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Post by shandimusic94 on Jul 5, 2022 0:26:16 GMT -5
I MIGHT BE GETTING A KITTEEEENNNNN!!!!
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Post by Roman on Jul 5, 2022 13:28:48 GMT -5
There’s cringy, super cringy and people who call themselves mommy or daddy talking to their pets… *shivers*
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Post by SydneyPaige on Jul 5, 2022 16:46:32 GMT -5
There’s cringy, super cringy and people who call themselves mommy or daddy talking to their pets… *shivers* Well what else are they supposed to call them? We sure as heck aren't their masters. The only other option is roommate and that's cold and impersonal.
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Post by shandimusic94 on Jul 6, 2022 1:07:17 GMT -5
I agree with Sydney here. Although, I don't use "Mommy" or "Daddy" but rather Mom/Mother and Dad/Father. I do call myself a cat mom quite often. (and yes, she is my furbaby. sorry not sorry.)
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Post by Roman on Jul 6, 2022 1:17:44 GMT -5
There’s cringy, super cringy and people who call themselves mommy or daddy talking to their pets… *shivers* Well what else are they supposed to call them? We sure as heck aren't their masters. The only other option is roommate and that's cold and impersonal. There’s no need to refer to any of those terms. Humanizing pets, especially treating them as surrogate kids, is disturbing. It’s on the verge of a mental disorder.
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Post by SydneyPaige on Jul 6, 2022 7:53:09 GMT -5
Well what else are they supposed to call them? We sure as heck aren't their masters. The only other option is roommate and that's cold and impersonal. There’s no need to refer to any of those terms. Humanizing pets, especially treating them as surrogate kids, is disturbing. It’s on the verge of a mental disorder. The thing is, they live in your house. You spend copious amounts for their care. You spend lots and lots of time with them. Of course pet owners know it’s not the same as a child but it is a special relationship where in many ways, you are that animals caretaker and to that animal who was probably separated from their mother at around 2 or 3 months old, you’re the closest thing that animal knows to a parent. It is a 10 to 20 year time commitment. In that length of time it’s impossible to have an impersonal relationship with an animal when they’ve been you companion for that long.
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Post by Roman on Jul 6, 2022 8:51:34 GMT -5
There’s no need to refer to any of those terms. Humanizing pets, especially treating them as surrogate kids, is disturbing. It’s on the verge of a mental disorder. The thing is, they live in your house. You spend copious amounts for their care. You spend lots and lots of time with them. Of course pet owners know it’s not the same as a child but it is a special relationship where in many ways, you are that animals caretaker and to that animal who was probably separated from their mother at around 2 or 3 months old, you’re the closest thing that animal knows to a parent. It is a 10 to 20 year time commitment. In that length of time it’s impossible to have an impersonal relationship with an animal when they’ve been you companion for that long. If you commit to getting a pet you definitely need to take care of it. But doing that it’s important to stay aware that you’re dealing with an animal. The pet needs to be fed, disciplined and you need to learn how to command it. The key word is boundaries. Too many pet owners lose track of that and focus on their own needs. Once that converts into humanizing a pet, you’re quickly start to slide down that slippery slope of having it in your bed, giving it kisses, dressing it up, putting it in a stroller… and even worse… That’s bad for the animal and even worse for the mental health of the owner. Society is quite far in becoming blind to that. It’s harder and harder to find people who actually think about if it’s a good idea to get a pet and why they would want one in the first place.
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Post by sharonlovestaylor on Jul 6, 2022 20:26:18 GMT -5
Well what else are they supposed to call them? We sure as heck aren't their masters. The only other option is roommate and that's cold and impersonal. There’s no need to refer to any of those terms. Humanizing pets, especially treating them as surrogate kids, is disturbing. It’s on the verge of a mental disorder. I'm a mommy to Samantha and MY fur baby Benjamin. I even kiss Both so if that makes me sick in the head then I'm one happy crazy lady!
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Post by chantel on Aug 18, 2022 18:12:16 GMT -5
I mailed off my dog's DNA test a few days ago and I'm really excited to get the results back
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Post by Roman on Aug 19, 2022 1:25:07 GMT -5
I mailed off my dog's DNA test a few days ago and I'm really excited to get the results back Fingers crossed that it’s mostly Germanic!
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Post by chantel on Aug 20, 2022 16:51:42 GMT -5
I was out walking my dog today. She doesn't react to other people's dogs. She just stares at them but sometimes they bark at her. Across the street from us was this small woman with like a 100 pound dog that was barking at us and trying to lunge. That dog could have easily broken away from that woman. I don't know why people get dogs that they couldn't physically control if things got out of hand. Don't even get me started on people that get pitbulls.
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Post by SydneyPaige on Aug 22, 2022 6:23:20 GMT -5
I was out walking my dog today. She doesn't react to other people's dogs. She just stares at them but sometimes they bark at her. Across the street from us was this small woman with like a 100 pound dog that was barking at us and trying to lunge. That dog could have easily broken away from that woman. I don't know why people get dogs that they couldn't physically control if things got out of hand. Don't even get me started on people that get pitbulls. Pitbulls can be very docile when trained correctly.
