There are posts that I have shared
about adopting dogs during my married life.
I think the only pet from my childhood mentioned is a rabbit I had
received from an aunt one Easter (see here) but Pinky was not our only pet.
A
German shepherd pup had wandered into our yard one year. We tried finding its owner and kept him for a
couple of months as I recall.
Patrick wanted to keep it and gave him
the name "Junior". He tried
training the dog, and paid bail money when he was caught by the pound. I think that happened twice before he decided
he really couldn't afford the cost. That
is how Houdini was from this post.
For years before and several years
after Junior I had gone through at least five cats. Mittens, Blanco, Inky . . . I don't know what
happened to all of them or how long I had each one. I don't suspect any of them made it a full
year. I don't even remember one of the
names. I don't know if they ran away or
were stolen (I had attempted stealing a neighbor's cat at one time). Mom told me that there was one that she found
in the dryer. I think it was Blanco. Her neck had snapped. Sorry for that gruesome detail. I don't remember it personally. Mom told me that she couldn't deal with it
and called a neighbor to remove it.
The cat that was with me for the
longest was "Patch". I don't
know how old I was when we got her but I know I still had her when I was in
junior high. I considered her to be my
cat and figured I was in charge of naming her and tried out different names
like "Jelly Bean" and "Marshmallow". Unfortunately I never did settle on a
name. We kept Patch in the
basement. As our washer and dryer were
also located in the basement, mom would meet up with Patch whenever she was
doing laundry. She started calling my cat "Patch" because of a grey
mark surrounding one of her eyes.
I remember Patch disappearing and
hunted in the basement for her and found her under the stairs along with a
litter of 5 kittens. Mom would not allow
me to keep any of them. I don't remember
how many years I had her. I would think
more five to ten. We had to put her
down. I wish I had better memories to
share.
Corey had gone through a series of
cats also. I have more and better
memories of his cats than I do my own.
Never had a goldfish - but had purchased goldfish for the boys after I got married. I also think that either Patrick or I briefly owned a turtle.
Never had a goldfish - but had purchased goldfish for the boys after I got married. I also think that either Patrick or I briefly owned a turtle.
