Where Did You Get Your Pet?

Sammy came from a friend whose former girlfriend left the cat at his apartment while they were out of town and never picked him back up (she dumped the pregnant female cat on another person). The friend of ours was never home and the kids and I were always over there taking care of Sammy. So now he lives here and is LOVED!!!
Batman was given to my 3 year old son at a garage sale. I love the kitten, but people should ASK and not just tell a 3 year old that the cat belongs to them... They told him that he is the "mommy" of the kitten before I could say no... I only would have said no since Sammy was just starting to get adjusted to the move here and oh my 3 year old (he's used to playing rough with Sammy) doesn't do well with sickly kittens...
Never the less, they are both here, well cared for, happy, healthy, and loved...

Mine came from a local cat lady. She takes in strays and cares for them. She charges 40, but she gave me my second one for free since she remembered me and knows I take care of them.
My 3rd cat came free from a friend.

Belle my husband bought for me at a pet store
Milo we got free from a family giving him away

My dog was going to the shelter. She is a lover girl but, at 6.5 pounds, she had trouble competing with a Dalmation and so became very timid and drove her masters nuts. She's a Papillion that stole my heart!

My oldest cat, Laquerlass, was a feral kitten from Point Ferman Lighthouse in San Pedro, CA. There are so many of them- from what I've heard black cats where considered GOOD luck to portuguese fisherman, and they would have them on their boats. The cats have multiplied from there.
My second cat, Taffeta, was abandoned as a kitten in an alley, so I took her in.
My third, Duncan, I got from a shelter.
First dog, Mugsy, also came from a shelter. She is a Boxer- apparently that is one of the most abandoned dogs (they are very hyper)
Second dog, Mutt, followed us home on the 4th of July, and has been with us ever since.

My cat and my Australian Shepherd came from the local animal shelter.
My German Shepherd I got from a breeder.

We don't have a pet, but after going to the pet store in the mall at closing time it made me so sad for those animals! No one stays with them at night... :o( I think dogs at least are like people somewhat...they need love & attention.

I currently don't have a pet. I used to have a toy poodle (Fluffy) who I got for my 15th birthday from my brother. I also had two cats (Bonnie & Clyde) who were both strays.

My darling Pit Bull, Graveyard (1991-2004) was stolen from someone who was abusing him. The dude had the nerve to come to my house and offer money to me for the dog. I never hid the fact he was taken, and why. I used to walk him by the guys house and wave, the one finger yankee salute.

Kasey, my dog, came from animal control.
Wally and Lita - littermates - 3 year old cats - were stuck in my bathroom wall at my old apartment. My landlord said he'd wait for them to die then get in there and get them out. I got mad and tore a hole in the bathroom to get to the cats and ending up falling in love with them. We've had them since they were a month old!
Bella - my youngest kitty - a little over a year old - I got from my friend's house. She was outside and just skin and bones when I brought her home. Now she's FAT and loved!

We have rescued all five of our pets from various rescue organizations and from my fiance's dad, who is a vet. He gets animals needing homes all the time.

Those are all wonderful pet stories! I love how some of us find our pets while others are found by them!!!

Tom was given to us by a co-worker about ten years ago, and promptly decided that my son was his person of choice. Merlin wandered up to my door a couple of years later as a kitten, his family had gone out of town and didn't realize he was still outside when they left. I didn't know he lived there until four months later when my son ran into the neighbor and started talking about our "new" cat. Thisby (Persian) I bought from a breeder as a mate for Merlin--until all three got sick and we discovered that Thisby has Feline AIDS and Merlin is a carrier of Feline Infectious Peritonitis. My cats have always stayed indoors all the time and are fed the highest quality food, so no health problems have cropped up in the eight years since diagnoses were made.

I just accept that I can't get/take in/be adopted by any more cats until these are gone. So far, I have successfully found homes for three abandoned/strays that thought they would move in. This is sad to me because the "cat culture" in my house is attention-loving and extremely affectionate--and when you bring in a kitten, the next generation learns how to behave teh same way from their elders. Merlin, in particular, though younger than Tom, has had a huge influence--a lap cat to the nth degree!

