Lists about the speechless little creatures who hold our hearts and see us naked but don't even know our names.

For the Love of Pets

Lists that rank the very best animal characters in film, TV, comics, and other media.

Fictional Critter Characters

Animals

List of the best fictional pets from literature, film, TV, comics, mythology, and other places. Included are the top fictional dogs, birds, and cats from books and movies, such as <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/all-harry-potter-pets/jessica-bedewi" target="_blank">the Harry Potter&nbsp;series</a>, as well as animals from other planets or other worlds. The animals on this list include real, live action, animated, and even animatronic pets. Vote on the cutest, smartest, sassiest, and most helpful animals that served as pets to other fictional characters. What are the best fictional animals from TV? Movies? Vote for your favorites.&nbsp;

What are some fictional pets? Take a look at this list of fictional animals, some famous, some not. But what is the same is that they&#39;re greatest of all time.

For more animal fun, check out this list of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-animal-performances-in-film-history/kel-varnsen">best animal performances</a> in film history.

Stitch

The Greatest Fictional Pets You Wish You Could Actually Own

Fictional Character

Best Fictional Pets | List of Pets in TV

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Funny

Cats love you no matter what you might think of them. If you don&#39;t feel the same way&nbsp;maybe these cat memes will make you belive that all cats aren&#39;t so evil.

37 Wholesome Cat Memes That Prove They're Not Entirely Evil

General

36 Wholesome Cat Memes That Prove They're Not Entirely Evil

Joe Abraham

Pets

Dogs rule and everyone knows it. Whether the pup in your life is your best friend, fur baby, or sibling, you know that dogs add positivity and joy that cannot be replicated by anyone or anything else. These pics from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/spicydogmemes/" target="_blank">@spicydogmemes</a>&nbsp;are a few good examples of why dogs are the absolute best.

27 Times Dogs Were The Absolute Best

26 Funny Memes That Prove Dogs Are Better Than People

Jordan Myrick

Memes

Has there ever been a stronger bond than cats and the Internet?&nbsp;Their furry little faces appear in every corner of the Web, portrayed as everything from&nbsp;adorable best friends who deserve worship, to fuzzy&nbsp;little&nbsp;evil geniuses capable of destroying the Earth (or a living room) without a care in the world. Indeed, cats&nbsp;are perhaps one of the most celebrated animals of the Internet, as proven by the sheer amount of memes that appear every day celebrating their antics.&nbsp;&nbsp;

40 Random Cat Memes For Cat Lovers

Erin Maxwell

Living

Though many pet owners are slow to admit it in order to avoid cat lady stereotypes, who among us can honestly deny that our pets are totally our babies? So it stands to reason that along the journey of furparenthood, we&rsquo;re likely to catch ourselves at times doing things that only other furparents would understand. Take the baby picture for instance - a cherished item of parents everywhere. While many of us do indeed hold dear baby pictures of our furry little friends, these parents of pets that got big went the extra mile by creating adorable baby vs. grown-up photos of their pets.

Here you&rsquo;ll find everything from adorable pictures of cute pets that don&#39;t know they grew up to recreations of classic childhood pictures of pets and their boys and girls. Prepare yourself to start snapping photos for your own furry little buddy&rsquo;s photo album after you get a load of the following adorable family photos of pets before and after they&rsquo;ve grown.

So get ready for a laugh as you browse through everything from baby turtles who grew into full-grown tortoises that would put the ninja turtles to shame, to fuzzy baby corgis who insist they&rsquo;ve outgrown their own beds but now happen to fit perfectly into yours. Whether you&rsquo;re a shameless cat fan or team dog all the way, you&rsquo;re sure to leave with a smile on your face as you see some of the most <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/cutest-baby-animals?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">adorable baby animals</a> around and the proud grown-up pets they became.

25 Animals Who Don't Know How Big They've Gotten

Ashley Reign

Adorable and hilarious puppies and dog pals to look at while you are supposed to be doing other things.

Very Good Puppy Dogs

All dogs have to do to make us happy is exist. When there&#39;s no doggo around, these dog memes will definitely bring a smile to your face.

