Is it normal that i consider my dog to be my daughter?
I love my dog very much. To me, she is my adopted daughter. Is this normal?
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dirtybirdy
It would be more appropriate for this site if you were having sexual intercourse with said daughter dog. Creepy uncle bunny should be hiding under the couch filming. Lets sit and watch now. Why is the picture so shaky uncle bunny??
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dappled
Officially the funniest thing I've read all month. Even if it completely ruined what I was going to say. I was going to say my mother always incorporated dogs as family members and for whatever reason, when she talked to the dog about me (yes, it happened) I was referred to as the dog's uncle.
Which also means I have an unknown sibling who gives birth to dogs.
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dirtybirdy
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dappled
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charli.m
We were the dogs siblings. Technically, I suppose should be the dog's neice, seeing as my grandmother is her "mother". But for some reason, my generation and the my mother's generation are fused together.
Dog people are weird.
I'm glad I'm a dog person :)
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charli.m
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CraneyCrow
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Ejay
Lets hear it for asanine comments, stupid ass, lets see you give birth to a dog
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NeuroNeptunian
The more I think about it, the more alike children and dogs seem to be. They're both messy, expensive, slobbery, loud, unable to cook or clean for themselves and usually forgetful of the good things you do for them. Only real difference is that dogs can be trained. Kids aren't so easy to boss around or train and unlike kids, dogs don't talk back or adopt a sense of independence. That's usually called "disobedience" in dogs. Try locking a kid in a cage every night and I'll bet you'll have issues with some red and blue lights after a couple of months. Might even end up on Yahoo! news.
Considering the similarities otherwise, I'd say it's normal.
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1000yrVampireKing
That and they can never ever leave you. They are stuck with you till the day they die. Without you they will die. A child can leave to be on their own and are expected to. Even if you want them to stay it is frowned upon. No matter it beneficial to you or them. A child must learn to grow up and make their own family and choices. They must procreate or get married and have a house. Forced into picking a housemate or a lover who you must make love to all day. At which point the child will realize "Growing up sucks and life does not give you a lot of options after you leave school". Since the other option is to be a lonely shut in with no social life at all.
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CraneyCrow
If that's the way a person feels -- that they want something that can't "talk back" and will be with them until they day they die -- then they shouldn't have children and should stick to dogs!
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1000yrVampireKing
Even if they don't talk animals do communicate. Just not in the way people do. Like when they need to go outside to pee they will try and get you to open the door. If you leave them alone they will cry and cry till you come back. It would be interesting if they could talk the same way we do though. If they want you to play they will bring your the toy they play with and make a sound. People in one way will always leave you though. Be it child or lover. They die or just forget about you.
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CraneyCrow
"If you leave them alone they will cry and cry till you come back."
NOT if they are properly trained and no one should have an animal that isn't properly trained. If your animals "cry and cry" till you come back, unless you live miles from other people, you're in for a rude awakening because neighbors call the police about barking, howling, whining dogs and you will lose them.
You are either very young or very immature because EVERYTHING eventually leaves you and pets have a very short lifespan, so their time with you is extremely limited.
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1000yrVampireKing
Yes everything eventually leaves. That is a given with everything. A pet can not move away though can he? Can not decide they no longer think they stopped loving you. Since regardless they are stuck with you. Since they are dependent on you. Why pet owners should take good care of pets. Since we in fact designed them this way. We breed them like this. We put them in this position. So we make them this way for these purposes. So they could obey and protect us. Well for some it is a fashion statement but we designed them to fit our needs. Ever see the difference between a domestic and wild sheep? Maybe a wild pig and bore? We designed them to need us.
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NeuroNeptunian
I think that makes it worse because if dogs do leave, they MIGHT die
And people don't really need to procreate o.o
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[Old Memory]
Yo, I treat my dog as a sister. It is nice to not feel like an only child but it hurts when they die. Because it WILL feel like your relative just died. *flash back to passed pets*
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disthing
It's normal to consider your pet a wonderful companion who you love and provide for. But adopted daughter is a bit strong.
Do you anthropomorphise her? For example to you speak to her as though she's a child who can understand you? Do you buy her lots of things and act as though she has the wants and needs of a child?
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Severus'sDaughter19
Yes, I talk to her. I get her nice things but I don't neccessarily treat her just like a human child. She even has a human name that consists of a first name, middle name, and last name.
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1000yrVampireKing
In the way they are children. They are children to their own mother. Why they call it "Pet adoption".
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GoraIntoDesiGals
I'm still torn between considering my cat as my son, brother or friend. Maybe friend is the least weird though.
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Anime7
I've many stories about people who consider their pets to be their child. It's common.
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CraneyCrow
Common, but not normal. I've known such people too and they are all have difficulty forming normal human relationships because they're control freaks who want something they have absolute power over. I've also known mothers who treated dogs better than their children, causing the children to resent and mistreat the dog. In Florida recently, a child got blood poisoning because her mother didn't take her to the doctor for a bad cut. When the father (who lived in another state) discovered his wife was neglecting his children while spending all kinds of money on two pit bulls, he went to Florida and shot the two pit bulls in front of her. He then took her to court and the judge granted him custody of the children.
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1000yrVampireKing
He still should not have killed the dogs. That sounds very cruel. I know someone like this but not everyone who loves animals is like this. Loving your pet does not mean that you would let your family die. You should care for all your responsibilities. Not neglect either of them.
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CraneyCrow
The man's daughter almost died of blood poisoning because his ex-wife was spending all her time and and the support he paid on dogs. He was angry. I would have done the same thing. The woman needed to be punished for neglecting her daughter and what better way to do it than kill the dogs that she obviously cared more about than she did her children. Now, she's having to work and pay child support and she can't afford to own a dog! Serves her right!
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