Over the years I've had quite a few pets, but only 3 really permanent ones, the rest have been ones we've rescued and adopted and then gave up again or, in the case of my mom's new dog, we rescued and adopted him only recently.
First I'll start with my Teddy Bear.
Or Ted, as we called him. We owned his mom and so we had him since he was born. He was a pitbull/something/something/something mix. He had a mohawk down his back. XD He was my dog, my buddy, everything. He passed away last May, he was nearly 14 years old.
I really really miss my Ted, he was a great dog. He'd chase everything from cars to tennis balls, but he fucked off if you showed him a frisbee. XD He really was the greatest dog I've ever had.
Next there are our cats...
This is Kilroy, our orange, 6 - toed kitty. Had him since he was born, too. He's about 4 or 5 years old. He's my kitty, I named him...after the Styx album
Kilroy Was Here. :lol: He's my little fuzz ball. He likes attention, and he tends to drool when you pet him. He also has a funny-shaped pupil because he leaped out of my arms one day and hit his face on the picnic bench >< but he can still see, as far as we know...
And this is our calico, Pita. Short for "Pain In The Ass". Because that is what she is. She's evil kitty; one day she'll be all cute and attention whoring, the next she'll try and claw your hand to death. We've had her since she was about a year or so old, she's like 6 or 7 years old now. My mom's friend used to have her, until mom fell in love with her and the rest is really history..mom wanted cat, mom got cat. The end.
Just for good measure, a random shot of kitties eating spaghetti.
Then there are the various other dogs and cats we've given home to briefly over the years we've lived here. There was a stray cat that wandered our way one day and my friend and I named it Billie Joe (yes, after Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day) and he was our outside cat for a while, but he liked to bring "presents" and leave them on the porch so he ended up going to the animal shelter because my mom couldn't take seeing dead things on her porch anymore. I only have one picture of Billie but I can't seem to find the original copy that I had, so all I have is this tiny re-sized one from my old photobucket.
Then there was a little black puppy that we took in for a while. We named him Jack (Well, I named him Jack, after Jack from Will & Grace. XD). We ended up giving him away because at the time we still had Ted, who was getting on in years, and it was getting harder to take care of an old, sick dog and put up with a little crazy ass puppy at the same time. Jack liked to tear up everything on the porch, as well, and mom got tired of cleaning up all the bits of garbage he destroyed.
That was the first day mom brought him home. I went and took pictures of him right away because he was just so adorable.
Then there's Leroy, the Border Collie I adopted last summer. Well, he
was mine, until mom and I both agreed it would be better if we gave him to some of her friends who are capable of spoiling him completely rotten which I couldn't do because I got so busy after summer ended. He's back right now, though, because his new family are going on a vacation in Hawaii for ten days so we're taking care of him.
Last but not least (unless you're talking height-wise) there's my mom's dog...Oscar.
We adopted him from his previous home with an elderly man shortly before Ted died. He's a cool dog, he speaks but only when there's food involved...heh. :lol: I'm just not as fond of small dogs as I am of Ted and Leroy-sized dogs. I really really really want a Siberian Husky...but my aunt breeds, trains, and shows them, so I can just go visit her if I want to play with some Huskies.
And just because she is awesome, I have to include my neighbor's cat Cleo.
I love Cleo. She absolutely loves attention, loves to lay on your lap and be petted, and she will actually get upset if you try to remove her - this is very different from my cats who will put up a fight if you try to give them extreme love. That's why I love Cleo, she doesn't mind it and she's happy being a lap-warmer.
So those are my animals...well, at least, the ones I have pictures of. There's been others over the years as well but too many for me to remember...XD