Pets

I've always had pets most of my life, there have been only a couple years where I did not. It's always been a cat or dog, except a couple times where I had an aquarium. Some were really special to me.

I used to have a dog I showed in 4-H when I was in school. My mom and dad found her in the laundry mat bathroom at the truckstop where mom used to waitress at. She was 2 months old at the most. She was a Norweigian Elkhound. We named her Yippy because of the way she yipped when she was a puppy. My cousin got me into training and showing her in 4-H, she was such a smart dog. I took 1st or 2nd place pretty much every show I went to, 4-H or AKC. I went to state fair all 4 years I was in 4-H and took 9th out of 88 counties at the state fair my very first year. After I got out of high school, my cousin kept her because I couldn't have a dog at college, or where I lived after. I still went to see her, and she always came running and would not leave my side during the time I was there. She died a couple years ago at 17 years old. I cried when my cousin told me about it, she was my little buddy.

My other dog my parents still have, and I don't see him making it thru the winter. Bouncer is a collie-border collie mix, and he is almost 18. In the last year he has really went down hill fast, and he struggles to get around. We've been contemplating putting him down because we don't want him to suffer anymore, but it is still hard. He has been deaf for a couple years, but he knows me when he sees me. My mom lost her cat a few months back as well, she was 18. Spook was a black cat, and she was something else.

Now, I have 3 cats. They are all going on 3 years old. Originally my now ex and I got one. But all the little fuzzy tiger kitten Bell did was cry and hide all night the first night we had him. So when a lady I had called about another kitten before I got Bell returned my call, we decided to get another to give Bell a buddy to pal around with. Romeo is an orange and white mitten paw. When we brought him home, Bell came right out and was completely different. Right after I got them, we moved to another and bigger apartment. We had some strays come around we fed and took a liking to, especially a short haired tiger/tortise shell female we named pretty girl. I liked her so much I decided to make her an inside cat, and took all three to get fixed so as not to have a population explosion in my apartment.

After my ex and I split, she had it in her mind she was going to take Bell. I immediately put an end to that thought, I supported her and the cats, and there was no way in Hell she was going to take any of my cats.

All 3 of them are different. Romeo is the most outgoing, he shows off whenever someone comes over. He also is the most nosey, I'll get home from the store and he has his head in the grocery bags seeing what's in there. He is smart as all get out, he can open the fridge and the cabinents. He also is right there when I get up for work and get home from work, wanting his soft food. Bell has changed a lot since I've had him. In the past year since I got rid of the ex, he has become such a talkitive, loving and needy cat. As soon as I come in the door from work he meows at me and has to have me pet him or he'll keep meowing until I do. Pretty girl has become a chub since she came inside and got fixed. She is the most loving and most well behaved cat I've ever seen. The other 2 will be nosing in stuff or running around like crazies and she'll be sitting there wanting attention. She doesn't play as much as the others, but it is entertaining to see her chasing the laser pointer, she runs around after it like a raccoon. They're the closest things I have to kids right now.