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• Are you prepared to take care of your pet throughout there whole life (approximately 15 - 18 years), even if your family situation changes or you have to move?
   
• Do you live away from a main road?
   
• Are you willing to provide access to inside your home for your pet, not expecting it to sleep in an outbuilding/shed etc?
   
• Do all people living in your household accept acquiring a new pet?
   
• If you are living in a rented accommodation: are pets allowed?
   
• Do you have enough space for a pet and are you willing and able to fit up your home in a suitable way for a pet (sleeping places for the pet, safety measures for windows, balcony)?
   
• Do you have enough time for a pet? (Someone who is working full-time and enjoys additionally time consuming hobbies, which take his/her time on weekends and in the evenings, is certainly not a very suitable pet owner!)
   
• Can you afford a pet ownership financially? (This includes not only the costs for buying the pet, but also the monthly living costs for food etc, the routine vaccinations or other veterinary costs, costs for accessories, etc.)
   
• If you have young children do they already understand or are they old enough to realize and accept that a pet is not a toy, but a living being with its own emotions and needs?
   
• Is a vacation arrangement set up for your pet while you are away on holidays?
  Do you accept that, although a pet can be trained to a certain extent, you definitely cannot expect or force her to be submissive and obedient like a dog?
   

If you answered yes to all the questions above then you can provide a safe and enjoyable life for your pet, there is a lot more involved to looking after a pet properly than most people think

Take some time to consider if what you are doing is the right choice not just for you but for the pet

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