Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah
Last week’s poll on Dogster questioned how you think of your relationship with your dog. You could choose from the five categories below. As you can see, the Mommy/Daddy choice blew away the competition.
Mommy / Daddy (69.56%)
Sister / Brother (4.38%)
Best Friend (14.08%)
Owner (5.40%)
Guardian (6.58%)
Over 2,300 Dogsters participated in the poll, and over 100 left comments in the comment section. I thought it was an interesting question and I’m not surprised to see the top choice. I have to admit, Lisa and I chose the Mommy/Daddy category.
I think most people chose that answer because we are the caregivers for our dogs, they rely on us for everything. It’s up to us to ensure their good health and well-being just like any good mother or father would.
If you want to read some of the comments that were left you can check out the Dogster poll results page. The poll for this week has to do with the AKC letting mixed breeds enter the competitions, have your say and then check out what others think.
*Ringo and Webster with their mom on Mother’s Day
Ringo, Webster AND the Puppycat!
Now you see why so many dogs are nuts!
(Hint- they are not human babies! Thank God!)
Patti here;
Tir’s person,
Guess what- I’m the Alpha Bitch and everything in our house has to do what I say…(husband included, but he’s unaware …I’m THAT good…)
My pack is happy, well adjusted and that keeps me happy as well!
I think AKC should let mix breeds compete. I have three and maybe only one of mine might be a purebred and that is my gilr, AM Staff. My two boys are mixed, one shepard and one border collie.
I missed the last poll so if I could I’d like to state my opinion.
Guardian seems most appropriate, although a bit impersonal.
Owner makes the dog seem like a possession.
Sister/Brother, I won’t even go there.
Mommy/Daddy, hmm, maybe but still not quite right even though Molly is every bit as important to me as anyone’s child is to them.
Best Friends always stick together and will do anything for one another’s best interest, so I lean toward that.
As for AKC letting mixed breeds enter competition
I would say yes. No offense to pure bred dogs , I have a pure bred Chessie that I adopted and she’s the most beautiful dog ever, but some of the best looking dogs are mixed breeds. If there’s one thing I don’t care for it’s the dog snobs that have to have a pure breed and wouldn’t consider a mixed breed at all. All types of dog deserve their moment of glory.
Hehe. Well, let’s face it, how many people carry around wallets full of photos of their best friends to whip out at a minute’s notice and show off to everyone and anyone? Now, proud PAWRENTS on the other hand, have carte blanche to do so whenever they feel the urge (which in this proud Mummy’s case is almost every hour on the hour, bol)
I answered “mom” to the poll, but I also consider my self a guardian & them my best friends, too. ANyway you look at it, they are the ones I want to spend my time with! I love them all. : )
When I saw the choices in that poll question, I had to say “Mommy/Daddy”, even though others also seemed to fit.
“Sister/Brother” seemed a bit weird to me at first, but then I thought about how I felt about my dog when I was a kid. I’ll bet a lot of those answers were from the youngsters (and a bunch of the “Best Friends” responses as well).
“Best Friends”? You bet. Most of the time anyway. But think about the things that you might have done with your best friends that any responsible dog parent would never do with their dogs. (Does the phrase “Alcohol was involved” ring any bells?)
And “Owner”, as cold as that seems, is exactly what we are in the eyes of the law. Beyond that, it does imply the responsibilities that come with ownership of anything valuable… or potentially dangerous.
And of course we are their guardians. But that’s only part of the job description for a dog parent. The state government is the guardian of far too many children; don’t you think we should do a better job than they do caring for our wards?
In my mind, being a parent encompasses all of the things that would be part of Owner, Guardian and even Best Friend in some ways. For those who object to the idea of a “Mommy/Daddy” relationship, I’d suggest giving it some thought with an open mind. As with a child, not only do we provide for their needs, we also try to raise them in a safe, comfortable and pleasant environment, teaching them the things that we believe are important for them to know. The main difference I see is that we aren’t trying to prepare them for a life without us there to care for them. Families with children who will always be dependent due to physical or mental disabilities should be able to relate to that.
I’m proud of my hairy kids and love them as I would any other child, regardless of their ancestry.
-Dad Steve
BTW, that is my wonderful wife pictured with our three boys… the little gray guy in the middle is Dusty the Puppycat. We ARE family!
My mom has over 350 pics on her phone and over 300 of them are of ME.