Oops! Here he comes for a mama-love-belly-rub right now....

Awww your kitties are lucky to have such a great Mommy!

I got my dog Nicky from the animal shelter. We do take caare of the neighborhood strays. Nicky will try to play with them outside but won't let them in the house.

It's nice that you take care of the strays in your neighbourhood. Thanks for your comment Corinn!

We have 8 cats so here goes!

1. Gavin - pet store (I know, bad of me, but I was young and stupid)
2. Ginger - pet store (still young and stupid)
3. Fabio - Ginger's kitten
4. Princess - Ginger's kitten
5. Piggy - Ginger's kitten
6. Cali - Ginger's kitten
7. Eos - a friend's cat had 7 kittens and she didn't know what to do with them so I got conned into giving one a home but I'm glad I did now
8. Phoenix aka Stinky - I was working on an audit in the boon docks and as we were leaving we heard this loud crying that sounded like a baby, well it turned out to be a kitten who looked practically starved and was hiding under some logging equipment. I ruined my work pants by crawling in the mud under the machinery to pull her out. There was what looked like a mother cat and another kitten running around, but they must have been well fed because they moved WAY too fast for me to catch them. So off I went with one new kitten. I had planned on taking her to a local no kill shelter, but they were full and I couldn't con anyone into giving her a home, so she stayed with us.

WOW!!! Thats alot of cats! They must love living with you!

we have 4. Animal shelter, free to good home in a yahoo group, rescued from restaurant back room, and a drop off on our door. First 3 are boys, all fixed, the latter is a girl and keeps these guys active!

and the dog, paid a few euro for him, but he was left behind by his former owners, also military, and must have been beaten.

High fives put him into the belly crawl of fear. We don't do them anymore. And the old green camo and black boots uniform. He would sit and growl. Thank God they don't use them mush anymore.

I have seven cats all of which were rescues, or adopted strays. The youngest was found by himself in the woods when he was about 2 weeks old. He had a worbal in his forehead that had to be removed, and I bottle fed him, but now he his beautiful and sleek.

Our first two dogs were pure breed and we got them from a breeder, my son came home with a mutt he found, all those dogs have passed. Our current dog is a pure breed as well, but she's a pound dog.

My first cat was a freebie. She provided us with 5 more cats. Year later we found Alexandria. She was near death with numerous problems. She lived 11 years. We then adopted Baron from an ad in the paper. He cost $15.00. We then adopted Osiris and Scipio from an ad in the paper. They each cost $25.00.

My current cat family includes Scipio (age 15) along with Marius (age 10 approx.) and Tiberius (age 5). Marius and Tiberius were strays.

Marian I love your cats names! So original!

My wonderful old cat died, and a friend pawned Gretchen off on me. She is 15 yrs old and never shuts up- the yowlingest cat you ever did see. I can see why my friend thought she needed a new home! I think so, too!

Awww my one cat is really needy and annoying too! My baby loves her so much though so I could never ever get rid of her.

Noir & Charlie girl came from the shelter & shadow (my icon) came from a drop off.

They are lucky to have you!!!

Awww thats a wonderful story of the kittens being given to you by their Mom! And the other kitten was so lucky to have been found by someone who would love them like you!

Our kitty was born in our shed - we actually had 5 that we had to bottle feed and raise for 6 weeks then give 4 of them up since it was just too much.

Walker and Puzzles came from the Humane Society. We had recently lost a most beloved cat to liver cancer. We didn't want another pet, but at a friend's urging we went. We're very glad we did.
Oreo adopted us. He picked our backyard for shelter. He was very scared of humans at first and subsisted on lizards. My daughter finally coaxed him with some kibbles and he has proven to be a very affectionate and social kitty.

That was so good of you to bottle feed the kittens Megan!
ANd Deb the Humane Society is a wonderful place to adopt a pet!!!

