Good Pets For Families

Choose the right dog for your lifestyle living quarters and children s ages.

Good pets for families. Smaller mammals including hamsters guinea pigs and gerbils are relatively easy to raise. According to the american pet products association s 2017 2018 national pet owners survey roughly 60 percent of households have dogs and more than 47 percent have cats but a significant number of families care for other types of pets such as freshwater fish 12 5 percent a bird 7 9 percent small animals such as rodents 6 7 percent a reptile 4 7 percent a horse 2 6 percent or saltwater fish 2 5 percent. Dogs will be the best pets as long as you have time for them. Folks have very strong connection with dogs.

Basset hounds are lovely family pets and have a good playful attitude towards children. Mice are very quick and agile. They enjoy living in households where they have easy access to backyards in order to fulfill their instinctive job. Many breeds make wonderful family dogs though some are better suited for suburban and farm families than households living in the city.

However let us not overlook that dogs need the most attention. A group of female mice will usually live together happily and be quite entertaining with their play. Also most will thrive in a relatively small living space and care is fairly straightforward. For most kids they are better as a look but don t touch pet.

They also tend to be skittish so they are more difficult for kids to handle. As we all know puppies are actually excellent pets. Family dogs such as labrador retrievers golden retrievers. They can top 100 pounds but underneath all that fluff is a sweet warmhearted pet known for its gentle.

Their short legged shape makes them dependent on their noses and they enjoy smelling and chasing small game around the backyard. Cats are adorable and can easily blend in well with the rest of the family.