Pets | Pad Patter 4/12

Did you grow up with any pets? As a child I always wanted a dog but my parents wouldn't get one since we lived in a rental. When they built our house, I was able to get a mutt. I was 9 and we had her for almost 14 years.

Do you have any pets now? Yeppers! After many years of not having a dog (22 years!), I got a puppy in 2000. Pepper was such a good boy that less than 2 years later in 2002, I got another puppy (Paige), a half-sister of Pepper. I had Pepper and Paige until 2015. Then in July 2017 I got Peyton who comes from the same bloodline as Paige.

 

Growing up we had a lot of pets from gerbils to cats and dogs .. my parents loved little dogs and we has little dogs for many years

Now I have a service dog named Neelix. He has been with Me 8 years and is my everyday hero and very best fur friend

 

I grew up with dogs all the time and the occasional cat that adopted us. My parents were very into Chesapeake Bay Retrievers and we had a series of those (wonderful) dogs. We had a cat with 6 toes on each front foot, named Mittens. My sister had a cat that became mine when she got married because her hubby was allergic, so I had a cat for a while when DH and I first lived together.

Then no pets for a long time until we had kids. We got a Boston Terrier only to discover that our daughter was allergic to dogs so we had to rehome him. We went through a series of fish (meh), hermit crabs (DH's fault and I find them grotesque) and guinea pigs (nice pets but not as fun as a dog). Finally, we got a hypoallergenic dog (a Wheaten Terrier) who we had for 13 years until his death in February. We also got a Malti-poo mutt rescue who is still with us.

I am debating whether I will get another dog in the future. We like to travel and that is always a challenge when you have dogs.

 

Did you grow up with any pets?
I grew up with a lot of pets. My older brother had a male golden retriever. We ended up getting a female golden retriever as well. We had hamsters and gerbils off and on. We had a turtle. My little sister finally got her dream snake when I was a teenager.

Do you have any pets now?
We have three parakeets.

 

Did you grow up with any pets? Goldfish and those (now illegal) little green turtles that I bought at a local hadware store ... weird, right??? My father wouldn't allow us to get a dog or cat.

Do you have any pets now? My daughter had a bunch of hamsters when she was young. My live-in grandkids had hamsters and two guinea pigs. Then my granddaughter talked me into a puppy. Zoey will be 14 June 2nd. She is my first dog, and will be my last. I love her, but I don't want the responsibility and cost of another dog. And I'm really not a dog person.

 

Did you grow up with any pets? We had a dog named Chip growing up which we got from the pound and she was very well loved by all. We had her for about 14 years.

Do you have any pets now? We have a male black labrador retriever who is hitting his senior years (he's 11). He's my sweetheart and I love him dearly. DH doesn't want another dog after this one passes, and to be honest, I'm not sure I could survive the puppy stage at this point - all those sleep-disturbed nights during potty training and that puppy energy! But I can't imagine being without a dog. Mine is my constant companion during the day when I am home alone working. I would be lonely without a dog in the house.

 

I had one dog growing up, and my memories of her and my dad's memories of her are very different. Although it hasn't been confirmed, I suspect that my dad only adopted her because he & my mom had just gotten married and I was a cute 4-year-old who he was trying to make happy. However, he said she had to sleep outside in a dog house and was not allowed inside the house at all. He says that I didn't take care of her (Did he really expect me to be able to take care of a pet on my own at 4?!) & kept running away so we had to return her to the pound after a few weeks. What I remember is that she would only run away when it was thundering because she was scared and all alone outside. We were not allowed to get any other pets after that.

I have had "stepdogs" in previous relationships but the first dog I adopted on my own was about 18 months ago. She is a nearly 2-year-old "shelter special" terrier-pit mix whose disdain for life in general is only matched by her insatiable desire for attention from my husband. We recently adopted a second dog, a 4-year-old Rottweiler rescue, who is much less drama but stubborn AF and has the big heavy behind to back it up.

 

We always had cats, we had two dogs and a short spurt with rabbits. I was never really an animal person, but my sister loved animals.

We currently have two cats, and 10 chickens (not sure if those count as pets but my kids like to hold them and pet them). We had rabbits for several years.

 

I've always had pets...cats and dogs mostly growing up. A few things like hamsters, fish, turtles, lizards, etc once I had kids of my own.
Right now we have 2 dogs and a cat.

 

We grew up with horses and TONS of barn cats. We also had a dog for a little while too. When my hubby and I were first married we had a cat, but now we don't have any pets and I'm okay with that. We do watch my MIL's dog occasionally for a weekend here and there and that is plenty for me.

 

I grew up with a German Shepherd, Nicky. She was amazing and a wonderful dog for me... though she was more my Dad's dog. She was so well trained that when I was really little she allowed me (unfortunately) to stick a crayon in her nose... then my Dad pulled it out when he found us. She just laid there patiently waiting.

When I was older, My ex boyfriend and I had a Husky. When we broke up, he kept that good boy.

My now husband and I got a dog together in college. He was a good dog, but as he got older and when kids were involved, he wasn't patient or friendly at times. Sadly, he had to be rehomed. He was trying to nip at my youngest. I was afraid he would get him one day.

We currently have Benson... in my avatar. He is a plain nut. He looks like a deer, just not quite as tall. He is tall for a dog though, lean, and about 85 pounds. He is a snuggler once he calms down, lol!