What does your pet (dog, cat, etc) do to help improve your life after the military?

My boys keep me going.. Without them I'd be dead already

I've had my fair share of disorders, as well. My dogs and cats provide routine and motivate for me to stay active. Yesterday, I attended a dog-friendly social event that randomly pops up on days with perfect weather. My cats let me face plant on their stomachs when I need to de-stress. The house has never been cleaner, because the puppy mandates that I need to keep chewable items out of reach. I am basically rebuilding my life with consideration for living creatures other than just me.

I have a farm. Every animal serves a purpose:

_Goats - Milk, other dairy products, meat, hides, and cash; plus amusement
_Turkeys - Meat and cash
_Chickens - Eggs, meat and cash, plus amusement
_Goose - Meat and I am always ready to be attacked, plus alarm system
_Pigs - Bacon, plus other lesser value pork.
_Rabbits - Meat and Fur
_Cats - Rodent control, plus they accompany me and supervise me doing farm chores
_Livestock guard dogs - Early warning system of coyote attack on goats
_House Dogs - Traffic control on goats and companionship
-Horses - A reason for my wife to stay with me until she finds someone better looking, richer, and who will also shovel money down a horses throat for nothing but manure. Fortunately most of the men in the county are smarter than me.

Seriously, if it weren't for the animals, it would be too easy to become inactive and a couch potato. They gotta be fed and farm chores gotta be done. It's one thing to let an inanimate thing go neglected. it takes a heartless bastard to neglect a living thing. I am many things but not heartless.