Carlos Whittaker

Jul11

I’m So Sorry Tanny

I’m so sorry Tanny.
I promise we are working our way to a dog.
But you are the current situation.
So although you would rather be on your wheel…
Although you would rather be in that little plastic maze thing…
You will have to endure this until we get a dog.
Sincerely…
The father of your owners.

Did you have pets while growing up?
Los

http://house-of-stone.blogspot.com Jenn

Haha! Love it! My daughter torments our new puppy like that. Giving her “rides” in her purse and on our rolling desk chair.
Lloyd

We had a great spaniel cross, named Gypsie when I was about 13. We still had her after I got married and then she died of cancer in 1998. Now, we have two really great dogs for our boys. Both are also cocker spaniel crosses, named Abby and Sam. They are so good with our boys, who are 13, 9, 3 1/2 and 2. They endure A LOT of ear pulling and attempts to ride them. Sometimes, they just look at my wife or I, with the look of “could you please rescue me”. We love them so much!!
http://geekfori.com Graham

Grew up with a cat. She’s 17.5 years old now and sadly on her way out.

Now my fiancee and I have a dog now, Roxy (http://instagr.am/p/GfxrW/). I never thought it would happen… but I’m becoming “DOG PEOPLE”. haha
Kelly

This is too funny! I’m not sure why we thought these things were cute as kids. They look like little rats!
L.

I had a big, red tabby Persian cat I dressed as a bride and rolled around in a baby carriage (not at the same time). My saint of a sister told me that pushing her in the baby carriage would make her guts fall out (it didn’t).
http://www.calebgordon.com Caleb Gordon

we had a cat until it wiped it’s butt across the carpet in my living room. The dog lives outside!
Jenny

I got a parakeet for my birthday in second grade who I had for about five years. I loved Yakky with all my heart, I taught him how to whistle tunes and to say his name and he’d sit on my shoulder during dinner and sing to us. Twenty years later my parents still kick themselves for that birthday present.
pdiwill

I have had pets around me all my life, I think my first pet was a white mouse when I was 4 months old, (I liked holding it & having it nuzzle my ear but it started out as my mid bros so not sure that counts) but the first pet I “adopted” was a cock roach on our stove, I took sewing thred & made a harness & would lead it around on it & feed it crumbs, I was 3 (my mom was not pleased & said thats when she difintivly knew I was a strange child & would not ever be normal! LOL
but I can’t remeber a time that there wasn’t at least one cat, dog, rat, mouse, ferrit, guiny pig, rabbit, ext in the house, the only thing my mom forbade was snakes, (she said they were evil becuse of the story of adem & eve! LMBO
http://michaelacker.blogspot.com Michael Acker

Oh yeah. We have two very manly five pound yorkie pups. Not much bigger than your ______
Kelsey Lantz

I didn’t have much luck. My goat was eaten by a mountain lion, bunny was eaten by a bear, kitten was eaten by a fox, dog was attacked by a badger, chickens froze, other dog was chased by a beaver, guinea pig was paralyzed, piranas ate each other, frogs escaped. Oh and my brother was charged by a moose. The tarantula and turtle survived the longest. Every bit of this is true.

Belinda Belle

Wowsers, that’s wild! That has the makings of interesting storytelling!

http://jasonshafer.tumblr.com/ jason

When I was a kid, I had a hamster named Chipper. My room smelled like hamster piss.
http://www.hannahjoiner.com Hannah

Ok – so I grew up with dogs… I am a dog LOVER. For real… it’s such an obsession that I am band from going to a pet store on Saturdays because it’s when they have all the homeless animals and I have taken one about 9 times now…

Anyway, if you are seriously considering getting a dog, you need to meet Jeff, Tripp’s dog. BEST DOG EVER. It’s a golden doodle, they don’t shed, are amazing with kids, super smart, and absolutely hilarious.

We can let you borrow Jeff for a week if you want.

http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com Los

That dog is SO big.

