Your Child Hood Dog

[QUOTE=MoonandBean;2108371]Awww...I love the first picture. Was that you as a girl?QUOTE]

Yes, I think I was 9 or 10 there.

This is my first dog, Fritzie...he was a wonderful standard sized dachshund who loved his backyard and kept any kind of "critter" out!!
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Clancy was a terrier mix....he was a funny, funny little dog....Curly tail, overbite, crooked ears, big nose, and curls that dangled down like ringlets from his tail!
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My last dog we had while I was still at home was Kacie, a cockapoo.....she was a wonderful little pup who loved to get my dad's socks out of the dirty clothes and bury them in her bed!
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All I ever wanted in my life was a dog.

I vaguely remember a neighbor bringing over a puppy from her dog's litter..if memory serves correct (I had to be about 7) it was a terrier mix. Poor thing ran out the front door about a month later and somehow broke it's little leg. Unfortunately vet medicine wasn't what it is today and after suffering for weeks and not healing, my dad had him (Happy) PTS.

I finally got my wish at age 40, (Cody) but it was worth the wait! I'll never be without a poochie. EVER!

I don't remember much about the first two dogs...Mikey and Simon were my parents children before us kids were born and not around very long after. Simon is the terrier on the left, Mikey, a beagle/weimie on the right.

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We didn't get another dog until I was 14. Oreo was a dog all her own for all 16 of her years, always living life on her terms. Even though life with her wasn;t always easy, I do miss her.

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We had a lot of dogs through the years but the ones that really stuck to me were Simon(German Shepherd), Hannah(German Shepherd), and Abby(Miniature Pincher), Also Maggie but she's still alive and well.

Simon died around the age of 15 due to cancer and sadly Hannah, his half sister, was put down shortly after due to attacking and killing Abby, then a week later attacking Maggie as well as my brother and mom. It was a very sad time.

Mine was a blond boy cocker named Shadow(I love the homeward bound movies).He was a wonderful dog and so smart.

My parents had an Irish Setter named Rusty when I was a child. He died when I was 8 years old from bloat. :( He was young too, about 4 years old, I think.

I only have vague memories of him but he was a sweetheart.

We moved shortly after that, was adopted by a stray cat, and had cats ever since.

Losing Rusty was hard on my parents so they never got another dog.

The first dog I ever got was a miniature dachshund, when I was three years old. My older brother, who was much older, told one of his co-workers to let him know if he heard of a "good dog". So, the friend comes over to our house and says, "Darryl, I found you a good dog." He reaches in his shirt pocket and pulls out this tiny dachshund puppy. My mom says I ran acoss the room, snatched the puppy, and ran in my room with it. My brother looked at his friend and said, "That was not the kind of dog I meant. I meant a German Shepherd or something like that." Too late, the dog was mine. I named him Drawstring. I have no idea why ... I was three. :D

The second dog I had was an American Eskimo mix named Snow. My dad found him as a scared, starving puppy in the pipe yard at his work. I had him until I was in college, and he died of old age.

The third dog I had was an English cocker named Blood. (Don't ask. I didn't name her.) She was my older brother's dog, and when he was killed in a car accident, we took her. She also died when I was in college.

Those are the only three dogs I had a a child. The next dog I got was my first dog as an adult, Lacie, my RB cocker spaniel. I got her right before I graduated from college, and she died a few years ago.

My dad's heart dog Bear was a black lab mix that he got when he moved out of his parent's house. My mom let her outside shortly after they met and Bear was hit and killed by a car. It was hard for him and he didn't want any more dogs. Then they moved into a trailer, and couldn't have any anyway.

Ever since I could talk I begged for a puppy. I really, really wanted a beagle. We eventually ended up with Simba, an animal shelter GSD puppy, when I was 6. He wasn't a right fit for our family unfortunately. When I was 7 I got Shadow! So worth the wait!

We only had one dog and she was a beagle/schnauzer mix. Her mother was a pure bred schnauzer who got out and ended up getting pregnant by a beagle in the neighborhood. She was born on Dec.13th so my mom named her Lucky since so many people think that the number 13 is unlucky. She was such a sweet dog and had a lot of energy and loved going for walks. She lived until she was about 15-16 years old I think. Here's a picture of her.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...Lucky_crop.jpg

We had several dogs off and on while I was growing up, I have never been without one for as long as I can remember. About 5yrs old is as far back as I can remember we had a doberman named Brandi, she would play in the backyard at night when the moon was full and look just like a deer prancing around out there, she always watched over me when I was playing, my mom used to tell me she was my babysitter. The next one that was important to me was my dog Panda, he was a white spitz mixed, feisty, and had one black circle at the nape of his neck and was born bobbed tail and one black circle right over his tail and butt...lol Panda was my baby, I loved that dog so much, my mom had to put him to sleep for me when I was 22 due to cancer, I had him for 11yrs. Then I got my heart dog Mousse.

I've had a few childhood dogs- Duke being one of them!

This is a picture from when I was 6 or 7. The dog jumping in my RB dog, Daisy and Duke is hanging out in the corner.
(Notice he's A LOT less white hair!)
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This is be and Moe, another RB dog when I was a little younger.
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I had a couple Childhood dogs..

We had a Golden Chow mix named Rubble, he was unaltered and took off all the time to find ^girlfriends^ And well one day he didnt come back..
We had two cockers, and we had them till they were older. Then They didnt do well with the youngster children in the house So my parents rehomed them..
They we got Jagg he was a Malamute, we had him till he was 7, he had to be put down That was heart renching :( (He attacked a cockerspaniel down the street from us) ... Also had a Female Malamute ,Tika, shorty but she also had to be put down (distemper).. We then got Tikeya(sibe), and a few years later got Makia (Red husky/mal ) (she and Tikeya Fought constantly and we had to rehome Makia)

Then when I was 12 we got Tikeya (look at Signature) (she was 5 wks old) I still have her.
And then Oscar (shihtzu) and Baby (great dane)! (parents still have them)