Dear (pet's name)...

jeanacorina

Dear Pouncival,

I love you a lot. It's nice to know that when I sleep in or do homework or stay in one place for more than 10 minutes I will have your chubby, fuzzy self keeping me warm. But I really need to trim your nails because this morning you cuddled up to me and started massaging my neck, and I have tiny little scratches all over now. It looks like I was attacked by pixies with invisible swords.

I'm sorry. I know you hate it when I clip your nails. And you'll cry like a baby. But that's another reason I love you.






Dear Etcetera,

You are sleeping on the other sofa on top of my clean, folded clothes. I am really glad I bought new gray work pants, or I might actually care. You kind of blend in, like a little rolled-up tabby-striped fuzzy blanket.

I don't know why you want to sleep on our clothes when we buy you three kitty beds, two kitty trees with perches, and there's even a nice, warm spot for you over here with Pounce and me. I guess you know that if you're sleeping on our clothes, we'll have to be naked and we won't go anywhere naked.

Thanks for showing how much you care.




Love,
Mommy

mrs.rab

J-

They are sooo sweet!!!!!!! How old are they?

jeanacorina

Pounce is about 2 1/2 years old, and Etcetera is 1. If I'm lucky they'll both live into their 20s and become crotchety old kitties. I couldn't ask for better fur kids.

Do you have any?

Narwhal

They are so precious! And I am inspired.

Dearest Abigail Lucille (yes, she has two names. what of it?),

My Lucy... I wish you could live with me where I am right now, but alas, we must be apart. I love you, looney bird... but there is something I will not understand. Why must you choose to sleep on different shelves everyday?  I do know that you are a curious little kitten, and you want to try new things, but if you must do so, will you please not knock off every picture frame on that shelf?  You see, you broke one the other day and my mother (and your current landlord) is not happy with you.  I'm afraid you might find yourself evicted if you continue to do such actions.

I just wanted to tell you that you are beautiful, and I miss you everyday.

Love, Mommy.

202987

I love the Cats names-I wanted a cat named Rum Tum Tugger, but we kept Wendy's name when we got her, cuz she's like 5 and I didn't want confusion. 

I have nothing to say to Wendy, but she wanted me to relay her comparative old age wisdom.  So...

Wendy wants Pouncival to know that the humans hate clipping claws too.  But if you don't let them, then they get too long, and you have to use the couch.  And if they catch you, they use their mysterious pink bottle gun that shoots water at your head.  And that's worse!!  Besides, after the clipping you get luvins.

Wendy wants Etcetera to know-Rock on with your bad self!  Cat hairs are a requirement for any owner.  She adds you get bonus points if you walk across the bed when Mommy is laying out pills, or roll around on Magic cards when Daddy is building a deck.  *Note-owners do not necessarily support this logic*

Wendy wants Abigail Lucille to know that, as a fellow curious kitty-to avoid the closet at all costs, as well as dresser drawers, as her humans sometimes close these things without knowing she's in there.  Also, she says if you explore the kitchen cabinets, they will put strange white strips they call "baby locks" on the cabinets, so you stop waking them at 3am, when apparently they sleep so they don't during the day.  Weird, right?

Love, Wendy and her typing wench

jeanacorina

Aww, Wendy and Lucy are so sweet!

oceana919

Dear Sandy,

I love you, I truly truly do. I appreciate the fact that you seem to read whenever I don't feel good/am having a bad day and stick to my side like glue. I love the fact that when I have the flu/bronchitus, you'll curl up at the end of the bed and guard it like a prison dog. I secretly relish in the fact that you favor me approximately 60% of the time, because when you do, it makes Daddy pout, which is kind of adorable and endearing. You may wake me up in the middle of the night, but I find it kinda sweet when I wake up and find you spooning my leg, complete with arms wrapped around it like a teddy bear. You may be a ton of bricks when you sleep, but at least you're cute. It cracks me up that you won't touch the pretty doggie toys I bought you, but you can't live without an empty water bottle I dug out of the recycle for you to play with the day we moved in to the new place. It cracks me up that you have more personality than half the people I know - I know when you're playing favorites, when you're feeling all proud of yourself, when you're flirting with the other dogs in the complex, etc. All-in-all, you're some of the best entertainment and most fun I've ever had, all in a furry, fluffy 35 lb package.

