Pet Poll
This week I’ve caught up with various people socially in Charleston, and it seems to me that they ALL have pets.
Mainly it seems to be cats and dogs, and I’ve seen or heard about so many this week, that I’ve started to wonder: “Is it more common for people in the USA to have a pet than it is for people in the UK?”.
So a quick spot poll to all regular readers/commenters please :- State in the comments whether you’re US or UK (or anywhere else!), if you have a pet or not, and if so, what it is/they are.
If you’re a ‘youngster’ living at home and technically its your parents pet – that still counts.
I’ll go first: Leigh & Geoff (US), have two dogs.
After living in London for the first 33 years of my life and working for the 
So for ten weeks in June, July and August 2009, I drove 20,000 miles around the the lower 48 contiguous states of the USA visiting towns and places that shared the same name as places on The London
jaq (UK, hopefully US soon) & jaq’s wife (US), no pets now, but the wife wants to get a cat.
US. Three dogs and one cat.
US. one dog. used to have three. have also had hamsters (max 2 at one time) and fish (max shedloads at one time) father had a monkey in his youth, and, i believe, a horse.
I have five chihuahuas- Chunnie, Weezie, Gizzie, Twinny and Cissy.
I’m in the US and am tolerated by my orange striped cat named Wally Jr.
“Mew,” he adds.
US – Two dogs. And until last week we had a frog as well.
UK. One cat, Barney, who was a 50p (iN Da Pod) contributor. Honest!
Are your pets new, Geoff, or were they Leigh’s?
I live in a bleedin’ menagerie, but here’s my dog:
Tami – you have five (count ‘em – FIVE! Chihuahua’s ???!!!
My god. We have one, and that’s bad enough.
Ian – They were Leighs dogs, she already had them. One boy Chihuahua, and one girl Dalmation Boston Terrier mix. Here:
Come to think of it, if any previous commenters (above) or future commenters (below) would like to email me their photos of their pets, i’ll add them into the comments here…
Send geoff your pet pics here
South Korea. (Originally UK) – no pets, but I’d like to keep a cat. The wife would like a dog!
Scott, UK, 1 Dog Tessie and several friendly house spiders.
US. One bearded dragon.
No cats or dogs or furry things because the SO is allergic.
Canada. Two dogs – Josh and Molly.
US, one beta fish and one dog. Sally dog is a labeagledor (lab/beagle mix) from Hawaii.
UK – Two cats
UK 3 cats.
(Picture of only 2 of them)
You see – I’m already thinking that cats are popular in the UK, and dogs are more popular in the US. But we’ll see… keep commenting people, and send me pics if you have them!
Probably due to the population density, i’d bet (244.69 persons per km^2 vs. 29.77 per km^2). dogs like yards.
I’m sure that dogs are more common in the english countryside than for you urban folks, just as here cats are more common in major cities than in relatively rural/suburban (well, less densly developed) areas like Charleston, or even most of the South …
UK – 2 Cats (Robert Anderson & Willow) and I am also the current custodian of a goldfish belonging to TV actor & funnyman John Thomson (called Goldie Lookin’ Fish)
I want Leigh to post a comment that says “Would you like a picture of my pussy, too?”, but she won’t … dammit …
UK: 1 Cat – I can send you a photo of my wife’s pussy if you want Geoff. I am sure she won’t mind!
UK – none. (but lack of space is the reason. We will be getting pets as soon as we have space. Technically I have a ferret, Lulu, but she lives with my brother till we have a garden!)
UK. Sad to say – no pets are allowed in Tower Block, but when lived in house with garden we had 2 cats.
New Zealand! 2 Cats … Mittens and Maisy (US breed though – Maine Coons – does that count for the “US team”)
Have done a poll of our neighborhood for you:
7 houses on each side of our street. 14 households in all.
Number of dogs … 18
Number of cats … 6
BC Canada.
UK – 1 cat (Molly) and 1 rabbit (Gracie)
US. No pets.
UK – No pets yet, but its soon gonna be a dog, and if it’s no dog then a baby will have to do!
Jon Allen. #10: Well, as no-one else has, I’ll ask. As a pet or as a snack?
UK. 1 lovable by silly cat called George.
Funny you should mention that Ian. I just finished a post about eating dog meat. I’ve now tasted dog and i won’t be eating it again!
UK – no pets, some unwanted housemice. Would like the lifestyle that goes with a dog, but don’t have it.
UK,1 dog and a mouse is in the pipeline (not literally) , carl
UK, and very contentedly dogless, puppyless, catless, kittenless and petless.
UK – 1 cat
US. 1 dog. Sam.
UK – had six goldfish (Romeo, Juliet, Kat, Zoe, forgot the other two’s names). They’ve since all gone on to the great goldfish bowl in the sky. Also recall in the mid-90′s having a ‘pet’ spider named Harry, and one day he just disappeared. It was very sad.
US – Three cats – evil Ragdoll, clown Himalayan, and faithful Siamese. Plus one very new baby boy.
US, two cats.
My friend and her boyfriend have 6 cats between them (there were 9 in the house at one time, but the sister moved out and took her three with her).
#38 – Can we have a pic of the baby boy Stew?
(Congrats by the way, to Charlestons newest father…)
#38 – I can’t believe I forgot about the spider! Ms Spider is a banana spider living on the back porch. I’m told that there were two small males with her starting off, but she ate them. My daughter says that is as it should be…..
Well it seems that my piccies of Molly and Gracie have been rejected by the computer… perhaps they are just too daft to join this delightful bunch of pets – after all, the cat was sitting in a big bag and the rabbit was playing ‘foot’ball!!
Might be getting a 2nd cat from my in laws soon. The cat is ever so sweet, but her face looks like she has been smacked with a spade! Photo to follow hopefully!
UK – 2 cats, also 50pence contributers
US. Two black lab retrievers in my house.
U.S. No pets yet but the boys are agitating for a dog. I want to get a cat but I want to buy it from a breeder. All the cats on this island have too much feral blood.
US – none in current residence (space restrictions) but I still have a collie at my parent’s house in Ohio. Also living there are 2 other dogs, an English Setter and Beagle.
Doesn’t anybody have a tortoise? Or is that not allowed any more?
No pets, ever! Mum says they’d make too much mess on the carpet. I’m not quite sure what she means by that.
UK. No pets yet (husband and eldest son allergic to furry things) but a budgie is in the offing for younger son. Are we the first budgie reference on here? It’s all thanks to a trip to Zippos Circus where 5yr old George became most enamoured with Norman Barrett and his amazing performing budgies…