37 Wholesome Dog Memes That Made Us Smile Way Too Hard

Wholesome Dog Memes That Made Us Smile Way Too Hard

As any cat owner will tell you, the joys of being a fur-parent to a cuddly little ball of indifference are actually far more rewarding than you might imagine. The joys of cat ownership are definitely an acquired taste, and not everybody will understand the devotion and adoration you feel towards your kitty. Sure, they might maul you, scratch you, ignore you, or knock all of your things over, but there's a reason why ancient Egyptians worshipped cats. Cats are unbelievable companions, insanely furry, and endlessly funny. We've put together a bunch of adorably <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/cat-shaming-v1/ashley-reign?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">hilarious cat photos</a> to show you what it's like for cat owners on a daily basis.These cat photos show off what kitties can do best. If you ever feel alone at home and want a furry companion to keep you company, adopting a cat could solve all of your problems in an instant! Cats can be passive aggressive and high-maintenance sometimes, but they can also be cuddly, sweet, and absolutely hysterical. Some cats love playing boxes, or seeing what containers they can fit themselves in. Other cats love chasing after laser pointers and taking care of the spider problem in your home.&nbsp;Whether they're silently judging you from afar, or cuddling up next to you in bed, vote up these <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/historic-photos-of-cats/ashley-reign?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">pictures of cats</a> that perfectly describe what it's like to be a fur-parent to your own feline fluff-ball.&nbsp;

Only Cat People Will Understand These Joys of Cat Ownership

Funny Photos of Cats: Joys of Cat Ownership

Lists of insane, very creepy tales are almost unbelievable, but are 100% true.

Totally Bizarre True Stories

Even with training and domestication, pets have been known to turn on their owners. Sadly, this is all the more common with exotic animals that are difficult or impossible to train, such as lions, bears, and snakes. These stories are tragic, usually of devoted guardians attempting to simply do what can&#39;t be done - tame a wild beast.

Pets who have turned on their humans include a famous chimpanzee, various reptiles, a hippo that inspired a TV special, bears, and even spiders. Some of these cases&nbsp;are the result of&nbsp;obvious bad ideas, but many were just animal owners who had fallen in love with an exotic creature&nbsp;and paid the ultimate price.

18 Terrifying Stories Of Pets Who Turned On Their Owners

18 Terrifying Stories of Pets Who Attacked Their Owners

Mike Rothschild

Pets are intuitive, but so are veterinarians and they <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fev57r/veterinarians_of_reddit_whats_a_clear_sign_that/" target="_blank">notice everything</a>.&nbsp;

Veterinarians Share Clear Signs When They Know Someone Is A Good Parent To Their Pet

Amalia Halpin

We give them so much and they give us so little in return; and yet we would give our lives for every single one of these little jerks.

Cat Photos That Prove They Are The World's Biggest Jerks

Cat Photos That Proves They Are The World's Biggest Jerks

Kids are great, but they sure do make some dumb (and usually hilarious) decisions, especially when it comes to their pets and other furry friends. Check out r/<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/KidsAreFuckingStupid/" target="_blank">KidsAreFu*kingStupid</a> for more hilarious logic from kids.

16 Times Kids Were Hilariously Wholesome To Pets

Colin  Morabito

Pets are really just members of the family, and it&#39;s so wholesome watching them welcome babies into the family in their own unique, protective ways. <a href="https://twitter.com/msdanifernandez/status/1317279214307995652" target="_blank">Dani Fernandez</a> asked parents to share pictures of these relationships, and the internet really delivered. Vote up your favorite pics down below!

24 Wholesome Pics Of Protective Pets Guarding Their New Best Friends

Joshua Rhee

Courtesy of the hilarious subreddit, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/WhatsWrongWithYourCat" target="_blank">WhatsWrongWithYourCat</a>, the internet is weighing in on photos of their feline friend who is as weird as they come.&nbsp;One thing is for sure, we are all winners for getting to enjoy these pet pics of these cat&#39;s caught showcasing their weirdest moments.

People Are Debating Who Has The World's Weirdest Cat And The Competition Is Fierce

Erika Valverde

Dogs

There is no need for a trial in a dog courtroom. As you'll clearly see by the funny dog&nbsp;pictures below, these dogs are&nbsp;guilty as charged. These funny photos of dogs caught in the act destroying things are a classic Internet case of &quot;shock and aww.&quot; It is your job as the judge and jury to uphold the standard of Internet law and sentence these guilty dogs to a lifetime of hugs and mandatory trips to the dog park. They did something bad. Now love them for it. They owned up to it. Now it's your job to cuddle them forever.

