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About two years ago we adopted this shiny, leggy, 86-pounder from the non-profit sanctuary, Livingfree.org in the San Jacinto mountains near Idllywild. We did a breed ID - DNA test on "Duke," now 3-years old, a mix of Weimaraner and German Shepard. Adopting an older animal has worked out so well for us. He gets along so good with our two cats, and our turtles. He is so loved, and so much fun. Submitted by Mike and Lee Folks
Long Beach
Long Beach
This is my favorite mold for my cat nap. -- PussillaSubmitted by Edith Freeman
Long Beach
Long Beach
This is our two babies Daisy and Chanel enjoying a quiet rest together after their morning run. Chanel is 3 years old and Daisy is 9 months. They are the best of friends.Submitted by Barbara Lyons
Lakewood
Lakewood
These are my landlords, Sparky is a male Domestic Short Hair and Charly is a female gray Taby. Charly was adopted at seven weeks from the Seal Beach Animal Care Center. As luck would have it, I found Sparky a few weeks later abandoned and about the same age. Our of curiousity, I counted the toys they have around the house -- 47! They couldn't be spoiled, could they? I fell so grateful they let me live with them.Submitted by Ron Hewitt
Bellflower
Bellflower
Our special pet is Pebbles. After having mostly beagles as our family pets for years, now we have a chihuahua. Our neighbors rescued her from a busy street in West Covina. A car narrowly missed hitting her. After trying to locate her owner, the neighbors offered her to us.They knew we were feeling sad because we had just lost our beagle, Buddy. Pebbles has brought a lot of joy into our lives and we are grateful to our neighbors, who we call her Godparents. In this photo is Pebbles in the middle of two porch decorations we have had for years.
Submitted by Shirley Oglesby
Long Beach
Long Beach
Somewhere there is a slogan, "Put a Sparkle in your life." Ours is a lovable little female bichon. After losing Noel, another lovable female bichon, after some fifteen years, we decided that our home needed another companion since all our children were grown and living in their own homes.Sparkle was given to us by our breeder and although she was the runt of the litter, she was gorgeous to us.
During her time with us, Sparkle has captured our hearts. She plays hard all day then crawls into one of our leather chairs in the den around 8 p.m. each evening to go to sleep. At 9 p.m., she is put to bed in her kennel cab beside our bed. Early in the morning before daybreak, she's awake adn scatching on her cab to let us know she wants to get in bed with us. There she rolls up like a little white powder puff and goes back to sleep, between us, until about 7 a.m.
Soon after, she is ready to go out for her morning walk in Wardlow Park just across the street from our home. For most of the day she plays, runs around the den at high speeds, eats and sleeps and goes for walks in front of the house. She has become an integral part of our lives and really is the "Sparkle" in it.
Submitted by Carolyn and George West
Long Beach
Long Beach
This is my little love, "Mouse." We adopted her when she was two months old. She was found wandering the busy streets of Long Beach. The SPCALA of Long Beach rescued her and lucky us. She is our newest baby and the love of Chico's (we rescued him too) life and our's.Submitted by Irene Oliger
Lakewood
Lakewood
Brutus is commonly called Bubba. Theodore is the Chihuahua who thinks he is a guard dog and Bubba is the lap dog. They are both rescues and the best of buddies. Bubba even let Theo win in tug of war and lets him sleep on his back.
Submitted by Millie Franssen
Lakewood
Lakewood
This is Ozzie. This was his first road trip to Solvang. He's all love, just like his Press-Telegram headline.Submitted by Gary and Diana Ulmer
This is Earnie and Stretch, dressed and ready to go for Halloween.Submitted by Katie and Ron Kennedy
Here is 91-year-old Betty Marcroft's more than 50-year-old tortoise trying to eat her grandkitty Saffy's food. Saffy is very surprised to see Mr. Tortoise eating her food. Mrs. Marcroft has lived on the same block in Norwalk for 70 years.
Working remotely has its advantages. My staff has doubled in size, but they seem distracted most of the time . . . especially when they stroll across the keyboard and gaze out the window.Submitted by Kate Zeiger with her staff, Bernie and Zoey
telecommuting in Signal Hill
telecommuting in Signal Hill
This is our 8 year old 13 lb little girl. All her friends call her Princess. She is independent and very well behaved. She loves her daily walks.
Submitted by Vanilla Harnish
Riley Krieger of Long Beach has accepted the position of mascot for the 12th Annual 4th of July Charlemagne block Party and Parade 2010.
This is my cool pet, Sassafrass. In this picture she is asking "Hey guys, when is dinner going to be ready?"
This is our Cool Pet Winston. He is a 1-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. He loves the outdoors and the camera.
Submitted John Ricard
This is our Molly, an animal rescue from the Long Beach Shelter. It is amazing how this little bundle of fur has brought so much joy into our home. She has one of the most loveable, sweet dispositions and has added a new richness to our family. Here she is pictured with my granddaughter, Shari, 15.Submitted by Gloria Sirotnak
This is my cat Redferd. He is 13 years old, loves to talk with others and can't wait to see who made the Readers Page, so he can show-off. He weighs 19 pounds and loves to mingle. He hopes his picture is printed so he can brag to his buddies at home.Submitted by Mary Duessent
This is Harvey, our very well behaved 12-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, enjoying himself at a Long Beach concert in the park last summer. He gets a lot of attention from strangers wherever he goes.
Submitted by Gary Norman and Yvonne Place
This is my 9-year-old Australia Cattle Dog "Maggie." Cattle dogs love to work and this has been her job since she was around six months old. Rain or shine everyday she goes out to get my paper, the Press-Telegram.Submitted by Andy Zaccardo and Maggie
This is my cat Dolce. He loves to sit on top of my computer usually, but today he thought it was okay for him to surf the Internet.Submitted by Mercedes Ramirez
Lakewood
Lakewood
Judi and David McCaughey's little Abigail, a nearly 6-year old Cocker Spaniel who likes to stay current with the news.Submitted by Judi and David McCaughey
AnnaBelle, my sweet little Cockapoo, was taking a little nap after some ball play and woke up just long enough for me to take her picture. She loves having her picture taken.Submitted by Mary Wilson
Lakewood
Lakewood
I am submitting these photos for your "Our Cool Pet" section. Kiwi is four years old and a very special member of our family. She's not like most dogs. She's very observant and very sweet; never barks and usually sits at our feet. She tilts her head a lot as if she's thinking of what to do next. She's a full bred Pomeranian, but we think she's a Chihuahua in a bear suit.
Submitted by Gordon Andahl
