| Animals as pets, seems a silly notion to me. The only | | | | them out for walks, playing catch, and bending over |
| animals I've really kept as pets would be fish. And | | | | to pick up dogie poo all seem wonderful. Really? I |
| many animal lovers who have pets, would probably | | | | tend to like my exercise to be more of the |
| disagree with me as to the classification of fish as | | | | competitive variety. Any chance rover can learn to |
| pets. Whatever. While I enjoy other peoples animal | | | | pick up a tennis racquet? Animals playing sports? Now |
| pets, I'm sure none of them would classify me as an | | | | that's got potential. |
| animal lover. A recent turn of events may however | | | | Animals As People Magnets |
| have a long term effect on my relationship with | | | | Need to find some new friends? Get an animal. Your |
| animals. Having recently caved to our children's long | | | | guaranteed to meet other animal lovers, as they all |
| term lobbying efforts to have a family dog as a pet, | | | | walk their dogs / cats / hamsters through the park. |
| it appears that I will be sharing my home with an | | | | Not so sure these are the best kind of people for |
| animal of the non-aquatic variety very soon. | | | | me to meet though. Never have been much of an |
| Stress Out The Dogs | | | | animal lover, so I'm not to sure how I'd fit in with this |
| The thought of sharing my domicile with an animal | | | | group. Those people with the big nasty attack dogs |
| has me a little stressed out. However, that should be | | | | always scare me a little. It's not so much the animal I |
| short lived, as according to many experts living with | | | | worry about however, it's really the owners that |
| an animal is supposed to help relieve stress in humans. | | | | concern me. What would posses someone to want |
| Not exactly sure why that is. Perhaps having a | | | | to own an animal that could kill you while you sleep is |
| creature you can speak your mind to, that has no | | | | truly beyond me. |
| recourse but to agree with you? Sometimes us | | | | Animal Therapist |
| human animals just need someone to listen, and | | | | Apparently animals make great therapists. Hmm, |
| agree with everything we say. Maybe the constant | | | | maybe they meant animals are good therapy. That |
| reminder of an animal who has no control over what | | | | whole unconditional love and admiration thing. Not like |
| they eat, where they sleep, how they play, and | | | | the animals have much choice. Seems like a pretty |
| what goofy clothes they wear, makes people realize | | | | one sided relationship to me. Well hopefully all the |
| that maybe things aren't so bad for them. Could be | | | | animal experts are right and there is some good |
| worse, you could be a dog. | | | | (therapeutic or otherwise) to living with animals. I |
| First Puppy Wins US Open | | | | hope so, otherwise I may soon be the one in need |
| Apparently exercise is supposed to be another | | | | of a therapist. Preferably a human one. |
| benefit of keeping an animal in the house. Taking | | | | |