52 ANCESTORS 52 WEEKS - PETS

I haven’t found any ancestors with pets, they lived in apartments and probably didn’t have room for pets.

When we got married we got our first dog.  I hadn’t grown up with dogs but my husband always had a dog.  We got an Irish Setter (because we are both of Irish decent).  We named her Kelly.  Well this dog was hyper active from the beginning.  We found out after that it was a trait of Irish Setters.

We had no idea about training dogs, so she had free rein of the house.  Many accidents happened, but she didn’t chew things.  She would take off out the door if it was left open even an inch.  We would chase her down the street with the car and she I would jump right in to go home.

Three months after we got Kelly, our first son was born.  What a noisy, busy house it became.  The dog and baby became very good friends.  After many years and 2 more children, Kelly finally settled down and was the most perfect dog.  She would lie out on the front lawn without being tied to anything and just watch the kids play and never went off the property.

We had another dog after Kelly and several Grand dogs.