Why do we adopt home pets? For some people home pet is an island of love and affection in the fast and stressed world, for someone it is reliable protection. And many people consider animals to be good friends and helpers in the work.
Modern medicine emphasizes the role of pets as a positive emotional factor that helps to cure some cardiovascular diseases and nervous disorders. Regular walking the dog, cat or other pet makes us healthier.
But even when you decide to bring a living creature in your house and all family members are for adoption a pet, you have to think properly. It is important to weigh all pros and cons. Animal is not a toy. You are going to live with it for many years. The transfer of an animal to other people is always an emotional trauma, if not for the owner then for the pet surely. Taking a pet y animal you have to build your regime to live together. You’ll have getting up early in the morning, walking in any weather, and the complexities when arranging the holidays, etc. When a little pet is growing, for several months you have to wipe the puddle, clean the knots, hide shoes, clothes, food. Of course, is not always the same scenario but you should be ready for the worst.
You need to know how to feed the one you are going to take, how often to visit the vet and how to educate the animal.
If you are taking the animal at the request of children, it is better to check the actual wishes of a child to care for a pet. Because it often happens that caring for a pet that you purchased at the request of children becomes the responsibility of the adult family members. Therefore, if you are not sure in your children, it is better to take rats, guinea pigs, parrots, or other small pet that need minimal care. It doesn’t concern fishes because to have them is rather troublesome and not cheap thing. Moreover, it requires certain knowledge and skills.
So what animal to choose? First you must weigh your abilities and to discuss the purpose of taking a pet.
There are animals for patrol service, protection, hunting. But perhaps the most popular pets are for accompanying people in everyday life. Big dogs are very impressive, there are breeds: dogs, St. Bernard or Newfoundland dogs. But before you adopt such a dog, you need to calculate how much it costs to feed a friend weighing 60-80 kg, and think whether it is convenient for dog and people in a small apartment.
It is important to take into account the coat of the animal. Shorthair dog or cat will freeze if you hold it outside, fluffy coat with round molt will demand constant caring. Among long-haired breeds the most suitable for home are animals with a straight and silky but not fluffy fur with a minimum of undercoat. It is easy to keep in order this elegant coat.
Smooth, short hair does not require special care, an animal with such a coat does not drag dirt from the street even in bad weather. But during extended molt the animal with fur of bright color marks noticeable stain at furniture and clothing.
Also important thing is the temperament and disposition of the animal. Inexperienced dog breeder simply cannot cope with the strong and vicious Rottweiler or bull-terrier. The harsh nature of the Caucasian and Central Asian shepherd dogs is very for the protection of herds and the outer guard of the estate, but it doesn’t match urban life. If you take cats you should be mindful about their habits to sharpen claws, climb everywhere and control everything, and most important - about their independent temper. If you need a pet, which listens and obeys you faithfully, always looks into your eyes, the cat doesn’t fit you because it is able to look only in your mouth! It sounds funny but it is so.
Do not buy old animal. "The older - the more difficult", this statement is about animals. Old animals have the initial inclinations and habits obtained in the education, they are fixed so firmly that you are unlikely manage to change something. Each new environment remains strange to an animal for long time and true loyalty to the new owner may occur only after a number of difficulties.
Anyone who wants to get a large pet must consider the cost of food. Long-haired or short-haired - the hostess should solve. Long-haired animals are changing fur in the spring and autumn, and slightly losing it throughout the year. In addition, street dirt and frozen snow can easily stick to them and accumulate between toes. Dogs of some breeds need a lot to move, otherwise they don’t feel well and look uneasy. Their owner should be a man who always takes them for long walks.
There is an opinion that the stricter rules for your four-legged friend, the better the result. It's not quite true, the ideal relationship is mutual understanding. Animals by nature are able to understand us perfectly, but people usually have to learn to understand their dumb friends. It is important to know that the animal has its own world, interests and views on life.
We all have some point of view how our home pet has to behave: nothing is allowed to spoil, make dirty and steal. It is forbidden to behave loudly, eat everything, bother when the master is busy or asleep, throw at people without a reason; bite and scratch the master, etc. All this is simple and logical, but here is a small four-footed creature at home and it turns out that it has very different worldviews and notions of decency.
It chews the furniture, pulls wallpaper, climbs in the refrigerator, on the table, in the trash and causes a lot of troubles. Everything it does is logical from its point of view which is not too complex and inaccessible to us. Your home pet plays when it feels bore. So that is why we must give the animals a lot of attention, but not only to feed. Well, if your ideal of an animal is a creature that quietly lies on the ground and from time to time you can use it as needed, it is better for you to buy a car.
You can get used to any animal and find advantages even if you understand that made a mistake while choosing. There is no better way to achieve the ideal, than to change this ideal in accordance with a reality.