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08-06-2007, 02:32 PM | #1 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Massachusetts
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| Just a dog? Many, many times I've read people referring to others as treating their dogs as "just dogs" rather than...what...a person? I think I'm missing the rest of that phrase. I am head over heels in love with my Tucker...like seriously ga ga... but I'm wondering if I treat him as "just a dog" or whatever the alternative is. How is the way you treat your Yorkie different than the way others treat their "dogs"? PS It may seem I'm trying to be confrontational but I'm seriously just curious. I can't seem to find the right words to imply a curious tone rather than an accusatory one...please forgive me!
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08-06-2007, 02:35 PM | #2 |
It's a Yorkie Thing Donating Member | Nope I'm sure you don't treat him like "just a dog" or you wouldn't be on YT. We know they are "Furkids" and more than "Just a dog" Dogs, Poor things, are kept outside and feed once a day (hopfully anyway) Furkids run our lives.
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08-06-2007, 02:37 PM | #3 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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| I think alot of people on here treat them as their babies. I know I do. You dont dress a dog. Give it fruits and vegetables. Heck mine even get an ice cream cone when the ice cream truck comes around. I dont even call mine dogs they are my babies.
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08-06-2007, 02:53 PM | #4 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northern Virginia
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| Edited. Last edited by Lovin' Gracie; 08-06-2007 at 02:55 PM. |
08-06-2007, 02:57 PM | #5 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lucedale ms
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| They are just very special little beings, they seem to understand what your saying and how you are feeling. they have can give you a look that will make you melt no matter how mad you are at them, and they can pull at your heart strings, no dog can do that. my husband says they are little people trap in dog suits, |
08-06-2007, 03:03 PM | #6 |
Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida
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| I treat mine like kids. They get all kinds of goodies (carrots, broccoli, cauliflower & icecream) I like to make them clothes and dress them up. I think maybe somebody who treats their dog like a dog, has them outside all the time with a dog house, and sees them when they feed them.
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08-06-2007, 03:04 PM | #7 |
I Love My Lil' Punkin's Donating Member | Well, I DO treat my babies like....well, BABIES. lol. They have clothes galore just like a REAL "baby" would, tons of beds and toys, and they sleep in the bed with us rather than on the floor like "just a dog" might (and ok, those of you who's babies don't sleep on the bed PLEASE - don't take offense of what I just said) but I know several people who think it's NUTS to let your "dogs" sleep in the bed with you - which is why I said what I said. Also, alot of people buy any old dog food for their dogs (I'm talking...Wal-Mart dog food, just whatever is on sale or what have you) - however, I order my babies food online...and in my opinion, they are getting the best food out there Some people who consider their dogs "just a dog" might go out and buy them any treats that they can find without even caring what the ingredients in them are...I however read every single ingredient on the back of the bag/box. There are just certain things that I do that people who considered their dogs "just a dog" wouldn't do. An being on YT is one of them Do you know how NUTS my sister thinks I am for spending hours and hours on a message board dedicated to DOGS? lol - THAT'S what I am talking about
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08-06-2007, 03:11 PM | #8 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Massachusetts
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| Thanks for the clarification, all! Even though I get grief from my relatives, Tucker is definitely not "just a dog" to me, and I guess I don't treat him like one either. I thought maybe I did because I don't feel like anything I do is excessive...I mean seriously, how can you resist those cute little faces?!? He sleeps in our bed (even though before we got him, my husband and I both vowed, "No dogs in the bed, ever"), I research all his food and treats, I make some treats from scratch and give him fruits and veggies all the time, I have clothes for him, he has his own car seat, I try to plan special fun outings for him at least once a week (dog parks, pet stores, etc), I smother him with endless kisses and I am addicted to YT!
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08-06-2007, 03:13 PM | #9 | |
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08-06-2007, 03:43 PM | #10 |
& LuvtheCarley too! Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wa State/Texas
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| I think the difference is, that people who consider their dogs more than dogs (furkids), their lives revolve around their dogs and people who feel that their dogs are just that "their dogs" while they enjoy their dogs and probably (hopefully) take excellent care of them...their lives would never revolve around "the dog".
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08-06-2007, 04:36 PM | #11 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Southern CA
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| I've never had a dog that I missed while away from home. Or a dog that I thought about all day and couldn't wait to see at the end of the day. Or a dog that made my husband fall in love with it (and admit it!)...not until we got our yorkies! There is just something magical about their little faces and personalities. |
08-06-2007, 04:42 PM | #12 |
YT Addict | I know I treat my Teddy like he is my everything. He truly truly is! I love him, and my family knows I'd be devastated if anything ever happened to him. I'm already saving up around 500 to so I can buy him a fall wardrobe. I put him before myself.. I love him! So, he is not just a dog to me. My ex-boyfriend, however, often becomes irritated on the few occasions we talk, because I don't treat Teddy like "a dog." Nonetheless, it is one of the reasons we broke up. My family forewarns me all the time, that I will have to find a guy who likes dogs the way I like my Teddy-Wed. But I will often reply, "there are many people on YT that have husbands who understand how their dogs aren't just dogs, but in fact are apart of the family." Ashley
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08-06-2007, 04:50 PM | #13 |
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| frankie and lauren.is my babies.i love them with all my heart.
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08-06-2007, 04:59 PM | #14 |
Lovin' to the MAX!! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Yorkieville
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| "Just" a dog? First of all, I'll preface this with I really don't give a whatever about what other people think of my "thing" with animals. I'm not some crazy lady who lives in squalor with a zillion rats or cats or anything else. And even those people, I can almost understand...they're TRYING to take care of something they love....but just get carried away with what they really are capable, realistically of being able to care for adequately. People call them crazy. I call them saints. They do their best, but sometimes it just gets to be overwhelming and then you're sort of in a quandry of what to do. My heart goes out to those people. At least they aren't fornicating with them or abusing them in other ways. I'm sorry...the post about the Florida teenager just really has affected me. Anyhow, people who view ANY being as "just" anything are the losers...they lose at most of life's joyfulness....they dont' realize the incredible value that our pets bring to us..some of us, granted......get a LITTLE carried away with dressing ours up and doing all those special little things for them, that probably, I will admit, they don't even realize or appreciate....but the thing is...it gives US something to do and something that makes US happy as providers for something that we view as valuable in our lives...something that gives us so much more than we could ever give them. I feel sorry for the people who think of a dog as just a dog...or a bird as just a bird, or anything that they seem to think has no deeper feelings than THEY do obviously. Shame on them.....and so, for your evening's enjoyment~ Here is my favorite poem in history....there are several versions of it by the author herself....but it is so appropo... http://www.animalliberationfront.com..._Voiceless.htm
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08-06-2007, 05:04 PM | #15 |
Lovin' to the MAX!! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Yorkieville
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| Oh...and what's so wrong with adding just a little joy and frivolity to our lives if it's not hurting anyone else and enhancing another living being's life? I'm sure that Max isn't all that wild about being in boots and a raincoat, but it's certainly not hurting him for crying out loud. And I'm sure that ANY of our animals enjoys the attention from their human!
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