People talk to pets and babies to stop themselves going mad.

COMMIT. PURGE. REPLENISH.

Do you have a pet?'
Eugenia shook her head. 'I don't know very much about animals.'
'There's nothing much to know. You feed them; they love you.

We run a yearly free rabies clinic for those who can't afford to get their pets inoculated,

Most of these (pit bulls) you are banning (are) loving family pets.

We loved listening to stories about the pets and what they are like and the things they do. One dog took care of his brother who had cancer by taking the food plate to him.