Official Mascots of Jeff-Z.com
Belle the Dog
Belle was adopted from a shelter in May of 2007. As far as we know she was born in May of 2005. She was classified as "Lab/mix". That's shelter-speak for mutt. Muttador Retriever?
Studying squirrel.
Matching door-stop.
Nap time.
Belle earns her Canine Good Citizenship. Now she visits a nursing home about once a week to everyone's mutual delight.
Belle's best buddy, Zoe.
Catdog?
Belle likes the WK&S Railroad.
Goin' boating.
Scruffy the Cat
I have joked that Belle should have a pet of her own. Well... Meet Scruffy. She's a little Pixie-Bob rumpy we found starving under our shed in the fall of 2010. The plan was to get her healthy and find her a home. But she became a permanent member of the family instead. Turns out she's a well-mannered, inquisitive, adaptable, happy little cat. Dog/cat relations were touch and go at first, but now everyone gets along.
"Rumpy" means no tail, a natural variation of the Pixie-Bob breed.
In the beginning there was some friction, now everyone gets along.
Eventually we identified Scruffy's previous owners. They were happy to hear that their lost cat survived and found a good home. But they were content to let her go and we were content to keep her. We did learn a few bits of trivia about our new cat...
Scruffy's old name was Pixie.
Scruffy is supposed to be a purebred Pixie-Bob (undocumented).
Scruffy had a litter before being spayed.
We are probably Scruffy's third owners, but we still don't know how old she may be.
Scruffy's broken upper canine was probably from a goat collision.
The cat tree.