Family Pets - question for all Pet Talk people

[ramanth]

Yep.

My dad had a Basenji as a boy. I think they had some cats too.

My mom grew up with cats and Springer Spanials.

After my parents married they had 2 Irish Setters (Rusty died when I was 8).

Grandparents had daushaunds (before my mom was born), cats, Springers, and a Doberman that I remember fondly.

I grew up with cats. Losing the Setters was hard on my parents (Shane was stolen and killed; Rusty died young of bloat ) so despite how much my sisters and I begged, they never got dogs again.

Which is why my sisters and I adopted dogs soon after moving out on our own.

[Edwina's Secretary]

We called my mother Dr. Doolittle because she fed so many animals. We had two dogs in the house, cats that were indoor/outdoor/barn cats, and horses. At one time there were three dogs. My mother also fed a flock of wild turkeys, the horses next door, and other assorted wild animals. She has always been an animal person. She had dogs growing up and my father had a dog as a child.

Even though my parents are in their 80's they still must have a dog to make their life complete.