Quote Originally Posted by AdoreMyDogs View Post
I think it's so beneficial for children to grow up with animals. I am so glad that I have given this gift to Quinn. Even when she was 5 days old and I was pulling a cat hair out of her eyeball, I have never regretted raising animals and my sweet baby in the same house. Her first social smile EVER was at our kitty, Minion, and I'll never forget that.

I feel that children that don't have pets in their house are deprived of a very important lesson of love and responsibility.
Seeing Quinn and all the Pet Talk babies with their pets always makes my heart glad. We were raised with pets - okay - A pet, but Sheba was the best, nicest, smartest doggie in the whole wide world. She not only kept me company when my older siblings went to school, but she taught me lots of things. My usual example is, Sheba taught me to look both ways before I crossed the street. She was a shepherd mix, and when I got near the street, she'd stand in front of me to block my way, and once I had stopped she point that Shepherd nose first right, then left, very deliberately ... and only then would we cross the street. Now I am sure my parents TRIED to teach me, and told me a million times, but Sheba's gentle but insistent example served best!

Without Sheba, and Freckles, and Gracie, would I have grown up to be the person I am today? No idea. And no desire to find out!