My wife and I got a kitten out in front of a Safeway about 6 months before we got married. He lived with me and my roommate (who was really quite awful to him) until she moved out, I got married, and my fiance turned wife moved in. "Tuba" was our first pet but, sadly, he was hit by a car along our busy street about a year after we got him. He was ( Read more... )

I don't write very often about our family dog. And I probably should, along with posting photos of her because 1) She is a beautiful animal and 2) She is, more so than our other pets, like our third child ( Read more... )

"Bitches"I saw your face this morning, with that deep look of memory, despair, and hope. It was so quiet in the November morning, lighter at the hour than it was the last time you looked at me that way ( Read more... )

Last night I got a rather interesting surprise when I got home rather late from work: Two new kittens in my living room, exploring their new surroundings. These two new felines were inherited by my wife and children from my sister-in-law, who is the resident "cat lady" of her apartment complex and is trying to get away from that title by giving ( Read more... )

Our 9 year-old son Bailey lost his pet hedgehog today. He had only had the little bugger since last October. He spent most of calendar year 2005 saving up his allowance to buy the animal and his holding pen, food, and a hamster wheel. All in all it was around $150; quite a sum of money for a kid to save up, especially at $5 dollars at a time. As he ( Read more... )

For months upon months our oldest son, B (age 8), has been saving his money to buy himself the pet he has always wanted: A Hedgehog ( Read more... )