However, my dear, you really need to not be so neurotic. People knocking on the door should not be the signal for you to suddenly sound like a pitbull and scare a life out of the cable guy.

I get that you like car rides. But chasing my car as I leave for work when Dad is trying to take you on your morning walk yanks his arm out of the socket and makes me feel like a bad mommy. Believe me, if I could take you with me, I would, you're more tolerable than about half the people I work with.

And lastly, puppies can't eat chocolate. Chocolate = bad for puppies. So quit pouting at me whenever I pull out the Cadbury Mini Eggs. 

Love you,
Oceana

tafft1

Dear Corona ,

my dear sweet insane part feral kitty - i love you i really do , and i understand your pain but for heck's sake we cannot help you in heat , until next week then all your pain will go away , i promise. It kills me seeing you so miserable but trying to choke yourself on my strappy heels won't help much! Also grabbing the FI's feet and bicycle kicking them won't win you any cool points. He was the one who INSISTED on driving 1800 miles round trip on a weekend to get you and your adopted sister because he knows how much you both mean to me so be nice !





Dear Guinness ,

i adore you kitty , i never regret for one moment bringing you inside that cold winter in washington state , and i will never understand how someone could abandon you..well..usually. Third wheel kitty is your nickname for a reason - FI and me need alone time without kitty ! We love you to death and it's cute how you let out your Xena - like warcry when you run and pounce something but we need alone time too. You need to learn to stand up for yourself against Corona and stop looking at us with those big Puss in Boots eyes ( from Shrek) everytime she pushes you around. i realize it hasn't occured to you but you can jump on things - instead of mountain climbing the couch or FI's computer chair. Speaking of which the chair is NOT yours , as much as you may think it is , so stop digging your claws into it when we try to move you.








To BOTH of you :

The food bowl being empty does not mean you are starving ! And the kitty tower is not a warzone , you both can share the top tier , i've seen it. i am convinced this is training for when i have kids..

Before the attack : Guinness on top , Corona ready to reclaim her spot.



Resistance..is futile..





I guess this works too..



And the best recent pic together.




Sorry for all the pics but they are my kids

PaigeMcC

Dear Mikey
I love dearly and I know that you love to sleep in between Mommy and Daddy BUT could you please not sleep on my lower back.  It's really starting to get sore b/c you are now a 13.5 lb puppy.  You are too big to be crawling all over me like you did when you were a baby.  Please allow Mommy her own sleeping space.


Dear Molly Sue Nesbitt,
My little Nesbitt you are the funniest pug I know but I cannot fight your battles for you.  If you would like to help lick out my cereal bowl in the mornings then you cannot just wait for Mikey to finish or whine at me to get the bowl for you.  Take charge of the situation and stick your head in that bowl...push him out!  Get 'em girl!

Dear pug-a-lugs,
we love you dearly and will miss you terribly when we are on our forbidden vacation.  But please, don't poop all over grandma and grandpas like you did in our bathroom last night.  Be good little pugs and go outside, like you know you're supposed to. 

I lurves you,

Mommy

Acrosthec

Dear Termite,

I wish you wouldn't try to bite all our friends when they come over to visit.  They don't appreciate it and neither do we.  But other than that, you're pretty much perfect, and I love you best.

Love,
Mom

Dear Skipper,

I don't know what's gotten into you this weekend, but your dad and I are not pleased with your new found habit of destroying things we think are important.  While you may not appreciate your dad's love of painting miniatures or wearing a hat when he's too lazy to take a shower, he does not appreciate you eating his $50 model or ripping the bill off his hat because you were bored, especially when we gave you 4 bones to chew on.

We won't even get into the fact that I *really* needed that $45 beige bra you tore up to wear under my white shirts for work.  Or that I spent $350 on the yard planting beautiful flowers and that you dug every single one of them up. 

I'm sure eventually you'll grow out of it, and until then our mantra will have to be "see?  This is why we can't have nice things."  You're lucky you're so dang cute.

