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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]For people who are saying it’s the same,[/b] how old are your kids? Do you have teens yet? Dealing with the academic, social, and emotional issues that are part and parcel with adolescence - not to mention the money, COLLEGE - should pretty quickly convince you the two things are nothing alike.

I have a dog and I love him to death. But, if I were to anthropomorphize him and make an analogy to human relationships, I’d say he is more like my friend than my child.

There are some similarities between puppies and babies. But it ends at that stage, imho. Dogs are awesome when they grow out of the puppy stage.[/quote]

What posters said the bolded, PP??

Unless I missed a post, the posters are saying exactly what you said:

[i]"There are some similarities between puppies and babies."[/i]

[Childless dog owner PP][/quote]

Shay I’m saying is that it’s fine to notice the similarities between puppies and babies. B[b]ut to equate owning a dog with raising a baby to adulthood is asinine.[/b]

More than that though, I think the dog-human connection is more about friendship and companionship than nurturing and parenting. So more of a connection between equals than the power differential between parent-child.[/quote]

Which, literally, no one is doing.[/quote]

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