The living planet

I see lots of articles online, describing how pets can be beneficial to autistic people. I really dislike pets of any description. It's not only their unsavoury habits that I find off-putting. I don't like the way they get up close to one, and do all the slobbering and lovey-dovey stuff. They invariably have the most atrocious breaths, generally smelling of whatever they licked last. They are veritable holiday camps for vermin, and are disease-ridden. They are crafty and manipulative. I simply don't understand what is supposed to be so appealing about them. I think I must be the odd one out, as usual.