Love,
Mom

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[QUOTE]Dear Sandy, I love you, I truly truly do. I appreciate the fact that you seem to read whenever I don't feel good/am having a bad day and stick to my side like glue. I love the fact that when I have the flu/bronchitus, you'll curl up at the end of the bed and guard it like a prison dog. I secretly relish in the fact that you favor me approximately 60% of the time, because when you do, it makes Daddy pout, which is kind of adorable and endearing. You may wake me up in the middle of the night, but I find it kinda sweet when I wake up and find you spooning my leg, complete with arms wrapped around it like a teddy bear. You may be a ton of bricks when you sleep, but at least you're cute. It cracks me up that you won't touch the pretty doggie toys I bought you, but you can't live without an empty water bottle I dug out of the recycle for you to play with the day we moved in to the new place. It cracks me up that you have more personality than half the people I know - I know when you're playing favorites, when you're feeling all proud of yourself, when you're flirting with the other dogs in the complex, etc. All-in-all, you're some of the best entertainment and most fun I've ever had, all in a furry, fluffy 35 lb package. However, my dear, you really need to not be so neurotic. People knocking on the door should not be the signal for you to suddenly sound like a pitbull and scare a life out of the cable guy. I get that you like car rides. But chasing my car as I leave for work when Dad is trying to take you on your morning walk yanks his arm out of the socket and makes me feel like a bad mommy. Believe me, if I could take you with me, I would, you're more tolerable than about half the people I work with. And lastly, puppies can't eat chocolate. Chocolate = bad for puppies. So quit pouting at me whenever I pull out the Cadbury Mini Eggs.  Love you, Oceana
Posted by oceana919[/QUOTE]


Your dog is beautiful. I want one.

And I too am secretly pleased when my cat prefers me over FI. He gets so pouty, it's adorable. But hey, Whisky was my cat before he came into the picture!

sweetpea0911

Dear Eli Manning,

I love you and think you are the cutest thing ever.  I know you are young and still learning.  But for Christ's sake - how many times do I have to tell you to STAY OUT OF THE WINDOW?!  Knocking down the blinds at 3am because you refuse to listen just angers me.

Also, please be nicer to your daddy.  He loves you very very much and just wants what is best for you.  So don't claw him when he trys to cuddle you, and really, a nose rub instead of a bite might go a long way in strengthing the relationship.

Finally, if you'd like to steal your daddy's pillow in the middle of the night for once AND NOT MINE, I would greatly appreciate it.  You are cramping my neck, trying to fit into the little space you leave me.

All that said, I do think you are cute, and you constantly entertain me with your backflips for NBACO and your sparkly fishing pole.  Thanks for making my day brighter. 

All my love,

Mommy

mrs.rab

When FI proposed he also gave me Cleaver, who is frequently called Baby Cleave. But he is just so flippen cute I can't help myself. So he is 5 months now, and I have somehow turned into a crazy cat lady, who also hopes that he will live well into his teens/twenties.

rickylee244

Dear Sandy,

I know Mitch is your great protector when Daddy is mad at you but he is only your 2nd boyfriend.  And when I walk into the house I know you want to get your belly rubbed, you just have to wait like 3 seconds for the shoes to come off.  Also, you really need to take control of that tail and keep it out of the pumpkin cheesecake.

And shhhh dont tell mommy and daddy I sneak you popcorn when they're not looking.

Love,
The babysitter

Dear dog FI wont let me get,

I know you're still in the pound, but I hear from Oceana that puppies make wonderful wedding presents

Love,
Future Mommy

Narwhal

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[QUOTE]When FI proposed he also gave me Cleaver, who is frequently called Baby Cleave. But he is just so flippen cute I can't help myself. So he is 5 months now, and I have somehow turned into a crazy cat lady, who also hopes that he will live well into his teens/twenties. :)
Posted by karann15[/QUOTE]

oh heavens I'm totally a crazy cat lady too.  I never even thought I liked cats before BF gave me Lucy.  Now whenever my dad says something negative about BF, I tell him that I'll just buy the house next door to my parents and move in with seven cats and never get married.  His opinion of BF keeps getting better and better. ;)

**Mutley**

Dear Klaus,

My toes are not toys.  Yes, they both start with T but that is the end of the similarities.  Your little puppy teeth are SHARP!

