How many pets have you had?

I am referring to adult pets, not a litter of pups or kitties, unless you kept any of them & they became your pets. Also include, if you can recall, your family pets while you were living at home. Also, a school of tetras that live a year or so, maybe we don't count, but we had a goldfish for 9+ years, so I count him.

We/I have had, including Bobbi, 23 pets. I can recall each & everyone of them, but due to space limitations & perhaps lack of interest by now, I won't name them all!

My parents didn't let my brothers and I have dogs until we were old enough to take care of them, feeding them etc. The first dog grew too big for my younger brother to handle, became aggressive to small children, and he also had some health issues. Sadly, my parents had to take him to the animal shelter. My dad vowed he would never do that again, even for a dog with issues, because we knew he would probably be put to sleep.

The next dog did have a litter of eight, we kept one of those puppies. My older brother bonded with that puppy. Then we had to move to a smaller place and could only keep a smaller dog. We found wonderful homes for those dogs.

We had that smaller dog for a few years. Not sure what happened to that dog.

Then, I got a puppy just for me. I was so happy. I trained my puppy. I joined a 4H Dog Club and we had such great fun. We qualified for state two years in a row. Then he had some serious health issues and had to be put to sleep. He was dying anyways. I was heart broken.

Then we moved again, I graduated and moved out. And now, I am living on my own with my two dogs. Can't be happier with my two dogs.

Hi Molly! I am so sorry to learn of the do you had who passed who, it seems, was taken too early from you. I, & my family growing up, had always had our pets for an average of about 15-17 years. My cat Tawnee lived 19 years to the day I adopted her & her sister, Tanja., Sadly, Tanja was called Home at 9 & 1/2, Sande, our Malamute mix only lived 5 years & a year ago, Smokee was called Home at only 7 & 1/2. But we try & convince ourselves we are fortunate we had them as long as we did. I do realize this to be true, but still doesn't help in the grieving, well, not for me at least.

I am so glad to know you have your 2 with you now, to keep you company, & keep their lungs in shape, God forbid they would ever have to do so.

I do believe we will be reunited with our furry families! & I talk them all daily, for a few minutes when I walk Bobbi.

Please remind me of your 2 furry four footers?!

Thanks Molly :-)

I've had 9 adult pets, 1 turtle, 3 cats, 5 dogs. One of the books that I've read had a real interesting view of life after death regarding not only pets, but animals in general. So, I wouldn't really be surprised at all if one day I see all of my pets again and much, much more!

Hey Tagged, thanks for sharing! Can you share which book to which you refer? I have several Pet Loss books, so I'm just curious.

For me, I read a query of the Reverend Billy Graham, & his answer to the question of "will I be reunited with my pet in Heaven?", he replied to the effect, that God wants us happy in Heaven, & if having our pets there, will make us happy, then in Heaven they will be. I hold on to this each & everyday.

We've had so many pets it's hard to remember them all. Does one count all the strays that we feed almost daily? Most of them never got a name. However, if we count only the house and yard pets...
We've always had at least one or 2 dogs every since I can remember. So I guess that would be about 10 dogs. A talking parrot, 3 cats and numerous gerbils.

(12-28-2012 03:08 PM)SweetBeast Wrote:  Hey Tagged, thanks for sharing! Can you share which book to which you refer? I have several Pet Loss books, so I'm just curious.

For me, I read a query of the Reverend Billy Graham, & his answer to the question of "will I be reunited with my pet in Heaven?", he replied to the effect, that God wants us happy in Heaven, & if having our pets there, will make us happy, then in Heaven they will be. I hold on to this each & everyday.

Sorry SweetBeast... took a while to get through the Holiday season. Yup, the book that I referred to is called "Heaven" by Randy Alcorn...
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2...ooks%2C244
This is the link to Amazon, so you can see what it looks like. You might be able to get it cheaper at eBay or somewhere else, but you can at least read the description of it here and see what it visually looks like. Let me know if ya' have any questions, K?

I've had at least one pet trough my life. Thinking back I can count about 20 cats and 7 dogs. If I count only the pets I personally cared for (feeding, vet, etc.) it would be only two dogs and two cats. As a kid my grandmother a huge number of cats, sometimes up to twelve at a time! On top of that she also had two dogs . I loved playing with dogs more than cats, but both were always fun .