Pet Advice
August 2026 - Animals Are People, Too, News
July 30, 2026

Pet Advice

If you want someone who will eat whatever you put in front of him and never say it’s not quite as good as his mother’s … then get a dog.

If you want someone always willing to go out, at any hour, for as long and wherever you want … then get a dog.

If you want someone who will never touch the remote, doesn’t care about football and can sit next to you as you watch romantic movies … then get a dog.

If you want someone who is content to get on your bed just to warm your feet and who you can push off if he snores … then get a dog.

If you want someone who never criticizes what you do, doesn’t care if you are pretty or ugly, fat or thin, young or old, who acts as if every word you say is especially worthy of listening to and who loves you unconditionally, perpetually … then get a dog.

On the other hand, if you want someone who will never come when you call, ignores you totally when you come home, leaves hair all over the place, walks all over you, runs around all night and only comes home to eat and sleep and acts as if your entire existence is solely to ensure his happiness … then get a cat.

— Anonymous

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