飼ってた

was keeping, was raising, used to keep, used to raise

→ 飼う
飼っ keep (a pet or animal) + Te-form (conjunctive) + Past tense
verb · past indicative Rare #35,143
was keeping, was raising, used to keep, used to raise Colloquial past form of 飼っていた, used for keeping or raising a pet or animal.
JA: 子どもの頃、犬を飼ってた。
EN: When I was a child, I used to have a dog.
Conjugation of 飼う
Indicative past
飼ってた

じゃなくて猫を飼ってた

I had a cat, not a dog.

子どもの頃ベロっていう犬を飼ってた

When I was a kid, I had a dog named Velo.

飼ってた犬の名だ

That was the name of a dog I used to have.

— インディ・ジョーンズ/最後の聖戦 (1989)

恐竜ペット飼ってた

Did you have a pet dinosaur?

— ザ・マン・フロム・アース (2007)

他の飼ってたんだろ

You must have kept something else.

— ザ・マン・フロム・アース (2007)