So, I don’t really care if this was meant to be only one pet, I couldn’t help but show off my babies. I will however start this off with Jack, considering he is the oldest at either nine or ten years old, at this point I can’t remember. He is the first indoor cat we have ever had, my mom grew up with only outdoor cats so this was a big change! However, he does go outside on his leash from time to time, and he loves going on car rides with his sister, Charm! I got Jack the day after Halloween, which is why his name is Jack-o-Lantern (I know, very cheesy) , which we only use when we scold him. When we got him, he could easily fit in my ten year old hand, and he was very sick. We almost thought he wouldn’t make it, and yet here he is, causing trouble by teasing the dogs on the daily!
The second oldest would be Charm, even if she is the smallest one in the family only weighing around nine pounds. We got her only a few months after we got Jack and she’s been glued to me ever since. We got her around St. Patrick’s day, so I named her Charm because I always considered her my lucky charm. She doesn’t like the dogs very much, so sadly in the Summer she tends to live with my grand parents, but during the school year which sadly got turned into online, she lives with me in the dorm as my anxiety pet. Ever since I got her registered to the school my grades have gone up and so has my mood!
Next would be my baby boy, Achilles! Of course, all of my animals are my babies, but Achilles is my baby boy. He is a four year old mix breed. His mother was a full German Shepard while he has multiple other breeds of dads, such as tree walking coon hound, retriever, and much more that I cannot remember. We were glued to each other the day I started taking care of him while volunteering at my aunts farm, The Live and Let Live Farm. His name is Achilles because of the one white paw he has on his front foot, and I could not resist that opportunity. He is currently four years old and he hates it when I go to college, this epidemic has most likely been his favorite thing ever. He’s so spoiled that he even gets to sleep in the same bed as me, although I’m not surprised, we’ve been taking naps together ever since he got adopted.
Anubis is the youngest at three years old. We have always had German Shepard’s in our lives because we live in a log cabin in the middle of the woods and when strangers come down our private property to try and tell us to go to their church it can be a bit scary- so why not have a scary dog to help protect you? Anubis is very smart, probably one of the smartest Shepard’s I have ever had. He learns tricks so easily and has figured out how to open many dog doors and many dog gates. However, he is very much a wild child, meanwhile Achilles is actually very lazy. Anubis may be smart, but he is off the walls and never calms down. He is always on alert to chase the cats which is the exact reason Charm now hates dogs. Jack however clearly enjoys the chase, so there’s not much we can do about that.
There’s a lot of pictures and a lot of information, but all in all I care much about my animals. I have grown up surrounded by dogs and cats, and have gone to many animal training classes because of it. It was actually around senior year of high school and during freshmen year of college that my two previous German Shepard’s passed away, Rocket and Starlight. It feels like I had known them my whole life, thirteen years for each is a long time and a lot of memories can be made during it. So I hope that during these years that I have with my pets now I can make many more memories and take many more selfies with these dorks.
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