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'National Love Your Pet Day' is celebrated annually on 20th February but, let's face it, ever day is 'Love Your Pet Day' if you've got a special dog, cat or other creature in your life! We 'pawsed" to meet some animal lovers in Roundhay Park and, for those without pets, asked which animal they would like to invite into their life in the future.

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00:00Having a pet, of any description of what you like, I think is a massive bonus to anybody.
00:07I can't remember a time in my life when I've never had a dog.
00:11We haven't got a dog now, but we're lucky enough to have my wife's sister's dog two or three times
00:17a week.
00:19We've got the best of both worlds now.
00:21We're at an age now where we like to be able to just go off and do what we want
00:25when we want.
00:25So we're not tied to a pet.
00:27What is your cat called?
00:29Cleo.
00:30Your cat's called Cleo.
00:32And what's Cleo's favourite thing to do?
00:35Nap.
00:36Nap.
00:36Yeah, that's good.
00:38Yeah, we love our cat Cleo.
00:39She's the best, isn't she?
00:41Yeah.
00:41Your big sister?
00:44She's six.
00:44She's six, yeah.
00:46My parents have two dogs, but I count them as my dogs.
00:51It was a surprise when I was like 17 years old.
00:54My parents said that they were going out to get some ice cream for pudding and they came back with
00:58a puppy and I cried my eyes out.
01:00Love and miss them a lot.
01:02And also my partner is a vet, so he's always talking about the animals that he's bringing in and I've
01:06tried to convince him to bring in all the strays home.
01:09But we are renting as well, so it wouldn't work.
01:12But yeah, we definitely want one as soon as we can.
01:14And I think the new Rent is Right bill as well about allowing pets will definitely make that more helpful
01:19for us.
01:19I'm obsessed with guinea pigs.
01:21I think they're underrated creatures and my fond memories of guinea pigs are having them running around my family home
01:28completely free, pooing and weeing everywhere, giving them the best life possible.
01:35So yeah, love the idea of just pooing and weeing and nothing else.
01:39We've got a family dog called Hattie, which the baby loves, so I think the whole family loves her.
01:45And I think we were talking to my parents about whether they'd get one afterwards and I think without a
01:50dog or a pet in the family, they wouldn't really, we would have nothing to do.
01:54We don't talk to each other enough, so we'd have to have the dog to go on a walk otherwise,
01:57what would we be doing?
01:58It gives you so much for your mental health and everything else. You can just go for a walk, play
02:04with them, cuddle them, do whatever you want.
02:07I definitely recommend for anybody, get a dog or a cat.
02:12I don't have a pet, but I would love to have a pet. I'm currently renting, so I feel like
02:15that's one of the worst parts about modern living as a young person is you often can't get a pet,
02:19it's not allowed.
02:21But I love the cats that live on my street and if I could get a pet, it would definitely
02:24be a little cat. I've always grown up with cats.
02:26We have a plan to get two guinea pigs and call them Guinea-Bissau after the country, so yeah, that's
02:33about it, yeah.
02:34My sister's dog is perfect for us, it helps them, it's great for us.
02:39And being a pet owner is just an amazing thing, you know, they give you so much.
02:44They don't ask for a lot back, but they give so much to your health and wellbeing, you know, and
02:50I found personally when our dog passed away really difficult.
02:54So for us to be able to, you know, get buzz whenever we can is just perfect.
02:59Very good.
02:59Yeah.
02:59Great.
03:00Right.
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