Hello!

[Affiehounds]

Hello Everyone,

My name is Bea and I live just outside of Phoenix Arizona. I share my home with my husband and our two small female children!

The pets in the household include three rats, one beta fish, and a tarantula.

They also include the Feline Inquisition: Five indoor cats - two of which are new members of the household. We rescued them after they had been left behind in an apartment when the people moved. One of them is very pregnant - the other might be pregnant but not nearly as far along.

The canines in our family include

Kaylee: female Fila Brasileiro
Chesterfield: Male Afghan hound
Isabelle: Female Afghan hound
Harper: Female Irish wolfhound

We are heading to Colorado tomorrow to transport dogs for various people (mostly rescue) and we will be adding two more Affies to our household.

People think we are nuts but they are great dogs and our "pack" is very quiet in the house for the most part - as long as there is enough space on the couch!

Looking forward to getting to know everyone.

Bea

 

[filarotten]

Hi and welcome to Chaz. We always love having another Fila owner on board.

 

[Punkygirl0101]

Welcome! I would love to see pictures! (Especially of the wolfhound, love them!)

 

[SaraB]

Glad to see that you still have Harper...

 

[noludoru]

Welcome to chaz! Got pics?

Haven't heard anyone call them Affies in such a long time.

As far as the rescue kitties go, you probably want to consider a spay for the queen who isn't far along. It's kitten season, and while it's pretty easy to find a kitten a home, it's very hard to find a kitten a responsible home that they will stay in forever. There are already way more kittens in the world than there are homes that will cherish them like we all do our pets.

A spay is also significantly cheaper than raising a litter and doing the shots and deworming and other veterinary care that they will need, and pediatric spay/neuters on a second litter of kittens before they go home. Young spay/neuters are really the only way to responsibly home kittens unless you're working with a rescue with an iron-clad adoption contract that they have the deep pockets to enforce. Most vets will do it when they are 2lbs or so, and that should be 8-10 weeks old, depending upon the cats.

I know it's unsolicited advice, but I've been working in cat rescue a long time and have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. I hope I don't come off as rude, because I mean well.

 

[Sweet72947]

Yay, another Fila owner on the board! I don't own a Fila yet, but I really want to someday. Welcome!

 

[FilaArena]

hey, what bloodlines is your fila from?

 

[SarahHound]

Hiya and welcome! I absolutely love Afghans and Wolfhounds although never managed to own one yet!

 

[skittledoo]

The OP hasn't been back to the board in a bit