Animals. Outside our home we call them wild or feral. But inside the home we call them pets...for me I call them family.

I grew up in a household with several dogs. However, just like any typical family, we thought that pets are supposed to be in cages and mostly adored and seldom  played with. I can still remember growing up loving a small dog named Bamba. She is a typical mixed breed dog with a brown and white fur. In my heart I know we love her and all of our other dogs. We feed them on time and in return they loved us too. Fast forward to my adult life, I learned that there is a deeper way (in my opinion) to love an animal. That is making them an actual part of your life. You need to make them a part of your family...of your life. 

The passed few years proved to be hopeful as most people learned how to properly take care of an animal. More and more people are treating their pets as family members. However, at the back of my mind I am still afraid of letting an animal come into our lives. I really wanted to even out of an impulse. But I just can’t that happen. I can’t bear the idea of not being able to care for them properly.

It was an afternoon in February 2016 that changed my mind and our lives until this day. The day we finally decided to get a puppy. Baste came into our lives and turned us into furparents in an instant. It was the best feeling in the world. It felt like we don’t have any problems at all. With him in our lives it was like we can do anything. We are happy again.

Having Baste in our lives allowed us to open our hearts for another dog. This time is was my neice’s puppy litter who need us. Out of 6 puppies only one survived. We decided to name him Chance (because he was the only one who got the chance to live). Just a few months later during the Christmas season of the same year. They gave us 2 new puppies. A boy and a girl. The boy went home with my sister. My sister is also here on GoodInfoNet so I hope she can share her happy story about how Haru help her become a dog-phobic person into a furparent. The girl stayed with us. We named her Adele and she immediately became our little princess.

Having 3 dogs to take care of and a professional career at the same time is a highly stressful setup. But every time we come home to their excited and happy faces everything is good in an instant. In 2018 we moved back home to save some money. This is when our Chance met Zoe, my aunt’s dog. They fell in love an had 5 beautiful babies. 3 boys stayed with us. My sister adopted Golden, one of the three, so that Haru can have a playmate. Bernie and Butch stayed with us completing our big furfamily...but wait there’s more! LOL.

Almost 7 months later, because we were new to having dogs inside the home, Zoe got pregnant again. She gave birth to 6 puppies. We were able to re-home the 5 but we kept the youngest girl and named her Olga.

This time we are very careful on timing their reproductive schedules. I know having a puppy is great but it is not responsible to have them just because. Also, there are dogs in shelters that are waiting to loved. If you have the time and resources please visit your local shelters. You’ll never know if your future soul-pet is waiting for you there.

Having animals around make our lives happier. Yes it can be stressful and expensive at times but you can’t really explain the feeling and positivity these furbabies bring. It takes a lot of time, energy, resources and learning to actually make an animal a part of your daily life. But you have to trust me on this. It can be done. It is a rewarding task to embark on. It may be a fish, a cat, a dog or any kind of animal, if you take care of them like you take care of yourself, they will love you until the day they cross that rainbow bridge.

Thank you for reading this short happy story about our furbabies. Check out my other post if you still have the time. Remember to stay happy, okay? :-)