How Can You Treat Your Animal Like Your Kid?

Question

People get me so pisssed when they say "treat your animals like your children"

How can anyone equate human life and animal life?

Sure, animal life is valuable but, my child is and will always be more valuable than any animal that I have.

I would never treat my child like I treat my animals.

How do you treat your animals like your children?

Answer 1

It is okay to give it lots of toys and make feel really comfortable, but I would not advise dressing your dog up like some dog owners do. One of the big reasons of dog bites is people get out of hand with dressing their dog up.

Answer 2

Once we remember that we ourselves are animals, the answer reveals itself.

Answer 3

I see no problem as long as the pet is a SUBSTITUTE for a child.

A child OR pet should be treated with love and affection, kept clean, healthy and well fed - and house trained as soon as possible!

Answer 4

People that don't have children get really attached to their pets because they are the next best thing! I think the saying means like hitting, feeding etc.

I sorta treat my dog like my child, I love her so much.

Answer 5

Especially when some people take it to extremes, and actually HARM the animal trying to turn it into a baby.

The best way you can love both children and animals is to meet their needs.  THEIR needs.  Not yours.  Meaning: proper nutrition, rules, disipline, training, praising good behavior, as well as respect and kindness.  

People who don't understand that are asking for heartache.

Answer 6

Well many people spoil their children and spoil their animals.  Conversely, people abuse their kids and abuse their animals.  I, for one, love my cats and my dog unconditionally, but that does not mean I equate them with people.  They may be my babies, because I don't have children, nor do I want any, but like children they need more than just love to get by.  I snuggle with my pets, give them treats, sleep on the bed, etc, but I also put limitations on them.  For example, my dog is not allowed to jump or nip at me (he's a puppy, so he is learning that that is unacceptable), and the cats are not allowed on the counters.  I think it's unfair to say that children are more valuable then pets, because maybe for you, because you have children they will obviously and for good reason, be the centre of your life, but for people like me, our pets are.  I personally have no desire to have kids, and neither does my bf, and that is our personal choice, but we do have pets, and we do love them unconditionally.  If we wanted or had children, that would be different, but we don't.

Answer 7

I like my dog better than I like people. She gets treated well and lives a good life. We take her to Dog beach to play with other dogs, she goes on vacation with us, she is taken often to the vet for check ups. She is overall pretty well kept.

We adopted her so we acquired the responsibility. Just like with your kids, they're your responsibility.

Animals are creatures that God created and deserve our admiration and respect. They understand many things that we say and are more intelligent than we thought they were.

Some dogs have rescued people from dying on rivers.

Can your child do that?

can your child be part of the police force?

Can you child guide a blind person.

Can your child detect cancer?

Can your child detect insulin's levels? or be a stress reliever.

By the way How do you treat animals?

Are you also "PISSED'  at them?

PS:

My dog is smarter than most people.

fact

Answer 8

I treat my dogs like my child, but then I don't have children. Even if I did, I would not choose to own an animal unless I could continue to treat it with no less respect and attention than I would afford another human being. They are lifelong companions - not playthings to be penned up until it is convenient for us to play with them for 10 mins once a week.

Answer 9

I don't like kids. No offense. They are just not for me. So in a way, I treat my dog like my child (even though Im sure if I actually had a child, I would treat him differently).

I don't think dogs should be treated like kids, because humans and dogs are different species. They have different mentalitys. I would never consider one better then the other. To me, a humans life is not more important then a dog or a cats life. To me they are equal. That is my opinion and Im entitled to it. I would never want any harm or danger to come to a human child, and I would never want any harm or danger to come to a dog or a cat. Sure, they should be treated differently, because they ARE different, but one should not be treated better then the other. I would never leave my kid chained up in the yard all day, I would never leave my dog chained up all day.

But as I said before, I do treat dogs differently then humans, and I think they should be. I spoil my dog rotten, and he is like my child, but if he misbehaves, I punish him as an alpha wolf would punish a pack mate, not how a mother would punish her child. Its when people treat their dogs COMPLETELY like humans that they have dogs with behavior problems. Dogs are not humans. You wouldn't treat a child like a dog, you shouldn't treat a dog like a child.

But you should love both, and treat both with respect. Just because I Wouldn't treat them the same doesn't mean I would treat one better then the other. They both deserve the best treatment possible.

And to be honest, a lot of humans are mean and selfish and rude, and I prefer my animals over them and would pick my animals over them. Not all humans, but a lot of humans.

What makes humans better then animals? Animals breathe. Animals feel pain. Animals think. Some birds are smarter then five year old children (who suprisingly can be very intelligent). Animals remember things. For years on end, elephants will return to the bones of deceased family members and rub the bones with their trunks and mourn. If you say these animals are not sad and missing that elephant, you are crazy. Animals can even "love", although not love like humans do. Geese, for example, mate for life. If their mate dies, most geese will never pick another mate. How is that not a form of love? Animals are DIFFERENT then humans, but that does not make them worst then us. THAT is how I equate human life and animal life. They are different, that is all, but they still deserve everything we do.

Answer 10

The only way animals can be equated with children is when the children are toddlers. Having a pet is like living with a toddler for seven to 15 years. They need to be cared for, cleaned up after, and they will never be capable of getting an education, a job, and being able to live independently as adults. For example, there is a world of difference between a two-year-old child and a 12-year-old pre-teen. A two-year-old dog is the same as a 12-year-old dog aside from health problems associated with being older. They still have the same level of mental development.

Answer 11

I think it's just a matter of respect for life.  Fortunately, most pets don't have the same needs as children.  I think that's the biggest difference.  As long as you're children and your pets are fed, bathed, played with and given love, you're giving them both what they need.  That doesn't mean you teach your dog to read or bring it to kindergarten.  It also doesn't mean that you can go without feeding your pets or leave your dog tied on a rope in the back yard for hours every day.  It's just a matter of meeting their individual needs and your child's needs are of course much greater.  

I love my dog to bits and I have the means to spoil her right now because I don't have kids yet.  When I do, she'll still be a huge part of my life and she'll still sleep at the foot of my bed if my child has a nightmare and needs to sleep in my arms.