Too Many Animals!

      Is there such a thing as 'Too many animals'? Yes I believe there is! But their all SO cute (Especially when their puppies or kittens!). I go into the pet stores ALL the time and I must avoid the rodent section. I am a RODENT lover! Gerbil's, Hamsters and Guinea Pigs OH MY!I 

My beloved Mr. Nibbles

will just buy em' all, they say in Pokémon 'Catch em' all' well that's my life with rodents. Sadly I do not have any currently (My grandmother is a nay-sayer of the rodents). When I was little I volunteered at the local pet store and bred gerbil's and ended up having quite the collection of tubes and cages! Now I have no where to put em I have so many (Rollin-Rollin-Rollin in the cages!). 
   

Vera!

     There are tons of pet's to choose from! There are Rodents (Woo!), Dogs (Got plenty of those), Cats (Diva's of the animal world), Fish, Horses and the list can go on and on! I as of right now have four dogs! I have my big mutt Scout, My lovely pit-bull Tabatha, My ferret like creature Vera, Then Vera's sister of unknown decent Odi! Scout is old and grumpy but refined, I wish Tabatha was quiet, but she is hyper and a non-stop ball of pure muscle and energy! Vera is my baby and she is tiny and precious and Odi is her sister but they have separate fathers but the same litter (had no idea that could even happen, but it can!).

Odi (Vera's sister)

     I've tried my fair share of cats and fish. My family used to breed cats (Persian-Himalayan's), Now those are precious kittens but never again! You can love kittens to the end of the planet and back (I do) but that long fur is just a pain in the butt! I do currently have a cat named Roxie (Roxie is a male but named after Roxie from Chicago), then I had my lovely kitty Oliver (Named after the movie Oliver!) and they are absolutely precious! The best toys I have ever given them was a bunch of beads in a sock with elastic tied around the top and tied to a door-knob. 

      I know plenty of people who buy tons of toys for their lovely pets and all I can say is I spent a fair amount of money of toys for my dogs. I've bought Vera tons of toys! I've bought her stuffed ones, squeaky ones, smelly ones, weird ones, even rubber ones, But she took notice of em for maybe 5 minutes then never touched em again.

One day my grandmother and I were just sitting in the computer room and we heard a weird clanking noise, I looked outside and it was Vera playing with a play-doh cup empty, with nothing in it. That has been her favorite toy for about three months now. It was left outside from my brother and it will stay outside. I don't know what it is about that toy but to this day it is her favorite. So I suppose that could count as a lesson! Don't spend tons of money on dog toys when the best one could be something as simple as a play-doh cup or a sock with beads! Stay tuned in for more life lessons from Ashley!