We have 3 cats and a dog When DH and I first moved in together, the first thing we did was get a kitten from the pet store, we both love cats and hadn't been able to have one in the previous place we were living (not in a relationship, I was with someone else) as our flatmate (the 'someone else' lol) was allergic. Then a week or two later, we decided she needed a little friend if we both started working full-time so we went back and picked a little boy out of the same litter Then, when DH's mum died and we moved into her house, we inherited her big ginger mog. And thennnn, a couple of months later, we'd been talking about getting a dog and took DD1 to the pet shop to kill some time one morning and there was the most beautiful litter of Jack Russell pups... we went home and 'talked' about it, I was not letting the sun go down without getting one of those puppies lol, so we went back by ourselves and picked a bouncy little girl and took her back to mum's place to surprise DD1 with her 'early Christmas present' There are days when I think it was the worst money we ever spent, but we love her to bits and she's the DDs' best mate (they looooove their 'kittens' and Turbo), I wouldn't take it back

Yes, my house is a bit of a circus most days with the kids and the animals (and they all get along pretty well apart from the occasional spat, and the fact that the dog and the ginger mog despise each other lol - the other two cats get along fine with Pip as long as she doesn't nip), but I love my pets and wouldn't have it any other way!