Pet Idol

BESSIE

2008-08-06T11:39:00.000-07:00

Name: Bessie

Owner: Jan Krol

Age: 20 years

Breed: Tuxedo cat

B.B. & LUKE

2008-08-06T11:27:00.000-07:00

Owner: Lindsay Brooke (Automotive Engineering International)

Name: B.B. (left)

Age: 5 years

Breed: Labrador

Name: Luke (right)

Age: 10 years

Breed: Labrador

Cooper (1 yr. old) is Lindsay's new girl and she just won’t stand or sit still for a photograph.

SUNNY GIRL

2008-08-05T08:10:00.000-07:00

Owner: Kathy Southern (The Detroit Institute for Children)

Name: Sunny Girl

Age: 1 ½ years

Breed: Lutino Cockatiel

Instead of a “Partridge in a Pear Tree” Kathy has a “Cockatiel in a Pear Tree”!

Dan's goldfish, MAGGIE & SAMANTHA

2008-08-05T07:46:00.000-07:00

Owner: Dan Delaney (GKN Driveline)

Age: 8 years

Dan's goldfish from his outside pond where they stay all year around.

Name: Maggie
Age: 4 years
Breed: Beagle

Name: Samantha

Age: 15 years

Breed: Corgi and Beagle mix

RUDY & LOBO

2008-08-05T07:17:00.000-07:00

Owner: Leigh Keiper (The Detroit Institute for Children)

Name: Rudy (in the middle)

Age: 10 years

Breed: Rhodesian Ridgeback Mix

Name: Lobo (in the back)

Age: 9 years

Breed: Lab/American Bulldog Mix

They are sitting on Leigh's patio by the pool...completely unposed.

SPAULDING & BAILEY

2008-08-05T06:58:00.000-07:00

Owner: Chip Weis

Name: Spaulding

Age: Four years

Breed: Labrador Retriever

Name: Bailey

Age: One year and ten months

Breed: Golden Retriever

MOMO & LUCY

2008-08-04T06:27:00.000-07:00

Names: Momo & Lucy

Owner: Katrin Schniedertoens (Hella)

Breed: Domestic

Age: 7 months now (on the photo 4 months)

Momo & Lucy were rescue cats, found only a few days old near 10 Mile Rd. They grew up bottle-fed at a foster home. They are sisters, but look and behave very different. Momo is the discoverer and player, Lucy is a little shy but has her very cuddly times during the day.

Lucy

COCO

2008-07-21T12:58:00.000-07:00

Name: Tornade (Coco for short)

Owner: Florent Plane

Age: Unknown, at least 10 years since found

Breed: African Grey parrot

MAGGIE

2008-07-15T12:39:00.000-07:00

Name: Maggie

Owner: Dan Delaney (GKN Driveline)

Age: 4 years

Breed: Beagle

LOUIS V

2008-06-26T12:13:00.000-07:00

Name: Louis V

Owner: Thom Cannell (Cannell & Associates)

Breed: Pomeranian

Age: 8 months

Louis is 14 weeks in the picture. He's now almost 8 months and almost 5 pounds.

COOPER

2008-06-24T14:14:00.000-07:00

Name: Cooper

Owner: Mimi Miles (Trubiquity)

Breed: Yorkshire Terrier

Age: 4 years

Cooper is on the right side. His sister is pictured next to him.

then

now

As a puppy, Cooper could fit inside a shoe and was known for being sweet but sneaky. As an adult, Cooper has a busy social calendar. He spends two days a week at doggy daycare where he plays with a variety of dogs both big and small.

KARL WALLENDA

2008-06-23T11:07:00.000-07:00

" Owner" : Marty Habalewsky

Name: Karl Wallenda

Age: 5

Breed: Groundhog

THUMPER

2008-06-19T12:50:00.000-07:00

Owners: Mike & Jackie Flynn

Name: Thumper

Age: 3 months

Breed: Maltese

RUKIA

2008-06-03T07:54:00.000-07:00

Owner: Camille Krol

Name: Rukia

Breed: Dacshund (of German descent)

Age: 3 months

TWIGGY

2008-05-22T08:48:00.000-07:00

Name: Twiggy

Owner: Jean-Jacques Carre
(Director of GKN Torque Technology Group)
Breed: West Highland
Age: 6 years old on November 9th

In fact the real name is "Twiggy de La Chapelle". This name is because Jean-Jacques' vintage is in "La Chapelle Vaupelteigne" a village close to Chablis.

