Monkbot Has Gone to the Dogs (and Cats)

Sadie Mae...loved by Shelley
We here at Monkbot Talk lurve our furry friends.

So, in honor of them, I'm posting pictures of and words about those sweet friends that love us despite our inadequacies.

Winnie...loved by Holeigh
This is my baby, Winnie. (As in The Pooh, she looked like a bear cub as a puppy. However, my uncles call her "Windsor", as in Winsdor Canadian, their whiskey 'o choice.) She's a typical Chow Chow, quite the hunter and protector. But behind the bark she's a sweetheart.
--Holeigh

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Hobbit, Flame, and Pixie...loved by Quossum
Flame is a Borzoi. Pixie is a rare, prick-eared Italian Greyhound (sounds better than saying “Italian Greyhound that doesn’t look like most of them due to a disqualifying breed fault,” doesn’t it?). Hobbit is a Pembroke Welsh Corgi. (I also have an old, rickety Borzoi named Moxie who isn’t very photogenic these days.) We have a lot of fun together at agility shows. I train using totally positive methods (a education and a challenge for someone with a temper like mine!), and Lord knows these dogs eat healthier than I do! God knew what he was doing when he created these lowly creatures that love us so much—it’s awesome and it’s humbling.
--Quossum

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Rosie and Domino...loved by Double D
Domino is named for Van the Man's "Domino," and Rosie is named after Van's "Rose in Spanish Harlem." She is actually nuts...
--Double D

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Amigo...loved by Baby Duck
My 7-month-old English springer spaniel puppy is Amigo, but gets shortened to Meego most of the time. He's a "me go, too!" kind of a dog.
--Baby Duck

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Jasper and Magoo...loved by Bamaborntxbred
Poor guys...these aren't very good photos...I'm such a proud momma.
--Bamaborntxbred

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Mackie...loved by Jenniesaunt
It is not everyday that a dog picks you, but that is what Mackie, short for Macaroni, did. My husband said that the dog picked us because he knew that we were easy to train.

Mackie is a blonde cocker spaniel who has mellowed at the ripe old age of 6 (that's 42 in dog years). But in his early years Mackie:
1. Covered himself in stamps with one on the top of his head. I have never ever understood how he managed to do this, but my friend said that maybe he wanted to go somewhere.
2. Went fishing for tadpoles on the top of a swimming pool cover. How did we know you ask? He was really stinky and there were paw prints leading to the scene of the crime. How he managed to avoid pulling off the cover is a mystery. It still scares me to think that he could have drowned.
3. Removed a nectarine from a bowl in the middle of the table and ate it. How did I know you ask? He left some evidence--the pit.

You have to love a dog with this much ingenuity!!!
--Jenniesaunt

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Mayo...loved by Squeebee
My Shar-Pei is named Mayo. He doesn't look very wrinkly, but he is a pure-bred. Mayo is my ever-present shadow! We have had him for almost a year now and we love him to bits.
--Squeebee

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Bella...loved by NOLAgirl
Here is Bella the Baby and Bella the LSU fan.
--NOLAgirl

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Boegan and Rio...loved by Jax
Boegan and Rio are my granddogs...and here is their story.

My daughter Cari met a wonderful young woman walking her dog outside our office. She told this young woman to please bring him in to meet her mother (that would be me). I kept dog bisquits in my desk drawer for four-legged visitors.

This began a daily vist when this wonderful young woman would come home at lunch to walk Boegan. One day Anne (the wonderful young woman) decided that Boegan needed a little sister so she adopted Rio from a great guy named Charlie who worked with us. Now the three of them would visit every day. When my son returned home from a six-month deployment, we introduced him to this wonderful young woman & her "kids".

Long Story short... Anne is now our daughter-in-law, and Boegan & Rio are our grand dogs.

The pictures that I have sent are 1) Boegan helping his "Nanny" (that would be me) at work and 2) the "kids" sharing a popsicle. Yes, they would lick the popsicle and then when asked to, Boegan would take a bite.
--Jax

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Gus...loved by Soulkaren
Gus is our daughter's English bulldog, but we get to be grandparents on the weekends, so he's at our home for three days a week.

Gus is 3 years old this week, and he's NOTHING like I thought bulldogs would be. He never slobbers or snores... but loves to cuddle and sleep and put one paw on your lap to feel close to you. He also loves begging for desserts!

He's just the BEST!
--Soulkaren

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And for good measure...one more cutie-pie picture...featuring Rosie and Domino.

Double D entitled this one...Box o' Cats.



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