Adopting

We don't have children and as my husband and I are only children our surviving parents have no grandchildren. We call them dogs over "fur babies" or "fur kids" but we do call ourselves Mommy/Daddy/Grandma/Grandpa and most of our friends Uncle/Aunt. We might feel diffrently if we had had kids, but this is as close as we are gonna get. I think it was a process and the first three ( not just full-sized but large Aussies) who came to us as adults were much less so than the puppy Shay who came to us so tiny and Melli who is a little dog and very much the spoiled little princess. It provokes the reaction.
 
I think calling your dogs your "kids" or "furkids", or referring to yourself as "mommy" or "daddy" is fine--as long as it doesn't ruin your perspective. My dogs are incredibly precious to me (we do not have children), and I can only imagine the devastation at losing them.

However, I am aware that they are dogs, and not humans.
 
corbinam said:
I think calling your dogs your "kids" or "furkids", or referring to yourself as "mommy" or "daddy" is fine--as long as it doesn't ruin your perspective. My dogs are incredibly precious to me (we do not have children), and I can only imagine the devastation at losing them.

However, I am aware that they are dogs, and not humans.
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I completely agree.
 
I was not trying to say I was rescuing a dog or anything I was simply trying to state that I would be welcoming another puppy into my home in a year or so. It was not meant to lead you on, or upset you. All I was trying to say was that I was getting another dog.
 
corbinam said:
I think calling your dogs your "kids" or "furkids", or referring to yourself as "mommy" or "daddy" is fine--as long as it doesn't ruin your perspective. My dogs are incredibly precious to me (we do not have children), and I can only imagine the devastation at losing them.

However, I am aware that they are dogs, and not humans.
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Thank you for saying this Ashley. I agree. And maybe this is more common in those of us without human children, but I see no harm. My dogs are my FAMILY and just as precious to me as my friends' kids are to them. Our girls know "Where's your Mom" or "Go get your Dad", it's way easier than "Where's your owner/caretaker/guardian" :lol:

I don't think of myself as an over the top dog person but I also would never think of my dogs as property.
 
Don't worry Sheltie.Mama.

The most important thing, no matter the source, is to keep the pet for a lifetime so it never gets dumped into the system and that any breeding is a serious and thoughtful endeavor rather than mass producing of unhealthy animals (being a backyard breeder or puppy mill) and that nonbreeders are altered to prevent "oops".

Just go with the generic "getting" and leave it at that.
 
Sheltie.Mama said:
I was not trying to say I was rescuing a dog or anything I was simply trying to state that I would be welcoming another puppy into my home in a year or so. It was not meant to lead you on, or upset you. All I was trying to say was that I was getting another dog.
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Don't worry. We get a tad animated on things like this. Congrats on your new addition.
 
Sheltie.Mama said:
I was not trying to say I was rescuing a dog or anything I was simply trying to state that I would be welcoming another puppy into my home in a year or so. It was not meant to lead you on, or upset you. All I was trying to say was that I was getting another dog.
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Don't worry, it wasn't directed at you, it's just an interesting topic. I think that's why the OP put it in a separate thread.

I get upset about pet shop dogs being 'rescued' because that's what my SIL did. She told my mum she wanted to get a rescue dog for her kids and mum gave her the money - but she went and brought a puppy from a pet shop and said she rescued it, my mum was furious. The dog is now a garden ornament.
 
Sheltie.Mama said:
I was not trying to say I was rescuing a dog or anything I was simply trying to state that I would be welcoming another puppy into my home in a year or so. It was not meant to lead you on, or upset you. All I was trying to say was that I was getting another dog.
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Noo not upset..lol it takes alot to get me upset :) Just didnt want to hijack your thread of good news with a different topic! So I figured Id start another one.

Back onto the topic at hand now, I feel its just the way society has moved to make and justify their purchases as being rescues. There is not a stigma attached to you if you say ohh my dog was rescued, in fact people will say way to go what a responsible thing youve done..yehhy you! You come out and say Oh I purchased my dog from a breeder and now a days your liable to get a public flogging as its viewed as unacceptable and you'll hear well you just killed a shelter dog (never mind you if didnt want a pit mix)...just my .02
 
Sheltie Mama,

I think I started this conversation on the other thread, when I mentioned the semantics of "adopting" vs "buying".

I don't think there is anything wrong with buying a puppy from a reputable breeder. As the consensus indicates, it doesn't matter how we acquired our dogs, nor what terminology we associate with the acquisition.

It has been an interesting conversation, but the bottom line is that as long as we provide loving homes for our dogs, it doesn't really matter how they came into our lives.

I meant no disrespect, nor am I judging. Cannot wait to see pics of your new puppy (and I hope you get a bi-blue - they are gorgeous:)
 
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