Its not right. Animals are not trinkets we can just carry around. They are living, breathing, creatures.
This whole thing with the itsy-bitsy doggies is horrible. Now even the common person is going out and getting a small breed, JUST so they can be "in". Its one thing to buy the latest-and-greatest pair of jeans. Its another to buy an animal, one whom you probably don't know how to care for or even have the time to care for.
"We've seen a huge increase in interest in smaller breeds," says Daisy Okas, an AKC spokeswoman, who attributes the trend, in part, to Paris Hilton and other high-profile celebs who are photographed with pint-size pooches.While tiny dogs are cute, and make great pets, they need a responsible caregiver. If you are a person who loves dogs, and has the time, energy, and financial ability to have one, thats great! But if you want a dog thats going to stay in a tiny purse, travel everywhere with you, and not be able to live a healthy dog-life (walks, training, sleep, etc) then its not morally right for you to get one.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11298755/site/newsweek
I could rant on and on and on and on about this, but to save your ears I wont. If you want to see the article about the growing "trend" of small breeds, the article is "Pets: My Little Puppy" by Elise Soukup.
3 comments:
heya,
thanx 4 leaving a msg on my taggie! (i hope u put one on ur blog too..). i read ur profile just now and noticed that we've got quite the same taste in music! (but i'm not gonna be a nanny here,
lol) ;)
and hey, omg..i agree with you. it's not cool putting pets in handbags,etc and turning them into 'accessories'. ppl like paris is like.."look, i'm rich, i'm cute, i can afford to buy a handbag and put my pet in it..aren't we the cutest things ever??" i'm like..WTF?? i mean,can the pets breathe? can they move in there?? like helloooo..how big can a handbag be? duh. plus i'm not really a fan of paris either, so there u go. ;)
later!
xxamirahxx
I totally agree. The whole "flour-on-Paris" thing was hilarious.
I dont have a taggie, I used to, but I really want my blog to look proffesional and it sort of detracted from that.
OMG!!! (am I acting "preppy and gay" yet?)
This post got on the Blogcritics.org site for "Friday Femme Fatales" of bloggers! They even said I was the youngest ever blogger on the FFF. Me feel so special! LOL, here is the link to my mentioning 0:-)
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/02/24/094015.php
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