Being a pet parent is easy only as long things are going well. Otherwise, it's quite a nightmare. Pretty much like child-rearing except that the children here never grow up. At least human babies stop being babies after a while. No matter how trained or untrained your pets are, you will face situations that you weren’t prepared for. That’s simply how it is. Just visit a vet clinic and you’ll be amazed at how different animals have different issues and the vet is supposed to figure them out. For instance, last December, our old dog, Ranga, who is around 9, started developing tumours on his thighs. That is when we observed how brittle his health can be. Fortunately, he recovered—except for a limpish run and slowness in getting up and down—but there are similar episodes every now and then. The thought of losing a pet can be a strange scar for most. You can at least
The 7th para completely describes me, makes me rethink if it'll be worth it.