Pets for kids

[Ian]

I always had pets as a kid, mainly cats and dogs. I'm a big believer in giving kids pets to give them a bit of responsibility, to look after and feed them and what not. My little girl loves cats and dogs so I've got her a couple of kittens which I'm picking up tomorrow (I'm more of a dog person but they are a bit high maintenance). Does anyone else share my belief that pets are a good way of teaching a child responsibility?

 

[hillhead]

House coming down with pets here Brian, we had 2 horses(sold 3 weeks ago,ye ha),
2 bassett hounds, 1 cavalier king charles,3 cats,a guinea pig, a 4' snake,3 chickens, 2 fish and i know i'v forgotten someone,lol.
Too many is very expensive !! but yes it gives kids responsibility until later teens then they get lazy.

 

[doug boardley]

my kids love taking hens out for a walk around the fields,,,seriously!

 

[user123]

Defnitely, a good thing for children. I always always wanted a cat or a dog at home but wasn't allowed either, but I did have budgies I taught to talk and do all sorts of tricks, and I pinched a laboratory white mouse from the grammar school lab I wanted to save and hid it under my bed for as long as I could! :lol: I had a rescue dog in London that got killed, sadly, and now am so so happy with the cutest cat in the universe - pets are good for people of all ages!

 

[Ian]

We've been having a bit of a debate on what to name them, I like silly stuff (surprise!) such as pie and chips, sausage and chips, sausage and mash etc etc, but I read in an article today that it's Sonic the Hedgehog's 20th birthday, so they're going to be called Sonic and Tails!

 

[user123]

Sonic - great, Tails??? Tails??? Awwhh, I wouldn't want to be Tails... poor little kitty... :lol:

 

[DHTiling]

How about Road and Kill..:lol:

 

[Ian]

I thought bout Monti and Sigma but I can't be doing with all the hassle from the RSPCA and the animal welfare police :lol:

 

[Ian]

Sonic - great, Tails??? Tails??? Awwhh, I wouldn't want to be Tails... poor little kitty... :lol:

It's better than Sonic and Hedgehog surely? I can't remember any other characters from sonic the hedgehog apart from sonic and tails, I think there was a cartoon aswell as a computer game. I'll google it!

 

[user123]

They are all there... what about Chaos? :lol:

List of Sonic the Hedgehog video game characters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Ian]

Crikey there's loads! I'll have a think tomorrow.

 

[chrisroe]

I had a fish the wife drowned it

she was called Kyle

the fish not the wife

 

[user123]

I had a fish the wife drowned it

she was called Kyle

the fish not the wife

Ehm.. no, I won't ask... or should I??

 

[Stewart]

You could call them Ro and Dent Bri..... I think pets for your daughter is a great idea as long as they actually look after them. Far too often it's the parents that take up the slack and do all the work, with the kids just teaching them bad habits or getting bored with them......

 

[Spud]

I bought my missus 2 guinea pigs 6 years ago she called them wookie and yoda, wookie died last year but yoda is still going strong

 

[CJ CERAMICS]

when i first read this in todays post section i thought "what a great offer" imagine how disappointed i was upon actually reading it.....suppose i'll have to wait for them to leave home.

 

[White Room]

Female fancy rats make great pets and intelligent with it.

 

[doug boardley]

how about Flea and Bag?

 

[Tabby Cranks]

On the lines of CJ, I was thinking yeh it gets on my nerves when I see those people dressing their dogs up to look like kids. I saw a women walking a Bulldog and he had a blue jumper on. He did not look impressed.

 

[enduro]

Benson & Hedges...Thats a good name.

 

[Mike]

i got my kids 2 rabbits, they won't stop breeding, they had 5 babies recently and 4 weeks later had more then as soon as they were let out they were at it again :yikes: its true what they say about rabbits! the kids love the babies but get upset when i sell them to the pet shop.

 

[Deleted member 9966]

I had hamsters when I was younger. Much for the same reasons most parents get their children pets, to teach them some responsibility. I even had a couple more hamsters when I was in my late teens and was working for Focus when they used to have pet stores adjoined to them. Mr GRR and I have a dog and we will continue to have dogs even when Baby GRR arrives. I just wish the current dog would be less racist, less noisy and less mardy. I'd quite like a dog next that will play with toys and chase tennis balls in the garden. And hopefully a dog that will be Baby GRR's closest friend

 

[The D]

I think it is a good lesson for kids to look after pets. We have a German shepherd called Fizzy a bearded dragon called Draco and a hamster called nacho

 

[Gazzer]

Well they do say owners look like their pets ! :lol:

 

[The D]

then there is the wife