Family Pets

In looking at old family photos, I'm amazed at how many have pets (most always dogs) in them!  I thought I'd show some of them here.  Of course, mine are in the left-hand sidebar, both living and deceased.  Here's my mom's current Dane, Lucy:

My daughter's dog Ruben meeting Mom's Lucy:

My paternal grandmother in the 1920s with a family dog:

My maternal grandmother, probably in the 1950s, with Come-here, Kilts, and Buster:

My mom with either Come-here or Buster:

My maternal grandmother with my mom's boxer, Kimmy:

My great-grandfather walking home from the barns with two family dogs:

My maternal grandfather with a family dog:

My mom with her dolls and a dog:

A family dog, simply marked "Molly:"

My mom with Jason, the English Setter and Candy, the Wire-Haired Fox Terrier in 1967:

Here's another of the trio, Come-here, Kilts and Buster (not sure which is which in this photo, although Kilts is at the far right):

Here's one of my mom and a "family" calf:

And her mom with a couple of the family sheep:

Here's a much older one, circa 1900 or so - my great-great grandparents (seated at center) with their three living children at the time (including my great-grandmother at right).  Off to the right in the grass, you can see what must be the family dog:

Here's one with my dad (child at left) and his little brother inside and a cat outside the window - might not be a family pet, but may be a neighbor's cat:

Here's one of my grandfather and his cousin atop his pony, probably around 1913:

And a cute one of my mom, I think with her grandpa, and one of many Scottish Terriers, probably either named Tam-o-shanter or Kilts:

Seems we've just about always had pets in our family - and in our hearts!