Animal House
You know those members of your family who don’t really carry their weight around the house…they just hang out and eat? Tell us about your pets. This is Spuff. As you can see, she’s carrying her weight. Anyway, she often gets on the neighbor’s roof and I have to use a big painting to get her down. Really, freezing rain, tornadoes…she won’t come down on her own. I lean the painting at an angle toward the roof and she slides down.Â
January 5th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
I have a huge 23 lb orange cat named Spider. I adopted him from a nice family in Spring Lake when I last lived in S’port in 1999. When I got married to Heather, she had a cat named Sweet Pea that she picked up in Connecticut. Together we adopted Floofy (Heather named her) from an animal shelter in Pittsboro, NC.
Since we have moved to Alabama we now have a stray living in our garage/basement named Domino. I can’t let in her in the main house because three is enough. But I can’t freeze her out or let her starve either. Recently another cat has shown up and has been sleeping on our deck furniture. Word must be spreading that we are suckers.
My brother HRB has an equally impressive stable of domesticated animals. But Suzie has the most interesting one of all IMO.
January 5th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
im trying to tame a stray that feeds under my carport. my house has been a ‘cat magnet’ for years. strays come from all over south highlands to feed and poop in my flowerbeds.
my current kitty, should i be allowed to tame her, i will name after my ex-wife. i want to be able to say to my friends: “darlene brought a dead mouse into the house and i had to smack her with a broom till she spit it out.” “darlene had a hairball, and after i gave her the medicine, she passed it on the floor.” “darlene has worms.” hilarity will ensue
January 5th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
I have two beautiful German Shepherds, two cats I saved from a death as new borns in New Orleans, and the star of the house…Sparky, a Bichon who smiles when you call him….really…he bears his teeth and curls up his upper lip to reveal his front upper teeth. I will photograph this and maybe Sher will post one day.
January 5th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
What Sherri’s not telling you is the painting is an Andy Warhol type picture of her with a very 80’s look.
I have two Shitzu’s….. Callie and Coco. They are my children. Always happy to see me and they never complain.
I love the naming the pet afte the ex wife story! “Gotta get off the phone, Darlene just hawked up a hairball on the carpet!”
January 6th, 2008 at 1:15 am
Okay, CT, I’m begging you to tell the story of when the vet had to make a house call to examine Spider. Mel, yes, the painting of myself, done by HRB’s friend who was arrested for counterfeiting, now has paw prints all over it. Tommy, LOL! And Suzie…please, the story of Sam Jackson and the squirrel! BTW, there’s a stray dog in my backyard right now. It followed me running today. No collar. Took it by the vet to be scanned…no chip. If you know someone missing a real nice black dog from the Broadmoor area, let me know.
January 6th, 2008 at 4:50 am
I have a cat, Menace, that broke his leg somehow and was in a cast for three months. Let me tell you that was not fun. I will have to send Sherri a picture, it’s quite sad, yet it makes you laugh. Now he hangs out on top of my garage, which is scary cause he doesn’t jump well anymore.
January 6th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Dog City here!! We adopted 2 black lab puppies (they were brothers) from dog pound several years ago - Rudy and Pop Tart! We lost Rudy to Doggie Heaven within the first two years, but the Popster still protects our back yard.
We have Reggie Bush, a 10 month old registered Maltese puppy - and, no, I did not name him. The husband of the couple who breeds these dogs is a huge Saints fan - so “Reggie Bush” was on the registration papers wehn we got him! Spoiled rotten!
My 22 yr old daughter (who is back home again) has Snuggles - a Bichon Frise who has a larger wardrobe than most of us. My daughter has purchased LSU jerseys for both Reggie and Snug to wear tomorrow evening during our LSU gamenight party!! Also, spoiled rotten (the dog and the daughter)!!
January 6th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Rudy and Pop Tart
Great names
January 6th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Ok Sherri, here is the vet house call story. Sorry its a bit long.
Since being neutered, my cat Spider goes into really aggressive full blown attack mode when a vet tries to examine him. This only happens with the vet, he is friendly with everyone else. My vet said they would make a house call so they could give him his check up at home where he is more comfortable. The vet and the assistant locked themselves in our bathroom with Spider and told Heather not to open the door no matter what she heard. After about five minutes of insane hissing and meowing the vet and his asst. walked out bleeding. They weren’t even able to perform a simple examination on him. The funny part was the look on Spider’s face when he emerged from the bathroom victorious. He looked a little cocky.
