My first pet was a dog, a Jack Russell named Spike. I loved him. He was cool. He would tuck me in at night and then roam the house looking for mice.
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We had a French poodle named Gigi. It was the family pet but it would bite us three kids and really only liked my dad. It kind of soured me on ever getting a poodle again after that. It was mean.
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my very first dog was my grandparents dog…I was raised by my grandparents until I was 6. his name way boy.
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First cat was a ginger tabby named Pops. Don’t know how I came up with the name. Got him at age five. I remember him being my world. He was rehomed on me at age nine because my mom had to get a guide dog and there was concern it was incompatible with the dog. Never forgave the dog for it, not to mention I’m allergic as hell to dogs so it was always a pain point for me. The dog was also dangerously stupid - can’t believe The Seeing Eye gave it to her.
So glad when that #$%&ing thing passed.
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We had a failed guide dog (seeing dog). He never passed his exams. He was a great dog - but yeah total liability
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I can’t remember if I had a hamster or a terrapin first. My hamster was pregnant so whenever I tried to take her out to play with her, she bit me.
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Guinea Pig. I was cruel to her. But ultimately I LOVE animals and have deep empathy and care for them. From aged 7 I became deeply concerned for animal welfare.
My parents, when we went to New-Zealand in 1996, went to our family member’s slaughter house. Safe to say it traumatised me and desensitised me. Clever parents 
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I had a Russian blue cat named blue
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A husky named cuddles. I found him as a stray puppy, and he was really snuggly so I named him cuddles. He turned into a huge dog lol! Not the best name haha! I loved him so much. My mom got rid of him though. There’s a whole story behind it. It broke my heart.
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And your mother’s maiden name? 
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Kinko, my beta fish I was in love. My son Timothy was a frog and I loved him because he was adventurous and had the same disability as me.
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Rhodesian ridgeback called Oliver.
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His name was rascal. I don’t remember much about him.
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…. and your childhood best friend’s name 
Im getting that vibe, thats why Ive not listed a name.
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Oh you guys come on. I’m not trying to collect information on you
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Of course your not Im joking man!
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My first pet was a doberman pincher. His name was lestat we got him from a abusive home.. he was ok for maybe 3 years then he started getting mean. My dab put him to sleep cause his gf didnt want the dog around.. he was around 4 years old when he put him down
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