Your Child Hood Dog

[Twisterdog]

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.

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.

[k9krazee]

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!

[krazyaboutkatz]

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.

[kallisto4529]

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.

[joanofark]

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!)


This is be and Moe, another RB dog when I was a little younger.