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Pet Name(s):

**Lenny the male red-nose American Pit Bull Terrier
**Titan the male sable German Shepherd Dog

**Pepper the male Miniature Schnauzer

**Peace the female tortoise shell Domestic Shorthair Cat
**Eyes the female High Yellow Leopard Gecko (blind)

**Pete the male Dappled Blue Roan Standard Donkey

**Kitty the female Albino African Pygmy Hedgehog

**Piggles the female Salt and Pepper Pinto Snowflake African Pygmy Hedgehog

**66 unnamed Southern Toads
**1 unnamed male Eastern Spadefoot Toad
**17 unnamed Blue Legged Hermit Crabs (marine)
**4 unnamed Neon Tetras
**7 unnamed Glowlight Tetras
**3 unnamed Black Neon Tetras
**2 unnamed Cardinal Tetras
**unnamed Clown Plecostomus
**2 unnamed Reed Fishes (Longfin Polypterus)
**2 unnamed Scissor Tail Gobys
**Mica the female fancy brown rat

**Little Blue the female fancy blue rat

Parents: (Pet's Owners)

I own all except Pepper, Kitty and Piggles who belong to mum.

Breed(s) / Type(s): Nice VIRTUAL PETS Welcome Too! (any embedded code)

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Boy(s) or Girl(s):

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Pet Birthday(s):

Pepper - 02/11/01

Other Pet Birthdays: (include their names)

Lenny - January 31, 2006
Titan - May 1, 2008 (estimate)
Peace - March 1, 2009 (estimate)
Kitty - mid November 2007 (exact date unknown)
Pete - 1988? (estimated same age as me)

If "In Loving Memory of your Pet Angel": (and you want to share the dates) Please give their name.

I have had many many pets (well over 100... from canines to insects... many reptiles, amphibians and fish), but I'll only list some

*Sir William (Willy - Miniature Schnauzer) - 1994?

*Pippie (Guinea Pig) - 1993-1998

*Ratatat (rat) - 2001
*Lizzy (Fence Lizzard) - 2001

*Chipper (male Grey Tree Squirrel) - 2002-2005

*Ginger (Southern Toad) - July 24, 2008
*Butterball (Southern Toad) - July 25, 2008

*Hope (Blue Diamond Iguana) - unknown (re-homed due to abuse from neighboring children)
*Rusty, Pepper's brother who was agreed to be mine - September 15, 2008
*Snuggles - December 2008 (We had her for more than 10 years)
*Lion the Black Volitan Lion Fish (approx 10 years old or more)

*Lioness the Black Volitan Lion Fish (December 2008)
*My beloved Rope Fish (rust poisoning) - 2009

*Tangarine the male Betta - June 2009

*Blue the male Crowntail Betta - June 2009

*Mr. Picky - betta - 2007

*male Southern Toad with a particularly sad story - 2009

*Tickles (syrian hamster) - 2001 (?)

Chris the Christmas toad - 2005 (?)

About Me/Them: (Please ask your Pet Kid(s) what they want you to say about them.)

Lenny was a bait dog, chained and with a grass rope around his neck. He was used to train fighters because he wouldn't fight. He was also buckshot. He was found as a stray and entered a shelter that has to put down all pit bulls mandatory, but Lenny was too sweet, so they sneaked him into another shelter. Again, Lenny ended up on the euth list. When it was his time to go, the guy couldn't do it because he was just too sweet, so they put him into rescue. He was adopted out, and returned because the owner didn't exercise him and left him in the backyard, where he dug under the fence and found his way back to the shelter waiting at the door multiple times. He's been in foster homes too. Some people are scared of him because he's an American Pit Bull Terrier (APBT) and he has scars all over, especially his head. Lenny finally has a place to call home, where he is understood and loved for who and what he is. He will make a great breed ambassador because of his temperament towards people and even other animals despite what he's been through (a real pit bull!).

Titan was found as an emaciated stray puppy, but he loves everyone (people, dogs, even cats) and would play all day if he could. He's never met a stranger despite being a German Shepherd Dog, and is the most clowny and silly/uplifting dog I've ever met - EVER. He makes me laugh when I need it most with his funny antics.

Pepper is a snobby little dog who tries to guard the house despite his size and isn't too fond of strangers. He takes a long time to warm up to someone and will bark at their arrival even if he has known the person for a long time. Once he warms up to someone though, he is a real sweetheart with funny little quirks and antics. He vocalizes a lot, likes to tear up paper and is a very active/healthy 8 year old. He thinks he's much bigger than he is and even tried to take on a two trailered 18 wheeler when he was a puppy. He is scared of his butt, especially +!@#$ .

Peace was a stray kitten picked up by Animal Control. She gets along just fine with the dogs, although she would probably like it if they quit sniffing her butt! She likes to meow, rub on me and lay in my lap. She's still full of kitten energy and loves to play. She makes weird noises like a turbo boost right before she runs in a random direction for no apparent reason, and likes to explore places.


Kitty huffs and puffs at every little move. She can't see very well because she's albino... She runs in her wheel all night long and likes to snuggle on your shoulder.

Was the arrival of your Pet Kid(s) planned or is there a story?

