My new Pet

Over in the chat room at the Archives I have mentioned to a few people that I now have a new puppy. I have finally had the time to download the pictures I have been taking of her to Photobucket and can now post them for all to see.

Her name is Honey, for her colouring and sweet nature, but being a puppy she is full of energy and bounce so at times I do wonder if I would have been better to call her Tigger.

These first pictures are of Honey when I first got her at 3 months old.









The next pictures are a couple of months later at 5 months (taken about 3 weeks ago).







And finally a picture to show how well one of my cats and Honey enjoy getting along. It took me several days to get this shot, because every time I would approach with the camera Honey would jump up and want to start playing with me. Even in this image it is a little blurry because Honey start to move. Sorry.

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I'm glad you guys are enjoying your pets!

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LB, Sharpie is very sleek looking. Nice cat.

The Poodle part does not seem to help with the shedding, not at the moment, but it is possible a lot of the shedding I am seeing is Honey losing her summer coat. I think the Poodle part controls the "dander" which is what people tend to be allergic to, not the hair.

I have been warned by my vet that poodles can have bad skin condition's so I will have to watch for that, but hopefully the Spaniel part of Honey will cancel out the skin problem.

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I agree. You just want to snuggle them both.

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Thanks Amethyst, I will have to look into that. At the moment Honey has such a nice soft coat but I do wonder how much of it is still her soft puppy base.

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How adorable they both are (and your kitty too, Cloud!)! I just want to cuddle all of them!!

I see that Honey is already doing the "sad puppy eyes"!!

*huggles pets*

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"When I'm old, I don't want them to say of me, "She's so charming." I want them to say, "Be careful, I think she's armed." -G. Stoddart

I must say, Cloud, looking back at those pictures... Your cat is very, very patient with a puppy!!

I've had to introduce a puppy to a full grown cat before... needless to say, the instant animosity lasted a life time!

But gave us some really great memories of the sneaky things they would do to each other.

Pets are special and these piccies just prove how much so!

Enjoy your furkids, ladies - they deserve all the love and attention they get!

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All this talk and Piccies of your pets is making me broody for one myself, Sadly not finacially practical atm.
Hoping one day when situation improves I'll have all the pets we could wish for!!

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Merry Christmas Santa Buster.


KT, I know what you mean, pets are a very big expense ... one I am willing to spend for the love and happiness they bring me.

Green - It took a week for THAT cat to decide the puppy was here to stay and he was going to have to make do. Now they get along very well, although at times I do worry for Pixie because Honey will drag him around by the scruff of the neck. But Pixie does now when he has had enough, either the claws come out, or Pixie will jump to the back of the sofa or a high surface.

My other cat is still a little nervous about Honey. It took almost a month for her to feel comfortable coming out of hiding and walking down the stairs. (Upstairs was safe because when I first got Honey she could not navigate stairs.) Now she (the cat) will wander down or sit on the 4th step but is always careful of where Honey is. The moment Honey starts bouncing around the house Cassie will disappear upstairs again.

Honey is slowly learning that not ALL cats are playthings. And as Honey ages, and the bounce slowly begins to fade, hopefully Cassie will feel as comfortable with Honey as she did with my old dog.

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Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

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Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.