On many TV programs, pets are the favorite actors. This is not fiction, but reality. Pets, mainly dogs and cats, have become pampered species. They live in luxury in their homes. They have special nutritional foods designed for them canned varieties of all flavors.
Pets have their own special divided eating dishes.
They have their own softly padded beds. They have treats in as many special varieties as we have candies. They expect them and demonstrate their disdain when they don't get them. Pets were just as loved when we were kids. But they never enjoyed quite the special treatment they get today.