Titan's beginning was a difficult one. He was abandoned by his breeder when he didn't sell - left on the streets to starve to death. Emaciated, he was caught by animal control and put on death row. The Humane Society picked him up at the last minute and he was transferred to a foster home. I had been looking for a dog for a while, when I ran across his profile on Petfinder.com. Only 3 days later, I was in the car headed to Florida to meet this young fellow. That day, November 20, 2008 he came home with me. I am there to help him with his problems and give him direction in life, along with a good home. He is there for me to help me with my own problems and loneliness. Together, we make a team and help each other.

Pepper was a gift from my grandparents who bred many dogs in a kennel. They only had one pair of Miniature Schnauzers: Hannah and Chipper. They passed a few years after we got Pepper. We used to have a Miniature Schnauzer of pure champion show blood on both sides, Sir William (Willy for short). He lived to be 14 and mum loved him to pieces. She was only able to get Willy by begging and begging, and on the terms that she would show him in the ring. She never got to though she really wanted, and she never got puppies from him thanks to my awful father. Willy was everything to mum and he was put to sleep from severely metastasized toe cancer when I was about 5. I remember him sleeping beside me when I was in my tent, guarding me. Whenever mum and I visited my grandparents, we would look at the puppies and I really wanted a Schnauzer puppy. Finally mum decided it was time and she was ready. She named Pepper before he arrived and it fit him perfectly. Granny brought Pepper to us on a visit and he instantly bonded with me, and later when I went to boarding school, to mum. He's the best present I think we've ever had.


The story of Kitty's arrival is in my blog.
The story of Piggle's arrival is in my blog.

Personality Characteristics:

Sweet, Energetic, Playful, Demanding, Loving, Spoiled, Funny, Sensitive, Arrogant, Just Self-Confident, Snooty, Whiny Baby, Loyal, Regal

Likes:

LENNY: walks, going out for car rides, sleeping - more to come as this guy's still new.

TITAN: play play play, toys toys and more TOYS! love, attention, meeting new people and new dogs, dog park, walks, hiking, the woods, bones, tearing up paper and certain toys, belly rubs, natural food

PEPPER: FISH, bones, tug-a-war, sleeping, snooping, talking, bowing, inspecting, tearing up paper, stealing, chicken and duck jerky strips (I like them too...), attention, walks, going for a ride (so long as it doesn't include a vet visit), the dog park, natural food

KITTY: running in her wheel, salmon or salmon flavored things, dried meal worms and crickets, cat vitamins, cat food, apples, sleeping, rooting around in her shavings, playing with toilet paper rolls ("tubing")

PETE: peppermints, being brushed, sweet feed, attention

Pet-Peeves:

LENNY: dominate dogs who "posture" at him

TITAN: touching his feet (working on that)

PEPPER: tickling, nail clipping, hair cuts, vet visits, baths, fear of +!@#$ , wiggling too much on the couch (mum does this and he jumps off the couch, lays on the floor and huffs.)

KITTY: waking her up

Nicknames / And by Whom:

Pepper isn't called a nickname but rarely.... fur face (by mum and me), pooper (by my boyfriend and me... (he has chronic diarrhea)), purple (by my boyfriend... there is a little x-mas story to this), peppy

Titan gets called puppy, big foot, half pint, foamy and goofy... Mum sometimes calls him goofus and bozo (like the clown)

My Favorite Toys:

LENNY: doesn't seem to know how to play with toys (sad)

TITAN: everything...

PEPPER: soft purple squeak bone, squeaky alien, x-mas bone pillow, socks, dish rags, ice cubes, anything paper like napkins, tissues, etc.

KITTY: toilet paper rolls

My Favorite Treats:

duck/chicken strips, cat treats and anything fish or with fish in it

Favorite Type of Walk:

early morning or late evening when it isn't unbarably hot

Favorite Ride:

to the dog park, the bay, or anywhere but the vet's office

My Best Pet Tricks:

Asking Pepper "What do you want?" and he tells you by going to the kitchen, the back door, grabbing a toy, etc.
Pepper also talks for his food. He also knows sit, stay, come, bow, shake, wait, talk, go, lay down, stand

Titan is learning how to open doors.
Titan also knows and is learning sit, stay, wait, come, go, lay down, stand

Lenny doesn't know any commands, but he is a master of reading my body language and energy, and complying with it.

Favorite Music:

mostly black metal, death metal, classical and ambient

Favorite TV Shows:

House MD, The Dog Whisperer, It's Me or the Dog, Animal Cops (Detroit, New York, Philadelphia... I hate the Houston one because they kill a lot of animals that have a 100% chance at life), dog shows, Emergency Vets, Law and Order, CSI, Planet Earth, Blue Planet, Southpark, Family Guy, Mind of Mencia, Metalocalypse, The Universe, Modern Marvels, Myth Busters, BBC nature documentaries (David Attenborough's Life series, etc.), Everybody Loves Raymond, Tripping the Rift, The Crocodile Hunter (RIP), The Grizzly Man (RIP), Living with the Wolf Man, Whale Wars, Dogs 101, anything scientific and/or animal related...