Treating All Living Things Properly

No animal in and of itself makes a good pet or a bad pet. It’s down to how you treat them. If you are affectionate they will be affectionate, if you are withdrawn they will be withdrawn, if you are aggressive they will be aggressive. Our cat Albus is treated with love, affection and as a fully fledged member of the family. He responds in kind. When people say that cats are indifferent, what they are really saying is that they are indifferent to the cat. When the animal in your household feels like a true part of that household, they will treat you as family and the house as their safe place. Whatever pet you have, be it cat, dog, fish, snake or tarantula, it will be the best pet if you treat it with love and care and it will be the worst pet if you don’t. If you are not going to make your pets absolutely central to your life then don’t get any because you don’t deserve them and they deserve a house and family that will open their hearts freely. A pet is not an accessory or an optional extra, it is a living, breathing, feeling creature that must have a nurturing and loving house. I think everyone who wants a pet should be inspected first and asked questions about the relationship they intend to have with their fellow animal – remember that humans are animals too, not some unique divinely inspired creation – and if they don’t answer those questions satisfactorily they should not be allowed to have a pet.