Well, despite the odds, favoring owners outliving their pets, pet owners are inclined to keep on getting themselves new pets when the old one passed away. If one has been receiver of unconditional love and affection from a pet and has enjoyed their companionship, one is addicted for life. Anyone who has loved and owned a pet knows the pet can be a source of and more and discomfort. And in times, disappointment or grief, pets are not a cure nor substitute