Is Your Family Ready for a Pet?
Check to Make Sure.

We know our pet can live ____ years.
My family is willing to take care of our pet for his or her lifetime.

We know it will take ____ hours each day to take care of our pet.
My family has the time to take good care of a pet.

We know it will cost us $______ a year to take good care of our pet. My family can afford the cost.

We discussed the chores needed to take care of a pet – feeding, exercising, training, grooming, going to the animal doctor and cleaning up after our pet. My family will all help with these chores. The adults in our family will make sure that our pet is well cared for.

If my family rents an apartment or a house, we have asked our landlord if we can have a pet.

We know what size our pet will be when fully grown (small, medium, large or extra-large). We have room for this size pet.

We will be responsible pet owners. We will take our pet to the veterinarian if ill and for yearly exams. We will obey animal control laws. If our pets are dogs or cats, they will always wear collars and I.D. tags. We will spay and neuter our pet. We will love our pet.