Instead, they do the smart thing and share lots of adorable pictures of cats and dogs, pet adoption success stories, and useful resources like their pet poison control hotline that has now helped me twice.

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Something held me back: Bubblegum, my first pet and a shell-carrying member of the Helicidae family.

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For me, that would be the cat in her pet carrier and the safe box.

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The apps remind me a little of Tamagotchi, the hit Japanese digital pet phenomenon.

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Then I noticed he was looking at me in a strange way as if I was a pet white mouse he was about to offer a piece of cheese.

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Stroking my horse made me feel calmer and happier, as if interacting with a real pet.

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You have to give me one tip that, you know, maybe you have a pet pet is a poor choice of words.

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