My Pets
Since I have been practicing taking pictures with the Canon Rebel XTi, what better subjects to take picture of than my pets?! So I thought I would share my favorites of each pet. We'll start my babies with Kevin!
Kevin and I decided to get cats together back in May, when he moved into his Condo. We at first decided to get one cat, originally Amber, who is now Cali. I saw a picture of her on the Humane Society website. She just looked so funny because she looks like she has a mask on. At home, with my parents, we have three tortoiseshell cats, two with white, and I just love looking at those kinds of kitties. Always so funny looking! So here is Cali:
When we went to the Humane Society to see Cali, near her was a meowing, fat, black and white kitty. Kevin saw her, and wanted her! She was adorable and we decided we definitely wanted to get both. Molly, at the time she was known as SC or "Shed Cat" because she was found under a shed, is very furry and very chubby. She had been at the Humane Society for a really long time! With little exercise being caged up, she just kept gaining weight. She is still pretty fat, but she has lost some weight with us! I think she looks fatter than she really is because she is so furry! Here she is:
Now, at my house with my parents and brother...we have six cats. Yep. Six. I grew up with four cats...Bat, Bear, Tribble, and Jack. We also took care of my great grandma's cat, Gully, when she passed away. They've all since moved on. So I guess we're on our second generation of cats. Snoopy came to us in a unique way. My mom was driving down Given's Lane when she saw something scamper in front of her car. She realized it was a tiny kitten and decided to catch him before something, like a hawk, got him. He was so tiny! Now he is HUGE! And such a sweetheart. Here he is:
After we had Snoopy, we decided he needed a younger cat to play around with, since some of our first cats were still alive, but really old. Then we turned to the Humane Society and decided to get Zoey. She is so much fun, and will even play fetch! Here she is:
When we were at the Humane Society, I fell in love with McKenna [only cat we kept her original name!]. She was Zoey's neighbor, so my mom said if she was still there, we'd go back and get her after my cat, who was very close to death, died. So getting McKenna was pretty bittersweet. She is our tortoiseshell without white. Here she is:
Rufus came to us in an unique way as well. He actually showed up at our work. Naturally I wanted him, I called my mom told her about him, and she came to my work and we took him to the vet. At the same time we were trying to find his owner. He was neutered, so someone must have done that. However, we never found the owner, so we kept him. He is HUGE now. Not fat, but just big in general. He also has a really bad attitude, that's why he ended up my brother's cat. I'm not a fan of Rufus anymore, but I don't have to put up with him often since he lives in my brother's room! I let him out to take pictures of him though. Here he is:
I don't know how, I think my mom was surfing on the internet and somehow went to the Humane Society website, and found Lily. She is sooo cute. She's just a little girl. She's a long haired tortoiseshell with white:
Then, somehow Mallibou or Bou came in our lives the same way. She is a very interesting cat and has such an attitude! She does her own thing and will only let you pet her when she feels like it. Bou is so strange looking to. She looks like a white cat that walked under an oil drip or something. Here she is:
Those are our cats! We also have two dogs. One is Riley. We got her from the Humane Society after our dog Clyde, died so that our other dog Jazz could have a companion. I think she is a mix between a springer spaniel and an Irish Setter. Boy can she jump! We had to put extensions on our fence because she could just jump out of the dog area. She is very sweet though:
Now Bungee just showed up on our front door step as a puppy. Don't know how he got there or where he came from. We couldn't find the owners, we gave him away, but somehow we got him back. So, he was sticking to us! So at one point we had three dogs! However Jazz was pretty old, and she died a little later. Though I think she enjoyed taking care of a puppy. As Bungee grew, we could only guess he was a Labrador/Chow mix. He has blue on his tongue, but seems to have lab features, but he's short like a chow. Here he is:
That's it! They're great animals...for the most part...and I'm glad we're able to rescue them and give them a good home!
~Taylor~