Pets in the Pandemic

Student share their new pets they got during lockdown Nabila Qureshi

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“We got her as a gift for my grandparents because they lost their dog in February. We kept her for a couple months and trained her and then took her to my grandparents house around June. She was a great friend and company during the quarantine, and gave us something to do and look forward to.”

- Libby Schwabauer

“So back at the end of February 2020 my older sister and my parents told us they were getting a dog, an aussie doodle named Oliver. He was going to be our family dog and my older sister’s emotional support animal. We ended up getting him in March after quarantine started. my parents and sister though had started planning getting him back in December of 2019. we have had him for almost a year now, and he has grown quite a bit. he is also becoming an even better emotional support dog as he trains.”

-Lamya Alam

“This is Maui and one day this past summer I just showed up at my house with him without telling anyone. I already have 4 other pets but I saw him and he needed a home so I just bought him!”

-Madison Decker

“This is Mulligan. He is a mini sheepadoodle and we wanted to bring some more joy into our lives during this pandemic!”

-Ashley Reecht

“My brother had left for college and my mom wanted something to fill the gap so we got Maggie from a shelter that saved dogs from a breeder that abused the dogs”

- Izak Johnson

“Here is my dog Teddy! My parents actually came home and surprised us with him. They said they were going to the grocery store. My mom has always been allergic to dogs and said repeatedly that we are never going to get a dog. It was quite a shock when they surprised us! She said we were so sad, and we also needed something to do. That’s how we got Teddy!” - Samantha Souan