Does having a pet give comfort when "home alone"?

Oh you bet they do! When I'm alone, my chihuahua's will alert me in a second if they hear something out of the ordinary. At night I'll keep my two german shepherds inside as an extra precaution. I'm legally deaf so the more protection I have the better! LOL But I do feel better when my hubby is home.

I do believe that it can give comfort. I love having me cat and dog with me when I am home alone, because then I am not really alone.

Yes, I think it does help. I talk to my pets also. I have two dogs inside and also a couple of parrots. I talk to all of them just like they were my real kids.

Yes pets are great like that they can take away the stress and make you feel so good inside. I love animals and think they are the best. Really they don't do much but they do give unconditional love which is the best kind of love there is on this planet.

I don't have any pet my own. Just because my family do not have any pet like 'cat' 'dog' or others. when I was young , I always feed fowls like chickens, ducks,gooses, bulls, horses and donkeys. Those fowls bothered me all the time because I am young and this cost me much time, especially when feed pigs , it's so dirty that I cannot bear even. LOL ~ Now I realize that we have to earn money via selling these fowls and they feed me up really.

While I don't have any pets now (unless a nine month old son counts as a pet, haha), I used to find it comforting to have pets around when I would be at home alone. For instance, if I heard a strange noise in another room, I could always tell myself, oh, that must have just been the cat. So, it was kind of reassuring. And, pets will snuggle with you and love you no matter what. So, I guess maybe pets are kind of like babies, after all. And some people without kids at home certainly do think of their pets as their babies!

oh yes, my cat doesn't like being inside at all except when it is raining or cold, but I love it when she is curled up asleep on the couch, I have had three cats one at a time and strangely enough they have all come to me when I really needed something in my life, they have helped me so much at times i just needed them...

Yes I have a cat which has given me a lot of comfort over the years. He goes through some stages where he will spend weeks near me... and other times where he prefers to be outside. It is an outside cat... and he has also given me a lot of headaches with his fighting. When he comes back from a nasty fight... it is not comforting. lol

I don't have a pet now but I did. I had a cat and had her for 17 years. She was a good friend to me and heard many things from me. It is good to be able to talk to a loved one and animals seem to be able to sense if you are down. My cat would wound herself around my leg and want up in my lap when ever I was down or even just sick. She passed away two years ago and I have not been able to bring myself to get another pet. She was very special to me.

i have been sick for almost a week (and off work) and have been home alone (mostly) during the day and it is funny but my cat actually has wanted to lay down with me while i was sick and laying on the couch. it was really nice to have her with me.

I have pets at home but we don't let them in the house but they have shade.Well,yes they give me comfort.I always look forward to their bath time and their walk hour whenever I'm free since I'm still studying.I try my best to bring them food after school if I have extra money for their treats.They cry whenever I go and it breaks my heart but when I come back,it is obvious that they are happy.

I don't know what I would do if I didn't have my kitties here while my boyfriend was traveling for business weeks at a time. I'm fine during the day, but at night I get so lonely and sometimes even a bit uneasy. My kitties always come love on me to cheer me up when I'm feeling like that. When I'm sick there always the first to know too. Recently when I was suffereing bad toothaches prior to my wisdom teeth being removed they both were constantly on my pillow purring and rubbing to try and cheer me up. I think I read somewhere once that it is believed that a cats purring may have healing properties as well which might explain why when they nuzzled against me my toothache would subside for a bit.

all my pets are indoor and i love it that way. even though my dogs are small, i still feel protected with them. i even let them sleep on the bed at night, for extra protection. i talk to my pets all the time and somtimes i think they understand. its just comforting to know that someone is listening.

it have 2 cats for myself, both persian. Do they give me comfort at home? Absolutely yes! They are they one who will welcome me, as i reached home from work.

I am often home alone since my partner works away, but I have 3 rosella birds which were "unwanted" and sometimes I know why! They fight like crazy and destroy any paper or wood in their path. Onnly last week Little Lady chewed up half the cover of a brand new book, seeeeethe. However, they can also be extremely cute, and when I am making a sandwich they hover on their standing post, peering round the doorway to see what I am going to eat, and naturally they want their treat. Then they stand on one leg, holding their treat in one claw, and eat away and they look so adorable and innocent. If only they hannd't caused so much damage!

I don't have any pets but I hope to get 1 one day. I can imagine though... when home alone, pets are company. How nice that would be....

I have three indoor cats and a outdoor dog. My cats give me great comfort as well as comfort for the kids also.When someone is sick, Tom or Jerry will curl up next to you and start purring,and I always seem to feel better. When my kids go to bed they love it when the cats cuddle with them. Tiger is still a kitten so he brings alot of laughter through the house. The kids have so much fun watching him play or rolling his kitty toys in front of him so he will chase them. Our dog creed we are trying to find a good loving home for him. He is a Labador Retriver and wants alot of attention. We are always so busy that we dont have the time to play with him so he has dug up my backyard. My son wants a small dog that we can keep in the house and enjoy. But I want Creed to go to a good home so i am really careful about who I give him to.He is a sweet loveable dog but he just needs more attention than we can give. But I couldnt see not having pets,me and my kids would be heartbroken.

Yeah sometimes they do though they cant speak your language pets are just like humans they have senses and they know and smell our fears when home alone.

yes of course aside from talking to your self alone you could talk to your pet... to acompany you while your alone..to!

My pets live in the house with me, it's great to have them around. I wonder sometimes if my cat thinks he's a dog because he'll eat out of their dish sometimes rather than his own and they'll come over to see what he has as well. It's great to see how cats and dogs get along so nicely.