Tonks (named after the Harry Potter character)
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Tonks is an eight year old pure bred Maltese. He's got a serious barking problem, and is rather territorial. We call this "little man" or "Napoleon" syndrome. No one ever told him he was small. We'd rather this be corrected, but we've tried everything short of dog training classes. He's very stubborn, and it seems to be getting worse as he gets older.
He doesn't do well with other dogs (though he is very fond of running the fence with Willie, our neighbor's dog, and when we put them together they don't bite or growl at one another - they're just very cautious), nor does he do well with strangers. He will bark and growl like he's having his legs ripped off, but he's never bitten anyone. I wish he would do well around other people, because he really is the cutest, funniest, sweetest dog. He's always there for a cuddle when I need it, and that tail goes a mile a minute when I come home, even if I've only been gone for an hour. He never fails to bring a smile to my face, and I couldn't imagine life without him.
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Ignore my retarded self.
He searches for me when he's done eating, and will crawl out of his feeding box and come over to me. He curls around me, squeezing just enough to hold on. He really is an absolute peach. When I place him around my neck, he often sticks his little stub of a tail down my shirt and actually wags his tail. Not like a dog, more like a contented cat. Every once in a while, if he feels as if he hasn't spent enough time out of his tank, he'll fight me on going back in - he'd wrap around arm and stares me down as if to say "Mommy, don't do this to me. You love me, right?" If he had eyelashes, he'd bat them at me.
He would be the perfect snake to teach people that snakes are not slimy monsters to be hated, feared, and decapitated. He's gentle and calm, just a bit jumpy, but he doesn't strike - he recoils if he feels threatened, as most ball pythons do.
I also have an extraordinarily lazy beta fish. I've tried to keep him comfortable, but I think he's unhealthy and on his last leg :/ He's about three years old, which is a decent life for a beta. I used to tap the top of his tank and he would swim up and wait to be fed.