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Post by chantel on Aug 22, 2022 7:12:40 GMT -5
I was out walking my dog today. She doesn't react to other people's dogs. She just stares at them but sometimes they bark at her. Across the street from us was this small woman with like a 100 pound dog that was barking at us and trying to lunge. That dog could have easily broken away from that woman. I don't know why people get dogs that they couldn't physically control if things got out of hand. Don't even get me started on people that get pitbulls. Pitbulls can be very docile when trained correctly. They are animals. There's always a chance of them turning on you no matter how trained they are. You can't possibly train them for every external trigger they may come across and you can't stop their range of feelings they have towards that trigger. For example, my dog is very well trained but she came across a guy on lawn mower for the first time and she freaked out because she didn't know what that was. I couldn't stop her feelings from being scared prior to her seeing it because that was unexpected and I couldn't prevent her natural fight/flight reaction of running around in fear. Now if I had a pitbull and it's natural reaction to fear was to bite there would be nothing that I could do. With a dog that isn't a pitbull you can restrain until they calm down. Once pitbulls want to attack there's nothing that can stop them. Someone is going to die. It's either the person or animal that they are attacking is going to die or the pitbull is going to die.
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Post by SydneyPaige on Aug 22, 2022 11:57:14 GMT -5
Pitbulls can be very docile when trained correctly. They are animals. There's always a chance of them turning on you no matter how trained they are. You can't possibly train them for every external trigger they may come across and you can't stop their range of feelings they have towards that trigger. For example, my dog is very well trained but she came across a guy on lawn mower for the first time and she freaked out because she didn't know what that was. I couldn't stop her feelings from being scared prior to her seeing it because that was unexpected and I couldn't prevent her natural fight/flight reaction of running around in fear. Now if I had a pitbull and it's natural reaction to fear was to bite there would be nothing that I could do. With a dog that isn't a pitbull you can restrain until they calm down. Once pitbulls want to attack there's nothing that can stop them. Someone is going to die. It's either the person or animal that they are attacking is going to die or the pitbull is going to die. I’m not denying that dogs have fight or flight reactions to things they don’t like. It’s important to learn those triggers and know how to work around them. This goes for pitbulls too. The whole “pitbulls are born killers” narrative is born in the media. It only exist because of the torque that is in their jaw (if they bite you it’s harder to get your hand out of their mouth) however the “pitbulls are the most likely to bite you narrative has been proven to be untrue. What dog is the most likely to bite you? Chihuahuas. I don’t see anyone trying to ban them though. I’ve had bull breed dogs almost my whole life. 2 of which we’ve taken out of abusive and neglectful situations. We work with them, we do the training, we learn their boundaries, we discipline them when they misbehave. The result? We get dogs with the sweetest dispositions who have no intentions of killing anyone. However I know not everyone is like my family. Not everyone has a sister who owns a dog rescue who’s dedicated their lives to dogs and who has an extensive application process for every single family who looks to adopt and who offers free training to every adoptee and foster. Not everyone is willing to do the work to train their dogs. That’s where the problem exists. The people who just buy dogs from breeders who care little about the dog’s welfare and are just looking to make a quick buck and then turn around and refuse to train their dog and when it misbehaves they either ditch it with a rescue or abuse/neglect the thing are typically where the problem lies. My sister has hundred of stories like these. Usually the problem doesn’t lie with the animal but the people who own it. That’s when people get hurt.
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Post by chantel on Aug 22, 2022 12:20:14 GMT -5
They are animals. There's always a chance of them turning on you no matter how trained they are. You can't possibly train them for every external trigger they may come across and you can't stop their range of feelings they have towards that trigger. For example, my dog is very well trained but she came across a guy on lawn mower for the first time and she freaked out because she didn't know what that was. I couldn't stop her feelings from being scared prior to her seeing it because that was unexpected and I couldn't prevent her natural fight/flight reaction of running around in fear. Now if I had a pitbull and it's natural reaction to fear was to bite there would be nothing that I could do. With a dog that isn't a pitbull you can restrain until they calm down. Once pitbulls want to attack there's nothing that can stop them. Someone is going to die. It's either the person or animal that they are attacking is going to die or the pitbull is going to die. I’m not denying that dogs have fight or flight reactions to things they don’t like. It’s important to learn those triggers and know how to work around them. This goes for pitbulls too. The whole “pitbulls are born killers” narrative is born in the media. It only exist because of the torque that is in their jaw (if they bite you it’s harder to get your hand out of their mouth) however the “pitbulls are the most likely to bite you narrative has been proven to be untrue. What dog is the most likely to bite you? Chihuahuas. I don’t see anyone trying to ban them though. I’ve had bull breed dogs almost my whole life. 2 of which we’ve taken out of abusive and neglectful situations. We work with them, we do the training, we learn their boundaries, we discipline them when they misbehave. The result? We get dogs with the sweetest dispositions who have no intentions of killing anyone. However I know not everyone is like my family. Not everyone has a sister who owns a dog rescue who’s dedicated their lives to dogs and who has an extensive application process for every single family who looks to adopt and who offers free training to every adoptee and foster. Not everyone is willing to do the work to train their dogs. That’s where the problem exists. The people who just buy dogs from breeders who care little about the dog’s welfare and are just looking to make a quick buck and then turn around and refuse to train their dog and when it misbehaves they either ditch it with a rescue or abuse/neglect the thing are typically where the problem lies. My sister has hundred of stories like these. Usually the problem doesn’t lie with the animal but the people who own it. That’s when people get hurt. All predator animals are born killers. If a Chihuahua is attacking I can restrain and it's no big deal. I do that with a pitbull and my arms are going to get ripped off. That's a big difference on why people want those dogs banned. They may not be most likely to bite but they are most likely to kill once the attack initiates. You can try to train them to react accordingly for potential triggers but it's just not possible to train them for everything they may encounter. Everyone that has a pitbull says their dog is sweet right before they end up attacking someone.
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