Yes we have always been Mummy and Daddy to our dogs.
I say to our doberman 'here's Daddy coming' when my Husband is at the door,and my husband will say 'go and ask your mum' when she wants something etc.
It's natural now our children have left home.But I don't call our children her brothers and sisters.I just say'here's your Simon' or here's your Sarah'
We have 2 dogs buried in our garden and when we said goodbye to the last one my husband said 'rest in peace next to your sister' although they were more like great,great,great Auntie and niece.
I do. I am mummy to my kids and my dogs. They are part of the family.
Ditto, there are as much part of our family as the kids are. Now what I do find weird and drives me up the wall is one of my friends, her and all her doggy FB Friends Post drivel like this
' Oooh nearlied furgetteds... Mummy habbed da soda and blackcuwwant!! Ice and da lemon made all da diffewence.. Ooh and I putted a stwaw in dere!! It almost looked likes da cock tails! Wubs da tummy'
Aaarrrggghhhhhhh!
I used to have a cat and I can't think of a situation where I would've needed to refer to myself as Mummy (or anything else really) in front of him. I'm not sure I really get it. I have kids; I gave birth to them, they call me mummy, and when I fill in forms that ask for my relationship to them I put "mother". I'm not sure why this status would also apply to my cat!
I am seeing this on social media more and more. They post something about their dog or cat and caption something in dog third person calling themselves mummy or daddy. Itscweird and i dont like it. What do you think of it?
I have two puppies and I am responsible for all their care. I make sure they are watered and feed, toilet train them, take them to the vets so they get their shots and are healthy etc, make sure they are socialised and when I am at work or I have to leave my flat, I like to know they are happy.
When they were small and I had to leave my flat, I locked them in the bathroom. They had shelter, food and water, so were ok for a couple of hours. When they got older and more active, I let them have the run of the bathroom and hall. One day I went out after they been playing in the garden. I knew they were tired and would probably sleep most of the time I was gone.
I made sure my bedroom door was closed, as I hadn't puppy proofed that room and went off. Two hours later I returned home to find Jamie still up and crying in distress, I couldn't understand it and went to find his sister Lily. Turns out I had accidently locked her in my bedroom and they had spent the last two hours crying and trying to get to each other.
I felt so bad. The puppies got over it quicker than I did. It was at that moment that I realised that I really was like their mother and the decisions I made affected them. Now I am hypervigilant when I go out to make sure they are ok.
I haven't given birth to them, so obviously I'm not their real mother, but in every sense of the word I am and it's a responsibility I take seriously. I don't post pictures all over facebook but I can understand pet owners who do. Pets have their own unique personalities and bring a lot of joy and happiness to a house.
I would rather see a facebook status of a happy owner referring to their pet as their mother/father, than read a newspaper article where some sh!t thought it would be funny to cellotape a firework to a cat/dogs tail and light it.
I am seeing this on social media more and more. They post something about their dog or cat and caption something in dog third person calling themselves mummy or daddy. Itscweird and i dont like it. What do you think of it?
I don't find it weird at all, it's usually done in an affectionate way and a human is in a way the "adoptive" parent to the animal, I don't think any of them believe they are the parent so not weird at all.
I have two puppies and I am responsible for all their care. I make sure they are watered and feed, toilet train them, take them to the vets so they get their shots and are healthy etc, make sure they are socialised and when I am at work or I have to leave my flat, I like to know they are happy.
When they were small and I had to leave my flat, I locked them in the bathroom. They had shelter, food and water, so were ok for a couple of hours. When they got older and more active, I let them have the run of the bathroom and hall. One day I went out after they been playing in the garden. I knew they were tired and would probably sleep most of the time I was gone.
I made sure my bedroom door was closed, as I hadn't puppy proofed that room and went off. Two hours later I returned home to find Jamie still up and crying in distress, I couldn't understand it and went to find his sister Lily. Turns out I had accidently locked her in my bedroom and they had spent the last two hours crying and trying to get to each other.
