Who are you? 2012 Edition

[Taqroy]

New thread is NEW. And it needs pictures so get on it people!

Nickname/Preferred name:
Occupation:
Age:
About your dog(s):
Interests:
Favorite music:
Favorite book:
Favorite quote:
Random fact:

Put up pictures of yourself and your dogs of course!!

Nickname/Preferred name: Jes
Occupation: Canine Nutritional Consultant (Fancy name for saying I sell dog food...)
Age: 24 (at the end of the month)
About your dog(s):
Raja - Husky Mix, 4 years old
Tempie - Lab, 3 years old
Boone - Catahoula, 1 year old
Interests: Dogs...Obviously. And um... SAR, specifically HRD. And... Yeah, that's really all I have time for.
Favorite Quote: "Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place."
Random Fact: I sell dead animal parts for a living and spend my free time looking for dead people. Yup, that would be why I've got such an active social life...

[Taqroy]

Nickname/Preferred name: Taqroy/Caitlin
Occupation: Software Programmer
Age: 25
About your dog(s):
Murphy - 8 years old (!), Bernese Mtn Dog X Basset mix
Mu - 2, almost 3 years old, Heeler X Corgi mix
Tipper - 3 years old, Heeler X Corgi mix
Interests: Dogs, knitting, sewing, gaming, beating Matt at Scrabble, being awesome.
Favorite music: If I make it past the first ten seconds I'll listen to almost anything.
Favorite quote: "Don't be such a gloomy you, Gus." - Shawn Spencer
Random fact: It took me 15 minutes to find that quote. Also, Mu likes to poke people in the eye when they lean over her. I think she channels the 3 Stooges.

I can't find the photo I wanted to put up so here's Zombie Me until I find it.

IMG_3834 by taqroy, on Flickr

[Moth]

Nickname/Preferred name: Misha or Moth

Occupation: Lab Rat

Age: 40 (Yikes when did I get so old )

About your dog(s):

Menchi (8 months), Shar Pei...our little goddess, she is a sweetheart.

Watson (14 months), Basenji...the overlord, he rules all he sees and he sees a lot

Interests: Dogs (no suprise there), cats, books, video games, RPG games, art, hiking, obedience, agility, biology, zoology, anime, movies...I could go on, but I won't

Favorite music: It really varies by mood..

Favorite book: Dune... if I have to pick just one

Favorite quote:
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.
~Albert Einstein~

Random fact: I am rather short...

Picture will have to wait since I am on my work computer

[SaraB]

Nickname/Preferred name: Sara
Occupation: Dog Trainer - Veterinary Assistant
Age: 24
About your dog(s):
Zuma - 1.5 year old BC/Kelpie/Awesome Mix
Classic - 3.5 year old Great Dane
Interests: Agility, hiking, and as of last night Lazer Tag.
Favorite music: Alternative, punk, anything unique with feeling.
Favorite book: Dog geeking it up here - Controlled Unleashed <---changed my life.
Favorite quote: "Do you need my assistance?" - Officer Farva
Random fact: I met my husband at Tires Plus... he sold me tires, I gave him my number.


classic by ZooomDog Photography, on Flickr

[Linds]

Nickname/Preferred name: Lindsey
Occupation: Pharmacy Tech
Age: 23
About your dog(s):
Traveler- An almost two year old Australian Koolie with the happiest outlook on life and a love of not touching the ground.
Kaylee- A five year old god knows what mutt with a love of being a giant Buttface and incredibly adorable all at once.
Interests: Dogs. And reading, outdoors stuff, training, not wearing shoes.
Favorite music: Wide, wide variety
Favorite book: Swan Song and a million others
Favorite quote: "If wishes were horses, we'd all be eatin' steak." ~Jayne, Firfly
Random fact: I eat cereal with a fork because I hate milk but won't eat cereal without it.

[ravennr]

Nickname/Preferred name: Raven
Occupation: Currently unemployed, working on becoming a permanent resident in Canada.
Age: 22
About your dog(s): I just have a kitty at the moment. His name is Rockefeller and he is 2 years old and purrfect.
Interests: Animal welfare, cooking and eating, art, cosmetology, oh so many others.
Favorite music: Beck is my favourite artist
Favorite book: The dark elf saga by R A Salvatore, and Quest for the Faradawn by Richard Ford
Favorite quote: We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.

- Anna Sewell, Black Beauty, 1877
Random fact: I wear wigs

[BostonBanker]

Nickname/Preferred name: Boston works fine here

Occupation: Analyst at an environmental testing company full time, writing for an online game part time.

Age: 32

About your dog(s): Meg- 7 yr old rescue Mountain Cur, best snuggle bug on the planet, sweetest dearest creature you could ever meet, and agility star.
Gusto - 9 month old rescue Border Collie/Spider Monkey mix, professional hovercraft, agility star in training, and "the poster boy for clicker training".

Interests: My dogs, agility, my horse, dressage, reading

Favorite music: A mix. Acoustic chill stuff mostly. Currently obsessing over Boyce Avenue.

Favorite book: I usually say The Plague by Albert Camus, and it really is. But someone told me it makes me sound pretentious and fake. So I will say Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch. Which may be in second, but not by far.

Favorite quote: "One cries because one is sad. For example, I cry because others are stupid, and that makes me sad."

Random fact: I've seen "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" over 100 times. Was that too embarrassing to admit?

[nikkiluvsu15]

Nickname/Preferred name: Nikki
Occupation: College student, working towards a degree in the Education field.
Age: 19
About your dog(s): Harleigh - She is 3 years old and is awesome. I'm pretty sure she is happy all the time, especially when water and tennis balls are involved.
Interests: sports, being outside, agility, reading, psych (aka the best show ever!) and many other things.
Favorite music: Christian and Country is what I listen to most. Though I do love me some "old" songs.
Favorite book: I've got a lot, seriously.
Favorite quote: "Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail" by Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of my favorites. I have MANY of these, I'm a tiny bit obsessed with quotes.

Random fact: I've broken my arm 4 times

[Paige]

Nickname/Preferred name: Everyone just calls me Paige but my full first name is Paige Adele
Occupation: Stay at home mom
Age: 20
About your dog(s): Bandit is my 6 year old Border Collie. He is a saint. Loyal, kind, gentle. My heart is going to shatter when this dog is no longer with me. He is my soulmate.
Interests: Dogs, children and how we form relationships with them.
Favorite music: Oi! punk
Favorite book: Frankenstien
Favorite quote: There is an instinct in a woman to love most her own child - and an instinct to make any child who needs her love, her own. ~Robert Brault
Random fact: I have no vision in my left eye.

Briggs and I




Bandit