Pet Appreciation Thread.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Nyah

I wish we could get something like that. My cat is scared of his own shadow. If I get a new pair of shoes, he looks at them like they're demons for the first few weeks, so I can't imagine he'd go anywhere near a robotic litterbox.

A friend of mine has a skittish cat like that, and her advice if Oskär turned out to be equally distrustful of the thing was to add some of the old litter into the new box, and to leave the device in 'sleep mode' indefinitely until the cat got comfortable with using it.

It has a weight and occupant sensor so it will never cycle when the cat is inside. You can also set the cycling delay from ~4-18 minutes so you can be certain that the cat will have moved on when the box finally does self-clean.

[Junglist]

I had to put one of cats down yesterday, went to bed Saturday night and everything seemed normal. I woke up Sunday and realized something was immediately wrong, brought him to the vet and he was diagnosed with Saddle Thrombus.

I had to made a quick tough decision, but it was the right one. I am just glad he was able to pass away quickly and calmly in my arms.

Just tough because how quickly it seemed to have happened to a cat that had been healthy his whole life. He was fulltime indoor cat and was only 8, just thought id have lots more time with him.

Thanfully, I still have his sister from the same litter, I just hope she will be okay.

[bigtmac19]

Originally Posted by Junglist

I had to put one of cats down yesterday, went to bed Saturday night and everything seemed normal. I woke up Sunday and realized something was immediately wrong, brought him to the vet and he was diagnosed with Saddle Thrombus.

I had to made a quick tough decision, but it was the right one. I am just glad he was able to pass away quickly and calmly in my arms.

Just tough because how quickly it seemed to have happened to a cat that had been healthy his whole life. He was fulltime indoor cat and was only 8, just thought id have lots more time with him.

Thanfully, I still have his sister from the same litter, I just hope she will be okay.

I'm so sorry for your loss. Those sudden occurrences that result in death, are so hard to bear. My last two cats both died suddenly, one at 6 and one at 11, and it was terrible. I haven't had a pet since.

[bagofpucks]

Well, about two years after our previous dog passed away and me saying I’d never get a puppy; we picked up a puppy today. We are very pro pet adoption, but we just couldn’t find a smaller dog that would be good with younger kids. It ended up a friend of ours had a perfect situation of a morkie puppy and the timing worked out and the pup is a bit older and is doing really well with crate training and house training…so we’ll see how the transition goes this week. He’s a smart little bugger, so that’s both good and bad…haha. The kids are over the moon; our 4 year old wrote “Rip is my best friend” in his doodle book on our way home, so that was super cute. CP, meet Rip! (And I hope the photo works!) Also, any good puppy book recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

[DownInFlames]

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He's adorable.

[bagofpucks]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

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He's adorable.

Oh shoot, thank you for the help!

[NinePack]

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[NinePack]

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Lost one dog years ago and this pure bred red heeler came to me for free, and my other dog is getting up there in age, they get along so good. heeler is only 5 months. but just been amazing. I have always been a sucker for blue heelers, but red is awesome.

[NinePack]

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[bagofpucks]

Alright, we’re 6 months into our journey with our pup and things are going pretty well. He started as a very scared pup, but he has gotten a lot more confidence. Our biggest issue is he struggles with visitors to the house. Does anyone have recommendations to help him get over these fears? Oddly, he seems fine once he meets someone a few times, but he is very barky and scared at the first introduction. We have used a one on one trainer and have some cues for him, but we haven’t had much success yet.