My turn.....
You may have seen two of mine. My wallpaper, Z Reflected, is a photo I took of Zinkadoodle when she was about 4 months old. She's a quiet, very skittish cat, who just adores me. But, anyone else approaches, and she runs like he11. She was hiding next to the dishwasher when I snapped that photo.
I have another cat, Wall Nut Willie Botnitsky. She's an all black, feisty dumpster rescue. Tough little cat. I should make some kind of skin from a photo of her.
And, my gigundo German Shepherd mix, named Zuki. When I rescued her from the shelter a few years ago, they told me that she's mixed with wolf. She looks like a wolf. She howls like a wolf. She's big like a wolf. She's got huge, splayed toes, like a wolf. But, she is predominantly shepherd, though I'm sure she has wolf in her. When I walk her, people often ask me about my "wolf". I tell them she's part husky. I don't think it's a good idea to tell my neighbers that I have a wolfdog. If you click on my name, you can see a photo of me walking her near my house.
I attribute Zuki to saving my life at least the quality of my life. When I got her, I could hardly walk. We started our walks, bit by bit, with me leaning on a cane for mobility (I have a kind of arthritis), and her learning to be nice. She broke one of my ribs on one of those walks, when she bolted after a rabbit. I held on when I should have let go. Aside from that, I got stronger and stronger, and along with modern medicine, I no longer need a cane. We walk for miles almost every day. And she is really well behaved. Zuki is a great dog. My bud. Without her, I would not have had the incentive to take those walks.
Zuki and Willie are buddies, too. They play together, Zuki protects her, and she lets me know when Willie needs to come in. Zinkadoodle runs from Zuki. No surprise there.
