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In a recent post "I'll show you mine if you show me yours", some of us revealed that we are pet lovers. So I started a post for this topic. Show me your pet and I'll show you mine!

Here's Max

Oooh nice thread! Get ready for a full gallery

Here is Lucia, my tiny grumpy Persian cat, who unfortunately is no longer with me:



This is my Exotic cat Violetta, the little bear):



This is Francis, a Scottish Fold, enjoying the sun:



And here is our latest acquisition, the ginger cat who came to live in our courtyard!

I believe it was Snoopy who said "love is a warm puppy". He is adorable.

So cute everyone! I lost my Panda last May. I still miss him loads, and while we will probably be getting another kitten (or two), there will never be any replacing of him.



In the meantime, this lil guy (or gal) has been visiting us:

My Lab, Ginger. Yesterday (9-11) was her birthday, she's two.

<--- That's our beagle/heaven-knows-what mix, Emma.

Tubbie, that video made me want to smell that puppy smell!

I love your babies past and present, Diana

Erin- I always think its a tribute to departed pets when you adopt (and save) another pet..

Mr Sqaure - Ginger is precious, and nice goldtop!

Jeanie, I've always thought that picture was awesome.

Here's mine - Dinah is 17.5 years old. She is the center of the universe in this house.

She definitely looks like it! Beautiful lady.

Cute pets!

All very lovely! Keep them coming!

This thread was bitter sweet for me. Two days ago my cat, Polycarp, named after Saint Polycarp, jumped oddly off the box he was sleeping on and died when he hit the floor. It brought back memories of me playing Alfred's (terribly most likely)and him standing up from the floor, front paws perched on the piano bench, demanding I stop to play with him. Sadly, I have no pictures. I can't afford a digital camera, but his mother was a smoked Persian and he had her pushed back nose but was solid black. He was only about nine years old.

I'm so sorry for your loss. What a great name, too. I bet he was a great companion. Cats always think they are invincible, and we believe them, too. Was he a music lover?

How sad Bill. We lost two cats last year, one had kidney disease and the other one fell from the balcony (I know, safety net etc.). They were 11 and 7. It tears one to pieces, and even if you do your best you always feel like you could have done a little bit more.

So sad! My Panda died from kidney disease as well, but he fought and lived much longer than the vets said he would. He let us know when he was done fighting, and that was the hardest decision we ever had to make. But we know it was right, but still it's easy to second-guess as you look back.

I think the key is to know how much you loved them, and they knew it. If you spent every waking moment with them they would have not liked that, as cats love to be free and need their space too. It's not just how much you loved them, but how much they loved you, too. No regrets.

Lately Lucy's kidneys were so big you could feel them with your hand. A genetic problem. I'm just glad that she had the chance to spend several summers free in the country, like an outdoor cat. She was never completely happy in the apartment. I so wished she would hold on a few more months, and leave us in the fall, not at the end of spring.

She was the tiniest Persian I'd ever seen, not even 2 kg. I had chosen her among her siblings for the fierce look...



Oh, and I planted a white rose in my field where she is buried. I can easily say that I have never suffered so much as when she died. (I know, I've been lucky so far).

I am so sorry for your loss...

Here's Roger.

He was trying to live, and making a bad job of it, under the bush in front of our house. That was five years ago. He is the sweetest animal I have ever known. There is one thing he will not do, which is to go anywhere near the front door when it is open. "Been out there, done that, never again" is the general attitude.

Forstergirl

I know this feeling well. Losing a pet is really tough to do.

He knows a good thing when he sees it! Very cute

This is Bugsy our Bull Terrier playing ball in the snow.