Childhood Pet?

What particular Pet do you remember from your childhood?

What special memories does that Pet hold for you?



Rainbow x

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My dog Trixie and her son Rusty. Trixie was our first family dog and was a wonderful girl - Heinz 57 with a large dash of border collie. Her son Rusty was very much my dog and went everywhere with me from age 8 to 18. My best memories of him were in the icy winter of 1962/3 (I think) when it snowed on Boxing Day and the temperature never went above zero until the end of March. I built my own sled and got the long suffering Rusty to pull me down the frozen wastes of Salt Hill Park in Slough. I was reading Jack London at the time and a combination of Call of the Wild and Rusty's sled dog efforts started me down the road of sled dog ownership in later life. A dozen Siberian Huskies later - it is all Rusty's fault!!!! (and Jack London's).

Mick

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I will always remember Della. She was a beautiful black and pale gold German Shepherd. We had just moved up from London and I was a lonely child, shy and a complete fish out of water. Della came into my life (thanks to my dad) and she became my "best" friend. I discovered the freedom to roam and we had some great times exploring the woods and countryside together.

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My large semi-longhaired ginger cat! He was my best friend, comforted me thru childhood and teenage woes, and I loved him dearly. He was a great mouser and often had 3 or 4 lined up on the porch steps to show my mom. He went away at 18, probably up to the nearby woods where he hunted, although he hadn't seemed sick he was an old cat even by today's standards. And cats are amazingly good at hiding illness. So I have never had real closure even after all these years.

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Mick, That is a beautiful story of a boy and his dog.

But equally, an experience that led to a specialised Dog Sport later on .......

You obviously meet a lot of like-minded Dog folk, and enjoy some thrilling experiences.

Is finding the appropriate areas difficult for your Sport?


Rainbow x

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Aerolor, What a lovely name Della. And she gave you reassurance and courage when you needed it. (Good that you had a GSD with you in isolated areas)!!


dandysmom, Although it is hard not actually knowing, at 18 years old he was a good age, and left you to remember him as he was, with all your lovely memories. May I ask his name?



Rainbow x

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Oh, thanks, Rainbow, he was Scamper. I named him as a wee kitten, as that is what he did, like all kittens. What a misnomer: he grew to be a large dignified cat and it didn't suit at all.

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dandysmom, Scamper certainly defines a kitten. Isn't it funny how a name that suits a young animal, may not quite be ideal when adult. (Just as well you did not name him 'Tiny')

One of my adult cats moves like a Ballet Dancer!! (I should have called her Margot)!!


Lovely memories our childhood Pets........



Rainbow x

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It's not too bad. We have a permit to train our dogs in Swinley Forest, Bracknell, which is only a 40 minute drive away. Finding snow is more of a problem so we use our wheeled rigs 99.99% of the time.

Mick

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Mick, Good to hear that you do not need to travel too far for the Group activity and practice.

How many dogs make up your own Team?


Rainbow x