What did u guys have as your first pets or got your kids for pets. We got my son a pet rabbit yesterday because we can't do the normal cat or dog in our apt. So far it's been good other than my son thinking he can chase this poor thing all over the place. It is a cool little thing though it's full of energy and super smart for a little rabbit it has nut attacks but then runs up and gets on your lap like a cat. So do any of u have experience with rabbits.

Had one when I was in college. His name was Bunnicula. I didn't name him the girls that gave him to me did. Lived up to his name too. That rabbit was super smart, least as far as rabbits go. I used to walk him around on a leash around the quad and wherenot. I'm telling you that rabbit was a girl magnet.

As for my first pet. We got an Old English Sheepdog when I was six. Dang dog was enormous. Sweet as could be, and fun to play with.

Baby duck.

Gave it to Audubon Zoo after a few weeks.

My mom took me to the zoo and I looked into the pen with the farm animals and she said I saw the duck.

Won it at a local grocery store for Easter drawing.

My rabbit wasn't that cool.....far as I can remember it never really did anything cool.Matter of fact I think I got bit by it.

I ate mine for dinner one night.About the only memory I really have of it was it did taste pretty good.

My rabbit wasn't that cool.....far as I can remember it never really did anything cool.Matter of fact I think I got bit by it.

I ate mine for dinner one night.About the only memory I really have of it was it did taste pretty good.

X2 they aren't catch & release.

We were lucky enough to get the runt of a litter of an AKC certified-championship winning- pure bread Golden Retriver for a really good deal. She was the best dog ever.

-gk

My rabbit wasn't that cool.....far as I can remember it never really did anything cool.Matter of fact I think I got bit by it.

I ate mine for dinner one night.About the only memory I really have of it was it did taste pretty good.

Haha I wanted to name ours stew but the wife said no so our 2 year old named it being it's his rabbit now it's name is big baby wabbit

MY first pet was a baby ground hog . I gave it a bath one day and held it uner water too long , end of ground hog.

We're dog people up here.

My parents already had a male cocker spaniel when I was born and I was ten years old by the time he had to be put down from old age. Within a year we had a brand new black lab puppy. She became my daily chore for walks each evening and the two of us graduated obedience school though I think the dog did most of the work. Sadly, she developed a rather severe case of canine epilepsy when she turned three years old. While we tried to keep her going with ever increasing doses of medication, we had to put her down as well when she just couldn't handle the disease.

I was 14 years old at the time and I never had another dog of my own until after I had gotten done with my stint in the active duty military. However, that wasn't the end of my contact with dogs. My Father worked for Wolverine World Wide back then, and about that time, the company had a drawing for a real live Hush Puppy. Fate placed the winner of the floppy eared fellow just down the block from our home. An elderly couple were the proud parents of that basset hound, and my Mother was nice enough to offer my services for taking "Chuck" to the same obedience school even though I only had a minor part in the first success. Chuck and I got our diploma too, and the die was set! I got to enjoy Chuck's company on nightly walks for about a year before these folks all moved south to a warmer climate.

I didn't have long to wait before my Mom had found me another puppy in need of my now impressive resume. Just two doors down, the recently widowed Mrs. B. had a young beagle that her husband had left her with. Maybe Mr. B. just passed away because his wife had named the dog "Sweetie" and he couldn't take it, but I was stuck. Though this little dog was older than her fellow classmates, we somehow managed to teach her that walks were better for everyone if she didn't pull her human down the street each night. Mrs. B. fell in love with Sweetie so much after she was trained that she decided she needed a second beagle pup. Now if you can imagine some poor sixteen year old guy having to walk a dog named Sweetie, you'll be able to appreciate the added trauma of a seventeen year old taking "Cutie" to that same school. Even worse were the days after graduation when I would get to walk them together.

Speaking of dogs and other pets being chick magnets just might be true. That might have worked with a dog named Chuck, but not so much when you have to explain that their names are Sweetie and Cutie!

Maybe that's part of my problem....

When I was young, before we adopted a German short haired pointer, I had a pet lizard that lived in our screen porch for a few weeks. I went out to see him one day and he was crushed on the door frame of the screen door...then came Duke the pointer.

As kids, we had all sorts of animals, including rabbits. You can cage/litter train rabbits, though their urine is every bit as gross as a cat's. They make good pets, if you put in the time, and some will even get along with other animals. My grandmother had a German Shepherd Dog and a Belgian Lop rabbit that were best friends.