MOKO, VLADIMIR RED SHARK, GORDIE NINE ARTHUR

2008-05-21T07:43:00.000-07:00

Owner: Joe and Kelly Weis

Here are the details on the TEXAS BOXER POSSE brought to by WEIS inc. Texas branch...

Name: Moko Weis

Breed: brindle boxer (& gray) boxer

Age: 15 years

This 95 pound boxer is named after the god of the lizards-pac islands.

Name: Vladimir Red SHARK Weis aka "the Rock"

Age: 20 months

Breed: flashy fawn boxer male

Yes his name sake is Vladimir Konstinov the famous RED WING. Vladi has been seen on DETNEWS online..AKA "the LICK" if you are friend or family member he will be gentle, sweet and you will always get a nice puppy lick.. If you are bad guy well lets just say an ice cream cone has a better chance of surving in a day care...

Name: Gordie Nine Arthur Weis
Age: 12 months

Breed: (black) boy boxer

He is the brother of Reyna and named after Gordie HoweGordie. He has all the making to be a 100 pound boxer. He is a black boxer boy hitting the scale at 78 pounds. He is a sleak beast that provides the knock out punch to the MOKO-VLADI combo... He a protector and mommas boy. AKA "the Flash" there is no escaping him if he puts his sights on you..

Now you know the the Texas Weis Boxers..

DINA AND MARZIPAN

2008-05-19T10:29:00.000-07:00

Name: Dina and Marzipan

Owner: Holly Clark

Age: 2

Breed: Domestic short hair

Dina

This is Dina. Dina is sweet and extremely affectionate, but she’s a bit of an airhead and eminently easy to startle, which results in unending entertainment. She also thinks she is still a kitten and enjoys making biscuits on her mom at 2:00 a.m. Dina spends her time bouncing around the apartment, blissfully incapable of focusing her attention on anything. If she were human, I suspect that she would sing “Doo-dee-doo-dee-doo” to herself all day long. Actually, I’m not unconvinced that she doesn’t do so already.

Watch Dina playing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73F8ECttsG8

Marzipan

This is Marzipan. Marzipan is a little bit dramatic, yet thinks she is a Labrador. She enjoys hunting plastic milk rings in a manner similar to that of a velociraptor, and will growl at them until she feels that she has sufficiently shown them who’s boss. She will then proudly deposit her kill at my feet and flop onto her back for a good belly rub as reward. If said belly rub does not occur, she will continue to flop onto her back over and over, with increasingly dramatic swoons until she resembles a silent movie heroine about to be tied to the railroad tracks by the dastardly villain.

RUFUS

2008-05-15T10:14:00.000-07:00

Name: Rufus

Owner: Jim Newell (TI Automotive Ltd.)

Breed: Golden Retriever

Larry's dogs in the office!

2008-05-13T07:35:00.000-07:00

Follow this link to watch Larry's dogs, Rena and Rollie, playing in the office :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s538veC6nQ

PHOEBE NESTING, DICKENS THE HUNTER, JAKE AND PENSIVE PETE

2008-05-06T11:15:00.000-07:00

Owner: Steve Purdy (Shunpiker Productions)

Name: Phoebe Nesting

Steve photographed his youngest (and only female) cat as she nestled among the pillows on the guest bed. Phoebe the Feisty he sometimes calls her because she holds her own among the older boy cats around there often harassing them. At age 6 she is still so energetic that she runs where ever she goes and always jumps high over the threshold when she goes out. Phoebe lost her tail to an injury when she was young so only has a stump to wag, but does so with aplomb.

Name: Dickens the hunter

His best critter-catcher is this boy Dickens. He was about 4-years-old when Steve followed him into the woods with the camera and telephoto lens to watch him hunt. As Steve was trying to be unobtrusive Dickens just peeked around a tree to see what Steve was doing, so Steve snapped his picture. Dickens has cancer in his jaw now and Steve is about to loose him. But he still insists on sleeping with Steve, usually snuggled into Cathy's face purring his raspy purr and smiling like nothing is wrong.

