Tell me about your first pet…

Do you remember when you first fell in love with animals? I was thinking about this today, but I couldn’t identify a specific moment. I just know that I always really loved animals. I loved playing with the dogs and cats at other people’s houses.

Despite the name of this blog, my first pet was actually a cat. I was around three years old, and I fell in love with a white kitten. I named her Buttercup, and she was all mine.

Buttercup via wantmorepuppies.com

Thinking about the next scratch…

Frankly, she was kind of a jerk sometimes. Every night, she would hop up on my bed and demand to be petted. When she’d had enough, she would scratch me and then run away. It was our nightly routine for years. However, she eventually outgrew that behavior… with one exception. Until she left us, Buttercup would resurrect the old pet n’ bite routine every time my cousin J would come to visit.

That being said, Buttercup was my jerk, and I loved her dearly.  She provided endless entertainment – whether she was bringing a live bat into the house or going completely limp the one time we tried to put a harness on her. (Seriously, she froze in place and didn’t get up until we took it off of her.)  She was part Siamese and would occasionally favor us with the song (the yowl?) of her people.  I adored her in all of her quirky glory. I miss her (and having a feline in my life).

So, tell me… who was your first pet?

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11 thoughts on “Tell me about your first pet…

  1. My parents already had lots of animals before they had me, so I could name several. But the clearest memory I have (and probably my very earliest one) is getting our German Shepherd puppy when I was two. I remember the car ride home with the puppy(Storm was his name) in the back of the station wagon. Then I have no more memories Storm as a puppy. They kick back in when he was probably 8 or 9. He was a beautiful, protective boy colored like a wolf and was born before the breed standard went haywire with that sloping rear end GSDs have now.
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  2. My first pet was in our home before I was born. She was an amazing Boxer named “Brandy”…my mother used to say she acted like my nurse maid. She slept by my crib and if I cried she got my parents to come in to me. She used to let me pull her muzzle and giggle while I did it. Sadly, she passed of cancer of the mouth when she was only 7 yrs old. She is where my love of pets began.
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  3. Hi,

    This is really cute and close to heart blog post. I loved this topic. Mine was a cute little black dog when i was only 5 years age and i don’t really remember when he ran away from my home but really he was cute one.
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