Kudos to you on your potty training.  You have grasped the concept.  But I do not get why you chose to pee on the ONLY rug left in the house.  It is very rare, but DUDE! 


Dear Zoe,

Please stop going crazy whenever anybody goes by our house.  You are teaching the puppy bad manners.  Also, stop reverting to your jumping behavior.  You were trained.  You've regressed.  

I don't know what happened while we were gone yesterday.  I know that something must have scared you to the point of peeing on the couch.  I am sorry for whatever it was.  I know that my immediate reaction was WTF and then I realized how scared you were. Poor Mutley. 

Best buds


Can I steal it?


Soo tired





 

mrs.rab

hahaha....Narwhal. I am right there with you, I was totally a dog person before him. Now, all bets are off. Once we get a house, I am afraid that it will turn into a zoo. 

jeanacorina

I have only had Pouncival for a year and a half, but he's turned me into a cat lady, too. It's amazing what those little fuzzy kitties can do to a person (I use the word "little" very loosely in regards to Pounce)!

But I still love dogs as well.

jeanacorina

Dear Pounce,

Yes, I know you're hungry and that you assume (correctly) that I understand your every meow. You get very serious when you're hungry. I can feel your little eyes staring at the back of my head. I know when you say "wow-WOOOW" you're really saying "MOM! I'm hungry! STARVING KITTEH HERE!"

But, it's only 4:40pm, and your dinner time is in 50 minutes. I promise, you are NOT starving.

Dear Etcetera,

I know you think you're hungry because Pouncival is meowing at me. But that doesn't mean you need to be bad. You're not vocal like your brother, so you have to make your presence known by batting at my bathrobe and clawing my pant leg.

I get it. You want me to look at you and read your intent expression as "Mom. You want to go to the kitchen. You want to put food in my bowl. You want to pick me up and carry me to the bowl like an Egyptian queen to her sauna."

But you, also, must wait. For 48 more minutes.

Love,

Your servant (aka Mom)

PaigeMcC

Dear Mikey,
I know you think that the lawyer from Law & Order SVU is evil, but seriouslly barking at her for ages is not helping my headache.  You think you are a larger dog than you are but your 12.5 lbs is no match for the guy upstairs or the people on tv.  I will now be getting more wine and when I get back from the kitchen you better be quiet or I may kick you out of my living room, you silly little pug!!

Love,
your tortured mother.

**Mutley**

Dear Klaus,

I rescind your good puppy award for the month of February.  I am aware that it is now March, but that does not mean that you get to be a scoundrel. 

If this happens again, you will just have to go in your 'home' every single time I use the restroom.

Love, Mommy

P.S. If you had an allowance, the $80 power cord that I now need to buy would be coming out of it.

oceana919

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[QUOTE]Dear Sandy, I know Mitch is your great protector when Daddy is mad at you but he is only your 2nd boyfriend.  And when I walk into the house I know you want to get your belly rubbed, you just have to wait like 3 seconds for the shoes to come off.  Also, you really need to take control of that tail and keep it out of the pumpkin cheesecake. And shhhh dont tell mommy and daddy I sneak you popcorn when they're not looking. Love, The babysitter Dear dog FI wont let me get, I know you're still in the pound, but I hear from Oceana that puppies make wonderful wedding presents :) Love, Future Mommy
Posted by rickylee244[/QUOTE]

Lol, you only <em>think</em> I don't see you sneaking popcorn to her...

And puppies do make excellent wedding gifts. I think I've finally convinced Mike that that's what we should give ourselves as our wedding gift. Unless another puggle shows up on the Humane Society website and I break down and rescue it.

PaigeMcC

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Dear (pet's name)... : Unless another puggle shows up on the Humane Society website and I break down and rescue it.
Posted by oceana919[/QUOTE]

DO IT! Pugs/pug mixes are amazing dogs...let me say this again...AMAZING DOGS! I lurve my pug and puganese like there is no tomorrow! haha

oceana919

I would love to get a puggle. From what I hear, once you get through the puppy phase, they are amazing family dogs. We'd really love to get a dog that will mesh well with Sandy, and we're pretty sure a puggle will do just that. My thing is I really don't want to bring a new pet into the middle of our wedding planning and such.