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Owning a pet requires a lot of care and patience. It takes a responsible owner to look after his pets well. The rewards of owning a pet can be divided into a few categories.

Firstly in terms of character building, people who have pets, as mentioned earlier, need to spend time to look after their pet - feeding, bathing, washing up the pet's homes, cleaning up the mess that the pet might have caused. For people who do not like their pets, they may give up their pets after sometime because of all these hard work or chores to them. However, for people who really love their pets, they are willing to take up these responsibilities to care for their beloved pets. For these, the children, will learn to be responsible, love and care for animals and discipline (able to feed, bath, groom their pets routinely). For first-time pets owners, such as adults or old folks, the same things can be learned from pets, although these people already know what is being responsible and how to care for their pets. Something extra that adults or old folks can gain from looking after pets is the cultivation of patience. It takes patience to groom the pets, such as dog. It takes patience to bath the pets well, and it takes patience too to handle a hamster as well as other pets.

The above lead to the next advantage of owning a pet. The fact that you are willing to sacrifice your time and money on your pet show that you love your pet. Any pet lover will rejoice and enjoy the company of their pets. Thus the next rewards that many pets owners get is happiness. Most pets owners are friendly and have more smile on their face. This is because keeping pets are known to reduce stress in people's life. Old people who keep pets have a longer life span than those who do not own a pet. The companion of pets help the pet owner not to feel 'lonely'.

As mention above, pets help to keep young children and old people's company (especially when in the day time all the people in the house is working, young children and old people can divert their attention on the pets). This greatly aid in the health of these people. Boredom and feeling lonely can lead to many illnesses in people indirectly as they are not happy. Pets can help these people - children, old people, or even depressed people to feel better. For people who are depressed, their condition will get better if they are known to keep a pet such as cat or dog.

The next reward of owning a pet is that most of the time owning a pet need you to do extra kind

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