Is it normal to think of pets as family?

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Over the years I have had three dogs and two cats, I only have the cats now though. I think of them like family and talk to them a lot, sometimes like real talk and sometimes how you would talk to a baby or a young child. Obviously I know they can't understand what I'm saying, incase someone was going to make a joke about that.

This is normal to me and my family but do you think it's normal and do any of you do this?

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  • ComeFlyWithMe
    13 years ago

    Normal. I feel like my pets are family.

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  • bigguy2010
    13 years ago

    If you adopt a child, the child becomes family. If you adopt a pet, wouldn't the pet also become family?

    The answer is a big yes!

    I actually consider my pup as a second daughter.

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  • sonyking100
    13 years ago

    I think many people do this but I also think its weird. Because there not family but you love them. And if something happen to them you'd be hart. Funny I have a little pine tree I like to talk too. haha :-)

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    Hahah, i talk to my dog all the to time. Hes great to vent to cuz he just cocks his head, sits, and listens. Obviously, like the op said, i know he doesnt understand though.

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  • pinksexy11
    13 years ago

    So normal. I'm so attatched to my pets. Standard poodle and cat. My dog is so smart it's scary.. I mean if you think about a 1 year old baby, they can basically understAnd what you're saying in small talk, if you have a pet for over ten years or even a couple years I'm pretty sure they can understand what you are saying. I know my pets know what I'm saying in a basic manner and they are the best friends you will ever have in ur life!

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  • aussiewolf
    13 years ago

    yes that is normal. i am the same with my doggies.

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  • Thebigdogg
    13 years ago

    As long as they're not cats.

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  • xvan3ssax
    13 years ago

    my pets are my family since you bought them and wanted them they should be a part of the family of course. lol you pay for thier food, and care for em. i think of my pets as if they were my kids. i just took my mouse to the vet the other day cause his tooth needed to be chipped. he is even part of the family LOL!

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  • sickness
    13 years ago

    Normal as breathing. I love my dogs like my kids. They have free reign as a human son or daughter would.

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  • alv1592
    13 years ago

    i do the same thing. i talk to my pets like they can understand me. i do think of them as family. :)

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  • dappled
    13 years ago

    Pets aren't strictly family, but I've always treated my dogs as if they were. To be honest, I treated them better than family. Not least because they always treated me better than any family member ever has.

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  • RomeoDeMontague
    10 years ago

    yes

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  • Mando
    11 years ago

    I know how you feel. I'd probably trade a few family members for other species.

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  • Treez
    12 years ago

    Fuck family

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  • skyhuh24
    13 years ago

    Pets are not people.

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