pet care

Tending companion animals

Pet care is the practice of maintaining an animal's health and well-being—feeding, grooming, exercise, veterinary visits, and general attention to their needs.

The term appears in compound forms: pet care products, pet care services, a guide to basic pet care.

Professional pet care includes boarding facilities, groomers, and pet sitters.

Opposites
domestication and human intervention

pet carewildlife management

Supervising animal populations sustainably

wildlife conservation · letting nature take its course · nature preservation · rewilding · natural selection

treatment quality

pet careanimal neglect

Failing to care for beasts

animal abuse · animal cruelty · mistreatment · maltreatment · factory farming

Family

care, pet

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G