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I had a really fun weekend. My husband and I took the kids to the park, which is something we really love to do. We even took our little Pomeranian with us. She is really my baby as she was before I even had kids. I think that people without kids can very easily have a pet and treat it like a baby, but once you have kids it seems as if a pet just becomes another thing to take care of. I have always loved having animals. I always loved talking to my dog even when I was a kid. I guess the best thing about having a pet, is sometimes, when you are sad or worried, you can snuggle them and talk to them about anything. They don’t talk back and they never judge you, and that is perhaps the thing I love the most. I just fell that now, I don’t have the kind of relationship with my dog that I once had. I don’t know it is kind of like, since having kids that my dog has stopped being my baby and started being just a dog. Although, I must say I have 2 pets that were mine before my husband and my kids, and both are the sweetest most wonderful animals in the world.
My Pomeranian is red, her name is Gidget. She was about 1 ½ when I got her. I went to a breeder to get a puppy and they had her, and she had been abused and was really timid, and I fell in love with her. She came to me with her name and I just thought that the poor animal had been through enough, so I kept it the same so as not to further traumatize her. I chose the breed because they are supposed to get along really well with people, children and other animals. All that is true, she is an excellent pet. She has been great with the kids and is very friendly. She is much less skittish then she was when I first got her, although, if there is thunder or a vacuum cleaner, she hides under the bed, other than that, no problems. She is a great size too. We have had the opportunity to take her on several trips with us, and she travels well on airplanes and in the car. I never check her with the baggage, I always just keep her under the seat with me, where I can keep an eye on her and reassure her that everything will be okay.
My other pet, purchased about a year after Gidget, is Palmer. He is a Persian cat, red in color similar to Gidget. He is very friendly and gets along well with Gidget. I picked him because his breed was also supposed to be more docile and should get along with other animals well. This was true, but the story about how I got Palmer was even more interesting. I wanted to get him so Gidget would have company while I was at work, so I went to a breeder. Now I had never had a cat before, my father always hated them, well I went to the breeder’s house and there were cats EVERYWHERE. Well, I was not used to having cats rubbing all up against me and it really creeped me out. It took me two days to be able touch poor little Palmer, but once I did I was in love, and so was Gidget, she started acting like the proud mama, it was really sweet.
