Comments on: Pets as Babies

By: Wireless Dog Fence

Wireless Dog Fence — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:28:17 +0000

Hi, although i agree about what you said, but i disagree at some point. Yes baby is different with pets. Sometime, they just anyhow put dipper for their pet but did the pet really like that ? i guess no. We shouldn’t threat them as the way we threat our children. However, talking with your pets had nothing wrong with it. I talk with my pet when i am not happy, or when i am bored. although she might know or don’t know what i am talking bout, but at least i feel comfortable to share my unhappiness with my pet.

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By: Amybee

Amybee — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:54:56 +0000

I have actually received Christmas cards with photos of somebody’s dog-”children” dressed up for the holidays, in front of the Xmas tree! There is a large gay population where we live and for many of these people, their pets truly are their kids (some do, however, adopt human children)…I also saw a woman pushing a small dog in a stroller!

I understand that those without children long to nurture and love someone even if they can’t have children but let’s face it: human children need care 24/7; we can’t leave them at home or put them in kennels when we go on vacation…There is a big difference!

By: Colleen Rivera

Colleen Rivera — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:31:03 +0000

What amazes me is when parents (people who HAVE CHILDREN) say upon the loss of a pet: “It’s just like losing a child.” I’m sorry, What? Seriously? Your dog dying is the same as your child dying? I know what it is to love a pet, to take great joy in them, to feel my life enriched by them, to feel that they are an important part of our house, to grieve their passing. But under no circumstances would I ever consider a pet to be on the same level as one of my children.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:01:26 +0000

I have a couple friends who truly believe that having dogs is the same as having kids…they’re always squawking about how they have to be home within a certain amount of hours to let the dog out. Like I should be able to relate to that since I have two small kids. My kids didn’t learn how to pee outside over the course of six weeks. And, after adding in a sitter, it costs me a small fortune to leave home without them. That’s okay though, I know that one day they will find out the difference.

By: Shauna

Shauna — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:11:33 +0000

There are many people in this world who are unable to have children of their own. I know we say things like why don’t they adopt. This is a great idea for those who can afford all the red tape and time but sometimes we do not fit the requirements to adopt. My husband and I have been trying to conceive for quite sometime now and untill a few weeks ago had had no luck. We thought of adopting but because my husband is 55 he is considered to be too old to adopt even though I am only 29. And we can’t afford to adopt from another country. So for those people who have lots of love to give and share and no baby of their own they find solace in caring for pets like children. my mother thinks of her bird as her son even though she has 4 children (we are all grown) and there are no close grandchildren for her to share her love with so she shares it with her cockateel. She loves this bird so much that it gets a birthcake and christmas presents each year. One year she even dressed it in a halloween costume. And thanksgiving and christmas dinner includes him sitting at the table. Maybe this will change though when i give birth to a grandchild for her around the first of june 2009./ Heres hoping however I will not take away her love for the bird if this makes her happy then I have no right to interfer I am just glad she is content and not upset all the time. Seeing someone depressed is hard for me especially when it comes to my mother. So why not let them enjoy their life even if they do have what we consider strange quirks.

By: Melissa H

Melissa H — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:31:30 +0000

My husband has an aunt who literally thinks of her animals as her children. So much so that when he was little he used to get dog and cat toys for christmas from her. She is obviously a little off. I can see that for some people though it is a way for them to have what you and I have in our children. I had two early term miscarriages and delivered two prematurely before my daughter made it safely to this world… so I can understand the hurt. I also have several friends who have had such trouble conceiving that they have “given up” due to costs. Some times it is a matter of needing to share a large quantity of love and not knowing where else to put it. Also think about how astounded you have been by the love that you feel for your child. YOU are taken by surprise sometimes. Someone who doesn’t have a child can only IMAGINE that love. And trust me fall short. A year after she is born I am still at times shocked by HOW MUCH I love my child.