Sherry Taylor

Q: A new poll says that 27% of those polled turned down a vacation because of this?

A: They didn’t want to leave their pet.

October is Adopt A Pet Month and Glamour lists these weird “pet” things that are very normal:

  • $15 million is spent on behavior modification drugs for pets in a year.
  • 74 percent of women polled Glamour magazine polled trust their pet’s judgment of people.
  • 72 percent of women allow their pet to sleep in bed with them.
  • 64 percent of men allow their pet to sleep in bed with them.
  • 66 percent of you framed pictures of just their pet.
  • 27 percent nixed plans, fearing their pet would be too lonely.
  • 25 percent of you cook for your pet.
  • 16 percent of women polled bought a pet to get through a crisis.
  • 14 percent called in sick to work to spend time with a pet.
  • 4 percent lost a friend or boyfriend because of their pet.

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