Belinda Belle

Growing up we couldn’t afford to keep a pet. I’m inclined to say that the roaches in our house were our pets, but that would gross you out – right? lol

Currently, I have 2 dogs – Brutus and Caesar. A cat, Cleopatra and a guinea pig called Snorticus. I’m making up for a childhood without pets.
http://www.transitionismymiddlename.blogspot.com abby

we had a hermit crab named ‘beastly.’ that was really as exciting as it got for 3 kids with terrible allergies.
Jan

Dogs, cats, horses, ponies, calves, chickens, roosters, guinea hens, guinea pigs, ducks, geese, goldfish, tropical fish, lizards, hermit crabs, parakeets, canaries, newts, turtles and tortoises. I had one or two Great Danes from the time I was 14 until a couple of years ago (a span of 35 years) .. Had never NOT had a dog until then. Now, i just have two cats, but I delight in the toads, anoles and geckos in my yard, and feed birds and squirrels year-round. I can’t imagine life without pets .. And I do mean plural! They enrich us, bless us and keep us humble all at the same time.

And the cats run the house .. We never forget it!
Erin T

Our first pet? A California King Snake. My dad is quite the herpetology enthusiast. My mom’s one rule was no poisonous snakes. She (the snake) was really sweet and calm – we kids held her often. Then my dad brought home another 12 snakes over a span of about 10 years. There were a number of “escapes.” We found one in the toy box of my closet. Silly snake.
We also had a dog, who was possessed by the Devil himself. He was a Sheltie and barked AT EVERYTHING. When he was 9 we finally gave him to a Sheltie rescue – we couldn’t handle the insanity. He angry peed when we’d leave the house, chewed through countless sets of blinds, shattered a sliding glass door with his head from running in circles (he was fine, btw), and chased anything on wheels.
My sister begged my dad for an iguana. She got one. It stunk and was boring. Except for the one time we gave it a bath in the tub. That was funny.
My brother had a few goldfish that grew to ungodly lengths – they must have been mutants. They were really pretty.
Now my hubs and I live in an apartment with our baby, so we are currently petless. When we have a yard, we will get a dog. A big one, like a German Shepherd.
DenaWilliams

I had a horse. I rode it to kindergarden for show and tell day. I made a lot of friends that day. Once I fell off him while running in an arena before a show & he stopped mid-run, slowly stepped over me & ran to get my dad. He was the coolest horse ever.
http://andreawortham.blogspot.com Andrea Wortham

My girls have had many pets. Cats, dogs, rats, hamsters, guinea pigs. One rat would ride in the kangaroo pocket of my youngest daughter’s sweatshirt. No where else. He was at home there. I think a hamster had a heart attack because of the dog. Sheila liked staring at Butterscotch (the hamster), and I think he keeled over from fright.
http://www.warriorshepherd.com/blog Dave H

That’s a great pic.

My family is in the same boat… we can’t have a dog in our rented house, so all my kids have is a hamster. But they would give their right arms for a dog.

And that poor hamster just can’t take the beating it receives… it’s carried around, swung around, shoved in pockets…
http://jennyrain.com Jenny

awwww! I had a cat named cat. Lived for like 22 years (no lie)

then I got a cat and named her Miss Kitty.

Finally – got two pugs
http://www.withpaintedsharks.com Aaron H

Awesome! I grew up on a farm with all kinds of pets – miniature horses, manx’s, rabbits, geese, ducks, dogs, parrots, fish and turtles. We have since downgraded to just miniature horses and 3 dogs (2 labs and 1 greyhound). Greyhounds are great dogs for kids and they aren’t messy and don’t bark either!
http://mikecelebrating.blogspot.com mike

Our two male gerbils turned out to not both be male so at one count we had three litters of baby gerbils at the house. Mom and Dad weren’t really thrilled but our little gerbil farm was a good learning experience for my brother and I who were tweens at the time.

We only had one dog, an Australian Shepherd named Bandit. I can’t recommend the breed enough, loyal protective and amazing with my brother and I.
http://www.mohan37.com mo

he actually looks pretty comfortable. We didn’t have pets — my pets hated them. They wouldn’t even discuss it.

Now…they have a dog they treat like their favorite child. We got hosed, Tommy. We got hosed.