I love animals, but after having a few of my own, I'm not sure I'll ever do it again. If I get my own place one day, I don't want to have any pets there. It makes me sad, because I really like animals. I've just seen too many expensive things be ruined because of a cat or a dog. Maybe one day I'll find an animal who is very well trained

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-Brittany Brydahl

Our friends have two dogs who never destroy furniture or chew on anything because they have plenty of dog toys and bones to chew on. Perhaps making sure the pet has "their own things" to ruin can solve the problem.

I had things like that for my little dog I had, but he just loved to chew wires and everything but his stuff when we weren't looking. I think he was trying to get back at us, because he missed us when we were at work

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-Brittany Brydahl

I think a trained animal would be very nice to have, but animals, like people, are still unpredictable. What if something were to set them off to suddenly do something very destructive?

My dogs have a place of their own. They are not allowed inside my house. We have built a separate dog house for them. Our lawn is their playground.

That is a really good idea, I just don't think I would be able to do it. I feel the need to treat my animals like my children