Pets are People too?

My pets are more than pets...they are family members...all 10 of them. They get their routine doctor visits just as my children did. It is my choice to spemd the money I earn the way I want. Pets provide true unconditional love. They ask for nothing but some of your attention. My dogs have wardrobes and, while I don't dress them like me, I do dress them alike. Believe me, I get far more from them and they get from me and they are worth everything I spend on them.

I don't mind spending some money on our dog. Actually I think she has to go to the vet this week because she has something going on with her ear being itchy. Anyway, taking care of your pet is part of the responsibilty of ownership. But if she were dreadfully ill, I would probably put her to sleep before I spent crazy money on taking care of her. This is partly because I don't have the money to spend on my dog that may need to be spent on my family, but also because I wouldn't want her to continue in unnecessary pain or suffering for our sake. That's not fair to her. And a therapist? Not a chance, though she sure could use one!!

To a point, but pets shouldnt be dressed up in clothes and carried around in bags. There not just things to show off, there living things!

i love my dogs...i call my babies my children...i dont spend tha much on them bu tif i had the money i would spend alot on them....but i dont let them eat out of the same dishes or anything, but i will let them finish my plate of food if i am done.

My pets are part of the family, but there is still a line that you don't cross!

I love my pets, but I don't spend thousand of $$ on them. My older lady friend has a pug. We were going somewhere togther, so she asks me if I would put "Drews" (dog) coat on for her. She brings out this little red winter down coat with fur around the hood. The cutes darn thing I ever saw. I just thought it was the greatest thing in the world. She says this dog is her child and she treats her as such. It took getting use to, but I love it. It makes me appreciate my pets more. I have a chuawua and a Pomeranian. There both my babies but I don't go overbaord. That reminds me, my chuawua needs a new coat, it's getting cold outside! Here's my pets with my daughter. Pez D'Spencer and Taco Bell.

I am perfectly ok with all of that stuff except spending thousands of dollars on them, usless it was for vet bills or something like that. Pets don't know the difference in brand names and such. There are PEOPLE starving in the world. I love my pets but don't buy them extravagent things.

I love my pets.!!!!

They need to save the money they spend on pet pschologists to spend on one for themselves!

There are some frivolous expenses, and some things I would not do to a dog.. (dressing them up etc) However, we have a deaf diabetic (insulin dependant) cat.. and we do the blood workups, the dental care, we have 7 cats and one dog.. the medical expenses easily run into the thousands.. and if you through in the feed bill, well.. we do spend lots on them.. but it is not frivoulous or "unnecessary". (pzi insulin runs about $80 a bottle, 100 syringes runs about $35.. the cat gets two shots a day.. the insulin vial lasts a little over a month usually.. ) The blood work ups to find anything wrong run around 300, the blood sugar tests depend on if it is a spot test or an all day blood curve.. Then of course there are the emergency visits.. there are two vets owned by the same group of vets in our area, one has a vet on duty 24/7 but is more expensive if you have to go in the middle of the night. We also keep caro syrup in the cabnet just incase there is an insulin reaction. So what are the symptoms you say? Well pretty much the same for humans.. but most cats are lathargic, so I pretty much have to go by the dizzyness.. signs of which are staggering, the eyes moving rapidly back and forth..