You haven't lived until you've lived with a cat.
I did have a dog for a few years when I was little, but then just really had cats until I was about 21.
I'm a dog lover - I've had them since I was younger.
Over the years, I've always had one Labrador and usually two. I've had some great dogs, and I've had some dogs that didn't work out. I found them good homes and gave them away.
I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.
She was my first cat ever, and I thought she was marvelous.
I've been surrounded by dogs my whole life. I got a golden retriever a year after I was born.
I love living with animals. And my children love animals. I love walking around and being with the horses. But the deer? They're naughty.
I raised frogs every spring in our house from tadpoles and by end of summer our house was overrun with frogs.
There was a pony named Barbapoppa that I received at the age of five, and he was very mischievous and maybe even devilish. Barbapoppa was the most fabulous first animal I was to have and challenged me much.
Having a pet only brings more love into a home and it's the greatest thing I've ever experienced.
Before you get a dog, you can't quite imagine what living with one might be like; afterward, you can't imagine living any other way.
I know what it's like to have a house full of pets!
I've always been an animal lover. I've grown up with dogs my whole life. I think that is what helped me get the role on 'Lassie', I was comfortable around the dog, where many of the kids were afraid or intimidated by Lassie.
I had a weimaraner for 11 years called China, and he was a great dog, a bit mad. They're massive, weimaraners; they've got big floppy ears. They look like a pointer, but they're liver-coloured.
I grew up with two different parakeets - one that lived for five years, and one that lived for 13 years - so I always had a bit of an attraction to birds and it's an oddly good fit to be in a movie about birdwatchers.
Anyone who has owned many cats in long succession can define his or her life as a series of furry episodes.
