in chronological order,

• Napoleon the poodle who took care of me when I was a baby.
• Josephine the calico cat my parents took in as a stray when I was five and we only had for three months because she had feline leukemia.
• Cinderella the calico cat, who we got when I was five to assuade my mourning over Josephine.
• Beetlejuice the border collie who we got from the Animal Shelter when I was fourteen. He is the best dog in the entire world.
• Robespierre the poodle, my mother's annoying dog.