My home has always been full of beloved pets of varied sizes and species! My husband and I are currently saving for a homestead and living with my family, and our combined household totals four dogs (two of whom are mine!) , five cats (again, two of whom are mine!), and four chickens (we're waiting for the homestead to add chickens to our family!). When my husband and I married, my only requirement for our future life was that he should never say no to new pets (it's an unnecessary sort of pre-nup, as he loves the pets as much as I do)! I have raised my two dogs from puppy-hood and two cats from kitten-hood, administered countless oral and topical medications, trained puppies of timid and dominant temperaments, quickly befriended skittish dogs, and otherwise worked and bonded with dogs of all sorts.