“If my pets aren’t there, I do not want to be there either. (as it clearly would not be heaven without them)”
That sounds as though it’s noble but you should re-think it, it is actually very rebellious.
The Son of God came to prepare a place for you. In His Father’s house are many mansions. If it were not so, He would have told you. He came, He lived a perfect life, he raised the dead, gave sight to the blind. He was scourged in the most severe way, which historically was known to expose ribs. Then He was nailed to a cross and slowly suffocated to death, refusing the least amount of herbal pain control, to obtain salvation for YOU.
And you reject this if Fido isn’t there????????