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posted September 10, 2010 12:52 PM         

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Period.

It is so demeaning to call an intelligent, sentient and much wiser being a "pet". It implicitly assumes that we own the being and that they're inferior to us or something like that!

Humans!

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posted September 10, 2010 02:34 PM         

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I never thought about it like that...........

I am a huge animal lover, so I use the words:

animal

pet

wildlife

to distinguish depending on the context.....

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posted September 10, 2010 02:35 PM         

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P.S. My dog owns, me, though, she is my boss

and, one of our cats is my dog's boss, and thinks he rules the house.........

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posted September 10, 2010 07:45 PM         

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LOL.. Love both cats and dogs. Funny how cats have this "I own the castle" attitude. I had a cat a few years back that used to lift his tail, walk right by the dog who was laying down, and stick his butt in the dogs face. Then just walk off like "yeah, that's right" lol. The dog would just lay there like "whatever"... gotta luv em

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posted September 12, 2010 04:16 PM         

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LOL Winks!!!

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posted September 12, 2010 08:43 PM         

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I personally prefer

friend or
companion or
mate, as in Aussie english i.e, a good friend.

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posted November 10, 2010 01:05 AM         

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posted November 19, 2010 12:37 PM         

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Period.
It is so demeaning to call an intelligent, sentient and much wiser being a "pet". It implicitly assumes that we own the being and that they're inferior to us or something like that!

Humans!

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I love that you said that.

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posted November 27, 2010 11:50 AM         

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posted November 29, 2010 12:54 AM         

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I don't know that I have ever referred to our furbabies as "pets". I always say "we have 3 cats- give their names- and a pup- give his name".

To me, they mean so much more than what "pet" can even define. They are my friends, my babies, my protectors and at times, my pain in the rear end LOL..

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