Sharing pictures of wildlife or family pets that have helped you physically or mentally in life.

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  • loz_
    loz_ Online Community Member Posts: 39 Contributor
    Hey @Teddybear12, thank you very much :)
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 63,123 Championing
    Aww lovely cat, there is a cat by me who has same colours 
  • Teigr
    Teigr Online Community Member Posts: 5,078 Championing
    Dora looks like our first hamster @Siwheels73,he was called Tony.

    Short for Antonio Hamsteras.
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 63,123 Championing
    Beautiful 
  • Teigr
    Teigr Online Community Member Posts: 5,078 Championing
    Our old dog @Sandy_123,she was called Meg and she was wonderful.

    The one we have now is doing my nut in.
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 63,123 Championing
    Pets are all different , my last cat in my pic was very needy, because he'd been bought up with an elderly lady, he use to stand at top of the stairs at 8 wanting us to go to bed lol
  • Teigr
    Teigr Online Community Member Posts: 5,078 Championing
    Meg would sometimes go to bed at 5 o'clock.

    Needless to say we left her to it.
  • loz_
    loz_ Online Community Member Posts: 39 Contributor
    Hi @Teigr! Your dog is very sweet :) 
  • Teigr
    Teigr Online Community Member Posts: 5,078 Championing
    Thank you @loz_,she was lovely and very well behaved.

    Unlike the little minx we have now.
  • Starlingbird
    Starlingbird Online Community Member Posts: 168 Empowering
    katz23 said:
    @Starlingbird How is your new boy doing?
    Hi @katz23 😊 He is doing great, thank you for asking! I have been slowly introducing him to my cats and we had a break-through moment the other day where we were all in the same room watching TV 😃 I spent some time on Thursday sewing up and mending a blanket he had ripped when he first arrived (I thought he was over the shredding stage!), only to have him tear it to shreds this morning when I went to the bathroom! 
  • JoOfVengerberg
    JoOfVengerberg Scope Member Posts: 498 Empowering
    loz_ said:

    This is my cat Maisie, she is six years old and I have had her since she was an 8 week old kitten. She is very loving and playful and she always cheers me up when I am struggling with my physical and/or mental health. She always seems to know when I am struggling and comes to give me a cuddle and rubs her head on me and purrs. She often sleeps with me at night and spend a lot of the day on my lap, eating or playing. She is extremely friendly and loves attention from anybody who comes into the house and even strangers in the street! She loves having her belly rubbed and will lay there for ages and she is also the only cat I have ever met who loves having her paws rubbed! 
    Awww! <3
  • katz23
    katz23 Online Community Member Posts: 1,897 Empowering
    Congratulations @katz23 for being the first person to post on page 5 in this thread 
    Thanks @durhamjaide2001 😊
  • katz23
    katz23 Online Community Member Posts: 1,897 Empowering
    loz_ said:

    This is my cat Maisie, she is six years old and I have had her since she was an 8 week old kitten. She is very loving and playful and she always cheers me up when I am struggling with my physical and/or mental health. She always seems to know when I am struggling and comes to give me a cuddle and rubs her head on me and purrs. She often sleeps with me at night and spend a lot of the day on my lap, eating or playing. She is extremely friendly and loves attention from anybody who comes into the house and even strangers in the street! She loves having her belly rubbed and will lay there for ages and she is also the only cat I have ever met who loves having her paws rubbed! 
    Hi @loz_  Maisie is beautiful 🤩 

    It amazing that our pets  always seem to sense when we are struggling. They are often the best form of support for us and are not judgemental. 

    You are so lucky to have Maisie. 

    Thank you for posting ❤️ 


  • katz23
    katz23 Online Community Member Posts: 1,897 Empowering
    @Teigr Meg looks so sweet 😊

    Thank you for posting. ❤️
  • katz23
    katz23 Online Community Member Posts: 1,897 Empowering
    katz23 said:
    @Starlingbird How is your new boy doing?
    Hi @katz23 😊 He is doing great, thank you for asking! I have been slowly introducing him to my cats and we had a break-through moment the other day where we were all in the same room watching TV 😃 I spent some time on Thursday sewing up and mending a blanket he had ripped when he first arrived (I thought he was over the shredding stage!), only to have him tear it to shreds this morning when I went to the bathroom! 
    Hi @Starlingbird

    Thats brilliant news that he is doing well and that you have managed to have all your pet bestie's 
    relaxed in the same room to watch TV 😊

    The blanket stuff - it could be that your scent was all over it following your repairs. 

    My boy that I lost last year, if I put clothes in the washing machine and didn’t shut the door and turn it straight away I would find MY clothes nibbled up on the floor lol.

    I often found him cuddling a bra lol.
  • loz_
    loz_ Online Community Member Posts: 39 Contributor
    Hey @katz23,

    Thank you :) I think so too but I am biased lol.

    Yes it is amazing, she is like an emotional support animal to me! I am assuming you have a pet? If so, what type of animal are they?

    I am extremely lucky to have her and I love her very much, she is one of the most important things in my life.  <3
  • Steve_in_The_City
    Steve_in_The_City Scope Member Posts: 810 Trailblazing
    This about the nicest thread I have read. It is so comical what your animals get up to!

    @Starlingbird I had to laugh at the description of your beloved shep snoring with his head on your pillow! Decades ago a TV or Radio vet said that dogs don't snore. The radio/tv station was inundated with messages saying oh yes they do! My shep Cleo was far too big to have on the bed (she would have crushed me). In any event she was a peripheral dog and slept in the hallway between my bedroom and my partners bedroom, so she could guard the pack. She didn't like strangers coming in to the flat, but accepted it, and away from the flat she was the most perfectly socialised dog you would ever meet. Kids loved her. Unfortunately when my partner was away on holiday she would become overly possessive of me. I couldn't let anyone in the flat and I couldn't take her to the pub. When I took her for "walkies" I had to keep her on the lead at all times. 






  • Starlingbird
    Starlingbird Online Community Member Posts: 168 Empowering
    @Steve_in_The_City only someone who has never had a dog could suggest that they don't snore! I'd sometimes get woken in the night from the sound of my shep snoring at the far end of the bedroom....he sounded like a running motor! 😅 
  • Starlingbird
    Starlingbird Online Community Member Posts: 168 Empowering
    katz23 said:
    Hi @Starlingbird

    Thats brilliant news that he is doing well and that you have managed to have all your pet bestie's 
    relaxed in the same room to watch TV 😊

    The blanket stuff - it could be that your scent was all over it following your repairs. 

    My boy that I lost last year, if I put clothes in the washing machine and didn’t shut the door and turn it straight away I would find MY clothes nibbled up on the floor lol.

    I often found him cuddling a bra lol.
    That's exactly what my boy does! I keep finding my underwear strewn around the house....very embarrassing when I have unexpected visitors😂