Owning a pet seemed so much easier when we were growing up. We just assumed we knew how to care for them. Feed-Play-Sleep-Repeat. Occasionally we would bathe the loving companion and maybe once monthly remove them out of their usual environment for the required walk around the block. We were responsible Pet Owners, under the eyes of the pre-internet days.

As each decade passes, our pets gave more reasons for us to love them, feed them, and play with them. With the help of the home computer, our pets and family members showed more interest in spending more money on fashionable clothing, specialty foods, comfortable beds and don't forget the yearly dental appointments.

The Internet has such a vast amount of information available to Pet Owners that someone had to sit down and organize websites into easily readable text. Map out user-friendly directional links and add some personal writing to create an online guide to the best fourteen or more websites that all Pet Owners must read.

Listed below the websites are shown in categories of interest and importance to the health and welfare of our pets in the 21st century. Any additional websites are for your entertainment.

In these economic depressive times, becoming a new Pet Owner will require some additional reading to be sure the choice made is budget friendly and government friendly.

How to Decide What Pet Is Right For You
This website gives wonderful advice in nonprofessional's language about deciding the appropriate pet for your situation

Pet Owner Informative Sites

Humane Society of United States
This website has links to all domesticated and wildlife animals. The Humane Society website is a government site that should be book marked on your computer. If you have a Pet Website, this would be a marvelous place to link your Pet Owner Business Site.

Dog Owners Guide
More than 300 pages of features, breed profiles, training tips, health information and articles about shelters, rescue, dogs and the law, and just about everything else you need to know about living with your dog.

Pets911
This site is very user-friendly with links for vet and neuter, licensing, Pet Friendly Rentals, Report Animal Cruelty, Find Shelters and Rescues, Pet Adoption, and Lost and Found. Be sure to sign up for the weekly informative newsletter to your email.

PuppyPaper
Puppy Paper is the leading online newsletter for All Pet Owners including dogs, cats and all other furry pets. Bookmark this site for a daily read other than the stock exchange!

Pet Medical and Health Websites

VCA Animal Hospitals
You can be at ease for major medical care at any local VCA Animal Hospital. The venerations listed on this site usually offer a discount for first time Pet Owners at their clinic.

American Veterinary Medical Association
AVMA is a federal government site located in Washington D.C. Always check your vet with the AVMA before your final choice and approval when deciding on the healthcare representative that will be treating your pet and new pets.

Now that you have chosen your trusted veterinarian, the following sites will help you research any daily problems you may be facing as a Pet Owner before you decide to use the vet services. The following websites have links to interpret the symptom or illness that is plaguing your pet before making any unnecessary trips to the veterinarian's office.

Healthy Pet
Great Site for health informative research accredited with AAHA. American Animal Hospital Association

PetPlace
This site is remarkably user-friendly and extremely knowledgeable regarding the health and welfare of your dog or cat. You are able to click on a symptom and read the articles allowing the Pet Owner to decide if the pet illness will require a visit to the vet.

It is now time to decide if you want to purchase Pet Health Care Insurance. Currently pet insurance is a wise decision as long as it fits into your budget and the company you decide to insure with has a policy that agrees with your pet care.

Liz Puliam Weston- MSN Money- Should you buy Pet Insurance?
This is a very informative article by Liz Puliam Weston of MSN Money showing both sides of the table regarding purchasing animal health care insurance.

VPI Pet Insurance
VPI is the nation's trusted choice for dog and cat health care insurance. How a policy works, Ten things to ask when purchasing Pet Insurance'.

Pet Insurance Comparison

Pet Shopping Websites

LittleRiverPetShop
Pet supplies from the Pet-Shop include dogs, cats, critters, ferrets, reptiles, and even Hermit Crabs. All pet supplies and play toys at reasonable prices.

PETSMART
Online pet supplies such as vitamins, grooming tools, nutritional items, pet clothing and toys, carriers, prefab doggie homes, leashes, collars for the furry pets in your home.

PETCO
Free Shipping on Fifty dollar orders. Online pet shopping for dogs, cats, fish, small animals, reptile and amphibians, birds and wild birds.

Downtown DoggyDesigner Dog wear
Dog Clothes, Dog Harnesses, Dog Dresses, Dog Jackets, Dog Beds

Pet Services Websites

PetService.com The Pet Owners Best Friend
A site dedicated to providing up-to-date information on pet health and pet services.
It includes Locator Services for Vaccination Clinics, Dog Training, Boarding, and Pet sitting Services, Pet Adoptions, Grooming Centers, and Vet Locations

Pet Travel Web Site
Website for traveling with your pet. Worldwide travel links.
Pet immigration Information and Quarantine Rules

Pet Owners Social Networking Websites

Pet People Meet.com
The Pet Owners Dating Network- Meet Other Pet Owners Today!
Communicate Anonymously Free to Initiate Contact

Pet Webdesigner.com
Create your own Pet Owner Website

Dog and Pet Website Directory
List your website in the popular directory free
Browse hundreds of pet-related web sites.

Miscellaneous Pet Owners Websites

Cool Pet Sites
Where the cool pet lovers hang out. This site offers blogs, related website links, photos, featured prints and photo contests.

Exotic Pet Animals
This site includes links to Exotic Pet Care info, Exotic Pet Rescue Networking, and Free Exotic Pet Adoption/Placement Listings

Coping with the Loss of a Pet
Variable links to help cope with the loss of your pet. Very informative. State-by-State Guide to Support Groups, Counselors, and Pet Cemeteries.

Pet loss and Grieving
This site offers an abundance of resources for those Pet Owners that have lost a loved pet. It offers a hand in friendships to guide one through the loss.

Pet Owners Live Longer
Owning a pet could very likely add years to your life, a pet can quickly seem like a wise investment.

Now that you have navigated through the listed websites, you now have the knowledge available to make all decisions that will be necessary regarding your present pet and all future pets as well.

We must always remember the abused and neglected animals. One way is to purchase items from pet stores or websites that contribute a portion of their profit to help animals in distress.

Pet spaying and neutering is an extremely important part of being a responsible Pet Owner. The overpopulation of dogs and cats is causing an undetermined amount of suffering to the animal community through euthanasia.

Congratulations, many thanks to cyberspace and the technical efforts of the writers and publishers that joined to create this article, you are now a well-informed responsible Pet Owner.

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