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Adopting a Dinosaur. First Place in Stray to Stay Challenge. Top Story - April 2021.
You know how when you're eighteen and you make dumb choices? Yeah. This is one of those stories I was still a teenager, barely an adult, when I moved out with my boyfriend to a brand new city. For the first few months we lived in someone else's house; a mattress on the floor in the corner, cardboard boxes filled with our meagre belongings stacked against the opposite wall, living off cereal, hotdogs, and Sidekicks noodles.
By Lindsay Rae5 years ago in Petlife
Mittens
Wow! Where to even begin? The first time I saw this little furball. I thought, wow, my daughter would love to have this kitten. But at that time, she belonged to a friend of mine. It was the dead middle of winter when I had first seen this kitten. When I say dead middle of winter, I mean the temperature was in the negatives that winter.
By Laura mclean5 years ago in Petlife
Some Things Are Just Meant To Be
I had never planned on owning another dog again. Not after my last one crossed the rainbow bridge. Don't get me wrong, I love dogs more than any other pet, but it just wasn't the right time. My sister-in-law, Dana, however, was planning on saving a dog from being put down due to overcrowding in the rescue facilities all throughout the city of Philadelphia. She already had a few dogs and cats at this point, as well as four children. I thought she was crazy, so I decided to go with her to watch the insanity ensue.
By Sharon Smith5 years ago in Petlife
Furfriend Furever
I had only recently moved to Tennessee. I was struggling as a teacher, a person, and a human. I had great doubts and was weighed down by my desire to do great things. I found myself constantly at war with some form of societal blindness or decadence. Down here, dogs are commonly left forgotten or abandoned. At first, I tried looking through adoption sites. Many of them offered adorable dogs but were either too far away or too expensive. I had just moved! I could not afford $5,000 for a dog. I wanted to so spend every cent I had to recuse those sweet caring eyes. Some were scams and demanded the money up front without scheduling a visit or get to know you phase.
By Rachael J. Davis5 years ago in Petlife
Who Saved Whom
I start each day with this large, hairy guy on my chest looking at me expectantly, and sometimes licking me, to wake me up. "Are you going to lay there wasting this beautiful day?" he seems to say. He won't let me. If I don't get up, he uses his paws to drag the covers off of me, despite any protestations. I generally do not like being rousted from my slumbers, but I cannot resist this guy.
By Maria Leonard Olsen5 years ago in Petlife
Hoppin’ Happy Hares
When my daughter, Kilee, was fifteen she moved in with me. She had never been allowed to have a pet of any kind. After researching and reading about different pets we sat and did some talking. That’s when she decided she wanted to get a bunny. I agreed to let her have one. It took her about a week and a half of babysitting to save all of the money she estimated needing.
By Kristen Renee5 years ago in Petlife
Boy
This story is not about me, but my Grandparents. “It’s time to feed the dogs again.” Grandmother calls from the kitchen as she is cooking us grits and bacon. At six in the morning, I trudge out of bed, grab the bagged food scraps from the counter, and walk to the back door to see Susy and Boy, our dogs, awaiting for the food to arrive.
By Tierra Montgomery5 years ago in Petlife
A Best Friend I Never Deserved
As I sit to write this, I am more than aware of the uncomfortable road down which this memory will take me. I was not a good dog owner. I wasn’t a bad owner either: Beryl had shelter, space, food, insurance, regular vaccinations, and regular veterinary care. What I did do was take her for granted and, ultimately, did not show her the love she deserved.
By Dominic McGowan5 years ago in Petlife
