I was thinking today how everyone creates a relationship with their pet. The way you are reading this you are thinking "yea, they need to have good relations with them." That is not what I am talking about though. We label everything now-a-days. Look at Facebook, you can "like" everything on there, I am sure we would misuse the word love on Facebook if we could. This labeling has gone overboard. When I say we are creating relationships with our pets we are making them a child. How many times have you called a pets owner "mom" or "dad" when talking to that pet? I mean listen sometimes how much we talk to a pet like it is a human. Now don't get me wrong, I love pets. I work with two dogs, and have one in the family, and I do it too. In fact it was me doing this that got me to thinking about this.
The Boston Globe recently release the most common animal names of 2011. Leading the pack (forgive the pun) in the dogs was a base off of pop culture. For dogs the leading name was Bella from the Twilight Saga. Check out the link to see the top names for 2011.
That is about all I have to say for this one, I know it is short but I think my Stars one makes up for it. Have a good week everyone!
I am an aunt to my sisters furkids! Neither of us have children so the dogs and cats fill that 'void'. We don't have small dogs so no one has ever been carried around in a backpack or purse. They do have the back of a Subaru to ride in though, we are always cleaning nose smudges off the windows.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. I have a dog as well and that was my same experience. For me it was the vet who made me think cause they called me daddy. My first thought was really! When did pets become like people. I like animals but not an animal lover. The difference is a pet can be replaced and a child cannot. I say just enjoy your pets for as long as you can and don't forget to spade or neuter them.
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