Do you play with Pets?

For me I love pets in real life, but they don't interest me in the game, they're just sort of there like objects. I have a cat in my current sims household but it's not particularly fun to play with, feeding it is automated and cleaning its litter is automated, there isn't really anything to make me want to play with it. (most of the time it's randomly gone off to the Landgraab house by itself because apparently Pigeon likes Nancy more than me, I say "it" because I don't have a clue what gender Pigeon is as it doesn't seem to say anywhere)

Not in all my households, but i can say i play with pets rather often. In my legacies, if i would estimate, i'ld say i play with pets every 3 generations as an average.

Not every household, but more often than not. I've always had cats in my life, so it seems natural to include them with my sims. Also having cats helps, er, limit family size because they take up household slots.
And they can bring you stuff. Usually more pet toys or upgrade parts, but those can be sold if needed. And they're the only way I'm aware of to get the feather collection.

I play with a pet in one household with plans to include one in another. It will be my first time playing with a dog so pretty excited. I don't want to put animals in too many houses so it doesn't become stale.

I am an animal lover in real life and many of my sims are too. Cats and Dogs is actually one of my favourite packs. The pets are so cute and full of personality.

Pets have always been too annoying and high maintenance for my style of play. Not just in the Sims 4, but in all of the Sims games. I get bored with them quickly. Maybe if pets had aspirations it would be more interesting?
Also, they constantly get sick and run away in the Sims 4, which I find annoying.

I enjoy the training, breeding, and overall cuteness pets bring to my households. Giving Sims breeds I would never have in rl is a lot of fun for me.

Yes, I play with pets, but it's really irritating how often they get sick.

A lot of my regular library families have pets already in them or sectioned off into their own additional library slot. If they are in with the whole family, they are always there. If separate, sometimes I add them and sometimes I don't.

I love how pets look (and pets have always been a crucial part to real families for me), but they feel so soulless to me on top of being able to do next to nothing with them. They are decorations taking up a family slot, so I have to make a call every time I play.

No because we can't control them or turn off their autonomy. I'm an animal lover in real life, so I'm still upset about the decision to make pets uncontrollable because it means I can never add them to my households. I tried it once and it just doesn't work with my play style.