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One of my good friends was strongly considering getting a second dog, but decided not to because she was sure she would never be able to love another dog as much as she loves her current pooch. :)
lol, I said definitely because we have a dog and a bearded dragon. our pup is both of ours, although he was my Christmas gift last year :) he's my baby.
I don't have a favorite, but my dogs do. One dog will come to me no matter what dad has, and the other is the total opposite.
ETA: I don't have a consistent favorite. One dog gets on my nerves every.single.day because he is soooo hyperactive so some days the other is my favorite because he's so calm. Other days the hyperactive one is my favorite becasue he can always make me smile.
We only have one pet now, but when we had two, I definitely liked the indoor dog better than the outdoor one. The outdoor one (my dad's hunting dog) was sweet, but he always managed to roll in stuff that smelled really bad so I didn't spend a lot of time with him compared to my indoor bichon poodle mix that smells like doggy cologne :). Nothing personal to the outdoor dog, I just have a sensitive nose/stomach combo.
When I have kids, I promise to keep both of them smelling good so I won't have favorites, lol!
I was thinking the same thing after seeing that other post. I was going to comment "I don't have kids, but I don't love any one of my dogs more than the other, just different, for different reasons," but I thought better of it :)
So, I don't love any of them more, just differently. I did raise one from a pup though, by myself when I was single, so we are like besties. But I love them both for different reasons and like one of them more than the other sometimes when one is being naughty or something.
@sorrycharlie: Wow...that picture is too cute!!
We have a cat and a dog and I totally favor the cat. I love my dog but I've had my cat since he was a baby and he's really special to me.
I totally do. But we have three cats, and all of them are obsessed with DH. Like follow him from room to room (and the youngest into the bathroom).
My favorite, the oldest, sleeps on me at night though, completely passing over DH (literally, stepping on and over him). On more than one night, if I'm on my side, he's planted his back legs, put his front legs against my hip, and pushed me. Or he'll get up close to my face and mew very pitifully until I turn onto my back. He's also like the definition of a scaredy cat. Pretty much any sound, or sudden movement, or not so slow movement will send him running into the other room. For a long time no one thought he was real, because no one had ever seen him. When we got him, he immediately latched onto DH and wouldn't tolerate me. It's taken 4 years of patience and coaxing for him to trust me, and I adore it when he snuggles on me, more than I do with the other two cats.
Aw, I don't want to, but i kinda do.... I mean, I LOVE both our animals, but I'm a cat person and my FI is a dog person, I had a cat and he had a dog before we met. I'm much more attached to my cat, than his dog (although now he's our dog) and he's much more attached to his dog, than my cat (again, it's our cat). So yea....
Um... kind of? Lol. We have one dog and two cats. I think I treat both cats the same but I don't really know how you'd treat the cat the same as a dog! I do feel like I (and probably both of us) favor the dog a bit because he is needier. It's not like the cats greet us at the door or need to be let out every few hours ya know? :)
We don't have any pets (yet) but we were just talking about this Sunday evening with a couple in our homegroup.
They have three dogs and while the two more active ones are favorites of one or the other, the third dog is pretty chill around people. However, the husband said he felt bad about it because if civilization collapsed and they needed to live out in the wild or something- that would be the one they would want because he likes to chase down animals and what not. (should also add that this one and one other are little poms. The other, a ridgeback, is not the brightest crayon in the box)
Not at all. I have a dog and 2 cats and love them each equally and differently. There are days where one pet is more affectionate than another but I still love them all the same. All 3 of them hang out on the couch with us while we are watching TV and all 3 of them sleep with us at night. They all nuzzle/cuddle with us throughout the day too.
I LOVE both my cats, but I do favor my black cat Salem more than our white cat Snowy. Salem was the first cat my FI and a I adopted him together and he's fantatsic. We adopted Snowy 1.5 years later as a companion for Salem (which worked and they are best friends)
Don't get me wrong, I love Snowy, he's a great cat. Loves to snuggle, loves to walk outside on a leash....but he has a tendency to bite our feet when we sleep if we toss and turn to close to his terratory at the bottom of the bed. Very frustrating!!!!!
I put "other" because we have a big pride of cats (6!!). While I wouldn't purposely say I favor certain cats over others, some of the cats favor FI or me. Two favor me, and two favor FI. The other two are just attention sluts, and will get it wherever they can 
.
@daydreamwanderer: Haha, is that friend me!? Seriously, I am the same way! We've been talking about getting another dog for a while but I never go through with it! I'm always scared I wouldn't love another dog as much as this one!
@AnneTossy: I said that too before we got our second dog! Seriously when we got the first one I would tear up just looking at the titles of articles about how to cope with losing a pet.
