Thoughts on "fur baby" and pet "mom/dad/etc"?

[Anonymous]

Who cares.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People can do whatever they want with their pet at home and among their pet friends. However, your pet is not a human child. Which means it needs to be on a leash in public, and you should not be taking it into stores. Ever.

My dog is always leashed unless we're in a designated off-leash area. If she's with me, she comes into any stores where she's allowed, ie. not the grocery store or any place that sells food. Otherwise, she's at home or at day care. I will never leave her outside alone, even if I can see her. Dogs are often stolen, and several people have threatened to steal mine.

GMAFB. Idoubt your dog is so precious that someone wants to steal it. Or maybe get a breed that can't really be stolen, not a pocket toy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its gross, especially when they have no human children.

This is one of the meaner things I’ve read on here for awhile. What if they can’t have kids or haven’t found the right person or time to have kids. Or just don’t want to be a parent for various reasons. Your comment is more gross than furbaby.

I got my dog after my sixth round of unsuccessful IVF. She is the closest thing I'll have to a child.
I'll never understand why the "have"s feel the need to be cruel to the "have not"s.
And no, I don't call her my furbaby.

Surely you can see that one thing is not related to the other? I'm sorry you were unsuccesful with IVF. That doesn't change the fact that it's a dog, and is nothing at all like a child. This has nothing to do with the "haves" or "have-nots". (Neither of which require an apostrophe)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its gross, especially when they have no human children.

This is one of the meaner things I’ve read on here for awhile. What if they can’t have kids or haven’t found the right person or time to have kids. Or just don’t want to be a parent for various reasons. Your comment is more gross than furbaby.

I got my dog after my sixth round of unsuccessful IVF. She is the closest thing I'll have to a child.
I'll never understand why the "have"s feel the need to be cruel to the "have not"s.
And no, I don't call her my furbaby.

Surely you can see that one thing is not related to the other? I'm sorry you were unsuccesful with IVF. That doesn't change the fact that it's a dog, and is nothing at all like a child. This has nothing to do with the "haves" or "have-nots". (Neither of which require an apostrophe)

I didn’t use an apostrophe, you miserable person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We got my dog when he was such a little puppy...as far as he is concerned, we are his parents, the only one he remembers, and he views us that way. Also, the kids call us mom and dad, so referring to us by any other name will just confuse the dog, as I am sure that he associates those words with each of us.

I do refer to him as my furry child or my canine child or my non-human child, because I really do view him as another child that depends on me and that I bear responsibility for. That doesn't mean he gets treated the same as the human children, though. We always joke how he gets pissed off about how the human kids get all the good stuff and why doesn't he. When "On the Basis of Sex" came out, we had a lot of jokes about how he was planning a movie "On the Basis of Fur". I think we basically treat him like a dog -- he has a dog bed, isn't allowed on the furniture, only gets scraps from human food, doesn't generally go on vacation with us, etc. But it's a pretty decent dog life, I hope.

How do you know? Did you he tell you this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People can do whatever they want with their pet at home and among their pet friends. However, your pet is not a human child. Which means it needs to be on a leash in public, and you should not be taking it into stores. Ever.

My dog is always leashed unless we're in a designated off-leash area. If she's with me, she comes into any stores where she's allowed, ie. not the grocery store or any place that sells food. Otherwise, she's at home or at day care. I will never leave her outside alone, even if I can see her. Dogs are often stolen, and several people have threatened to steal mine.

GMAFB. Idoubt your dog is so precious that someone wants to steal it. Or maybe get a breed that can't really be stolen, not a pocket toy.

Dog theft is a booming business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We got my dog when he was such a little puppy...as far as he is concerned, we are his parents, the only one he remembers, and he views us that way. Also, the kids call us mom and dad, so referring to us by any other name will just confuse the dog, as I am sure that he associates those words with each of us.

I do refer to him as my furry child or my canine child or my non-human child, because I really do view him as another child that depends on me and that I bear responsibility for. That doesn't mean he gets treated the same as the human children, though. We always joke how he gets pissed off about how the human kids get all the good stuff and why doesn't he. When "On the Basis of Sex" came out, we had a lot of jokes about how he was planning a movie "On the Basis of Fur". I think we basically treat him like a dog -- he has a dog bed, isn't allowed on the furniture, only gets scraps from human food, doesn't generally go on vacation with us, etc. But it's a pretty decent dog life, I hope.

How do you know? Did you he tell you this?

You can 100 percent tell. If he is sick, scared, hurt, etc., he comes to me and gives me the same look my kids do. There are many examples from the animal world of cross-species adoption and animals imprinting on other species if they are raised by them from a very young age. It’s not an unusual thing. You seem to me implying that beings can only communicate verbally, which runs contrary to our understanding of mammalian behavior, as well as early human development and even communication between people of different linguistic backgrounds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its gross, especially when they have no human children.