I felt so bad. The puppies got over it quicker than I did. It was at that moment that I realised that I really was like their mother and the decisions I made affected them. Now I am hypervigilant when I go out to make sure they are ok.
I haven't given birth to them, so obviously I'm not their real mother, but in every sense of the word I am and it's a responsibility I take seriously. I don't post pictures all over facebook but I can understand pet owners who do. Pets have their own unique personalities and bring a lot of joy and happiness to a house.
I would rather see a facebook status of a happy owner referring to their pet as their mother/father, than read a newspaper article where some sh!t thought it would be funny to cellotape a firework to a cat/dogs tail and light it.
Completely agree. When you are the sole carer of a pet and are utterly responsible for them there is a relationship and bond formed . For many it's instinctively maternal .
My cat once brought home a leveret (baby hare) under normal circumstances it was lunch , however she had lost her kitten so she mothered it. We love to love and nurture .
I doesn't bother me - the mummy/daddy name thing.
What creeps me out is when people kiss their pets on the lips, or at all.
I mean I love my cat but I am not kissing her - she licks her arse on a daily basis
I have a friend on Facebook who is obsessed with his cat. He has made a Facebook page for it and posts status' like "just laying on daddy's lap having my belly rubbed puuuurr" he has no children of his own.
I talked all the time to our budgie Joey, and he had a great vocabulary and sounded just like me. I would say things like ' Mummy's off to Tesco Joey, won't be long darling '. It was so funny hearing him say that all day long and in my accent too. You could even ask him ' Where's mummy Joey ? ' and he'd answer ' Mummy's gone to Tesco !! ' Wonderful bird
I talked all the time to our budgie Joey, and he had a great vocabulary and sounded just like me. I would say things like ' Mummy's off to Tesco Joey, won't be long darling '. It was so funny hearing him say that all day long and in my accent too. You could even ask him ' Where's mummy Joey ? ' and he'd answer ' Mummy's gone to Tesco !! ' Wonderful bird
I am seeing this on social media more and more. They post something about their dog or cat and caption something in dog third person calling themselves mummy or daddy. Itscweird and i dont like it. What do you think of it?
This from a person that uses social media and you say they are weird?
I doesn't bother me - the mummy/daddy name thing.
What creeps me out is when people kiss their pets on the lips, or at all.
I mean I love my cat but I am not kissing her - she licks her arse on a daily basis
A number of people I work with do a lot of arse licking so on balance the cat or dog seems the more attractive proposition.
I am seeing this on social media more and more. They post something about their dog or cat and caption something in dog third person calling themselves mummy or daddy. Itscweird and i dont like it. What do you think of it?
I don't do this myself but in the grand scheme of things it hardly matters, does it?
Couldn't give a toss what people call their pets as long as they treat them right/feed them properly and don't dress them up like babies.
People who include the name of their animal on christmas cards.
Some days facebook is like bloody Crufts.
I didn't include my dog's name on my Christmas cards. The cards we received included her name, though. People are daft, aren't they, regarding animals as family members. As if the animals mattered at all.
Perfectly normal. My dog is a member of my family as far as I am concerned and I always call myself her mummy, oh is her dad and the kids are sister and brother.
I find people posting about their pets on social media, whatever way they are relating themselves to them, to be less creepy than doing the same for very young human children. Especially if including names and other identifiable information. A cat isn't going to grow up to become able to join the online world themselves on their own terms, and find someone else has already decided on an online presence for them.
My mum and dad have always been mummy and daddy to our dogs (the late Nancy and now Alfie)
My sister and I say Alfie is out little brother
I have two guinea piggys and I call myself their mummy, and my partner their daddy, and my mum granny, and my sister is their Aunty Rachel.
They're my furbabies and I love them as if they really were my kids (I don't yet have human children - frankly my folks would prefer my sister and I to just get dogs lol)
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I say to our doberman 'here's Daddy coming' when my Husband is at the door,and my husband will say 'go and ask your mum' when she wants something etc.