Maxibordercollie came from anim,al shelter

Molly came from a poor family with 10 cats

Leo animal shelter (cat)

Bijou someone dumped in my daughters garage (cat)

Little dog the sheltie was my sisters and she died and asked if I could take care of her , she's 14!
Thanks for asking

Wow you have alot of pets Pepsie! They are lucky to have been found by you!

My oldest cat, Scipio, was adopted from an ad in the paper. We paid $25.00 for him. My number two cat, Gaius Marius, was abandoned by a neighbor when they moved out. My youngest cat, Tiberius, found us. He showed up in the middle of the night and howled until we let him in.

Felix My fur-angel= His story I was suppose to get a Persian, but she ran away. So the pet store gave my mom Felix. He was my first cat.
Mickey=Was a gift to my sister for her gradution from HS.
Abbie= How we got her was her twin sister was adopted by us and she was not doing well, so the lady said she will give us Abbie. Sofia is now a fur-angel due to an infecton.
Charlie= Was a mothers day gift to my mom. From a free to good home sign.
Buddie=was given to my sister, he was a runt and today he is a big cat.
Max= Was my birthday gift from my mom and sister. I got him in honor of Felix. He was found in a box on his foster moms steps.
Kayla= We adopted her from Maxs foster mom. She was abused by a very bad meanie who lopped her tail off and prob other mean things.

Belle was a christmas present from a roommate. Jaxper was adopted when hubby's sister couldn't keep him anymore. Nala was adopted when we went to "Just look at the pets" at petco.

My kitties were all feral kittens that I found one by one. I placed some of the feral kittens into homes after they were socialized, but ended up keeping a few that we became attached to.

Rasputin and Tarot (sealpoints) were purchased as kittens from some people near Fond du Lac, WI. The husband and daughter had the parents (Siamese). The mother raised golden retrievers and said the kittens looked like little rats. She made them stay in the basement. They were sweet and lively, but the kitty parents were extremely shy. Our kids (we call them the twins because they are from the same litter, but they are not really twins) had a bad experience coming home because we set the crate they were in on the floor and our fox terrier peered in at them. She meant no harm, but it was over a week before they stopped hiding and hissing at us.

Indigo came from a home near Palmyra, WI. The young woman lived in an upper flat in her parents' house and had several Siamese cats. Indigo (blue point) was the last kitten to be sold, and she said she was going to alter the parents. Indigo was sleeping in a dresser drawer when we arrived and was sweet and sleepy. He slept on my lap on the trip home and didn't understand why the twins didn't like him at first.

Today, Indigo still likes to get into a drawer if he can, but he's just too big. If I open the bottom drawer in the bathroom cabinet, he sit in there for awhile, then leave when I ask him to.

Rasputin and Tarot are a bit more reserved and quite shy with strangers, but they have their own ways and habits that we love. They both love to be petted and talked to and remain very attached to each other.

None of them like to be picked up involuntarily. They are all altered.

Mugwort is on loan from Beth. He came out from under her car one summer day and demanded to be adopted. She tried to locate owners, but apparently he was a dumpee. None of us could understand that because he was so beautiful, smart, and talkative. He is truly Mr. Personality!

Midget, the terrier, belonged to my Mother In Law before she passed. Since Mom lived with us, we ended up with Midget, who is 14 years old.
Keeker, is a Calico cat that I found under my hubby's shed. She was so tiny she fit in the palm of my hand with room left over. It took me 3 days to get to be able to touch her and pick her up. She would run when she saw me.
Love is the boxer that belongs to my oldest granddaughter. She lives in an apartment and couldn't keep Love so hubby said "We'll take her home with us!" She is still the one to pay all vet bills, but we are the ones that get the love from Love.

My niece gave my kitty to me becuase she was traveling a lot at the time.

Queen Kitty Cooncat came from a friend who had two cats but was moving to an apartment that only allowed one pet.

Pearl came from a coworker who was moving in with her allergice-to-cats sister.

Jake came from a family who did not have the resources to care for him; my daughter's friend asked us to take him.