29 Guilty Dogs Who Were Totally Caught in the Act

Guilty Dogs Who Were Totally Caught in the Act

Nathan Davidson

Helping elderly cats, giving doggos a chance to be happy,&nbsp;bringing needy dogs to church services... these are the actions of glorious pet owners go above and beyond when it comes to helping out furry or feathered friends. Vote up the animal lover who is most likely heading to Heaven for all their good deeds.&nbsp;

Amazing Pet Owners Who Are Definitely Going To Heaven When They Die

Lists about the true stories that inspired books, films, TV, and other stories you think you know. 

What Really Happened

Animated

The real story of Balto inspired the heart-warming&nbsp;animated&nbsp;film we all know and love. The movie, though, added quite a bit of a fantasy to an already epic tale. The cinematic version&nbsp;left out the years of tragedy that befell <a href="https://historydaily.org/the-real-story-of-balto-hero-dog-of-alaska" target="_blank">Balto</a> after his triumph. American children&#39;s movies and television,&nbsp;like Air Bud and even Scooby-Doo, often feature <a href="/list/list-of-dog-characters/reference" target="_blank">the best&nbsp;heroic dog</a>&nbsp;stories. But in the case of Balto, the truth deserves a telling as loudly as his fictional counterpart&#39;s wolf howl.

The Balto film caters&nbsp;to children, therefore emphasizing particular fictions - such as&nbsp;Balto&#39;s goose companion, female love interest, and evil dog adversary. The film does parallel the real story of Balto&nbsp;by including a diphtheria outbreak threatening a town in Alaska and the only salvation being an anti-toxin located 1,000 miles away. The people of Nome decided to use dog sleds to obtain the serum as quickly as possible, prompting Balto to help out as he does in the movie. Balto&#39;s journey&nbsp;didn&#39;t quite go down as the filmmakers suggest, however.

Fights with grizzly bears aside, whether the goal was to make the tale even more entertaining&nbsp;or captivate the imagination of children through <a href="/list/the-best-dog-movies/all-genre-movies-lists" target="_blank">a cute&nbsp;dog movie</a>, changing the real events of the story meant the many other human and dog heroes&nbsp;who helped deliver the serum went unmentioned.

Balto&nbsp;remains a staple of every &#39;90s kid&#39;s&nbsp;movie memories, but the true story of the hero dog is even more touching than the film.

The True Story Behind 'Balto' Is Even More Intense Than The Animated Film

The True Story Behind 'Balto' Is Even Crazier Than The Beloved Cartoon

Erin McCann

Pets lists at Ranker - The ultimate source for hundreds of pets lists and rankings

Pets lists on Ranker

Adorable animals playing, posing, helping, hiding, eating, and waiting for you to pet them.

All Creatures, Great and Small

Good Stuff

These fat, adorable animals are what I would look like if I were any of these animals. These are the fattest animals on the Internet in all their obese glory. There are some fat animals whose owners obviously let them eat the vanilla part of the Neapolitan, and there are other obese animals who just don&#39;t give a crap. The fat dogs who just stare their owners down during a game of fetch until the poor bastard who threw the frisbee has to go get it while his fat dog stares at him and laughs: these are those a-hole pets.

In case you&#39;re wondering, there&#39;s no shortage of morbidly obese animals on the Internet. There are fat animal pics of everything from obese dogs, enormous cats, obese skunks, and even the odd fat bear are here in this list. Some of these fat pets you&#39;ll look at and wonder what their humans were thinking, others you&#39;re going to want to steal just so you can invite people over to gaze at your crazy fat cat.

Basically, if you don&#39;t enjoy these pictures of fat animals, you are a waste of a human being. There are fat hedgehogs, for pete&#39;s sake! Big, spiny balls of obese hedgehogs. They are the best. Now stop reading this and gaze at the fattest pets and obese animals you have ever seen. And vote for the obese corgis, fat hamsters, huge pugs, giant cats, massive wombats, and big bears you think are the coolest or cutest animals in this fat animal pictures roundup.

If you haven&#39;t gazed upon enough animal awesomeness when you&#39;re done here, check out the <a href="/crowdranked-list/cutest-baby-animals" target="_blank">cutest baby animals list</a> and this assortment of the <a href="/profile-of/cutest-animal-videos">cutest animal videos</a>.

