I have had strange animals as pets all my life. I was shy growing up, and shy people tend to interact better with animals than people. Animals are direct, not duplicitous.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As long as I can remember, I've always had pets. Something about the connection you share with this entirely different species just blows my mind.
I've never met an animal I didn't like, and I can't say the same thing about people.
For myself, I've kind of always been interested in pets because they're not human.
I've never been around pets. I didn't have pets as a child.
I love animals, and I feel more of a connection to animals than people.
Pets inspire many different types of behaviour in their owners, mostly ranging from adoration to ridiculous obsessiveness, in my experience.
I have met some very strange people and some very strange cats - and I'm not talking about jazz greats. I'm talking about animals that people claim have come from outer space, and boy, they're weird!
You cannot share your life with a dog, as I had done in Bournemouth, or a cat, and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings.
Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities.
We have a couple of dogs, but I wouldn't describe myself as an animal person.