This is my entry into Animal Photography Contest by @juliank

So my theme of this week is going to be mostly boat related things. I'm going to have memories popping up everywhere since yesterday, the 18th marked the two year anniversary of our first crossing on our sailboat with my husband @serapium leading us on our crazy adventure.

Today, it's going to be about the animals... of course there are a lot (A LOT) of photos of the four animals that lived on the boat with us, so today will just be an introduction of sorts.

First off, I'll just go from biggest to smallest so that I don't have to pick favorites ;)

_{Here is Tiberius sitting out on deck with our daughter @abyni}

Tiberius is our rescue puppy. We got him 4 years ago (you can see his Before and After photos from puppyhood to now)

Tiberius loved the boat life maybe even more than Patrick did. He loved getting to go for rides in the dinghy or the kayak, the water, loved swimming to catch the frisbee, exploring new islands and traveling... it was all awesome to him. The only problem was when we were sailing and everyone was in different areas of the boat and he wanted us to all stick together. He's definitely a herd dog. He's a mix of Mini Australian Shepherd & Border Collie.

_{Here is @knightengale watching the fish with Cinnamon & Tiberius}

Cinnamon is the chihuahua. She was a reluctant rescue. She was found abandoned on the side of the highway and no one else would take her. We kept her for a short bit until she could find a home, but Tiberius fell in love with her, so she ended up staying.

Elephant was the oldest pet by far. She was about 14 years old when we went on the boat. We had already thought she was at the end of her life several times before, but she stuck it out. She didn't seem to mind the boat and liked being at anchor. She could sit out and bask in the sun or sit in the pilot house for shade.

She did NOT like travel days and would prove it by puking on my pillow (with me still on it, because I was horribly motion sick when we traveled, too!) We did eventually find some solution that seemed to work for her on the rare days when we had to travel far.

Tempest was the best boat cat of all. She ruled the place, or so she thought. After @loliboofae & @schmwke left the boat to come back to the US for a while, Tempest really seemed to get more... well, sassy. She wrote letters to her humans back home pretty much Bitching about the lack of good food and sad lack of appreciation she got as The Boat Cat
TEMPEST PAPERS

Read Previous Tempest Letters:

Letter One
Letter Two
Letter Three

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All photos belong to me

If you have any questions that I can answer for you, leave me a comment and I'll do a "Boat Life" Q&A to answer the questions!

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