What was Lauras favorite pet?
Laura’s favorite pet was dogs! Jack was her first dog of course, but after Jack died, Laura had many other dogs too. After Laura married Almanzo, there was Shep, Almanzo’s sheepdog. After Shep came a huge black Saint Bernard. At Rocky Ridge Farm, Laura and Almanzo had a dog named Inky and a fluffy poodle called Ring, who fetched and carried written messages between Laura and Almanzo. Their third dog at the farm, Nero, was an Airedale who brought the cow’s home from the pasture at night. Laura’s last pet was a bulldog, Ben, and he was a special comfort to her after Almanzo died. Laura loved other kinds of animals too. She and Almanzo often thought of their livestock as pets, like Mary Ellen their cow and Nanky and Judy, their two goats. Laura even befriended the turtles from the ravine behind the house. Every day the turtles would line up at the kitchen door and Laura would feed them milk and bread.
