Word: pet
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...brim with such items, which one can then distribute to friends and family as birthday and holiday gifts. If your significant other asks what the “3-Com” on the stainless steel coffee mug means, just tell them it’s your new pet name for them...
...parents did allow a hint of zoological indulgence. I had a pet turtle. My brother had a parakeet. Both came to unfortunate ends. My turtle fell behind a radiator and was not discovered until too late. And the parakeet, God bless him, flew out a window once, never to be seen again. After such displays of stewardship, we dared...
...must admit that I've been slow to warm to dogs. I grew up in a non-pet-friendly home. Dogs do not figure prominently in Jewish-immigrant households. My father was not very high on pets. He wasn't hostile. He just saw them as superfluous, an encumbrance. When the Cossacks are chasing you around Europe, you need to travel light. (This, by the way, is why Europe produced far more Jewish violinists than pianists. Try packing a piano...
...Chester, who dispensed affection as unreflectively as he breathed, who got me thinking about this long-ago pact between humans and dogs. Cat lovers and the pet averse will just roll their eyes at such dogophilia. I can't help it. Chester was always at your foot or your hand, waiting to be petted and stroked, played with and talked to. His beautiful blocky head, his wonderful overgrown puppy's body, his baritone bark filled every corner of house and heart...
Prairie dogs and pouched rats are just two of the critters known as pocket pets that have surged in popularity lately. Pet-industry insiders say the little fur balls appeal to exotic-pet lovers with limited free time or backyard space. Despite the possible public-health hazards these pets represent, business appears as healthy as ever. Michael Jones, a veterinarian at the Jones Animal Hospital in Tacoma, Wash., says he sees growing numbers of pet marsupials from New Zealand known as sugar gliders, as well as chinchillas and naked vole rats. If animal inspectors and public-health officials are concerned...