Do you consider your pets your "children"?

Oh yes I do the same, I don't have children so my cat is my baby, I treat her as i would if i had a baby of my own, it is possible to love animals so much they do become a member of your family..

Of course you aren't alone! We have two cats and two dogs (chihuahuas), and they are all our children. We call them boys & girls, and we call ourselves Mom & Dad. They have their own Christmas stockings, and have even sent out their own e-cards. I look at it this way...they're under our care, and we love and nurture them. They're members of the family, like children...so why not? At least they don't argue or throw temper tantrums, right?

we have a cat in our home..we call it as MEOW..since it sounds like that..we really dont think him as a pet..he is one of our family member.if he is in hunger,he move around my mom and not allow her to move anywhere and my mom feed him with some food..after having food he go to sleep..wat nice life he have!!..In our home,our cat eats first than us..we really love him than any other thing..

I don't consider them my children. they're better than that, they're my pack.

You certainly are not alone my dear. We have two dogs and we consider them as our children! Its all about how you intepret "Children" (boy and girl) - for me our dogs are our responsibility - they need a lot of love and affection and caring - and keeps us entertained and gives us all the love and affection we need, keeps us company and make us feel like a family. There are a million reasons why our pets are like children. Moreover we took the responsibility upon ourselves to take care of them for a genuine reason. My girlfriend - who sereves in the military - was deployed about 3 months ago - and if not for our "children", I'd be insane by now if I had to wither this loneliness without her being around. As a matter of fact, she misses the dogs and me very much and is counting down the days to be back with us. Whenever I leave the house for work I kiss them goodbye and tell them to behave and be good. Whenever I sit on the swing on our patio they both want to sit on either side and keep me company. They both sleep in our bedroom but on separate little mats. Even though I watch TV late into the nights, they would go to the bedroom no later than 10pm every night and sleep in their beds. They wake me up exactly at 6 am every morning to take them out - so I don't need an alarm to wake up. I talk to them all the time and sometimes I wonder if the neighbors wonder who I am talking to with my girlfriend being away!!!! I address them as "good boy" or "good girl". Frankly, it doesn't bother me what the neighbors would think because my "kids" mean a lot to me and they are the ones who give me the joy and happiness that I am enjoying right now. So, don't ever change what you are doing - you are not alone at all!

Yes, my pets are my babies!

hi wallyrae! well, not exactly children for me, but siblings. my parents treat them like children, that is why we and the pets are siblings. lol it is really funny that they refer to us that way, but my brother and i love our pets so much too that we don't really mind this affinity. lol that is okay if you have that at home. you are not alone, definitely! lol good day and have a happy weekend!

yeah as a matter of fact i always considered my pets as my children... i used to refer myself as mama to them...like when i used to scold them i used to sasy - " now u better listen to your mama or else " :P sounds a bit funny but i used to keep it personal only between me and my dogs...not when im in public with them as it could get embarrassing ashere in india people take it the wrong way ...actually here in india people take every other thing the wrong way :P

I don't consider my pets to be like my children but they are part of the family. I know people that do think of their pets as children, I guess some people need that. Perhaps people that don't have children or people who's children have grown up and left home. All that said, I think your dogs are very lucky.

you're definitely not alone. i know someone who treats her dog, Coffee, like her own child. and her niece actually gave her a birthday cake once and had the Coffee's name written on the cake so that it's like the cake was actually from him. Coffee recently became a father of two puppies, and yes, these two puppies are being treated like grandchildren. hehe. as for me, my siblings and i consider our dog, who has been with us for the past 15 years, as our sister, and her 9-year old son is our nephew. =]

I treat my dog as my child to a certain extent. I am just very friendly and let her sleep in bed with us. She loves to cuddle. My boyfriend at first hated dog's didnt care about them and was very speticle to the idea of our little girl. But she warmed him right up. He loves her like a child now and always thinks of her very highly. He has changed his tempermant as well. It's nothing to feel awkward about, pet's can become a big part of your family.