Originally Posted by redkimba

All my pets were dump or "rescue" pets. My first cat (after I moved out on my own) was a Manx stumpy that someone dumped out by my dad's place. I lost him 5-6 years ago to diabetes

I rescued my 'feral' tabby, Cici, when she was a baby. She was found in a parking lot; she was nothing but skin and bones literally. She had fallen on an ant nest. She's now my wild-child love bug.

My other cat now is Inky. I inherited her from my step-grandad & and step-aunt. They were getting too old to take care of her. She is now mine, and lets me know where I should be and when. :)

I would adopt from a shelter in a heartbeat. (hopefully that won't be for a long time)

PS - I will post pictures of the 2 cats when I get home.

Originally Posted by kylenstevesmom

We have 2 cats from rescue agencies, Angelina we adopted from our local Humane Society, and she is a Russian Blue. Marmalade came to us from a city shelter, and she is a Turkish Angora and is also a calico. Our oldest cat Dice was living with her family underneath our friend's step, and Dice was the only one they could catch.

The boy's dad was diagnosed with Diabetes about 18 months ago, and he convinced me that if he had a dog he could walk it, and loose some weight...

The Hamilton SPCA used to get dogs from LA, and they had just gotten 130 right then. We went to look at a mid sized dog, and he picked out a different dog... we left and David went to look at her 2 days later, but she had been adopted out... He called me a million times, about another dog he saw... I was at a quilting class, so I went out there. The dog they showed me was one that I had looked out about 6 times, but I wasn't familar with the breed, and it hid at the back of the cage, so I new that he really didn't want to be there! I told the boy's dad that he better have money, because the dog would never go back into the cage ever again!!!

So we adopted Ricky who is a Maremma Sheepdog X, and he was in a shelter in Bastrop, LA, but was rescued by an organization in Alexandria, LA. We were also told he was a female... but we quickly discovered he's not.... They made a mistake when they were transfering the dogs across the border, because his orginal papers state he's a male.

He's probably the quietest dog around, he rarely barks, walks good on the leash, loves the boy's dad and likes his treats!

The boy's dad, Kyle and Ricky are going to be arriving in a few hours at my mom's, and I'm not sure who I'm more excited to see... the dog or Kyle!!!

Originally Posted by moonrise

We've got 4 rescue kitties. :) The first 3 (Tikki, Wee-est, and Baby Girl) came from our local county animal shelter, and we adopted the 4th one (Buddy) from a rescuer in Chattanooga. Buddy and his sister were in a bad situation ... matted, malnourished, neglected, and flea-infested. There were originally 3 kittens, but 1 had already died. :-( Buddy and his sister were rescued, cleaned up, and flea-treated, and got the medical care they needed. A few days after we brought him home, he came down with a gastrointestinal infection, and we nearly lost him. But he's doing great now! They're all spoiled rotten. :thumbup:

Here they are:

Originally Posted by Suzanne57

I got Charlie Brown from the shelter in Bedford, TX for my birthday in 2006. At that time, they thought he was about 5 months old so that would have made him a Katrina baby. He is so funny at times. You can tell he's mostly terrier because whenever I go outside to bring him back in, he acts like he hasn't seen me in days and jumps so high all four feet are in the air.

Originally Posted by Lori S

After I lost my much loved Lucy and then Ricky...Saint Bernards. I just could not stand it any more ... I needed something big and fuzzy in my life again. So I adopted Barney ... I named him, this because there might be a Betty or a Fred . I am currently looking a freind for him.