The 50 Fattest Animals in Internet History

Fat Animals | The 50 Best Pictures of Obese Animals (Cute)

Danielle Dauenhauer

Lists about all types of good boys and girls for the people who want to pet every single one of them.

Must Love Dogs

Everyone has their favorite dog breed, but what's the best breed to bring into your home if you have kids? Of course, the very best thing you can do is adopt a dog, making sure that the animal is good with kids beforehand. But if you have your heart set on a particular breed, there are definitely some dogs that are better in families than others. Vote your favorite kid-friendly breed up and add any you see missing. While you're at it, take a look at those sometimes considered to be more <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/scariest-dogs-list/ranker-science" target="_blank">dangerous dog breeds</a>.The coolest dog breeds for families aren't always the best ones as they're not always the most &quot;Pinteresting&quot; or &quot;Instagramable&quot; breeds, but that's for a reason. You need a safe breed that's easy to take care of that you can count on anyone taking care of. That's why we used part of the the top 10 <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-dogs-for-kids/pet-project?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">dogs for children</a> to build this list, because it should include dogs that any part of the family should be able to care for.&nbsp;

The Best Dog Breeds for Families

Dog Breeds for Families | Best Dogs as Pets for Children

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The best dogs for kids are not just some of the best family dogs but some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-dog-breeds/homefromhome" target="_blank">best and most popular dog breeds</a> out there. These dogs have incredible patience, are gentle with the little ones, and can help teach children about responsibility. Additionally, many claim that raising children with dogs can help improve the self esteem of the child and help them with cooperation and social skills.

While many might think that small&nbsp;dog breeds would be better with small children, the opposite is often true. Breeds like the golden retriever, labrador retriever, Irish setter, and boxer are among the top dog breeds for children. These large dogs are gentle giants and great about tolerating the tormenting of children without backlash.

Of course many smaller dogs are also great for kids. The poodle is a popular choice for family dogs as is the beagle, shih tzu, Havanese and pug. For a family living in an apartment or one that simply does not want a larger dog, these breeds are solid choices and among the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-apartment-dogs/pet-project" target="_blank">best apartment dogs</a>. On the other hand, chihuahuas or yorkies are smaller breeds that are not especially recommended for children.

When selecting a great family dog, it&#39;s important to consider a variety of factors. That&#39;s where a mixed breed or mutt can often be a great choice of the combination of dog characteristics a family might be seeking in their ideal dog. Also, as mixed breed dogs are often the first to land in a shelter, giving a rescued mutt a forever home can change your life and the life of the dog as well. Whichever breed of dog you select, it&#39;s crucial to think the decision over thoroughly before making a commitment to any dog, but this list of the best dog breeds for families will help you start the decision making process. And if you&#39;re looking for dogs that are specifically good around infants, be sure to check out our list on the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-dogs-for-babies/pet-project" target="_blank">best dogs for babies</a>.

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The Best Dogs for Kids

Best Dogs For Kids, Ranked By Dog Lovers

Pet Project

List of favorite dog breeds, mainly gauged by the animals&#39; suitability as pets in homes and apartments. Because of thousands of years of selective breeding by humans, dogs come in a tremendous variety of sizes, shapes, colors, temperaments and behaviors. They are the only animal to have so much variation in appearance without branching into a separate species.

Though groups like the American Kennel Club make very specific designations about breeds and breed hybrids, there continue to be new breeds and breed variants developed all the time, as well as &quot;up and coming breeds&quot; not officially recognized by kennel clubs and experts. (Many dogs not purchased directly from breeders are also mixed-breeds of some kind, or have less than purebred ancestry.)

<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/scariest-dogs-list/ranker-science" target="_blank">Dog breeds</a> are typically divided into a few basic categories: companion dogs, guard dogs, hunting dogs, herding dogs and working dogs. The top dog breeds for every purpose are represented here. Despite the names, in contemporary America, most breeds - even hunting or herding dogs - service as companies for individuals and families.

Pick your favorite dog breeds from the list below and vote them up, and if your favorite breed or hybrid dog is not currently listed, make your own version of the list and add it there yourself! And if you love dogs but suffer from allergies, be sure to check out our list of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-dogs-for-allergies/pet-project" target="_blank">best hypoallergenic dogs</a>.&nbsp;