I love my girls

I realized today that I don't really write about our "girls" aka the puppies and gatos. So...I thought I would write a quick blurb about all of them.

Skittles is now 7 years old. She was my Christmas present in 2002 from Jeremy. I had just moved here in November from Colorado, and was used to having lots of animals around me, and was actually wanting a cat. Jeremy took me to the pet store and we picked skittles out. At first she didn't have a name, and Jeremy said "skittles" and it made me smile, so that is how she got her name. She is such a loving cat. She does have her moments where she is snotty and doesn't want any pets, but for the most part, she loves cuddling and getting pets. Skittles also loves: Tuna, Butter, macaroni and cheese (sauce), milk, ham, catching flies, trying to escape and cuddling with Bits. She sleeps with us just about every night. She loves to lick our arms, she is really curious about everything, she drinks Jeremys water right out of the glass, she likes to hide in between the shower curtain and the liner while laying on the edge of the bathtub. She loves to lay on any papers or books that you may have out while trying to study. She also loves to play with toy mice and will fetch as well. She hates going to the vet and she hates car rides (they make her sick). Sometimes she will come and lay across my leg while I am sitting down, or sometimes she sprawls out on the arm of the couch. She always greets us at the door when we walk in the house. She doesn't like the puppies and hisses at them when she thinks they are threatening her.

Bits is 5 years old. WE got her in 2004, in June. We felt that Skittles needed a friend, so we went to the animal shelter and picked her out. She was only 6 weeks old when we brought her home. She was very small when we first got her, hence the name "Bits" but she grew into a 15 pound cat. Bits is pretty scared of everything, and up until recently, she would run when you would come near here. Now she likes to lay next to me while I sit on the couch, she loves pets all the time. She has a morning routiene, when Jeremy and I get up in the morning, she gets on the dresser or the entertainment center in the bedroom and will wait for Jeremy or myself to walk by. She meows really loudly, letting us know that she is there and wants some love. She gets the msot pets at this time, only because it's about the only time she seeks attention. Jeremy will lay his clothes down on the bed, and she will come right over and lay on them. She also likes to catch flies and will find the toy mice, pick them up in her mouth and meow really loudly and bring them to us. Bits loves: milk, macaroni and cheese (sauce), spaghetti sauce, BBQ sauce, butter, tuna, and lots of other things that I can't think of right now.

Sophie is 3 years old. She is a beautiful black lab. We didn't plan on getting a dog, but Jeremy's old boss contacted him and asked if we wanted her, for free, she was 4 months old at the time and the last one left of the litter. She is extremely smart and loves attention. She is very obedient and loves water and loves to play. When we first got her, she always wanted to play with Skittles and Bits, however, they didn't want anything to do with her. Sophie loves to eat bones, and devours a rawhide in less than 5 minutes, eats a busy bone in the same amount of time. She is a daddys girl and absolutely LOVES Jeremy. She doesn't like to get brushed. She will watch TV, especially when there are dogs or animals on the show. She loves to play and wrestle with Sasha. She will tear apart a stuffed animal in 10 minutes and also loves to play fetch. She will devour a piece of meat in less than 5 seconds and doesn't even bother to chew it, she just swallows it whole.

Sasha is 1 year old, she is a rotwiler/boxer mix. We got her from the animal shelter. She was sick at the time we got her, didn't know it until I took her in for a well puppy check up. A couple hunderd dollars later, and she is fine. She gets along with Sophie, loves to play, however, she will steal her bones everytime Sophie picks one up. The run and play all the time. She loves to dig in the yard, bark at the other dogs, and run along the fence with the neighbors dog. Sophie does this as well. Sasha started a bad habit - she comes up to Jeremy and will stick her head under Jeremy's arm, letting him know that she wants to be pet. In turn, this caused Sophie to pick up the habit, and now Jeremy is breaking them of it. Sasha loves to get pets, cuddle, she thinks she is a lap dog (she will come and lay on your lap if you are sitting on the floor), and she also loves to lick. She will lick your hand, legs, feet, the floor, the stove, the cabinets, the chair. She loves to lick everything. She has chewed up a couple pairs of my shoes. When she gets a bone, she protects it and saves it, making sure that Sophie won't get it. She will also lay in front of her food when we put it down, making sure that Sophie doesn't get that either.

All our animals are extremely loving and we love them all. I never thought I would have big dogs, but I do have to say that they are really good and I enjoy their company.