yorkietalkjilly | 08-08-2012 08:52 PM | Quote:
Originally Posted by Britster
(Post 3990996)
Nice! Seems kinda half/half? or maybe more or don't?
I think it's totally cute, I just can't imagine myself saying it! lol.
For what it's worth though, I definitely don't think calling your pet a dog is insulting! These days, I'd rather be called a dog than a human! LOL... Being a dog is an awesome thing =0)
But I don't like the term 'owner' for us. It just sounds so... I dunno. Enslaving or something. I am more like a parent than an "owner". | I don't mind the term "owner" as it seems so PETA-ish and PC-ish to use another term. (Not that PETA is all bad - has done some very good things but they are extreme in some of their thinking when they think no one should be able to keep pets). After all, our dogs are specifically selected and bought by us with our hard-earned money, loved, kept, cared for and secured by us, considered our property by the law, not free to leave at all ever (and if they leave it is a catastrophe) - plus dogs are totally and willingly subject to our bidding. But as they are not human beings, not our equals and don't even want to be, what is wrong with owning one? We didn't buy and don't own them to enslave them or force them to work unpaid for us. They were bought for companionship, acceptance, love and connection - something to share our lives with in a loving, give-and-take relationship. Dogs just want to be dogs - loved, kept and cared for by their owners and in return, love us unwaveringly for choosing and caring for them. I'm sure if asked and they could respond, they wouldn't object to being owned by their people and I'm also pretty sure they would agree with us that our having bought them is the the only instance where money can buy love. I don't see the term owner as a pejorative one personally. I'm so proud to be Tibbe's owner. And in that same spirit, I tell one and all I am proud to be owned by Tibbe and I think Tibbe is proud to be owned by me. :) |