With My Hazzard Lights Blazing And Still Running Every Stoplight I Came Yoo,

I Got To the Interstate And Put the Throttle Down , {no Lie, I Drove 110MPH, the Fastest I Had Ever Driven In My Life} I Was Cruising Along, And Got To A Place Where There Was A tractor Trailer In The Left Hand Ln{fast Ln, } And On the Right, there Was A Tractor Trailer Entering The Interstate Onramp. I Knew If I Got Stuck Behind These 2 Trucks, It Could Be A Life Or Death Situation For this Dog.

So Without Hesitation, I Whipped My Car All The Way To the Right In The Emergency Ln, And Passed Both Trucks, lol

{What Was I Thinking, roflmao!}

If I Woulda Got Pulled Over For All Of This, I Was Just Hoping It Woulda Been A K-9 Unit Police Officer That Understood The Situation, lol

Well, that 40 Minute Trip, I Made In 14 Minutes, I Know, seems Impossible But I Really Did}

Got To The Emergency Hospital, And They Took Him Right way To examine Him.

Oh BTW, The Dog Pooped Right On My Car Door Armrest During This trip As well{Must Have Happened When I Pased Those Trucks, I Might Have Scared Th ePoop Out Of Me Too roflmao}

After About 30 Minutes The Doctor Came Out And Said, that He Could Save The Dog, But It Was Gonna Cost About $300, If That Wasn't Feesable, than We Would Have To Put Him Down.

I Said, I Did Not Risk My Driving Privaledges Just To Have You Put Him Down, I Said Heres A check, Get In there and Fix My Grandmas Dog!

Well, Thats What He Did, And I Saved This Dogs Life. After All Of this, You Could Tell He Was Thankful Of Me, And Knew What Had Happened, That I Saved His Life. He Was Always Alot More Lovable And Protective Of Me, then Anyone Else, Even Grandma.

That Made Me Understand That Dogs, Really Are Some Of the Smartest Creatures Here On Earth, And They Know whats Going On.

Eventually , He Didn't Put Up With The Grandkids Too Long, And Would Snip at them More Frequently, And My Grandmother Decided To Find Him A New Home, As She Thought, He Had Lost Patience With The Kids After This Accident.

Thats, One Thing I'll Never Forget, the Day I Saved A Life, Whether It Was Human Or Not.

3.What animals do you wish you could have someday and why?

I Would Really Love To have A Sharpei Dog, I Think those Wrinkles Are Just Beautiful. But Really What I Want, Is A Good Dog, That Is Loyal And Smart.{very intelligent}

4. Of all the animals you have had since your were born till now, is there one that stood above all the rest. What was it and why was it so special?

I Never Really Had Too Many Pets Growing Up, But My Grandma Always Seemed To Have One.

It Was A Chiwawa{sure i didn't spell that right lol} And Her Name Was "Pee-Wee". She Had A Beautiful Coat Of Brown Fir. And Was Just So Tiny. She Was Very Loyal Dog To My Grandmother. Being As Small As She Was, She Had No Fear. If She Thought You Were Trying To Hurt Grandma, She Would Be All Over You. lol

She Didn't Put Up With The Grandkids For Too Long, most Of the Time She Would Run And Hide When The Grandkids Came About lol

I Don't Blame Her, When The Grandkids Did Nothing But Aggrevate Poor Pee-Wee, And Pull On Her Tail And Always Trying To Hold Or Pick Her Up.

She Used To Love To Sleep with You As well,Once You Went To Sleep , And Woke Up the Next Morning, She Would Always Be Laying Beside You Or Between Your Legs,Under The Covers, lol

She Was A Great Dog, But Eventually Died At the Ripe Old Age Of 14 Years Old.

Let's all tell our animal love stories now

Well, I Guess That Was My Loe Story For My Grandmothers Dog, roflmao

Well, I Hope You Guys Liked My Novel! lol

Didn't Mean To Write So Much, but Hope I Didn't Bore You guys To Death! lol

Posts: 1825 · Posted: 21.03.2008, 18:14

That was great dmoney644!! No it wasn't too long Smile

This contest is almost over folks so get your stories in now. The end of the month is drawing near Smile

Posts: 28 · Posted: 23.03.2008, 12:51

Ok I have a pitbull that is a blue nose and she ihas grayish-blue colored fir and i know people probably think pitbulls seem so scary and crazy, but she is a sweetie she is well trained for a pitbull and well potty trained too, she doesn't bite or growl at anyone, but only to strangers. I never liked dogs at all i was always scared of them just because, now i have learned to love her dearly. She is about 5 months old and we are trying to get her a boyfriend so that she can make little ones of her own. She is so beautiful and this is the first dog i ever touched in my life. She is my life, my son loves playing with her. well that's about it.

Posts: 1825 · Posted: 29.03.2008, 23:45

I will be announcing the winner next week folks.

Having a little internet problem but will be back online next week full time.

Posts: 1825 · Posted: 02.04.2008, 01:05

Even though I don't have internet at home at the moment, I went to the Library and believe it or not had a librarian pull the name from scraps of paper which i had everyones name written down LOL

I thought everyones entries were wonderful!! I loved the stories and loved the pictures!!

Without further ado -

THE WINNER IS..........

AFULK8!!

CONGRATULATIONS AFULK8!!!

Posts: 510 · Posted: 02.04.2008, 04:36

CONGRATULATIONS AFULK8!!!
Some how I forgot to write about my dog, but I did enjoy all of the pet stories very much. That was great subject for the contest Valeria !