Name: Jake

Jake is a cat with bad habits. He thinks he ought to be the alpha cat around there so he tries (usually unsuccessfully) to intimidate the other three. He is also the only one who will stick around when Steve has company and is likely to end up in anyone’s lap. Overnight guest will find him in bed with them as well, if they don’t keep the door closed tightly. Everyone loves Jake – except his feline colleagues.

Name: Pensive Pete

His senior cat, Pete, keeps to himself as much as the others will let him. He is the classic, aloof, orange tabby who will allow petting only on his terms. His purr is deep and throaty once Steve gets his motor running. In this photo he is sitting on a woodpile behind Steve's house just watching the chipmunks. Steve said: “I don’t think Pete would ever get himself dirty catching critters”.

PEWTER

2008-05-02T10:27:00.000-07:00

Name: Pewter

Owner: Dee Schillag

Breed: Russian blue tabby mix

Age: 6 months

SIERRA & MURPHY

2008-05-02T10:17:00.002-07:00

Owner: Nicole Krol

Name: Sierra

Breed: Yorkshire Terrier

Age: 6 years

Name: Murphy

Breed: Yorkshire Terrier

Age: 3 (in July)

Murphy at work,

he's an accountant.

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BREW

2008-05-02T06:47:00.000-07:00

Name: Brew

Owner: Maggie Beauregard

Breed: Pit Bull

Age: 6

Brew, a pure-bred American Pit Bull Terrier, is proof that when raised properly, the Pit Bull is an amazing and friendly family dog! He is a 2003 graduate of the Dan Morris Obidence and Training School in Livonia, and loves to spend time with Maggie's 9 nieces and nephews. He is a favorite with the neighborhood kids, and in his free time he enjoys napping, playing fetch, snuggling up on the couch to watch TV, and did I mention napping??? Brew is a sweet and loveable guy! Vote for him!!!

Maggie

KILLER

2008-05-02T06:32:00.000-07:00

Name: Killer
Owners: Joe and Elaine Borruso
Breed: Frog
Age: 3

Killer was born and bred in our pond, and was unnamed until he was observed in the act of eating one of his young pond-mates.
He likes to sit and sun himself on a pillow of Irish Moss.

Granddaughter Veronica, hoped he was really a prince and performed the age-old test, but Killer was not transformed.

ANNIE & TOMMY

2008-05-01T12:07:00.000-07:00

Owner: Bob Benko (WMIC/WTGV)

Name: Annie

Breed: Calico

Age: 7

Name: Tommy

Age: 3

Tommy comes to Bob's house in early morning and gets us up for his breakfast with his gobbling. Later in the day he gobbles for his dinner and then leaves. Some times he gets close enough to eat out of Bob's hand.

KITTY KITTY

2008-05-01T11:59:00.000-07:00

Name: Kitty Kitty

Owner: Larry Weis and KathyMcCarroll

Age: 5

ROLLIE

2008-05-01T11:01:00.000-07:00

Name: Rollie

Owners: Kathi McCarroll and Larry Weis

Breed: Golden doodle

Age: 10 Months

Rollie as a puppy!

Rollie now!

CHEWBACCA

2008-05-01T07:25:00.000-07:00

Name: Chewbacca

Owner: Palmer Beerbohm

Breed: Golden/Chow mix

Age: 6

BRADY

2008-04-25T12:18:00.000-07:00

Hi Pet Lovers!

Here is our first picture for the PET IDOL Contest:

Name: Brady

Owner: Mike Vohland (Automotive Design & Production)

Breed: Chocolate Labrador

Age: 12 in July

First Pet Idol

2008-04-22T07:16:00.000-07:00

We’re going to the dogs … and cats, birds, rabbits -- we’re looking for photos and digital images of your cutest household pets!

For our first annual PET IDOL Contest, send us a photo or a high-resolution jpeg image (300 d.p.i.) so that we can post your pet’s photo online. Please submit photos to Silke Schwarte at sschwarte@usautocom.com.

This contest will be in conjunction with our Traverse City week events. For more information, contact Maggie Beauregard at 248.647.8621 or by e-mail at mbeauregard@usautocom.com.

AutoCom PET IDOL Team