- Niki!

- Hello.

- What up my good friend?

You wanna come with me on a Worth It lifestyle episode?

We're doing pets.

- I love pets!

- I see that. Look at you, can you say Worth It?

- Worth it.

- Pets.

- Pets.

- Okay, here we go.

- Here we go pets.

- Worth It Lifestyle.

- Pets

- Guest on today, Niki.

- Hi.

- Today on Worth It Lifestyle, we're trying, oh

- Trying? We're not trying them!

- Today on Worth It Lifestyle we're seeing three pets

at three drastically different price points

to find out which one is the most worth it at its price.

- Worth it! Pretty much all of my life, I have had pets.

Growing up I always had dogs, and I now have a cat.

Its so nice to come home to someone

who's excited to see you.

- Other than your wife.

- Other than my wife.

(laughter)

- I have not lived with any...

- What?

- Four legged creatures in my life.

- Ever?

- So this is gonna be fun.

We're going to the Best Friends Animal Society.

An animal shelter called No Kill LA.

- Wow! A no kill shelter. A great start!

Adopt, don't shop.

(upbeat flute tune)

^- Welcome my name's Michelle Sathe

^and I'm a PR specialist with Best Friends Animal Society

here in Los Angeles and we're really happy to have you

at our beautiful NKLA pet adoption center in West LA.

- We are very excited.

- Yay. Pets!

- [Michelle] Best Friends Animal Society is

actually a national animal welfare organization

and we are dedicated to ending the killing of shelter pets.

Shelter pets generally get killed

because there is a lack of space in the shelter system.

And unfortunately, every day in America,

4,100 dogs and cats are killed.

I don't meant to bum you guys out.

- No.

- There's a lot of happy stuff going on here too.

Here in Los Angeles,

Best Friends launched the NKLA initiative in 2012.

Our team is here to make you the best possible match

for your lifestyle. All of our pets are fixed, vaccinated,

and micro chipped. So its like a one stop shop.

- They do all the work for you.

- We do all - it's like, they are ready to go home.

You just do a short adoption survey

and fill out some paperwork, pay the fee,

and you're out the door.

- So full of emotions.

- Do you wanna go meet some pets?

- Yes, please.

- Alright.

- Dog time. Party time. Puppy party. Puppy Party.

- Hey cutie pie. Hi. Hello.

- [Niki] You're so beautiful!

Look at Woolie.

- Hi Woolie!

- He's a big handsome.

- You're so handsome.

- I found a friend! I know.

- Wow you make friends with animals so quickly, Niki.

- I love animals.

- Like I'm bad at reading body language,

and you just have to read them.

- What I like to tell people when they're looking at dogs

in Kennels is that it's not indicative of who they are

anytime you want meet a pet,

definitely ask for a face to face.

(bouncy drumbeat)

(bell sound)

- [Steven] So who do we have here?

- [Shelter worker] We have Boxy Brown.

She's a very sweet and bubbly pup

and she loves playing with balls.

- Yes!

- Whoa.

- She did it!

- Hello. I got it. Oh you got it. Can I have it?

- You're so sweet. Look at the smile.

- Niki, I've decided I'm going to have a dog and cat.

- You're gonna have a dog and a cat?

- Yes, and I want them to be friends.

- She's so cute. Look at that!

Look at that!

Talent, beauty, grace, Boxy Brown.

- We have a lot of high tech features for people

where they can go around and check out different screens

and check out different pictures and videos of the pets

before they even meet them,

to help you make that love connection.

- Look at him! Look at that face!

Yeah. She's like "hey"

- Yo.

- Wanna hang out?

(jazzy music)

- [Shelter Worker] This is Mia. She's our training cat.

I got my first Cat Day training with her because she's

just so adorable and she's very active.

- [Steven] Hi Mia.

- [Niki] There you go. Hello.

- [Steven] She's like a coffee cinnamon roll.

- [Niki] She does look like a cinnamon roll.

She's so nice. She's got such a calm energy.

- [Shelter Worker] We have like a booklet

that we keep all their behaviors and this is Mia's.

- Perfect as usual.

- [Steven] Cat pun!

- Adopted pets are really special, you know?

They're so grateful to just have a home and hang out.

- [Steven] You ready to hit the road Niki?

- Can we take 30 cats and 30 dogs with us?

How much space do you got in your car?

So that shelter was cool!

- That was awesome!

Are you ready for the inaugural pet fact of the season?

- Oh gosh, I forgot about those.

- Pet fact!

- Oh my god.

^It was estimated that in 2017, Americans spent

^nearly $69 billon their pets.

^Considering how much I have spent on my one cat,

well you have like the recurring costs like the food

and like the litter. I bought him a Christmas sweater

cause it was cute and he hated it.

But, just like dumb stuff like that.

- You know Alex is also a pet person?

- We've bonded over that.

You know, there's two Alex's in the back.

- In the back? Oh, this is gonna be very confusing.

Well we're bringing an extra person

because we're going on a road trip -

- Road trip.

- We're going out see some mini pigs right now.

- Mini pigs!

- I'm going to need your help.

- Why?

- Because they're fragile, I don't know actually.

(Upbeat music)

^- Welcome to So Cal Mini Pigs,

^I am Sandy and I'm here to show you kind of around

and let you know what a real mini pig is like.

- So this is mini pig?

- Yeah, this Jay. This is a mini pig.

She is three and half years old.

I like to compare them to the size of, you know,

a hefty English bulldog.

There's a whole misconception of,

you know, the little tea cup mini pig

is just a marketing term.

They all do fit into tea cups when they're born

but they all grow to be a full sized mini pig.

Which is still so easy as like a family pet.

- I have so many questions, I just

- Lay them on me!

- What's like the personality of a pig?

- They're usually a perfect mix of sweet and cuddly

to playful and a little mischievous

but in the funniest of ways.

- Do you have to let them out to poop?

Do you have to brush them?

- Can they live inside?