yes...
My parents got our first dog when I was 8, it was a yorkie. We couldn't have any pets before that because my sister was really sick and constantly in and out of the hospital. I 'lived' with my grandparents when my sister was in the hospital. My grandparents had 2 dogs then, a sheltie and an australian shepherd. When I was 9 my grandparents got a lab.

When Justin and I got married we got Bitsy as our wedding gift to each other, we got her 2 days before our wedding.