1. One of the main points that the author is trying to make is, how far would someone be willing to go to save their pets. Another main point that the author is trying to make is,  can a simple house pet actually replace a living human being.  For instance in this article the Leverings are using their pet cat Lady,  as the child they could never have. 67

2. In this article there is a lot of pathos because the author gives us a very descriptive image on whats going  like if its sad, happy, or awkward. For example, "Her eyes were rimmed with red, and her skin draped over her bones like an old rug," This sentence gave me an image of how the dog looked and made me feel sad and it  also made me feel sorry for the dog because of how the author described her.

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4. I think in this article, the author made pathos a lot stronger than logos. He gave this article a lot of feeling by being very descriptive in his article. He made us feel what they felt; sad, worried, and tense which made us want to keep reading the article.

5.I agree with most of the authors points,  for example are pets as important as family  can they be treated like surrogate children i think so,  i love my dog very much he is part of my family but i would rather put him down if he was in pain rather than putting him through pain staking hours surgery.