![]() ![]() To avoid the apparently demeaning term dog ‘owner,’ which implies a dog is someone’s property and not a member of the family, many people have turned to call themselves dog moms and their pets their fur babies.Īt first, it seems like a cute way of referring to yourself when talking about your pets. Suddenly, they want to celebrate Mother’s Day because they have dogs, or they want to provide advice on raising your children because they are ‘just as much a mother as anyone else.’ The issue comes in when dog moms begin to believe their dogs truly are their children. The truth is no, taking care of a dog does not make you its mother. It also doesn’t give you the right to call yourself a mom around people who are raising actual children. One Quora user, JL van Dijk, recalled a colleague losing her pet. A week later another colleague’s son died, and naturally, the workplace provided group counseling. “Throughout both sessions, Mary took every opportunity to talk about her own loss, saying, ‘When Fluffy died…’ Every time Mary said that, it brought the conversation to a complete standstill. I understand that pet owners love their pets, but it seemed grossly insensitive to compare the loss of a living, talking human being to an animal.” I was shocked, and still remember it vividly after more than two decades. ![]() People and humans are not the same, so stop calling yourself a dog mom. They Force You to Look at All The Pictures of Their Dogs It is hurtful to people who have to experience being a parent and then have their difficulties and stories equated with that time your dog was stung by a bee and you ‘almost died.’ 3. ![]()
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