Hello, this is Wilson’s mom. The email that your friend sent has had nothing to do with Wilson’s drop in votes. In fact, we have received no communication from the magazine. We have been following your posts since the competition started. Our votes have come from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and school announcements. One night, I came home to a surge in votes for Wilson. My sons had read your feed about deleting cookies and tried it out. They were given a strong lecture on cheating and forbidden to vote. We have essentially dropped out. I do not condone cheating and didn’t want to promote it in my children. Hairy has an honorable job and deserves a break. I am disappointed that the competition turned out this way. My daughter wrote the initial article, and just wanted to see how far her best friend could get in the competition.
They did a heck of a job as I have never seen a poll populated by two people that fast.
How pathetic is a person who self-identifies as the “MOM/DAD” of a dog?
You are their OWNER/MASTER. Unless you gave BIRTH to them, or legally adopted them as a child you are NOT “foo-foo’s mommy”.
This is a personal “PET”-peeve. The pun IS intended.
No matter how much we love them, our critters are still nothing more than that!
My Zippy (Peke/pom/sheltie) is 14 today. He is the best friend I could ever ask for, and I would kill to protect him. That said, he is STILL just a dog. Spazz (rescued from abusive homeS applehead teacup chihuahua) is 3 in April.
They are my DOGS! NOT my children, not my adoptive cousins, not some far related family,
THEY ARE DOGS!
Nothing personal, but folks who refer to their pets as their “children” give me MAJOR indigestion.
Good of you to drop by and let us know.
Best wishes to you, your family and Wilson.