How do you persuade your family to have a pet at home?

It's hard to have a pet if you are in an apartment where there are neighbors. They might go to your neighbor's premises and the neighbor won;t like it , especially if they will litter everywhere.

wish your dad liked cats as its so muchfun to have

Are you allowed to have pets while living in an apartment. Maybe your dad is just thinking about the neighbours and whether they will like it or not

For me, things are a bit different. I live with my husband in our own house, and my parents rarely come to visit. But my parents-in-law often come and live for a while. I just decided that I would have a cat and took one home, without talking with them before. (Otherwise they wouldn't agree!) So they felt awkward at first, but soon liked the cat! It's great company when children are at work and they are home alone.

We didn't have to do this, we all love dogs here.

@youless I understand how difficult it is to convince your family to have a pet. Hopefully, your father will agree to the cat

I think the majority of Chinese people don't want to have a pet with them especially cats or dogs. On the other hand, turtles parrots and hamsters are the common pet of the little ones. I think that most of you live an apartment-type house in buildings. So it would be troublesome to have domestic cats or dogs. I have two dogs and a cat. There is no need to persuade my family for having them because of they are also an animal lover. Space is not an issue because we have a backyard for the dog to stay and the cat is at home to guard for possible mouse invasion.lol

You could have a house cat that does not go outside. Mine only goes out with us.

I have a cat and two dogs, I do not need permission its my house.

I have never had to do any persuading because my mother loves dogs and my dad has learned to just go with the flow. We have just brought home random dogs before and my dad was a little mad at first but then he got over it. He has even started to just bring dogs home.