I truly believe that the entire pet industry is based on the emotional adolescent level immaturity of the consumer. Some need a big vet bill to grow up. Can we not just leave the animals alone? When I see something like the mindless 'dog shows' as MSG etc. I say to myself "how shallow a society are we that we treat animals like a piece of clothing we're trying to show off". A great many individuals are trying to wear their personality vicariously through the dog they own.
The reality especially in the city is that pets create excrement all over the sidewalk etc. in the suburbs-- all over the lawn==all this for what- some shallow adolescent fantasy. You really want a dog, go be a sheep herder, then you need a dog for a purpose. I see this phenomenon that sometimes the pets get to be the center of attention in the family instead of the focus going to the children. A pet should not be at the center of a family's emotional existence or the glue that binds the family together. That's just the epitome of shallowness.
I know that what I am expressing is somewhat edgy but some will understand.
I adopted a horse many years ago and had her for many years. I saw so many wanna bees who bought a horse just as a status symbol. They couldn't even ride. This I believe is the same motivation regarding household pets. Its a status symbol that the owner thinks somehow "creates' an image for themselves. Even the 'image' of the wholesome family with their "lab" is still an image.
Then you have the animal hoards which are just unsanitary beings that are unable to care for themselves never mind animals. Whether you cage them up while your at work or hoard them in some unsanitary ghetto like environment all in all possessing pets is just another form of imprisoning them. In one form or another they are imprisoned based on the adolescent idea that a human can fill some emotionally void with a pet.
If you truly care about animals then volunteer at a humane society and don't contribute to this pet industry by trying to develop a aura about yourself based on the animal that you possess. You can love animals without having to possess them.
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