Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

Loungers' Pets

TackCollector

Familiar Face
Messages
72
Location
NW PA / NW OH
"... he also seems very happy!! and playful again, so it is quite a relief, the Vet did say they become accustomed to not seeing, but I am really amazed with how well he copes"

I am sure that must have been upsetting to find.

I had a cat who lost his eyesight at the age of 14, and he adjusted quite well. I blocked off the stairways so he'd not try going up or down, and I kept him on one floor. I also crawled around on the floors so I that could find all of the potential eye-hazards and other hazards down there at his level. There were quite a few that I'd have never thought about.

Animals just seem to accept things pretty well and they adapt and go on.
 

Frankly Scarlet

New in Town
Messages
11
Location
Spain
Poor Modi :( I'm so sad when things like this happen to animals.

This is my fur ball, Hamburguesa, he's an exotic cat (1 1/2 years old).

Photo9-5.jpg

62267_437613161119_679951119_5894450_7937538_n.jpg
 

SteveAS

Practically Family
Messages
841
Location
San Francisco
"Modi one of my Italian Greyhounds went blind last week, he may have been loosing his sight over a period of time, but when I came home one afternoon he was sitting in the middle of the sitting room floor ignoring me. He was a bit timid and would not go into the garden, however, now he is carrying on as if he can see, he is not bumping into anything and can run in and out of the garden with ease, which involves some steps from the french doors in the dinning room. he also seems very happy!! and playful again, so it is quite a relief, the Vet did say they become accustomed to not seeing, but I am really amazed with how well he copes"

I had a dog go blind a couple years ago. It's amazing how little it affected him. He still happily went on hikes on unfamiliar, uneven ground (on a leash, to keep him from walking into or off of things) and only slowed down a little in familiar environments.
 

Dav

One Too Many
Messages
1,706
Location
Somerset, England
I had a dog go blind a couple years ago. It's amazing how little it affected him. He still happily went on hikes on unfamiliar, uneven ground (on a leash, to keep him from walking into or off of things) and only slowed down a little in familiar environments.
My neighbour had a blind dog but you wouldn't know if you weren't told, I think we tend to forget that eyesight isn't a dog's primary sense.
 

rue

Messages
13,319
Location
California native living in Arizona.
Everyone's furry babies are so cute! I laughed and cried with you through this thread. I know how hard it is to lose our furry children, since I lost two in a year from old age, but I wanted to share one of our babies... This is Bear....

When we brought him home:
IMG_7895-2.jpg

IMG_7910.jpg


and now at 4 1/2 lbs. and 1 years old:
IMG_0205.jpg


He's called Bubbas and Bubbala..... I love him more than life, which explains why I'm always on here. I can't leave him, because he cries lol
 
Last edited:

BinkieBaumont

Rude Once Too Often
Sausage Dogs running the UN?

un3.jpg


un1.jpg


And Back Stage

un2.jpg
[

Do you own a Dachshund?

Thankfully, PICA and local artist Bennett Miller are looking for 47 sausage dogs to take part in a bizarre and joyful installation called Dachshund UN.

If you have a Dachshund and are interested in being involved contact PICA on 9228 6307 or email Bennett at dachshundsunited@googlemail.com to register your interest. Hurry along now though, places are filling fast!
 
Last edited:

Kahuna

One of the Regulars
Messages
270
Location
Moscow, ID
Here's our lovable mutts Dinah:
dinahQuicke-mailview.jpg


And Woody:
woodyQuicke-mailview.jpg


They're both pound pups and a quite a comedic team. They keep us laughing and on our feet. We believe Dinah is part blue heeler and part lab and Woody is some kind of hound mix. They are instant death on stuffed toys, eviscerating them in minutes so they can play tug-o-war with the skins. Their toy basket is pretty pathetic, just a bunch of threadbare skins of what used to be stuffed animals.
 

MrNewportCustom

Call Me a Cab
Messages
2,265
Location
Outer Los Angeles
I still have 'Tilla. Here he is doing what he does best.
Laziness3063.jpg


I've missed out on much of the goings-on around the Lounge for most of this past year, but in the interim, I gained - and unfortunately lost to some car tires - a real sweetheart of a cat . . .

Gwendolynne.
GewnReclines0042.jpg


Gwen loved to play and she always used her indoor claws whenever she attacked my hands. In the few short months that she was with me, she never broke my skin. She was also nuts about the red laser beam dot and would chase it for hours!
 

Dav

One Too Many
Messages
1,706
Location
Somerset, England
Here's mine:

Jethro - 2 years old on on Dec 5th. He doesn't look like it but he is a golden boxer!

dscf2288bc.jpg
That's a beautiful dog you've got there HeyMoe, but golden boxer? I've never heard of a black dog described as golden before.
Edit
I see now golden retriever cross boxer, I have never encountered them before.
 
Last edited:

Forum statistics

Threads
109,305
Messages
3,078,454
Members
54,244
Latest member
seeldoger47
Top