What it takes to have a pet

I love pets. I have 2 dogs. Their names are Holly and Eva.  I have a hamster named Mr. Bob.  I have 2 fish named Goldie and Rainbow.

I help my parents take the dogs out and feed them.  I sometimes feed the fish. I play with my hamster and my dogs.

It is really hard to have a pet. You need to know how to have a pet.

Here are my best tips:

1) Dogs

What it takes to have a dog is that you have to feed it once or twice daily and let it outside a few times.  At least once in the morning, once after school and once before bed.

You have to make sure they are safe. We use a crate so they are not running around the house unsupervised. We have a pen in the backyard that they do their business in.  It keeps them safe from the toys and garden tools that might hurt them.

2) Hamsters

To have a hamster, you have to make sure it's in a cage because they are really small and they can run under stuff easily and you might not see them.

You can add pipes to the cage or a wheel for them to run on and get exercise. Sometimes when your mom says it's okay, you can get a box and play with them in the box.

To feed them you need a little bowl that you can put in the cage with their food.  They also need fresh clean water in their water bottle.  You need to change the shavings often or the cage will start to stink.  Ew!

Make sure you don't get pipes that are too small for your hamster or he could get stuck. Make sure to block any holes in the cage so he doesn't get out by accident.  Trust me, they are very hard to find when they get loose.

3) Fish

Make sure the tank has clean water and change it every couple of weeks.  Feed them every night.  Read the package and give them the amount of food that the package says.

Make sure you know what kind of fish it is so you buy the right kind of food and keep the tank at the best temperature.  You also need to make sure you have the right size tank for the kind of fish you have.

Here are some pictures I took of my pets.  Do you have any pets?  What kind of pets do you have?

Nate.

This is me and my dog Eva.

This is Holly in her crate. The crates are in my mom and dad's room.

Me and Mr. Bob

This is Mr. Bob's cage

Mr. Bob's food

Mr. Bob sleeps when I'm awake because he is a nocturnal animal.  After I go to bed, he wakes up and runs on his wheel all night. 

This is Mr. Bob's wheel.  He sometimes puts pieces of food in there and when he runs it makes a lot of noise. 

This is our fish tank. 

These are our 2 fish.

This is the fish food we feed them every night.