The ABC’s of the Pets We Love

Pets We Love: There’s really no doubting the fact that whether their name is Fido or Miss Kitty, we love our pets and are devoted to them like nothing else in our lives. Consider the fact that even that hallowed bastion of journalism, The Washington Post, put together an article trying to explain the reasons behind the fact that two-thirds of households in the U.S. have at least one pet.

Regardless of the pet you decide to keep, you’re in good company because the practice goes back 12,000 years. For example, in ancient Egypt, cats were worshipped.

Still, some of the pets that people favoured over the ages might seem a little strange to us now. For example,

• Up until the 1800s, native Americans loved their dogs. However, they were also wild about other animals we might think twice about today and even kept bison and wolves as pets. They even managed to tame raccoons.
• The Japanese have always had their own versions of style and culture that spilled over into the pets they kept. Large Rhinoceros and Stag beetles were taking off in that part of the world around the same time North Americans were becoming fond of designer dogs.

In the end, it doesn’t really matter what kind of pet you favour; the important thing is you learn to treat them like the wonderful companions they are.SaveSaveSave

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