It's been sort of off and on as far as I'm concerened. When I was born we had a Samyoed named Sam (my sister named him, she wasn't bery original ) who lived until he was about 15 or 16. After Sam there was a couple of years break and then we got a lab pointer cross from the Huame Society who was on death row when we got her, her name was Coco (she was chocolate...my other sister named her) she died about 6 months after we got her though due to cancer. Both of those dogs were my eldest sisters, then we got some fish and have had fish for the last 7 years, there's the aquarium type and then the pond type that come in the house in the winter. and then about 2 and half years ago I got Smudge who was my first dog (the first one that I owned) and last October I got Winter, and I plan on having pets for the rest of my life.