Posted on 10/23/2008 5:09:55 AM PDT by Daffynition
"Oh, isn't he cute? My little smootchie-wootchy!" Some women talk baby-talk to their boyfriend or husband.
Some folks talk baby-talk to, well, babies.
And some of us talk baby-talk to our animals.
"You shouldn't use the D-word, as far as we're concerned," Diane Turner said. Turner is the proud owner of a pug named Madison, and, as the local pug meet-up group organizer, she's speaking for the entire pug-owner world.
"Madison is my baby, and that's the beginning and end of everything."
So, what's wrong with this picture? Some experts say that humanizing your pet anthropomorphism is just not the right relationship.
"People humanize dogs and don't understand their psychology as pack animals," , also known as the Dog Whisperer, said on his Web site. Millan has made a business and a small fortune by helping people live happily with problem dogs. He's been known to turn a nonstop barker/biter into a pussycat in a matter of 30 minutes.
"I begin by showing the dog that I am the pack leader," Millan said. "I fulfill the dog's need through exercise, which is walking the dog in the correct way. I give the dog rules, boundaries, and limitations ... and then affection." Millan said that especially in America, dog owners tend to overdo it on doggy love. They "give affection, affection, and more affection, when what the dog really needs is exercise, discipline and then affection." Turner contends that, at least for her pug Madison and any other pug for that matter the outpouring of affection is in no way detrimental.
"She is our baby; they're part of the family and have the consideration anyone else in the family has. They send (Madison) cards, she sends cards, gives and receives Christmas presents.
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It’s fashionable to humanize animals. It’s a leftist viewpoint that animals are really just as smart as people, and that people are really just as smart of animals.
Cesar is THE MAN when it comes to understanding dogs.
The “D-Word”? These people have a serious mental disorder. I love dogs, but not wanting to call a dog a dog?
I personally take that as an insult to all DEVIL DOGS & DOG FACED SOLDIERS everywhere!!!
What is the breed of the pup in your photo? I think that’s close to what my 5 month old Wheaten Terrier/unknown mix will look like. Right now I’m calling him a Wheabrador.
Dog is my co-pilot.
My mutt is certainly smarter than a lot of 0bama voters i know of.
I don’t see the problem, and neither does my sweet little baby.
I love my dogs but some people really do take it too far.
I lost a girlfriend over an offhand comment about her dog. I said something about him being slow and that was all it took. Really should have seen it coming though. She divorced her husband because he said something about her dog and she warned me almost daily that I wiuld screw up someday.
Gaaaaahhhhh!!!!
It ain't yer baby, lady. It's a friggin' D-A-W-G Dog!!! You rule the house, not it. Or you would if you weren't a miserable, wimpy, mush-brained liberal.
Looks like a weimaraner to me.
Calling a dog a dog is Speciest!!!!!
I am most definitely alpha female in my pack of large dogs. I can wave my hand and they move. I love on them, but I take Cesar’s view that if you give them too much affection they will take it to mean you are kissing up to them and that you are their submissive. With their size, I have to remain in my role to keep control of four dogs.
Also, I read somewhere that the roles in packs are played by who sleeps next to the alpha male or female. So if you let your dog sleep in your bed, you are telling them that they are your equal.
It sounds like you were the winner in that game.
I love this guy. He gets it. He loves dogs, and he loves them AS dogs. He wants them to experience their “dog-ness.”
...He seems happy enough.
Funny, you typed "lost" when you meant "escaped."
Today we’ll discuss what I like to call “Warning Signs”... ;-)
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