I owned and operated a In Home Care business for elderly and terminally ill clients for 5 years. And I found that pets were always in the homes of the families I cared for and they always made my clients feel better, so when I was done I'd end up growing attached to the pet as well as my client. Lol... I never knew how closely connected we were until I began to notice that no matter how my clients were feeling they were always concerned for the well being of the pet. Needless to say, providing the same care to humans is the same way pets should be treated, in the end we all want to be loved and cared for, how hard is that? Pets are people too.