Mrs Tiggywinkle Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 (edited) Meet Princess Rio(my kids came up with the name lol) of my Zoo. DH still isn’t thrilled, but he’ll survive. Edited July 6, 2021 by Mrs Tiggywinkle 28 1 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 She's adorable, and I love her name! We may soon be getting a bunny.....(because 2 dogs, 2 cats, is not enough......)(...but also, is too much for DH to say yes to adding another dog or cat, so instead, bunny......) 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 I love it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Squeal! (I'm a bit jealous. Just a wee little bit . .) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 AWWW so little. How old is she? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinball Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Tiggywinkle Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 4 minutes ago, mommyoffive said: AWWW so little. How old is she? Two weeks. She won’t come home till August. A friend had an accidental litter of purebred goldens(her vet told her that her male was too young to impregnate her female and not to worry about it yet….nope….he’s fixed now) and Rio is from that litter. So we get to visit her often. 🙂 22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Oh.my.goodness. The pudge!!! The little ears!!! She is beautiful. Congrats!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 6 minutes ago, Mrs Tiggywinkle said: Two weeks. She won’t come home till August. A friend had an accidental litter of purebred goldens(her vet told her that her male was too young to impregnate her female and not to worry about it yet….nope….he’s fixed now) and Rio is from that litter. So we get to visit her often. 🙂 That is super awesome. She is adorable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Adorable! How did you choose one particular puppy at this stage? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 So adorable and so excited for your family! 😍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Tiggywinkle Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, Pen said: Adorable! How did you choose one particular puppy at this stage? She had four unclaimed so I let my kids choose one. It’s our fourth golden(one is deceased) and both parents are extremely well tempered so I wasn’t overly worried about temperament. My kids wanted a light colored golden as we have one dark and one medium lol. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Awww, so cute! I'm jealous... not about getting a dog, but that you get to smell her puppy breath! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Tiggywinkle Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 I honestly don’t think DH will be too unhappy once she actually comes home. 😂😂 He wasn’t crazy about getting either one of these either but here we are. 14 3 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 oh gosh, we miss having a golden so much. I'm tempted to ask where your friend is and if she still has any left, but dh would say no, so.....dang. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Mrs Tiggywinkle said: She had four unclaimed so I let my kids choose one. It’s our fourth golden(one is deceased) and both parents are extremely well tempered so I wasn’t overly worried about temperament. My kids wanted a light colored golden as we have one dark and one medium lol. They’ll be easy to tell apart Goldens, cool! (Though in photo the two I see look pretty similar in color) I love Goldens, such awesome family dogs! Edited July 2, 2021 by Pen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Tiggywinkle Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Pen said: They’ll be easy to tell apart Goldens, cool! (Though in photo the two I see look pretty similar in color) I love Goldens, such awesome family dogs! It’s the lighting. The older one, who’s 8 now, is dark coated and the younger young, age 2, is mediumish. The lighting in that room is terrible. I am honestly not a dog person, but I truly love goldens. When my oldest son was 4, he had a sleepwalking problem. Before we realized what was going on, he went outside one night in just his pajamas into the snow. It was freezing cold. My oldest dog, now gone, came upstairs and woke us up. The middle dog that you see there was just a puppy but she followed him out and cuddled him to keep him warm(he lay down in the snow because he truly was not awake at all). We found him quickly because Riley had woken us up and led us out to the door(I thought he had an emergency bathroom issue) where we found Zoe already outside and curled around our son in the snow. After that I decided I love golden retrievers. Edited July 2, 2021 by Mrs Tiggywinkle 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 4 minutes ago, Mrs Tiggywinkle said: It’s the lighting. The older one, who’s 8 now, is dark coated and the younger young, age 2, is mediumish. The lighting in that room is terrible. I am honestly not a dog person, but I truly love goldens. When my oldest son was 4, he had a sleepwalking problem. Before we realized what was going on, he went outside one night in just his pajamas into the snow. It was freezing cold. My oldest dog, now gone, came upstairs and woke us up. The middle dog that you see there was just a puppy but she followed him out and cuddled him to keep him warm(he lay down in the snow because he truly was not awake at all). We found him quickly because Riley had woken us up and led us out to the door(I thought he had an emergency bathroom issue) where we found Zoe already outside and curled around our son in the snow. After that I decided I love golden retrievers. We have a similar but different story -- we were visiting my aunt, who had a golden. Our son (about 5) was swimming in her pool -- we/he had never met this dog yet before that day, at all. Every time he'd dunk his head under the water (which he was actually capable/competent of doing), the golden would swim over to him, tap him on his shoulder with his paw until he came up for air, and then go sit and watch again. He'd go in swimming under water again, she'd go over and tap him to bring him up. Over and over and over again. Now, he was fine, but dang if after that we didn't decide we love goldens so much. Our golden girl, who hated the waves at the beach (they terrified her), would avoid the waves at all costs. Unless her boys were in the water -- in which case, she would go between them and the deeper water and usher them back into shallower waters. Every single time. She'd run away from the waves in fear if we tried to lead her out there........but the minute her boys were "too deep" out she'd go and usher them back to shore. Best dogs ever. