Maybe in your tiny microsystem, but not "most people" in any meaningful universal measure. The stats for the US are about even: 38% of housholds with dogs vs. 4

Maybe in your tiny microsystem, but not "most people" in any meaningful universal measure. The stats for the US are about even: 38% of housholds with dogs vs. 40% with children under 18. Once you account for all those households with both kids and supplemented with pets I doubt it's even close.