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I have always been that way too! lol When I went through my divorce 4 years ago, I had to leave all my dogs behind (4) because my ex was keeping the house out in the country and I moved to a big city. However, I did take my pet rat with me. She also moved 1600 miles with me 3 years ago. My s/o and I now have a dog, which he first told me no dogs! LOL and he's the one who took me to look at the puppies. Then I became fasinated with chipmunks, we didn't have them in Texas, and of course I started feeding them, so he started buying me bags of peanuts for them. We moved a couple of years ago, and although I don't have any chipmunks to feed, he still buys me peanuts, for the squirrels that now come up on the porch to eat, he bought me two bird feeders, and he even brings home carrots, for the bunnies that stay in our yard. Recently there has been a small grey cat staying around, but he hasn't become too friendly, yet! lol I also had a basset show up on our porch one morning, and he just knew he was going to get a call back from me telling him he needed to buy another collar! but her owners claimed her that same day. Animals just seem to know where to go to be taken care of.

that's great and interesting there are people like that. not me, but my nephew has animals drawn to him and he's good with them. as an adult he has a zoo. he has ducks, goats, and i forget what else. he did have a horse last i knew. and he rides in a rodeo on the weekends.

That is why I won't go into a pet store or the SPCA, I want to adopt them all. Budget constraints have us limited to the 2 dogs we have now or I would probably have a menagerie. As a kid, I always brought home strays from the animal and human kingdom. Mom says I am a sucker for sad eyes and she is right.

Trixie looks like she has some lab in her.

When I was younger it was always cats that would come to me. All sorts of cats where I went. My friends said I would be the lady with all the cats.... Though there are not many strays around where I live that thankfully haven't had to be sad not to get to keep them. We have one who is madly attached to me and I am sure he wouldn't like the competition.

Hi Zukepr,

I love your new puppy! He or she is so cute! I'm glad you get to keep it.

I love animals and I would have my own little zoo if I could! lol! I have had many cats growing up. There have been a lot of strays that I have kept. Where I live now, I can't have any pets.

I do visit the local animal shelter often and spend lots of time with the cats and dogs there. They are well taken care of there, but I still want to take all of them home!

Wow, I really hope tht is not your new puppy in your avatar!

No, animals have never been drawn to me, well I do not think so anyway, although there was the abused puppy that I rescued from a mean man and the streets and ended up keeping. Then there was the little black and white kitten that turned up on my doorstep one day and never left. Other than that though animals tend to run in the opposite direction if they see me coming.