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Congratulations! She's beautiful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Oh, goodness, how adorable, the puppy, your dh with the dogs. Congratulations! I have dog fever, but we're not in a position to get a dog for a long while. So I am content to see everyone else's puppies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, Mrs Tiggywinkle said: It’s the lighting. The older one, who’s 8 now, is dark coated and the younger young, age 2, is mediumish. The lighting in that room is terrible. I am honestly not a dog person, but I truly love goldens. I am a “dog person” and still have a very very very special heart spot for goldens. A golden got me through some of the worst of my illness I don’t have any now because my rural, muddy, plant burrs, deer and other scat, etc, situation turned stunning golden fur into a difficult mess. (Think beautiful golden after she has rolled in deer poop! 😞 ) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innisfree Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 She is truly adorable. Enjoy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 So sweet! A friend has one she'd like us to take. And dh was thinking about it.. until he found out it was a male. 😞 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditto Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 She is adorable! Please post another picture once she is home. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildflowerMom Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Oh my gosh. I want her!!!!! We have two dogs now and don’t plan to get anymore, but dang now I’ve got the fever! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 ❤️ Rio! Congrats! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lecka Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 I said “we aren’t getting a puppy” about our dog who is 11 months old now. No regrets! I was not on board at first, but it didn’t last! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 This is my Dad. He "didn't like cats". 😂 He got over it... and spoiled them rotten. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdun18Tn/ 4 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Tiggywinkle Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 (edited) Tonight at dinner; DH: We’re really getting a third dog? Me: Um, yes. DH: I bought a Roomba today for the new house just for the dog hair. Even though I don’t know how much more dog hair we could possibly clean up every day. 😂. So I get a puppy and a Roomba. Edited July 2, 2021 by Mrs Tiggywinkle 8 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSera Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 7 minutes ago, fraidycat said: This is my Dad. He "didn't like cats". 😂 He got over it... and spoiled them rotten. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdun18Tn/ This is sooo sweet. I enjoyed the other videos of him with the cats as well ❤️. My dad adores his cats he “doesn’t like” as well (actually, he doesn’t even pretend anymore). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 11 minutes ago, Mrs Tiggywinkle said: Tonight at dinner; DH: We’re really getting a third dog? Me: Um, yes. DH: I bought a Roomba today for the new house just for the dog hair. Even though I don’t know how much more dog hair we could possibly clean up every day. 😂. So I get a puppy and a Roomba. Niiiice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Mrs Tiggywinkle said: 😂. So I get a puppy and a Roomba. Win-win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Mrs Tiggywinkle said: Tonight at dinner; DH: We’re really getting a third dog? Me: Um, yes. DH: I bought a Roomba today for the new house just for the dog hair. Even though I don’t know how much more dog hair we could possibly clean up every day. 😂. So I get a puppy and a Roomba. maybe you can supply the new Ruff Spun Chiengora business of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Tiggywinkle Posted July 6, 2021 Author Share Posted July 6, 2021 Then this showed up this morning. I’ve posted on all the local FB sites and hoping someone claims it before my kids do(plus my older cat doesn’t like it, but he doesn’t like anything) We really are a zoo here. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybee Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 We aren't really cat people, but I do confess a strong partiality to orange tabbies!😍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Tiggywinkle Posted July 6, 2021 Author Share Posted July 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Jaybee said: We aren't really cat people, but I do confess a strong partiality to orange tabbies!😍 I am definitely not a cat person. We only have one because it got dumped on my best friend’s farm and was too young to be sent out to the barn without a mama. She’s allergic to cats so I offered to foster it while she found a home. that was six years ago. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Awww. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 That is a very cute kitten. If I were closer I'd be tempted . . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Aww, that kitty is super cute. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildflowerMom Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Aww, I love tabbies! They have so much personality! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheryl Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Congrats! And, awww! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Tiggywinkle Posted July 6, 2021 Author Share Posted July 6, 2021 So far no luck in finding the owner. Two houses down and across the street is a cat lady who runs some kind of informal cat rescue. We think someone dumped this kitten off there and it made it’s way to my house. I don’t know how to integrate it with my older grouchy cat though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 20 minutes ago, Mrs Tiggywinkle said: So far no luck in finding the owner. Two houses down and across the street is a cat lady who runs some kind of informal cat rescue. We think someone dumped this kitten off there and it made it’s way to my house. I don’t know how to integrate it with my older grouchy cat though. The general advice would be to quarantine the kitten for a week or two to make sure it doesn't have anything contagious it could give your older cat. So if you quarantine kitty in a bathroom or laundry room then after a few days/a week/whenever you're feeling comfortable kitten isn't carrying anything--you start letting them smell each other under the door. Another bit of advice is to wipe them down with an old hand towel so they get used to each other's scent. Some cat folks recommend adding a bit of vanilla flavoring or something similar to the towel so you're rubbing the same scent on the cats. Sometimes that process works fine. Sometimes you can just let two cats work things out w/o doing much of anything. It really just depends on the cats. Any chance the informal cat rescue lady would take it? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 What a cutie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditto Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 That kitty is simply adorable! What a sweet little face. Have you figured out what do with her yet? If only I were close and not horribly allergic to cats I would love her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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