Livermore Residents Remember Their First Dog

"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."—Roger Caras
Monday, Aug. 26 is National Dog Day and Livermore Patch Editor Mayra Flores De Marcotte asked Facebook readers if they remembered their first dog. 

My first dog was an overly excited Doberman/German Shepherd mix named Popis that loved my family and I with every shake of his tail. I've had many dogs since him, the most recent addition to my family a Black Lab/Pitt Bull mix rescue named Lula. She's 75 pounds of love and is convinced she's a cat.

Other readers shared their memories. Here are a few of them.

• Robert: I'm allergic to dogs...but my aunt had a beautiful black lab when I was growing up, whose name was Tasha....that dog was my first experience with one
• Carole: yes, nicky and Jinx in l950. beloved pets. Still remember them. and then Buffy . . .the best little dog ever.
• Richard: Cinnamon, a yellow Lab I got when I was 5....when I was 16 I suffered my first real loss.
• Skye: Meeko and Mozart. Meeko had to get a new home because she started attacking Mozart. Mozart lived till he was about 14. I was 15 when he passed.
• Sean: Yep. St. Bernard named Brandy.
• Jennifer: Toy poodle, white. His name was Sam. I got him when I was 10 and he had to be put down 19 years later when I was 29. He saw me through middle school, high school, college, and my wedding. Good boy.
• Skye: First dog that I picked out and begged my parents to adopt was a german shepherd named Zeus. He became my dads dog after a while. He chose him. First dog that was actually mine is my dog still. Orson is an australian cattle dog mix.