Do not say "pet"...you are a bad person!

One of the main problems with the word “pet,” she said, is that it is patronizing to animals.

“A lot of people at home who have dogs or cats will call these animals pets and refer to themselves as owners and this implies that the animals are a possession, like a car for example,” she said, as Morgan spoke over her, saying “Oh for God’s sake!”

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/animal-rights-group-peta-says-the-word-pet-is-patronizing-to-animals-and-we-should-stop-using-it