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ANONYMOUS OPINIONS AND STORIES ABOUT THEIR FUR BABIES (AKA PET DOGS)

My partner and I have two fluffy kids, Thia is a four-yearold Maltese shitzu, the second is Nutley, a cattledogstaffy X who turned three last October. At night time, Thia sleeps in our bed – it usually starts with her at our feet and, as the night goes on, she gets closer and closer to our heads; one of us ends up without a pillow by the morning as she claims it as her own. They get presents for Christmas and birthdays. For Christmas it's a stocking from Kmart with lots of toys and treats. Nutley rips all of Thia’s toys before she can get to them though. For their birthday’s I usually get them doggie cupcakes or doggie ice-cream from the pet store, Nutley is the only one that eats these treats as Thia wants human food.

Arial is three-years-old and is a Maltese Shiatzu. My daughter refers to her as her sister and is the true animal lover in our family and we are called the same thing as what our children call us. I’ll often say to her “Go to your dad.” She’ll just mosey on over to him. She has her own little house, with a cushy pillow which she shares affectionately with our cat Coda. When it comes to clothing I think she prefers to be nude, no matter what we put on her she strips off, even in winter! We have tried a super cute hoodie but she won’t have it. It’s a pity, she’d look adorable.

My fur babies are all rescues. There is PJ, a 12-year-old cavoodle, Lou Lou beaglecattledog X 3years-old and Stella, a beaglefoxie X, we think. They have their own bed in my room but I’m not talking on the floor, they have a futon style double bed type couch. They do influence where I go and what I do having three of them. I even have two car regos. One the dogs are allowed in, and the other they aren’t!