WHY DO HUMANS KEEP PETS?

• From a housekeeping point of view, a pet is a kind of ornament , not only is it very aesthetically pleasing, it moves around the home , it is warm and smooth to the touch, and it responds to our presence and keeps us company!

Wouldn't anyone want a partner who worshipped them, always welcomed them

home enthusiastically, ate gratefully at every meal, was content with cheap

outings and presents and gave lifelong loyalty and protection? I read last year that a large number of US women wished they

could marry their dogs!

Several points: 1)I don't own my cat, my cat owns

me. 2)My cat is in many ways a baby substitute. I'm 41 & a spinster, & need to be needed. 3)got the cat

during a very stressful period in my life. It's been proved that stroking an animal lowers your blood pressure.

Some people keep pets because of their physical attractiveness, some for

their playfulness or other unique personalities and

characteristics, while others keep pets for

companionship.

Pets can help their owners relieve stress and loneliness.

When you just got home from a long day of work feeling

exhausted and stressed, there is that tail wager so very happy to see you. When you sit down on the couch and turn on the

TV, there is that little fluffy thing jumps onto your lap

meowing at you.

Pets such as dogs will definitely increase their owners’ chances

for exercise and outdoor activities. Most dog keepers

walk their pets on a daily basis. Thus, both the dog and the

owner get fresh air as well as exercise to build their physical

fitness. Dogs will also boost their owners’ opportunities to

meet and to socialize with other dog owners, thus

enlarging their circle of friends and enriching their lives.

Keeping pets can also increase our sense of responsibility.

Unlike the wild animals, pets depend on their owners for

food and shelter. Parents can take the opportunity to teach

their kids to become more responsible, and more warm hearted if they let the kids to own and to take care of their

own little pets.

• pets help boost their keepers’ self-esteem because pets are not “snobbish” or “prejudiced” against their owners by their social status or their appearance. Whether we are rich or poor, good-looking or “ugly,” overweight or underweight, our pets just do not care. Their unconditional loyalty gives us a sense of satisfaction and pleasure.

Puppy Mill Poem Animation

• Bulldogs on sale! Yorkie puppies available here! Have you ever wondered where all these cheap puppies for sale in pet stores come from? The answer is that they are produced in factory-like environments known as “puppy mills.” Puppy mills are large-scale dog breeding operations where profit is given priority over the well-being of the dogs. Puppy mills treat dogs like products, not living beings, and usually house them in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions without adequate veterinary care, socialization, or even food and water.

• The cute puppies for sale at your local mall were probably bred from dogs who don’t play outside or get groomed. Puppy mill dogs are typically kept in cages with wire flooring that injures their paws and legs—and cages can be stacked up in columns (which means waste falls on the dogs housed below them).

Breeding dogs at the mills sometimes spend their entire lives outdoors, exposed to the elements—or crammed inside filthy structures. Female dogs usually have little

to no recovery time between bearing litters. When, after a few years, the females

can no longer reproduce or when their breed goes out of “style,” the dogs are often abandoned, shot, or starved until

they eventually die.

The Reality Of Puppy Mills

• As drunk as a skunk • AS GENTLE AS A LAMB

As busy as a beaver

As blind as a bat

as gruff as a bear

as meek as a lamb

As nervous as a batAs scared as a rabbit

As sly as a foxAs stubborn as a mule

As wild as a tiger

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Flog a dead horse

Fight like cats and dogs

Monkey see monkey do

Hold your horses

Every dog has its day

Buy a pig in a poke

Cat nap

Chicken out

fishy

Go to the dogs

Dog days

All bark and no bite

You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

Bird-brain

Ants in your pants

Big fish

Bird’s eye view

At a snail’s pace

Bull in a china shop

Between you and me and the cat’s whiskers

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Amazingly Clever Animals