Pets Are Our Family Members

You can call them animals, pets, companions, but most importantly, they are family. We live our lives accompanied by our intermediate and extended families. However, we also can feel further enrichment when we include animals/pets into the fold. The list varies from cats, dogs, fish, lizards, birds, spiders, and others. Once we decide to take responsibility and care for them, the attachment becomes euphoric because we can watch them grow daily and be charmed by their personality and characteristics.

As time moves, we no longer view them as pets and firmly entrench their position into the intermediate family. Every moment we take them out for walks, groom their bodies, clean up after them, and provide endless hours of affection, the bond increases exponentially. Throughout my life, I have enjoyed the company of dogs that were a part of my family. They provided me a friend/companion and emotional therapist when dealing with a situation that provided me sadness and anguish. These dogs helped cultivate my mind and made me a kinder and more loving individual because they give loyalty to their family members no matter the circumstance and situation.

A challenging moment is growing up with these dogs or other animals once they have become pillars in your life and have to deal with the difficultly of seeing them deteriorate physically due to old age until they ultimately pass…