*cracks metaphorical knuckles* Alrighty. Where to begin?
Mom and I work at a shelter, so I'm sure you can guess where the vast majority of our pets come from. All of them are rescues.
I guess I'll start with the dearly departed first.
RIP Scout, our Great Dane who passed away over a decade ago. Gentle giant!
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RIP Stevie Wonder, our eyeless kitty! He was born without them (ocular myopathy I think) and we adopted him at six weeks. He bonded to me especially and we had to help him along far too young. This is one of his kittenhood pictures!
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Harvey, our current pup! He's a Golden Retriever, 3 years old this month. This pic is maybe a year old. We adopted him at 8 weeks. Terrible hips and allergies on this boy, but he has the sweetest disposition. A classic Golden.
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Thomas O'Malley, aka Mr. Mao, our oldest kitty at roughly 13 years. He's young and yawnin' here!
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Kittanna aka. Poof, one year younger than Thomas at 12. We got her at 1 day old as a little cat seed. She's grown! There's Maine Coon in there somewhere, but who knows how far back. She's Mom's baby.
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Strat aka. Wattles is my brother's adorable demon-kitty. He's fat as a tick and full of attitude. Got his hands on a serious catnip log.
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My ratties! I love my pet rats very much. I have seven total. These four are Jeremy, Julie (Andrews), Audrey (Hepburn), and Ondo.
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Audrey is the most food-motivated of the group. She won't let go of that block for anything!
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My Granddad (RIP) and Nanna really love the little ratties too. They called them my "meeces" and bought them birthday presents.
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Most recently, I acquired a baby boy named Iggy (not pictured). I also adopted Lucy and Johanna from a rescue in South Dakota! See Lucy's curly fur? She's a rex.
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Sophie aka. Loaf is my adorably prissy princess kitty. She even comes complete with satin pillow and unicorn! I adopted her three days after we lost Stevie, sick as a dog with an upper respiratory infection. She hadn't eaten at the shelter all weekend and the cat room was full. She wouldn't have survived another day.
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