My husband and I have a Zoo of animals who own us. 6 in all! 4 of them are cats and 2 are dogs.

The Cats:

Our cats are all rescues. The oldest is a tiny little female named Jellybean. She’s a total drama queen and doesn’t get along well with most of the other animals. She’s just a little thing, but she will definitely put you in your place! Her nicknames are “Beans” and “Princess”.

The other 3 cats are commonly grouped together and known as “the boys”. They are all about the same age, with Alex being the youngest, so they are all just BAD together. We didn’t space it out right and ended up getting cats that were all the same age!

We adopted Razzle first. We got him during a rough time…we had just had to put down our beloved kitty, Zagnut, due to the Diamond food recall of 2006. We didn’t look for a new kitty right away, because we still has Skittles, who we also lost due to the recall, at the time. We were kind of waiting for a kitten to fall into our laps. Razzle did just that. He’s a Manx, just like Zagnut, and also a polydactly. I always thought it would have been cool to get a polydactyl cat and we really wanted another Manx if possible. How surprised was I when I found BOTH?? lol

So Razzle had to be ours! We got him when he was a tiny kitty, and he’s probably the loviest cat we have. His nicknames are: Yidda, Mr Thumbs, Mr Beige, Yidda Kitty

Malcolm is next. He’s our biggest boy and he’s such a moosh! Which is why his nicknames are Mooshy and Smooshy…he has some other nicknames as well, but they aren’t so family friendly. lol He’s also our bad boy! He teaches all the others his bad habits. He’s a lover though, likes to snuggle right up to you. He was adopted from the shelter my husband & I volunteered at for a little while. When people say that animals “adopt” them, I totally understand because this big boy adopted me. I couldn’t leave him in the shelter…so we brought him home.

Alex is the baby of the bunch and an unexpected addition. I should let my husband write his little blurb because brining this kitty home was his doing!

He was volunteering at the shelter one morning and someone dropped off a kitten in a carrier and left. Alex was that kitten. I got a phone call saying I needed to come to the shelter to see the “unique” kitten that was dropped off, so I did. He was/is beautiful! Very exotic looking, but not an exotic cat breed. Anyway, my husband KNEW we were taking this kitty home with us, but he had to work on me. 2 dogs and 3 cats was PLENTY…what did we need another one for?

Eventually, someone came in and was interested in adopting Alex…I called my husband…who exclaimed, “Don’t let anyone adopt my cat!” *sigh* I am weak…and so I put an “on hold” sticker on his cage and showed the man a different cat. We brought Alex home shortly after that…and I wouldn’t have it any other way! His nicknames are: Fanna, Fanna Banana, Little Baby Fanna, Fanna B, Mr Hair Tie

The Dogs:

We have 2 dogs, a male and a female. We’ll start out with Onyx, our female.

Onyx is a lab mix…lol…isn’t ever black dog in a shelter a “lab mix”? lol She’s definitely not mixed with pit or anything…probably border collie and something else…maybe really a lab. Anyway, she’s about 35 lbs and looks similar to a black golden retriever. She’s a little grey in the muzzle now, since she’s close to 10 yrs old! She is SUCH a sweetie though…so lovey…gives lots of kisses and just a happy girl. We got her when she was just a puppy, so she’s been with us for a long time. Her nicknames are Ony, Missy, Missy Girl, Queenie

And last but not least we have our Puppa boy, Topaz. We got him when he was 7 months and our lives have never been the same since. We were told he’s a border collie, but I’m really thinking he’s more of a Australian Shepherd or a cross between the two. He’s too big to be a Border Collie. He’s 60 lbs of crazy, fun, puppy love!

He has canine epilepsy…I’ll probably make a page just for that…and he has his own blog for those…it’s basically a journal for me to keep his information in, but it’s been helpful for others as well. http://topazseizures.blogspot.com

Topaz’s nicknames are: Puppa, Puppa Boy, P, Mr Puppa, Boofie