Pets

Reading the news has been depressing recently (I mean it kind of always is depressing but especially recently). Although I could talk about that and maybe it would be good for me to write it out, I'm not going to right now. Instead I'm going to write a post about pets.

There were periods of time growing up that we had pets and periods of time that we didn't. When we did have pets, we mainly had cats. Now that all of my siblings and I are adults, five out of the eight of us have pets of our own; four have cats and one has dogs. 

I am one that does not have a pet and do not plan on ever getting one. I could name multiple reasons why I won't but I'm not going to get into that here. With that being said, I do like pets and think other people's pets are adorable.

With all of my traveling and staying at different family member's homes this last year or so, I've been around cats and dogs a lot. Sometimes they do cute things and I have more pictures than I'd like to admit of my siblings' pets on my phone.

So without further ado, enjoy some cute pictures of my siblings pets. :)

My sister, H, has three cats and is living with our mom. The cats are Ollie, Poppy, and Mishka.

All three of her cats love boxes. Here's Ollie!

 

 I like to call this Mishka's model pose! ;)

 

 Poppy loves sitting on Mom's lap. Anytime Mom sits down, you can guarantee that Poppy will be there soon.

 

Poppy loves boxes, whether sitting in them or on top of them. She also likes to sleep in this pose which I find funny (maybe to block the light from getting in her eyes while she's sleeping. I don't know. 🤷).

All three cats love hanging out on the stairs at the house (which kind of makes it an obstacle course to go up or down the stairs). :)

My brother, Matt and his family, have two cats, Artemis and Apollo. 

Artemis got injured awhile ago and they ended up having to have one of her legs amputated. She is doing well, though, and has adjusted to only having three legs. 

Both of their cats love to go outside.

 

I think this is Apollo, although I can't tell for sure. Artemis and Apollo look a lot alike.

I think this is Artemis.

My brother, Tim, has one cat. His name is Ash (short for Ashitaka).

 I'm currently staying with my brother, Tim, in Virginia. Occasionally, when I'm watching a Korean drama with my door open, Ash will come in and watch with me. :)

 

And my one sibling that has dogs is Lara (and her family)! Rocky and Denali. Rocky is about 15 years old and Denali is a year old.

I've dog sat for Rocky multiple times! Since Lara and her family used to live in Virginia, I dog sat for them a lot.

When he was younger, Rocky liked to chew things that he shouldn't. Now he basically just sleeps a lot and doesn't get into too much trouble. :)

Denali is a year old and is adorable! She's a very social dog and likes to be around people all of the time. She's a sweet dog.

 

Denali likes to lick. I don't like being licked, but it's hard to stop her sometimes. 

See picture below to see a different reaction to being licked by another dog.

 

Although I don't like this picture of me, I wanted to remember it. I went on a walk with one of my former co-workers recently and she brought her dog with her. I wanted a picture of us before we parted ways and we decided we wanted the dog in the picture too. So she picked up her dog and the dog immediately licked me once she got close to my face and this was my honest reaction to her licking me. C and I had a good laugh about this picture for awhile after this. 🤣

I don't have pictures of my brother, Peter's, cats. But Peter and his family have two cats, Savannah and Shadow. They're pretty cute too!

Well I know this is a random post about my siblings pets, but I just wanted to share and I thought pictures of cute animals might be an okay post. :)