What Everyone Should Know About Owning a Pet

It’s not all fluffy cuddles and wet-nosed kisses you know …

Looking after us is not all plain sailing. Asti and Pinot the alpacas. Image: Fiona Cameron Lister

There are some pet owners who dance on the periphery, never quite understanding what it is really like to look after an animal. You know the ones. They dress their ant-sized dog up in stupid clothes. They dye their cat pink to match their hair and stick the video on TikTok where it gets…