Is your pet one of your family?

Weld Pets are part of my family, that is a common expression in Spain where dogs, rabbits, turtles and other companion animals They increasingly have a dominant role in the life of the Spaniards.

And Well, the country still has a very high dropout index, especially in the summer and after Christmas holidaysWeld pets They are really appreciated by their owners have all the care they need.

ESA It should be the tonic in all the houses that a pet take and according to the surveys, the pets are very aware of the responsibility That this means that we live with beings who can live for 10 or 15 years, such as dogs and cats and a maximum of 100 in the case of turtles.

The responsibility to have pets

93 % of The Spaniards regard their pet as another member of their families according to the II report on habits of Spanish families with petsPhD by the Santévet Insurance Company and registers an increase of 5 % in this question about the first report.

In addition, Nine out of ten respondents said their pet helps them prevent loneliness, 91 % in the case of women and 83 % with men’s; Filtering the answers on age, which in this respect give the most relevance for their animals, are young people between 16 and 25 years old, of which 97 % agreed with the statement.

In the same way, It is the young people who say the greatest emotional bond with regard to their pets (90 %); Women also show a larger connection, 84 % in the case of those who live in dogs and 79 % of those who live in cats, compared to 71 % and 62 % respectively in the case of men.

Seven out of ten respondents claim that they have them Own communication system with its pets and 30 % set food costs earlier From his pets to his own.

Health fit Ensures that coexistence between pets and people has evolved and has increased the level of concern for the care of companion animalswho in some cases are considered children (33 %) or best friends (38 %), a kind of relationship that they call as ‘petparent’. By distributing the answers per species, the report shows that respondents tend to consider dogs as the best friends as children. EFE / ECOTICIA.COM