Anyway, we had to pay for the exam, house call and an “aggressive pet fee” and got nothing in return. We have given up on taking him to the vet from now on.
January 6th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
hey sherri, CT told me to check out the web site and the comments, they have been very funny. But for HRB and ct i have a lot of interesting stories to share and i cant wait. hope you all have been doing good. i was in birmingham last week to collect on my bet with CT from the LSU/Alalbama game. he’s such a sore loser.
January 6th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
charlesm! Man, it’s good to hear from you! There’s just something about childhood friends of your siblings…they’re friends for life! Please stay a while and chat when you want, if you dare! CT—I soooo needed that laugh…thanks for the Spider story!!! Everyone else, I’m starting to get attached to this dog that followed me home when I was running. I’ve tried the vet scan, posting signs and now The Stroller. So, what’s the time frame before you actually name a dog that came to live with you? George, y’all are dog pros, you should know. HRB, this dog is already trained…we’re playing games and stuff…he’s so fun! Spuff is not pleased, though.
January 6th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
We have a real problem here! The dog is sleeping at the entrance to my bedroom. He’s tolerating Spuff. He sits. When I walk up to him, he lies down and puts his paws on my foot. I’m now screening potential owners. This could get ruff.
January 6th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
I’d comment on this pet thing because I have a Golden Retriever and two cats but I won’t because I don’t want a crowd outside my house with torches and pitchforks.
January 7th, 2008 at 12:03 am
Maybe the crowds with torches could burn your cat-urine soaked persian rugs!
January 7th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Sher,
The big question for the new man sleeping at your bedroom door - does he pee (or worse) on the floor??
Snuggles was potty trained until Reggie can on board & now he has reverted back to his childhood traits!! Dang dawgs!!!
January 7th, 2008 at 9:19 am
He’s trained! Someone’s missing a good pet.
January 7th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Sam Jackson (aka Sammie JJ) owns!! Is toilet trained, cross eyed and rides with me in my Porche like a dog. Is additcted like Meth to Wiskas In a Pouch and can say Ma Ma on demand. We are pretty sure he is gay as his favorite resting place is a cheerleading pom pom. He has a best friend named Jo Jo Shabado. Has the huge belly pouch hanging down because he eats at home and then goes to ReMax and Liberty Mutual and begs for food.
Somehow a squirrel got lose in my house. Instead of shooing the squirrel out of the house, my son locked it in the bathroom for 12 hours without telling me it was there. He finally called me a ork to tell me and to not worry…he had thrown Sammie JJ in the bathroom with the squirrel to kill it!!
January 7th, 2008 at 9:57 am
uh…he called me at work ..not an ork
January 7th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Sher, tell us about the PAINTING (complete details) that you use to get Spuffy down.
January 7th, 2008 at 11:46 am
What? That you have tried on numerous occasions to “lift” said painting from my house and hang it in the newsroom? And that I actually caught you and Jennifer Gray trying to drive off with it!
January 7th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Sherri, you know you don’t want that dog. Give it away now. I will only get attached to it, keep it while you’re out of town, fall in love with it…..and then you will toss it aside. Poor Spuffer.
January 7th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Today, I made more attempts to find the owner of the dog that found me. It was fate, Mel! Trust me, I’m a reporter. And yet, a dog has to be comfortable in a strange environment while he’s waiting for his owner to show up, right? I got rawhide bones, dog treats, etc. I love this dog! And Mel, this dog is afraid of Spuff. It’ll be okay, I swear. If you lost your sweet dogs, wouldn’t you want the same treatment for them? Can y’all think of any other way to try to find the owner? I know better than to get attached, but I can’t help it…he’s adorable. A friend of mine accused me of spray painting the dog and putting different colored contacts in his eyes so he wouldn’t match the owner’s description.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:29 am
rawhide bones? dog treats? Great the next thing that Sherri will ‘report’ is that she has bought a mini-bed for it and is buying clothes for the pooch. We will call it mini-Gerry or mini-Sherri. Is this dog a guy or gal??
January 8th, 2008 at 3:31 am
Hey Sherri, I have an idea to find the owner, put the info of the pup on your bio on the ktbs website..since so many people go to that page !
January 8th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Or, just put it on the ktbs site home page next to the dish alert. Then everyone will see it.
January 10th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Isn’s there a pet page on ktbs.com?