Through dogged efforts, pets have UC ANR feline fine!

Submitted by pkanrice on April 20th, 2023

Pamela S Kan-Rice

Gray-striped cat wearing pink top and gray-striped cat with white mouth and paws lounging on the back of a sofa — Selena Syrett: Here are my cats, Misty in the pink and Persey lounging on the couch! Misty tolerates Persey but doesn't really like her too much. Mostly they ignore each other.

On National Pet Day, April 11, we paused (or PAWsed) to honor our furry friends.

Thanks to all of you who posted pet pics on the ANR Employees Group Facebook page or sent photos, we got to see some of the furry faces that inspire our UC ANR colleagues.

Someone has to work to put pet food on the table – and a woof, sorry!, roof over your heads – and it may as well be you. Those treats and toys don't buy themselves. Thanks for making the world a furrier and friendlier place.

For your a-mews-ment, we present the following:

From left, three goats looking through a fence into the camera. A mini donkey walks beside a white and brown horse. Two small dogs look up at the camera. — JoLynn Miller: My menagerie includes, from left, the goats are Cashew, Pecan and Peanut. Murray is a mini donkey and the horse is Quinn. Koa is the dark-brown dog and Carmen is the white one.

Maria Ridoutt Shey — Maria Ridoutt: Shey, my little thief of food and my salary.

Black and white cat sits on a black cushion behind an empty food dish and sign that reads: — Duwon Choi: That’s Bomi, my 7-year-old tuxedo cat.

Fluffy gray tabby cat sitting on a bed. — Shannah Whithaus: Big D

Sonia Scott: This is Sugar, my 10-year-old pit bull. She looks pretty vicious, right? She's in charge of employee morale at the home office.

Long-haired gray cat with gold eyes sits on a fences and stares at the camera. — Glenda Humiston: Selkie keeps an eye on everything.

On left, a black and white dog lays on a sofa with her right paw draped over someone's leg. On right, the same dog swims while carrying a large stick in her mouth. — Linda Forbes: Shelby is smart, sassy, obsessed with water and squirrels. She’s going blind at the age of 6, but we will still go swimming!

Small dog with curly white hair sits on green grass. — Saoimanu Sope: Meet Mochi. He’s a 16-year-old yorkie and shih tzu mix. He’s got severe arthritis, blurry eyes and is hard of hearing, but you would never think that if you met him in person.

On left, gray standard poodle wearing a crown. On right, two cats lay in a cardboard box, the black cat's tail hovers over the orange cat's head. — Ethan Ireland: From left, Susie Creamcheese, Rusty Ranger and Mitzi Mittens

Two dogs, one white and tan with pointy ears, the other black with curly hair. — Bridgette Alvarez: Koda and Milo. Koda has the big ears. He hears EVERYTHING, but doesn’t want to listen!

A cream-colored dog chews on a toy as a yellow kitten in a clothes basket observes. On the right, a gray kitten pokes his head out of cardboard box labeled — Brooke Haley-Herevia: Toffee the dog with kitten brothers Cheeto in the basket and Cloudy in the box.

Jan Newman: Cleo is the black dog and Honey is, well, the honey-colored dog.

Black labrador lays on a green lawn in the shade of a tree. — Alexa Ocegueda: This is our pup, Nala!

View of the back of a cat crouching on a windowsill beside a cup of coffee looking out the window at a skyscraper. — Cynthia Crestmore: Here is my “grand kitty” Apollo and how he starts his morning in New York. Just admiring the view with his cup of coffee! No stress!

Five images of a small tan dog - wearing a sweatshirt, laying on a peach-colored blanket, curled up sleeping, rolling on his back on the grass wearing a leopard print robe and laying on his stomach with tongue lolling out. — Amira Resnick: I couldn’t resist sending you a few pics of my pup, Sunny.

Cat licking her lips — Pam Kan-Rice: Mitzi Merica is my home office supervisor.