I love this thread right here! What a great idea! These babies on here are all so beautiful! I know they are all very special!!!

My dad died of multiple myeloma ten years ago.  Weird how humans and animals can get the same diseases.   It made my dad severely anemic and he had to have many blood transfusions over the years.  EDITED TO ADD:  My sincere thanks to all of you who have ever donated blood.

Today was the 3 month anniversary of Bob's passing.

Hope you have many ratty friends up there buddy !!

Forever in our hearts......Love Always !!

Mom and Dad

p.s. RIP all you beautifull Ratty's.....and may God bring happier days to all who miss them !!!!

CG

Miss Margaritaville (Misty) 

11/19/1990-2/21/2008

Always in our hearts

He's beautiful. I got wet eyes when I read the word "killed".

vickie

A beautiful photo of a beautiful boy tangled in the lights. Awwwww

My baby girl Layla (an American Staffordshire Terrier) was 9 months old when she was mangled by a set of Pits. I miss her so much. I could do nothing to help her I could only watch because the dogs were in a padlocked pen and they pulled her through the bars...she was trapped inside. She was only a baby....

i can not stress how much i miss beej......... my boy!!  i cry when i think of him and i miss him terribly..................  its bringing tears to my eyes right now to remember this but i know he is in a better place.

he is in my avitar just enjoying one of our daily walks, i miss beeji every day. and so does gracie mae, i have a video of them playing and she whines when she hears his "yodel"

My beloved Scottish Terrier, Hamish of Shadyside, 2007-2008, who introduced me to the wonderful world of terriers. He was truly a friend for life and he will always hold a special place in my heart.

This is a beautiful thread that I deliberately avoided until today.  I lost my Henry-cat in March and I haven't stopped to grieve him.  We were going through a lot of hard times then and now that we've landed in a safe place, I am feeling his absence even more. I wasn't ready to look at a memorial thread, but now I'm glad I did.

The first picture is Stuff, the old gent who raised me, who lived from 1985 - 2006.  His memorial can also be seen at http://sary-t.tripod.com/index.html Stuff was the center of my universe for 12 years, and his influence is a big part of who I am.  I started working with him when I was 13 and he passed away when I was 25. In between, he was everything to me.

The second photo is Henry, the sweetest pet I have ever known, and I have known a lot of sweet pets.  Henry was not nicknamed "Orange Love" for nothing.  He slept a little bit of each night with each of the living creatures in the house.  I don't know how he ever got any sleep himself as he made his rounds, first cozying up to Sage for a while, then to Danny, then to me. Houseguests got the love, too.  When my sisters stayed, he had two extra people to cuddle on his nightly rounds.

Henry was also my little alarm clock.  If my radio alarm didn't go off, or if I snoozed it for too long, I could count on Henry to wake me -- but only on a weekday.  If my alarm failed on a Friday, I would find Henry on my chest prompty at six-thirty, tapping at my nose.  If it were Saturday and the alarm was turned off, I would wake leisurely at 9 to find him asleep on my feet.  I still don't know how he knew which ones were workdays.

This is a beautiful thread.  Thanks for letting me share my babies.

This is my little Perro, a rat, chihuahua and ? mix.  He was awesome.  He went everywhere I went and did everything I did.  He was killed a week ago by a mountain lion.  I was going out to tend my goats and Perro (who was the official farm supervisor and head of security) was less than 50 yards from me when he was killed.  My husband says he probably saved me from an attack by distracting the cougar.  I don't know about that, but I feel very guilty because I feel like I should have protected him.  It turns out this mountain lion was causing problems in the area, it was a young male and very bold.  My husband shot and killed it right in front of our house in broad daylight.  It had circled around a little storage building where my husband was and was trying to come up behind him.  I had just stepped out on the back deck of the house and saw him shoot it, it was 200 feet away from him at the most.  The Division of Wildlife had been trying to get this one and were getting ready to bring a team in to hunt it down with dogs.  Perro was always fearless and to think that little 12 pound dog took on 150 pound cougar just overwhelms me. My only consolation is that he died almost instantly.

I miss him so very much.

Here he is on a hike high in the Colorado mountains near our home.  He had his coat on as it was a chilly fall day.  I love the autumn colors reflected in his eyes.

This is our Beloved Rattie.   Her name was Seven.  She was hit by a car and killed on April 25, 2008.  She was my first baby.  And she was there the day I brought my other two human babies home and she helped me raise them.  We  all miss her dearly.  She was so loyal and kind and there when ever I was going thru hard times.  I miss her lovin and I  will always remember her little waggly booty...haha.  Love you Seven.  We miss you so much!