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Dogs are indeed man's best friend and having a pet, any pet at all, means having a living, breathing creature that is entirely dependent on you for its every need, every day of its lifetime.
The problem starts when the needs of pets are replaced by indulgences.
While animal cruelty is one extreme, pampering pets with excess is another extreme.
Yes, you have a dog or cat and you love her with all your heart and you show your love to her by feeding her your food, which is unsuitable for her.
Your dog gives you a hopeful look while you eat your dinner and those soulful eyes melt you and you slip some scrumptious morsels of fried chicken, pizza, fritata or meatballs into her eagerly waiting mouth. And, it becomes a routine and before you know it, this food begging habit will render your beloved dog overweight.
I have experienced the above where you show your pet some lovin by feeding them crazy. I did it to my pet fighting fish and his belly burst and he died.
Then, I had a parakeet and he loved KFC and rice and I fed him all he could eat. One morning, my gorgeous parakeet literally dropped dead -- he had an heart attack in relation with his dietary habit.
Feed our pets with our food and they develop our diseases. Dogs are not built to eat pasta and drink coffee. Their dietary needs altogether differ from that of humans.
And then there is this insane obsession of decking pets with accessories, clothes, dyeing their fur and other ridiculous grooming.
Regular grooming is of course entailed for your pet dogs, especially long haired dogs. If such dogs are not groomed, their fur would become matted and it is painful for the dogs.
Your dog never demands diamonds, rubies and emeralds from you. All they need and want is some love and tender care from you.
And, then there are grooming competitions that almost involves poodles being groomed beyond recognition, making them resemble other animals or psychedelic manifestations or uniformed units, making them stand still for hours just to satisfy your idea of fun. Will one do like this to their children? You claim that your pets are your babies so why do something to them that you won't on your own child?
You think your pet dog loves it when you make it look like a pony or a tiger or a freaking bison? If your pink, bejeweled poodle could talk, it will say, "I look ridiculously unsightly." If you want a dog that looks like a male lion, you might as well adopt a lion.
You pamper your pets with excess and send your own parents to old folks home. Of course, you can love your pet dog with all your heart but do make some space in your heart and home for your mother who gave you a space in her womb for you to come into being and for your father who toiled to make you the successful person you are today.
Remember, overdoing anything at all is not healthy and neither it gives desirable end results.
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