This is Tucker. She rules the house:

This is Banshee. She's a future saint:

This is Salem. She follows you everywhere:

All three are mixed breeds who were rescued from various situations. Wouldn't trade them for the world.

Banshee & Salem: Party Animals!

This is the high priestess of destruction, Nilla, my Amercian Pitbull Terrier (yes she has papers). She's about 2.5 years old now, I sort of adopted her from Monkette's brother who had to give her up. She is the exact same color as Nilla Wafers, hence the name.

Here she is at about 3-4 months old

now at about a year old, impersonating a funnel, actually she'd just gotten spayed and was not feeling the cone at all

Here she is at about 18 months

This is the scarecrow she devasted around halloween 2008, it lasted exactly 4 days, this is the aftermath from the second and ultimately fatal attack.

She's currently weighing in at around 50lbs and is solid muscle. She sleeps through earthquakes and loves to nap just below the mailbox. She's very playful but at her size and build it can be a bit much for most people. She very smart and responds to both vocal commands and hand gestures. She responds favorably to "stop" and "please", as well as "watch your face" (while lingering by a closed door and will back up), "c'mon let's go" and "hurry up". When I call her by name and point at the ground, she comes right over and either lies down where I point or "sits pretty"…of course that doesn't work at bath time. When I point away and behind her she'll run to the opposite end of the property line and waits for me to join her. She makes funny hyena laughing noises while sleeping. Most importantly she protects the Pug Ugly Cantina.

The Story of Adam & Eve's Pets

Adam and Eve said, 'Lord, when we were in the garden, you walked with us every day. Now we do not see you anymore. We are lonesome here, and it is difficult for us to remember how much you love us.'

And God said, I will create a companion for you that will be with you and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so that you will love me even when you cannot see me. Regardless of how selfish or childish or unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept you as you are and will love you as I do, in spite of yourselves.'

And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam and Eve. And it was a good animal. And God was pleased.

And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and Eve and he wagged his tail.

And Adam said, 'Lord, I have already named all the animals in the Kingdom and I cannot think of a name for this new animal.'

And God said, 'I have created this new animal to be a reflection of my love for you, his name will be a reflection of my own name, and you will call him DOG.'

And Dog lived with Adam and Eve and was a companion to them and loved them.

And they were comforted.

And God was pleased.

And Dog was content and wagged his tail.

After a while, it came to pass that an angel came to the Lord and said, 'Lord, Adam and Eve have become filled with pride. They strut and preen like peacocks and they believe they are worthy of adoration. Dog has indeed taught them that they are loved, but perhaps too well.'

And God said, I will create for them a companion who will be with them and who will see them as they are. The companion will remind them of their limitations, so they will know that they are not always worthy of adoration.'

And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam and Eve.

And Cat would not obey them. And when Adam and Eve gazed into Cat's eyes, they were reminded that they were not the supreme beings.

And Adam and Eve learned humility.

And they were greatly improved.

And God was pleased.

And Dog was happy.

And Cat didn't give a sh*t one way or the other…