When I was first born we had a brittany spaniel named Lady and a schnauzer named Griff.

My parents were afraid Griff would hurt me, as my sister had made him mean by teasing him so they gave him away. But, they gave him to a family with another female schnauzer friend, so I bet he was happy. I've only seen pics, he was very cute.

Lady was killed....I guess she was tied up outside and we were gone and some kids threw firecrackers in her dog house. She freaked and jumped over the fence to the neighbors woodpile. When she tried to jump back the rope caught in the fence and she was hanged to death...while the kids watched I'm sure. I've seen pics of her also, and she was adorable...had a perfectly shaped heart on her forehead.

I've also heard bits and pieces of a cockapoo named Shadow, schnauzer named Dusty...and some other dogs I don't know much about. My family went through quite a few dogs before I was born.

But since I didn't know any of these dogs, my real first dog was Smokey. We got him when I was 2 years old. We got Reggie about 7 years later. Dogs seem to last *much* longer with me around.

But technically Reggie and Smokey were family dogs, and Nebo's all mine, so you can count him as my first real dog if ya want! lol