I love the idea of pets

Some are wondering just what this means. Well let me start from the beginning of my pet affection.

When my husband and I first got married we thought we wanted a basset hound. We purchased one from a local breeder and she was beautiful. Except that she howled all night long, no matter if you had her in the bed with you or not. So we got her a stuffed animal thinking this would help with the fact that she was not longer with her siblings, not so much. So this went on for weeks and never let up so eventually we gave her to someone with a farm. (Last I heard she was doing fine) Thus began our pet journey. From there we went on to have fish which I might add was the longest pets we’ve ever had they lasted almost 2 years before I killed them all. We had a jack Russell terrier (from the animal rescue league) for 2 weeks before he ate my new coach (and he went back to the animal rescue). We got a bunny (don’t ask I’m not sure what we were thinking) I think he lasted a week. He liked to spray pee on everyone. From there we took a hiatus for a couple of years. Then we went exotic and got an iguana. I will have to say this was my favorite pet of all he’s name was Louis and he would give you kisses on the check and sit on my shoulder, he was over 4 feet long. I believe we had him for a little over a year. Now at the time we were living with my dad because he was going through a divorce and we were trying to help him out financial. Well then we bought our first house and the first month’s electricity bill was over $300 because we decided to give Louis his own room, well let’s just say he went to live at a new home. (Veterinarian) A couple of years went by and we got a Great Dane. (I still love the idea of having one of these massive animals) I believe we had her for a month before we gave her to our next door neighbor who in turn gave it to someone else. (She liked to poo everywhere) We then tried to give the basset hound another try. She lasted a month also and she went to live at my father in laws house, where she still lives.(might I add that she was stolen from their yard and brought back 2 weeks later) Then we got some free dogs from the Wal-Mart parking lot (2 of them, not sure why) I had them for 2 weeks. We had a white miniature schnauzer for one day, yes one day. As you can see I’ve never mentioned cats and that’s because I’m allergic however we did attempt one cat and she lasted a month before she fled the house and was never seen again.

So that is my experience with animals. At one point in time before we had kids I wasn’t so sure we should. I mean if I can’t keep an animal what on earth am I going to do with a child. Now you know why I love the idea of pets. They sound great but once I get them home, not so much.

Do you have any crazy stories about pets?