We All are Pet Lovers
I always wanted to own a pet shop for myself – ever since I was a kid. I got immediately fascinated with all the birds and dogs of all colors, shapes and sizes the first time I went inside a pet shop. It was always mesmerizing to watch numerous kinds of fish – orange swordfish, black mollie, angel fish, goldfish and hammerhead swimming about in gargantuan aquariums. After that trip at the pet shop, I promised myself I will also have my own.
Well, I could not have a pet shop at an early age so I did the next best thing – have a dog and an aquarium. I think I did pretty well for the first time – for a 12 year old boy – owning and caring for multiple pets. My first pet dog, a Japanese Spitz, had since long been gone and was replaced by many others.
About my aquarium, well, it was my first and last – but it was where I poured all my efforts and resources. My aquarium was a ten-galloner, completely accessorized by a fish tank lighting and water pump. I put in nice sands and colorful pebbles and shells, and even artificial decorations such as ceramic water mill and plastic diver, both made animated by the bubbles from the pump.
One day, a cousin of mine hit my aquarium with a ping-pong racket – hard enough to create a crack, allowing water to continuously seep out. Despite passionate pleadings (read: tantrums), my parents are unwilling to buy me a new aquarium. I had no choice but to give up taking care of fish altogether.
What’s my point in this particular post? That we are all animal lovers and this passion of ours for pets start at a very early age. We might decide later on in our lives to be in the animal business or simply build and maintain a number of dogs, cats or birds as pets, but one thing’s for sure – we immensely enjoy their company and definitely treat them like family, our beloved pets.