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Beth Spencer's avatar

I'm lucky enough to have five rescue pets so I'm going to answer about Sean.

How do they tell you they’re hungry? He tells me he's hungry by prancing around and making noises that sound like a baby crying.

Do they snore? Not really, but sometimes he does purr.

How did you meet? I clicked a link to a local news station's website with a video of a lady who was showing him to advertise him for adoption. I loved that how he looked so ordinary but was missing a whole leg. I applied to adopt him on the spot!

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Melissa's avatar

Thanks Beth! This week’s ART HANG PARTY! theme is David Bowie!

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Beth Spencer's avatar

Hey you just won a month of paid membership! ⚡️✨

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Beth Spencer's avatar

I got so excited when I saw the theme that I gave you a month of paid membership!

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Melissa's avatar

Gah! Thank you so much!! 🤗💖✨

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allie's avatar

I have the cutest little one eyed chihuahua - she’s a rescue so I have no idea how she lost her eye! I found her on the rescue’s website and it was love at first sight. She was named Livia but I changed it to Lydia (Loo for short). She wakes me up in the morning when she’s hungry by sitting on my chest and licking my face. She lets me know she’s hungry for dinner about an hour before actual dinner time - she gets the zoomies and and runs around the room and paws at me. She definitely snores when she sleeps! The softest little grunts. I love her so much :)

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Beth Spencer's avatar

Oh, Lydia sounds wonderful! I bet she's the happiest pup and loves you to the moon and back! Did you know I also have a 1-eyed chihuahua? That's wild! I just gave you a month of membership so maybe you'll come to a drawing session and they can meet! 😜

I'd love to see photos of Lydia! I just opened up a thread for pet pics here: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/cec75dc4-e519-4a77-b61d-986adb649273

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allie's avatar

She’s the best!! I did know that you had a one eyed chihuahua doo, I watched all your stories of your pets and showed them to my boyfriend (also named Sean!!). You have so many animals, how do you do it?!? Haha they are all so adorable though. Thank you so much for the gift, I will definitely be joining a drawing session!

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KJ's avatar

Woohoo, can't wait! Thank you for sharing!

For Emma Woodthorpe's patrons, I know that she just had a sketching session focusing on hands, but she is also having a work together zoom on 11/20/23 at 1pm GMT.

And, P.S.: I was going to ask you how to find this weekly roundup if I don't have the link from you in stories, but then I noticed that I can get it emailed to me. Thank you for including that!

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KJ's avatar

And about Stella, our 7yo black lab:

1. How do they tell you they’re hungry? She sits and stares at us and follows us around licking her lips. :)

2. Do they snore? Sometimes she makes little cute noises, sometimes she howls in her sleep. (She never howls when she is awake, she hardly ever barks.)

3. How did you meet? She is a rescue from Save a Lab, came from Texas. The first time she saw snow up here in New England, we couldn't get her to come inside. She loves swimming (even in freezing water) and playing in the snow. :)

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Laura's avatar

Thanks for sharing all these wonderful links! I’m new to the online creative world and excited to start becoming part of the community ✨

Can you guess what my pet is?

1. Starsky rarely tells me he’s hungry, in fact I seem to be the only one who can read his emotions. Usually he just heads to his house when it’s dinner time.

2. He doesn’t snore, in fact he never really makes any noise

3. We met when he and his siblings were dug out by some puppies at the stable yard just over 9 years ago. Him and his brother (Hutch, who has passed on) first lived inside for a few years until I bought them an outside palace and let them roam the garden

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Beth Spencer's avatar

Hi Laura! I'm glad you're here! Is Starksy a dog?! 🐾

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Laura's avatar

He’s a bunny! 🐰

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Beth Spencer's avatar

Ha! I should have told you I'm very bad at this game haha. I need to meet Starsky!

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Charlotte Hamilton's avatar

1. They lick their lips

2. No to snoring

3. We met in a parking lot

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Charlotte Hamilton's avatar

Thanks for the shoutouts about my Wednesday Workshops.

I’ve been having Lu.Ma problems so the workshops are now over on my Blueshineart website.

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Claire's avatar

1. Lots of squeaking and staring

2. Yes, a lot

3. I did one last round of the animal rescue and he was butting his head against the cage as I passed - love at first sight 😻

He’s a very handsome 16 year old mackeral tabby called Baker - he kneads a lot!

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