You don’t need an exotic animal as a pet, featuring easy alternatives portrayed by Luna thee Pup (a thread):

So obviously you don’t need a tiger as a pet. You can just pose with a stuffed animal tiger. Much better!

You don’t need a lion as a pet. But you can put a lion mane on your dog (yes there are maned lionesses too, look it up):

You don’t need a bat as a pet. Bats are super cute but they are not good pets. But you can take a pic of your dog and turn it upside down!

You don’t need a marine mammal as a pet. But you can get a dog who loves the swamp life:

You don’t need a fox as a pet. But you can take your dog to the woods and wait for them to curl up with their cozy lil tail:

And finally, you don’t need a wolf or a wolf-dog as a pet. This ferocious but fully domesticated canid is the same:

Thank you for attending this thinly veiled excuse to share pictures of my dog. Here she is again just because!