Wow such a deep post about love and affection towards pets.Its kind rare because nobody talks love between its always been love between humans.Well as far I know an unconditional love between a human and an animal is equally strong as love between human. I felt lost and depressed when i lost my pet rabbit Josey few months ago...Now i dont know if I get another pet rabbit whether it will be same as Josey. But being with Josey taught me to love unconditionally without any expectations