Pets

A house is not a home without a pet.

How many of you agree and share your home with a pet?

Pets bring lots of joy into many people's life as they love you unconditionally and often become a very important part of the family.
Who is living at your house, is it a dog or a cat, perhaps both? Your pet may be something different like tropical fish or a bird.

Do you have some fond memories of pets you owned when growing up or who have shared your life over the years.

Join the fun of this new page and leave a comment about your pets either today or when you were growing up.

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Chris from Melbourne born 1953	I have just finished reading a book called "Dogboy" set in Moscow at the time that there were over a million abandoned children in the city. I hold my little four legged mate Normie in even greater esteem as a result of reading this book. I see more of the ways he communicates with me and how he shows me his regard. He has given me 14 years of pure joy so far and I can not contemplate life without him. He is a maltese - besenji(?) cross which makes for a very interesting personality. It is my greatest regret that I cannot retire and spend more time with him in his last few years. Anyway I adore him and feel so lucky to have had the time we have had together. I have been blessed! Pets are fabulous!! Comment posted: 30th December 2011, 01:49:41 pm
Graham from Coffs Harbour born 1953	I have had my dog (Zac) for almost 14 years. They say dogs sometimes reflect their owners (or is it the other way round?), anyway he has been a great mate and I often think about the time we have been together and the things we have shared. I recently retired and have noticed Zac struggles with each day, yet he is always happy and never misses a walk even when it means he will become exhausted. The main regret I have with Zac is that when I was working I often took him for granted, what I mean, is he was there, but I didn't see him. Today I focus on spending quality time with Zac, each day we share our lives together not rushing here and there but just enjoying what the day brings. Comment posted: 6th September 2011, 05:00:47 am
Di from Sandy Beach, NSW born 1954	We've had pets - dogs, cats, goldfish, canaries and budgies all our lives but our dogs have always enriched our lives and completed the family. Our last dog, a cross border collie, died aged 18, five years ago. However, when the children left home they also left us to care for their dogs! (a story often repeated) One, a jack russell, had a "big dog syndrome", thought he was a doberman and strutted around, but he had lots of character and a crooked, human-type smile. Sadly he contracted diabetes followed closely by dementia and passed away quite quickly, aged 15, two years ago. The other dog, female toy poodle, was a gentle, "brainless" but cute little lady. She had a quiet but cheeky personality and we sadly lost her to "old age" aged 16, only last week. We now have a very empty back yard, we're still grieving. We'll eventually get another dog to enrich our lives, but not for a while as we wish to start travelling - and there's too many places that don't welcome dogs. Comment posted: 20th August 2011, 03:51:13 pm
Jim from Mandurah WA born 1950	Good reading for pet lovers! My wife and I have only been without pets for a couple of years in our early twenties. In the last thirty years our pets have been 'inside' pets and the family interaction has been so much richer. In our life time, between us we have had an English Setter, Silky Terriers, Kelpies, a German Shepherd, Irish Terriers and different cats and we currently have two Cocker Spaniels and two Birman cats who live quite comfortably together. The female Cocker sees herself as the boss but we keep her in tow. The Cockers don't have their tails docked and the tails never stop wagging and so you can't help but feel happy. The Birmans interact with you like dogs and are not aloof like other breeds we have had. Our pets have all had good temperaments which I think is a lot to do with how you bring them up. Our son, who has his own Townhouse now has a couple of hand reared Weerios and a Sun Conure Parrot as he can't have a dog. I can't imagine life without pets! Comment posted: 6th August 2011, 03:31:50 pm
Peter from NSW/VIC border born 1952	I've seen stories on tv about pets being good for elderly, my parents had a dog when they moved into a caravan park/unit site. The owners won't let them have another dog because they were told when they moved there that it could not be replaced if or when it dies. My question is what gives these owners the right to stop residents replacing a pet when they would know it can help people of that age. (Unless the owners have NO BRAINS!!!) Does anyone else out there have the same problem? Thanks, and I reckon this is a great site BTW, lets us reminisce about the good ol' days before all this "politicalisation" of society. Comment posted: 30th July 2011, 03:06:37 pm
Kerry (Kat) Vanderbyl from NSW/QLD Border born 1959	Pet-aholic probably describes me best but let me tell you about Tezzie the water dragon who fell out of the sky at my feet - literally. He was about 3 inches long and just laid there! One of our feathered friends had dropped their dinner. I picked him up and put him in an empty fish tank and rang the vet as he obviously couldn't walk anymore. No hope said the vet. Well my youngest daughter didn't agree, they became constant companions, he lived in the pocket on her shirt 99% of the time, eventually he began to walk and then even run, we had physio sessions across the coffee table. He has grown a bit since then (over 2ft long now), we had to get a liscence to keep him - yes we know he is a boy, his tank takes up a third of my daughter room now too. He has been living with us now for over 9 years, & even though he has long out grown her pocket he still snuggles up to read books with her. Comment posted: 21st July 2011, 02:59:15 pm
Robyne from Goolwa born 1953	we have 2 lovely dogs the male is a ratbag Tenterfield and the female is a Jack Russel who thinks she is a Shepard. We got her from the council pound as her former owner had past away and no one in the family wanted her. She is beautiful pet loves cuddles and a warm bed to sleep in We sadly lost 2 Tenterfields Mother and Daughter within 11 months to Diabeties. we found out 2 weeks after mother died the daughter had it. She went blind within 3 months and her eyes were damaged with the puppies tail hitting. it. It was a sad day when we had her put down for her own good. Comment posted: 14th July 2011, 09:36:26 pm
Robyn from Browns Plains born 1954	We shared our lives with a beautiful Border Collie for over 10 years until sadly he passed away 18 months ago. He was a free/give away puppy, just a tiny little black and white ball of energy who became an important part of our family. It has taken a while but we are starting to consider getting another puppy to share our life. It will probably be another border collie, all depends on what around when we are looking. Comment posted: 11th July 2011, 08:04:06 pm
Vicki from Brisbane born 1952	I have a beautiful white Golden Retriever called Brandy who is 7 1/2 yrs old. He is my constant companion and is so faithful and loyal. I can't imagine my life without him and actually look forward to our walks together except when he finds the one and only mud patch in the entire park and decides to roll in it like a pig. He goes down to the park a nice clean white dog and comes back a smelly black dog. If there was ever any water around, Brandy would find it, he just loves it and the beach also. Comment posted: 11th July 2011, 02:48:15 pm
David from Carrickalinga born 1952	My first pet that I can remember was a puppy given to me on my 10th birthday. He was a Border Collie that my father decided should be named "Angus McDuff". We only had him for 9 months as one day while we were out someone let him out of the yard and he was knocked by a car and did not survive. I did not get another dog until I had children of my own. Instead of going for a pedigree dog we bought a little ball of black fluff for $5 from a pet shop. We enjoyed her company for the next 15 years. We now have 3 BC's and they have cost us a small fortune in vet fees but we would not be without them. Comment posted: 5th July 2011, 10:09:33 pm