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Pet Pictures

A Kitten in Need of a Friend

by Myke on January 28, 2012

Orange Kitten Needs Rescue

What a great photo!

Our cat Sweetie Wildcat looked like this when our neighbors Chris and Leigh Ann rescued her from a parking lot in a thunderstorm. Sweetie has loved us unconditionally since she joined our family. (Here’s a link to her story: http://www.mykesweblog.com/2006/06/fast_food_kitte.html)

If you know who took this photo, please leave a comment so we can give well-deserved credit.

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Janus Cat Has Two Faces (and Two Names)

by Myke on December 24, 2011

Meet Frank and Louie

A two-faced “Janus” cat had entered the Guinness World Records at 12 years old, for being the longest living cat of his kind. Frank and Louie’s condition is a birth abnormality, and most cats born that way do not live long.The record holding cat is doing well and living in the area near Worcester MA with his pet-mom Marty, who has a background in veterinary medicine. Marty was working at Tufts Veterinary Medical School when she got Frank and Louis, who was brought in at one day old to be euthanized.

Frank and Louie the cat was born with two faces, two mouths, two noses, three eyes — and lots of doubts about his future.

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Dog Nurses Adopted Piglets

by Myke on December 19, 2011

A dog known as ‘Yeti’ nurses adopted piglets in Camaguey, Cuba. Yeti has been pulling double-duty nursing not just her own young but also the 14 swine.

Source: Time magazine

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Halloween Kitty

by Myke on October 29, 2011

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Kiss Kitten

by Myke on October 29, 2011

Kitten with Kiss rock band face

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Types of Labrador Retrievers

by Myke on October 24, 2011

Labrador Retrievers

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Owney, the Mail Pouch Pooch, Mascot of the Railway Mail Service

by Myke on September 2, 2011

Owney, posed here with a letter carrier, was a scruffy mutt who became a regular fixture at the Albany, New York, post office in 1888. His owner was likely a postal clerk who let the dog walk him to work. Owney was attracted to the texture or scent of the mailbags and when his master moved away, Owney stayed with his new mail clerk friends. He soon began to follow mailbags. At first, he followed them onto mail wagons and then onto mail trains. Owney began to ride with the bags on Railway Post Office (RPO) train cars across the state . . . and then the country! In 1895 Owney made an around-the-world trip, traveling with mailbags on trains and steamships to Asia and across Europe, before returning to Albany.

Video: http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibits/2c1f_owney_movie.html#1 [continue reading about Great Pets…]

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