
Happy Multiple Pet Day! This is a day to celebrate all things about life with multiple pets. Today is for those who currently or have in the past shared their lives with more than one pet. First off, I salute you! Pets are awesome. My life has involved more than one pet since I was six years old so I know that caring for multiple pets isn't always easy but it is forever rewarding. Second, I must ask, are we crazy? Why do we put ourselves through the difficulties of training, grooming, feeding and exercising so many pets? Why?!? Oh yeah. It's that rewarding part I mentioned earlier. And those rewards last a lifetime even if, sadly, our pets do not. Anytime I think of any sort of "happy place," it involves more than one pet by my side. The best part of our month long Multiple Pet Mania celebration has been learning that I am not alone. Every pet blogger who joined on our month long blog hop shared a story that is similar to something I have experienced. All of the entries in our Multiple Pet Day photo contest were familiar scenes from my life. The results of the Life With Multiple Pets survey also clearly exhibited the similarities multiple pet enthusiasts share. The majority of people who responded to the Life With Multiple Pets survey have lived with multiple pets as long as they can remember and believe the best part of life with multiple pets is a full heart. It is comforting to me that people who completed with survey with as many as six dogs, fifteen cats, four birds, a few sheep and goats, a couple of rodents, rabbits and turtles as well as dozens of fish and horses have so much in common. The types of pets we choose to keep may differ but the struggles we have to keep a balanced multiple pet budget and find vacation pet care remain the same, according to the survey. What I found most interesting about the survey results is how few respondents chose "very difficult" for any of the life with multiple pets challenge options. That must be the extremely rewarding part of sharing life with pets shining through again. Oh, lucky, lucky us!
It has been so much fun celebrating Multiple Pet Mania Month! This month long multiple pet extravaganza, hosted by Cascadian Nomads, My GBGV Life and Wag'n'Woof Pets and sponsored by K9 Bytes, Merrick and The Umbilical Belt was all about life with multiple pets culminating with the first annual Multiple Pet Day, today, June 30th. Congratulations to all of the months winners and thank you so much to everyone who participated. We invite you and all pet lovers who share their lives with zero to many pets to keep educating and supporting each other and we'll see you again next year.
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