I hate how everybody refers to me as my dog’s “mom.” I have a human baby I mother. I do not mother my dog.
I did not adopt him, I am not his guardian. I paid good money for a specific breed from a professional breeder. I bought him. I own him.
He is part of the family. I love him. I will cry on the day we have to put him down. But he is a dog.
You're his master, the pack leader.
A real woman! I refuse to believe it.
Oh god yes I agree. I do not have children yet (trying, hopefully soon) , and I HATE that people refer to me as my dogs mother I always respond "this is my pet not my child" and it throws people off but I feel like embarrassed when people say that to me because I'm like, I want human children this is just a dog....
I’ve had cats for over a decade (don’t give me that look, I like having a furry critter around), and it’s the same thing. People refer to me as the cats’ mom and I’ll always tell them that the cats are more like freeloading roommates, not my children. I think people are just used to women having zero perspective on animals.
A cat or a dog is not a surrogate child.
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