This is one of the meaner things I’ve read on here for awhile. What if they can’t have kids or haven’t found the right person or time to have kids. Or just don’t want to be a parent for various reasons. Your comment is more gross than furbaby.

I got my dog after my sixth round of unsuccessful IVF. She is the closest thing I'll have to a child.
I'll never understand why the "have"s feel the need to be cruel to the "have not"s.
And no, I don't call her my furbaby.

Surely you can see that one thing is not related to the other? I'm sorry you were unsuccesful with IVF. That doesn't change the fact that it's a dog, and is nothing at all like a child. This has nothing to do with the "haves" or "have-nots". (Neither of which require an apostrophe)

DP. No one is saying that pets are the same as children. The point is that these terms are harmless and the people who are so bothered by them are often very cruel, something that you’ve kindly demonstrated here.

[Anonymous]

I have 2 teens, a 5 yr old dog, and a 1year old dog.

The 1 year old is the baby of the house. She's a dog, but still the baby. We got her at 8 weeks old so she'll always be the dog baby to us.

And my (younger) 15 year old kid will always be my human baby no matter how big.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People can do whatever they want with their pet at home and among their pet friends. However, your pet is not a human child. Which means it needs to be on a leash in public, and you should not be taking it into stores. Ever.

My dog is always leashed unless we're in a designated off-leash area. If she's with me, she comes into any stores where she's allowed, ie. not the grocery store or any place that sells food. Otherwise, she's at home or at day care. I will never leave her outside alone, even if I can see her. Dogs are often stolen, and several people have threatened to steal mine.

GMAFB. Idoubt your dog is so precious that someone wants to steal it. Or maybe get a breed that can't really be stolen, not a pocket toy.

Dog theft is a booming business.

Yes, and it's not just small dogs that are stolen. Larger ones are taken to be used in dog fights. It's not safe to leave dogs outside alone.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I am their Mom.Sorry! And all my dogs were raised along with my kids, so they think that is my name. My bond with all my dogs was deep and loving. In order to be trusted by an animal that only is at the mercy of your hands is a big responsibility and it takes caring and a certain empathy not all can give. To understand them, to care for them, to interact with them is something on a plane of a different understanding, and not all people do have this understanding. Let others say what they want. I don't understand why there always has to be a equivalent between a child and animal. Sometimes it isn't a comparison...it is different but still very important. We are conditioned to think of animals and creatures as less than, as unthinking, as non sentient, but, maybe that is only self serving to achieve our own needs and biases.

Yes, I am Mom.

[Anonymous]

I switched vets to one that doesn’t call me my dog’s mom. I met his mother and I am not her!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its gross, especially when they have no human children.

This is one of the meaner things I’ve read on here for awhile. What if they can’t have kids or haven’t found the right person or time to have kids. Or just don’t want to be a parent for various reasons. Your comment is more gross than furbaby.

I got my dog after my sixth round of unsuccessful IVF. She is the closest thing I'll have to a child.
I'll never understand why the "have"s feel the need to be cruel to the "have not"s.
And no, I don't call her my furbaby.

Surely you can see that one thing is not related to the other? I'm sorry you were unsuccesful with IVF. That doesn't change the fact that it's a dog, and is nothing at all like a child. This has nothing to do with the "haves" or "have-nots". (Neither of which require an apostrophe)

I didn’t use an apostrophe, you miserable person.

Yep seriously. One thing is not related to the other. I honestly think that if someone truly believes a dog could be an adequate substitute for a child they should not have children. Wearing your dog in a sling like a baby doesn’t make it one.

Signed, person who has had both children and pets

[Anonymous]

Oh and also don’t get me started about the child free weirdos who hate kids but expect to be able to observe Mother’s Day on account of their dogs. GTFO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its gross, especially when they have no human children.

This is one of the meaner things I’ve read on here for awhile. What if they can’t have kids or haven’t found the right person or time to have kids. Or just don’t want to be a parent for various reasons. Your comment is more gross than furbaby.

I got my dog after my sixth round of unsuccessful IVF. She is the closest thing I'll have to a child.
I'll never understand why the "have"s feel the need to be cruel to the "have not"s.
And no, I don't call her my furbaby.

Surely you can see that one thing is not related to the other? I'm sorry you were unsuccesful with IVF. That doesn't change the fact that it's a dog, and is nothing at all like a child. This has nothing to do with the "haves" or "have-nots". (Neither of which require an apostrophe)

I didn’t use an apostrophe, you miserable person.

That makes a miserable person? Maybe just bad vision. You sound pretty miserable, the PP didn't say anything mean to you, in fact did say she was sorry about your unsuccessful treatments.
Lashing out for no real reason doesn't present you in the best light.