People most commonly get pets for companionship, to protect a home or property, or because of the perceived beauty or attractiveness of the animals. Pet therapy utilizes trained animals and handlers to achieve specific physical, social, cognitive, or emotional goals with patients. There is a medically approved class of therapy animals that are brought to visit confined humans, such as children in hospitals or elders in nursing homes. Pets can give companionship to people who are living alone or elderly adults who do not have adequate social interaction with other people.
Walking a dog can provide both the human and the dog with exercise, fresh air, and social interaction. Pets provide their owners, or guardians, both physical and emotional benefits. Small pets may be grouped together as pocket pets, while the equine and bovine group include the largest companion animals. Other animals commonly kept include rabbits ferrets pigs rodents such as gerbils, hamsters, chinchillas, rats, mice, and guinea pigs birds such as parrots, passerines, and fowls reptiles such as turtles, lizards, snakes, and iguanas aquatic pets such as fish, freshwater snails, and saltwater snails amphibians such as frogs and salamanders and arthropod pets such as tarantulas and hermit crabs. Two of the most popular pets are dogs and cats. Popular pets are often considered to have attractive/cute appearances, intelligence, and relatable personalities, but some pets may be taken in on an altruistic basis (such as a stray animal) and accepted by the owner regardless of these characteristics. A pet, or companion animal, is an animal kept primarily for a person's company or entertainment rather than as a working animal, livestock, or a laboratory animal.
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