I know some great people who don’t particularly care for animals.

Okay, now that we have that out of the way, I have to say that I could never date or marry someone who wasn’t a big animal lover. My husband and I both love animals. We currently have four–two dogs and two cats. We didn’t go out looking for any of them. They came looking for us.

The shih tzu had been our daughter’s dog. But he got into a fight with her other dog and his eye popped out. That eye is now back in place, but blind. The vet said he couldn’t go home because he was at higher risk for it to happen again.

The blue heeler was a stray that someone dumped in the country and found his way to our home.

Our female cat had been placed in a dumpster on a hot summer day when she was only four weeks old. A friend rescued her and asked if we’d take her. (When you live in the country, everyone wants to give you their animals)

Our most recent addition, a male kitty who escaped from a neighbor’s farm. He came to us with ear mites, worms, and a serious eye infection.

No, we didn’t want four animals…one or two would have been okay…but these are not animals that would have been easily adoptible….and we couldn’t turn them away.

I am so grateful that my husband and I are on the same page concerning their care. Money isn’t an object if they need something.

I’m curious, could you date a man who didn’t like animals?