Luckily though, the second one seemed to fill in the gaps the first one had. One is calm, the other more playful, one is independent, the other will follow you around the house. One was awesome at potty training but chewed up everything in sight, the other one was the opposite. I actually find myself favoring the second one more often, but it just depends.
Edit - just realized I used the term "potty training" for a dog . . .
We each came into the relationship with a dog. Obviously I have a stronger bond with my dog, so it's easy for me to favor her, but I put a lot of effort into showing the little guy love, too. He's a lot more demanding of attention that my dog is, so even if I favor her, she doesn't know it. I love them both, though. DF I were jokingly discussing our "prenup" (neither of us has any reason for one) and I told him I'd sign it as long as I get to take both pups with me.
Yes! We have 3 dogs and a cat. The cat is my favorite cat but Lola is my favorite dog. FI had Savannah (the beagle) before me- so she is a daddy's girl and sometimes I think she regrets me because I wrecked their perfect 2 some! LOL!
We got our puppies Lola and Mac 6 weeks between each other. Lola was 7 weeks old and Mac was 13 weeks. (Same litter) I only wanted 1 puppy but FI wanted the 2nd. I will say I do love both puppies- but Lola pulls on my heart strings a little more than her brother.
Absolutely. When J and I got together we each brought a dog into the family. I absolutely loved mine and while I can't fault his dog, Bones - he's an absolute sweetheart and very well behaved, we just don't click in the same way. We had to put my dog down last year and I was actually afraid that I might love the new dog more than Bones. And I will I think but I try to make a point to love on both. It will be interesting to see if I have a favorite when we get our next Picked Out Together Dog. Same with the horses. I don't really click with J's horse but my horse and I do really well together and vice versa. J preferred his dog over mine but he did a better job of loving both, especially since mine was the destructive, neurotic one. :-)
Yep. But its okay since my husband favors one dog and I favor the other so they both get equal favortism.
I have two female rescue Pits and they have personalities like night and day. Bella is my oldest and I've had her longer. I rescued her from a chain in a backyard-yes I technically stole her but she was being abused and used for bad things. Leah I rescued from when I volunteered at the Humane Society. She had it MUCH worse. She came in barely alive, starving, her insides had been bitten open and her intestines were literally abcessing. Leah is so incredibly thankful for her new life. She is grateful and calm and so sweet. Bella is the spoiled brat, she didn't have it nearly as bad as Leah and she acts like the spoiled rotten kid. She has an attitude and is very independent. I don't necessarily love one more than the other, I just connect more with Leah.
I favour the dog more. He's my baby.. and the FI doesnt like dogs so I have to make up the love!
The kittens are second in line together following far behind is the rabbit (FI's pet before we lived together)
I've had my cat George since shortly after a bad breakup (about 3 years) and he is seriously the best cat in the world. He's snuggly and likes to "talk" and kneads his paws in the air when he's happy. He also greets you at the door and lays down to have his belly rubbed (like a dog, I know)! I thought he was lonely because he seemed so needy sometimes, so I got another cat to keep him company, but I knew I could never love her as much.... She's a sweet cat, but she's just not George. And, he could take her or leave her. Guess he just loves DH and me!
George is black and white and Sophie is the tortie. I don't know why he lets her lay on him! LOL
Definitely not. This is kind of a big deal to me. Like I feel bad if one of them's in my lap and the other feels left out, I always have to make room for both. If I'm petting one and can't reach the other one, I ask my husband to walk over there and pet him/her. As you can tell I'm a bit obsessive compulsive about my cats. It would hurt me if one was loved less, even if they didn't know it.
I have one boy cat and one girl cat, completely different in appearance and personality and I picked them that way. This may sound bad, but I got the boy first and I returned two other cats before I got the girl because I didn't feel I could love them as much. (One went back to the breeder after one week, the other went to a friend who fell in love with him at first sight so they both ended up ok). When we found the girl cat it just felt right, I knew I would love them both equally and unequivocally.
Sort of...
I got my one dog (we'll call her T) when she was a puppy...that was 8 years ago!! FI and I adopted a dog from his friend (we'll call him R) about 2 years ago to be "his dog." Although I love them both very much, T is definitely "my baby" and I have a special attachment to her because we've been through so much together. R is definitely a nicer and more loveable dog though ;-)
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I was curious about this after reading the thread about having a favorite child. I think the fact that our dog clings to my husband more and our cat clings to me more has a large impact on the amount of time spent with each pet although I wouldn't really say we have favorites. I also think that this depends a lot on the day and what mood I'm in because honestly, some days I don't feel like being jumped on by the dog and some days I don't want the cat to follow me everywhere I go (including the bathroom). So do you have a favorite pet?