On the list of lovable things in life, pets are surely near the top. McNicholas students and faculty share their dogs, felines, and everything in between, with whom they are able to spend more time with now that we’re social distancing due to COVID-19.
Type of pet: Dog
Name: Brady
Nicknames: Brad, Roo, Ray, Bean, Bear, and Bearcub
Breed: Labrador-German Shepherd mix
Owner: Junior Molly Ennis
Favorite Human Food: Bananas
Fun Fact: He is named after Tom Brady
Type of pet: Cat
Name: Teddy
Nicknames: Tedrick, Theodore, Ted, and Bub
Owner: Junior Anna Eiser
Favorite Human Food: Cheese
Fun Fact: He is the king of the household and whines until he gets what he wants.
Type of pet: Dogs
Names: Teddy (white) and Reno (brown)
Nicknames: Teddy: Teddy bear
Owner: Spanish teacher Tracey Canisalez
Favorite Human Food: French fries and tortilla chips
Fun Fact: “Teddy moves his head from side to side when you talk to him as if he understands what you are saying, [and] we have a doggy gate in the house and Reno has learned how to open it with his nose.”
Type of pet: Dog
Name: Charlie
Nickname: Charles
Breed: Golden Retriever-Border Collie mix
Owner: Junior Aarron Martin
Favorite Human Food: Cheese
Fun Fact: He helps clean the dishes when the dishwasher gets loaded.
Type of pet: Dog
Name: Maggie (Margaret if she is in trouble)
Owner: Manager of Alumni Relations, Shawn Young
Favorite Human Food: “Anything I am eating”
Fun Fact: “We got Maggie at Christmas. It was my wife’s present, but she said that she had a dog in mind at the shelter, but I had to find it. I looked at 100 dogs, but I knew without question, this was the dog she picked out. I was right.”
Type of pet: Dog
Name: Milo
Nickname: Mi-Mi
Breed: Schnauzer-Husky mix
Owner: Senior Maggie Scott
Favorite Human Food: Rice
Fun Fact: “He is awful at walks. He just walks a few steps and then sits.”
Type of pet: Dog
Name: Ollie
Nickname: Ollie-bear
Breed: Labrador Retriever
Owner: Senior Isabelle Bowling
Favorite Human Food: Carrots
Fun Fact: He will jump off the diving board and catch a tennis ball before landing in the lake- he loves to swim.
Type of pet: Fish
Names: Bubbles, Skooter, and Rocky
Owner: Sophomore Grant Must
Fun Fact: They glow in the dark
Type of pet: Dogs
Names: Carley (white) and Chopper (brown)
Nicknames: Peanut and Baby Chop
Breeds: German Shorthaired Pointer and GSP/Labrador mix
Owner: Guidance Counselor Erica Stablum
Favorite Human Food: Bacon
Fun Fact: “We adopted both dogs from a GSP rescue and we loved the rescue so much that we volunteered by helping out at events and fostering dogs.”
Type of pet: Fish
Name: Gooby the Great
Nicknames: Gooby, Goobs, and Goober
Owner: Senior Anna Klug
Fun Fact: “Gooby used to live in a beaker in the biology classroom, he has since retired from lab work and is doing just swimmingly.”
Type of pet: Dog
Name: Gatsby
Nicknames: Pupperoni, G, The boy, Bub, Gatsalyn Jay, Bean, Bubaloo, Sunshine, Gentle G, and Gatsy
Breed: German Shepherd
Owner: Junior Olivia Rohling (me!)
Favorite Human Food: Peanut Butter
Fun Fact: He hates vegetables and always spits them out when we give them to him
Type of pet: Leopard gecko
Name: Frida
Owner: Junior Lauren Cox
Fun Fact: She doesn’t like people with cold hands
Type of pet: Horses
Names: Hannah and Valentio
Nicknames: Hannibal the Cannibal and Val
Breeds: Hannah is a Blood Bay and Val is a Paso Fino
Owner: Photography Teacher Bea Gardner
Favorite Human Food: “My daughter found out by accident once that [Hannah] loves lemon meringue pie and [also] by accident, Val LOVES peaches, and occasional snacks of carrots.”
Fun Facts: “Hannah likes to take everyone else’s halters and blankets off… and then laugh about it when I [have] to go looking for them.” Val is a rescue horse!
