Okay, this is this is totally random, but since we're all getting to know each other on one level or another, and some of us may have pets who are very important to us, I thought we could share some details about the lovable critters who inhabit our homes and make them even more home-y
1) "Big Kitty" / "BK"
We don't have a lot of pictures of BK, but he was the first of the animals in our house. FI got him before we got back together/moved in together (his friend rescued him from a dumpster when he was tiny and gave him to Bill to care for), and Bill never really had cats before and always joked around that "cats don't deserve names" so his name was always just "Kitty" (until we got our 2nd cat and had to but the "Big" part on to differentiate them lol, but as it turned out that ended up being wrong since he's no longer the "Big" Kitty, just the older one). He comes when he's called, loves to be petted (but not really held), and can be playful at times, but is very friendly and a good cat. He even plays with LK from time to time, but doesn't like to be caught in the act.
2) Rocky, the Puggle (always mistaken for a black lab puppy)
Adoption day from the CT Humane Society in Newington - a belated birthday present for FI 11/16/08 - Rocky was 6 months old
After we adopted Rocky, our best friends (1 shown above the Best Man) had to get a dog (FI and Best Man never do anything that the other doesn't eventually do) too and they got a puggle, but the other side of the spectrum. Their dog, Jax, and Rocky are BFF and love to play until they tire each other out. We love the contrast of our dogs.
So that's Rocky, our puggle (half beagle, half pug for anyone not aware of what a puggle is - Rocky is mostly beagle and is the largest a puggle will ever get at 32 lbs, but gets the black coloring and his curled tail from his pug side). Everyone mistakes him for a black lab puppy, even now that he's 2 1/2 years old and fully grown. He loves his people (anyone that comes into the house is part of the group and he gets sad when they leave, but quickly gets over it) and he loves to play (sometimes if you are petting him he gets too excited and starts to try to gnaw your hand playfully). He's a great dog, but a little mischevious at times, if there's anything you don't want him to get into, it's likely he will if it gets left around lol
3) "Little Kitty" / "LK"
One of the first days I had him...
A few months later, totally acclimated to domestication
He broke his leg at the beginning of last year in an accident (we tossed him off the kitchen counter a little too hard because he kept jumping up -being the fatty that he is, getting in the way of our food making process- and he landed wrong and fractured his leg - of course we took good care of him and he's good as new, but this was his "Peg Leg" phase for that 5 weeks lol) They had to anesthesize him at first to get the splint on and off, but after 2 times of them realizing how good he is with people (never meows or hisses or scratches, always purrs) they didn't need the anesthesia anymore and just put it on him no problem
So this is my "Little Kitty" (LK). He's the latest addition to our clan, hence his name, but he is no longer so "Little" (he's a total fatty now), so the discrepancy in the names is kind of funny to me. We got him from a lady who rescues cats as a spare time hobby in her retirement (really sweet lady, but she herself even called herself the "crazy cat lady" lol) He's a total lovebug (probably weened too early), just loves to cuddle and will lick you and nibble your ear lobe or attack your hair. He loves to attack the printer when it's going and if you are getting clean laundry out of the basket he pokes his paws through at you. He and the dog play together a lot, but the dog gets too exuberant and the cat wants to run away but the dog chases after (playfully), so human intervention is necessary.
"I don't know how it gets better than this. You take my hand and lead me head first -
Fearless"