Pets do not have to be a lot of work, but it is VERY IMPORTANT that you get a pet that’s a good match for your lifestyle. I love dogs, always have adopted rescues, but I make the effort to choose ones that have a temperament that’s a good fit for my household. I get so frustrated when people don’t take the time to assess that and/or choose based primarily on the animal’s looks; it so often leads to unhappiness for everyone.Do not choose a hyper herding dog for your tiny apartment, never exercise it, and then complain that the dogs is destroying your stuff!! There are plenty of couch-potato dogs that will happily snooze the day away while you’re at work!
I would love to have another bird, but after losing Fitzroy so soon (and he did not enjoy my activities as Cuddles did), I’m glad to have a local MAN rather than another species to keep me company and actually be able to be accepted everywhere I chose to go. I was limiting myself before to places where I could take a bird and travel was not an option without boarding. Now that I’m 76, I like camping trips because he has a good tent and all. I am buying a solar shower and enclosure and making Medievalish covers for other stuff and silk pennants to hang from tent peaks.
LeoAutodidact over 10 years ago
It’s easier to admit you were wrong, when what you were wrong about is so NICE!
calliopejane over 10 years ago
Pets do not have to be a lot of work, but it is VERY IMPORTANT that you get a pet that’s a good match for your lifestyle. I love dogs, always have adopted rescues, but I make the effort to choose ones that have a temperament that’s a good fit for my household. I get so frustrated when people don’t take the time to assess that and/or choose based primarily on the animal’s looks; it so often leads to unhappiness for everyone.Do not choose a hyper herding dog for your tiny apartment, never exercise it, and then complain that the dogs is destroying your stuff!! There are plenty of couch-potato dogs that will happily snooze the day away while you’re at work!
vldazzle over 10 years ago
I would love to have another bird, but after losing Fitzroy so soon (and he did not enjoy my activities as Cuddles did), I’m glad to have a local MAN rather than another species to keep me company and actually be able to be accepted everywhere I chose to go. I was limiting myself before to places where I could take a bird and travel was not an option without boarding. Now that I’m 76, I like camping trips because he has a good tent and all. I am buying a solar shower and enclosure and making Medievalish covers for other stuff and silk pennants to hang from tent peaks.