My daughters are "the girls" and Selka and Gunner are "the boys" to everyone I know. My friends and family are so used to me calling them that, no one questions it at all. I guess everyone I know loves dogs as much as I do.
LOL yea my mom has always had pets and loves animals, it's more that my mom just doesn't support me having dogs right now.. she thinks I am too young to have all that responsibility I guess, and she gets annoyed when I talk about them too much lol
I didn't mean to offend you Marlene, or your mom. You seem very mature and responsible to me!How old are you?
My daughter's boyfriend has two dogs, one is half wolf/half shepherd and the other is a pitbull. This is an accident waiting to happen in my opinion. They had one dog, could barely afford her (she hasn't been spayed and she is one) and then he had to get this pitbull puppy, no matter how many objections my daughter made. Now he (the boyfriend) has major medical problems and medical bills. I have many issues with this situation but I stay out of it. I don't even think the puppy has had all her puppy shots. I just pray my daughter will come to her senses about this idiot. My DH and I can't believe she is with this guy.
It is so weird that you would start this thread. Yesterday, I was snuggling with Brady, and I started to think about that monkey in Conn. All the sudden, I looked at Brady, and thought - "Oh, my, he is an animal too. Capable of doing harm with his teeth if he wanted." That thought just sort of scared me for a moment.
I feel our pets though are a whole different realm then people or other animals. One can't compare the love that they have for there pets to people, not that one is greater than the other - just different.
My daughter is in kindergarten, and I have been noticing a common theme in every single paper - story or drawing she does - they talk about Brady or have a picture of an orange dog!!! I don't see any pictures of her sisters.
We're animals too, different species, and look how much harm we do! I know more kids killed in Iraq by other humans, than I do bitten by dogs, or other animals.
I forget all the time! Lucy and Jax just don't seem like "animals" to me. As a matter of fact, I actually feel guilty that I am beginning to make them sleep on the floor instead of the bed. I mean really GUILTY. It's going to be tough!
I was pretty sure I'd have a lot of company in this.
Our Penny...all our furkids, really...have everything they need to survive without us. They can chase down prey, kill it, rip it apart to eat it. They can establish a pack or become a member of one. Just like the coyotes I hear in the distance sometimes. And yet...
Penny asks so little of us. Some food and some water. She accepts the shelter and is used to it. She like the warm house in the winter, cool in the summer, dry when it's raining. A pretty good den.
In return we get so much devotion and affection. I know it's bad to have her reach out and 'paw' me, but I kind of like it when she says "pet me,mom". So I do. And I love how protective she is of us. Just this morning she sounded the alarm because a piece of KILLER NEWSPAPER was stuck on a shrub at the back of the yard. We need that protection because ya never know.
I don't think she knows we're people. I think SHE thinks we're really funny looking, dumb dogs.
It is so weird that you would start this thread. Yesterday, I was snuggling with Brady, and I started to think about that monkey in Conn. All the sudden, I looked at Brady, and thought - "Oh, my, he is an animal too. Capable of doing harm with his teeth if he wanted." That thought just sort of scared me for a moment.
I think the big difference here is our dogs are DOMESTICATED.... a chimp is a WILD ANIMAL. I don't understand why these people continue to bring wild animals in their homes and expect they will just adapt to human companions and be normal and safe... stupid stupid stupid.
From everything I've heard since the chimp story, they are the least animal you'd want around.
I think 'exotics' belong in their natural habitat where they're not exotic at all. Just part of the neighborhood.
They said the lady had lost her daughter or something and needed something to love...apparently she still have a husband. He probably would have liked just a pie or some cupcakes. Too bad she didn't get a Golden or one of those little 'puntables' that like to be dressed up.
dulce mia is family to us...she means a lot to us and i dont think she knows shes an animal too...she really thinks shes human trapped in a beautiful doggie body....
"Remember, animals are people, too." -Geoffrey Giraffe (Toys R Us mascot )
OK, so I took out the "well, not really" part at the end, but DH and I do quote the first part to eachother all the time when Gibson or Fyodor do something very human-like, which is often.
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