It's natural now our children have left home.But I don't call our children her brothers and sisters.I just say'here's your Simon' or here's your Sarah'
We have 2 dogs buried in our garden and when we said goodbye to the last one my husband said 'rest in peace next to your sister' although they were more like great,great,great Auntie and niece.
Ditto, there are as much part of our family as the kids are. Now what I do find weird and drives me up the wall is one of my friends, her and all her doggy FB Friends Post drivel like this
' Oooh nearlied furgetteds... Mummy habbed da soda and blackcuwwant!! Ice and da lemon made all da diffewence.. Ooh and I putted a stwaw in dere!! It almost looked likes da cock tails! Wubs da tummy'
Aaarrrggghhhhhhh!
And why not. What if there were two animals with a he same first name in the waiting room ??
When they were small and I had to leave my flat, I locked them in the bathroom. They had shelter, food and water, so were ok for a couple of hours. When they got older and more active, I let them have the run of the bathroom and hall. One day I went out after they been playing in the garden. I knew they were tired and would probably sleep most of the time I was gone.
I made sure my bedroom door was closed, as I hadn't puppy proofed that room and went off. Two hours later I returned home to find Jamie still up and crying in distress, I couldn't understand it and went to find his sister Lily. Turns out I had accidently locked her in my bedroom and they had spent the last two hours crying and trying to get to each other.
I felt so bad. The puppies got over it quicker than I did. It was at that moment that I realised that I really was like their mother and the decisions I made affected them. Now I am hypervigilant when I go out to make sure they are ok.
I haven't given birth to them, so obviously I'm not their real mother, but in every sense of the word I am and it's a responsibility I take seriously. I don't post pictures all over facebook but I can understand pet owners who do. Pets have their own unique personalities and bring a lot of joy and happiness to a house.
I would rather see a facebook status of a happy owner referring to their pet as their mother/father, than read a newspaper article where some sh!t thought it would be funny to cellotape a firework to a cat/dogs tail and light it.
I don't find it weird at all, it's usually done in an affectionate way and a human is in a way the "adoptive" parent to the animal, I don't think any of them believe they are the parent so not weird at all.
Completely agree. When you are the sole carer of a pet and are utterly responsible for them there is a relationship and bond formed . For many it's instinctively maternal .
My cat once brought home a leveret (baby hare) under normal circumstances it was lunch , however she had lost her kitten so she mothered it. We love to love and nurture .
What creeps me out is when people kiss their pets on the lips, or at all.
I mean I love my cat but I am not kissing her - she licks her arse on a daily basis
I find it a bit scary.
Made me smile
This from a person that uses social media and you say they are weird?
A number of people I work with do a lot of arse licking so on balance the cat or dog seems the more attractive proposition.
Unless your dogs called Fugly....then its just my surname
I don't do this myself but in the grand scheme of things it hardly matters, does it?
Couldn't give a toss what people call their pets as long as they treat them right/feed them properly and don't dress them up like babies.
It's only a minority who find it odd, so surely they can't influence anyone into stopping or be embarrased by doing it.
eta: Just saw Enfant's post above ^^^^, yep that just about sums it up
OMFG one of our Jack Russells is called Fugly!
However I also believe that cat's have glorious leadership skills and are glorious leaders aka cats and dogs.
Some days facebook is like bloody Crufts.
I didn't include my dog's name on my Christmas cards. The cards we received included her name, though. People are daft, aren't they, regarding animals as family members. As if the animals mattered at all.
My mum and dad have always been mummy and daddy to our dogs (the late Nancy and now Alfie)
My sister and I say Alfie is out little brother
I have two guinea piggys and I call myself their mummy, and my partner their daddy, and my mum granny, and my sister is their Aunty Rachel.
They're my furbabies and I love them as if they really were my kids (I don't yet have human children - frankly my folks would prefer my sister and I to just get dogs lol)