Having animals before having children lead people to experience less due to an unnecessary obligation to care for a the animal(s).

I have two ferrets and a dog so I get it. I love them all and treat them well. However we live in a city with no support system so I can't even go camping without financial burden or animal neglect

Edit:dog was brought up from family home during college. and we don't have a support system because we moved to a new city 8 months ago