

So, with such a personal background in oddball pets, I couldn't but request Erika K. Yes, seriously! She nursed and raised the cat, and we've not told her cross-species mothering isn't exactly normal, she doesn't care. Our current dog will likely be on our Doggie Hall of Fame eventually, because she's kind of a legend already. We fondly remember especially that police dog adopted by us when her cop partner retired, who never forgot her police training and appointed herself nanny-bodyguard to my siblings the dog we had since I was born who was part of a canine duo that patrolled our farmland on their own and who died from heartbreak just days after my dad passed away my first puppy, who got lost one day and had me and my cousin frantically looking for her throughout the city during a heavy rainstorm and our last dog before our current one, a smart pup that could sniff out drug addicts and all sorts of shady people that would be later revealed to have criminal records and would have to be physically restrained from attacking them. And what tempers and personalities they had! They've run the gamut from shy and lazy to adventurous and startlingly smart. Some were small, others big, some hairy, others barely had any hair, some were ugly, some beautiful, some purchased, some adopted, some male and others female. They've been all sorts of peculiar, our doggies. That was a heartwarming realisation, and also explains why I simply can't envision a household without a pet. Wherever we've lived, all the places we've moved to, in all the houses we've lived, urban, suburban, and rural, we've always had a furry member of the family. Some were small, others big, some hairy, others Talking with my sister the other day, we reckoned together that our family has never been without a dog in our life.

Talking with my sister the other day, we reckoned together that our family has never been without a dog in our life.
