I had all kinds of odd pets when I was a kid. I had a rooster named Peep-Peep. He was beautiful with red and gold feathers. He would chase me and my sister around the yard until we picked him up and gave him cuddles. Problem was, he was a fighter. He beat up all the old roosters so much, they got sick of it and ganged up on him. We eventually had to move him and put him in a separate pen. The neighbor's dogs - he let them run loose all the time and they caused tons of issues - ripped the door off the pen and played tug of war with him. Our other neighbor got him away from the dogs, but it was too late and he couldn't be saved.
Those same dogs chased my pony around his coral for so long, they wore him down and caused him to step in a hole and break his back. My mom said my grandpa was going to put him down but he died first. I'm not sure if that's the case or not - mom may have been trying to spare our feelings. Anyway, I also had a couple of pet sheep. They were triplets and the ewe died giving birth (3 is a bit unusual). One of them died, but mom has pictures of me bottle feeding Wendy and Mindy when I was 2 years old. I also had a rabbit named Lucky and I had several guinea pigs and hamsters over the years. They don't tend to live long, unfortunately. My childhood was definitely full of fuzzy things, though!!!
