TOO in love with your pets

You are correct in my books. People come first, not animals. It is all well and good to treat your pets like one of the family, BUT they are NOT human.

It really depends on what kind of family the person has. Now I love my fur babies and will till the end of time. I'll walk on hot coals for them because although they're not humans, they're still LIVING beings and the love that they give is unconditional. Try finding that with another human. Chances are, you won't be able to. Pets greet you when you come home with so much excitement of seeing their loved one walk through the door that it's like they've been gone a year when it's only a matter of a few hours. Animals don't talk back, for the most part they listen.... depending on which animal it is. Now if my priorities are out of wack then so be it. I refuse to change. Animals can be and are so loving and they don't ask for anything in return except some love, food, water and a place to rest. Compared to what they give us and what we give them, they give so much more than what we could ever give them but people like me do try!

If the woman has dogs and loves them more than her kids, I'd have to say it wasn't a very good idea to have kids in the mix. I can understand putting the two on the same level...animals are our kids, only of different races. But she needs to learn how to incorporate her kids with her dogs so there's no jealousy, uneven feelings, etc. My feelings on the woman is that she's not shunning her family...she's shunning part of it, and she needs to find out how they all can enjoy some family time. I don't think there's a thing as too much love for animals, just as I don't think there can be too much love for a child. People leaving money to their animals after they die may sound crazy to some, but heck, the only family members I'd leave money to would be my husband and our kits (cat children)! I certainly wouldn't leave it to anyone else, and I shouldn't be expected to. When two people join in marriage, they form their own families from the ones they came from, and cats just happen to be a part of the mix with us. I think anyone who would give their animal away before moving homes, so they didn't have to give it healthcare, or to maintain a personal and human relationship shouldn't have animals sharing their life with them. It makes me sick to hear of all these people taking animals to a pound when life gets rough. You wouldn't do it to your own kids (well, some people might! ) so why would you do it to adopted kids? So no, I don't think it's possible to love animals too much. But in certain cases, like the one you mentioned, perhaps it's possible to love animals more than your human family...and there needs to be some meeting of ends with that.

This is more of me, but I don't have children yet. I spend most of the time with my dogs, I kiss and hug them as many as I can. My mother get even jealous with my dogs cause I spent most of my time and attention with my cute dogs than to her. I came to think that if I have children, will I still in love with my pets and still hugs & kiss them? I hope yes.

I love my dogs as if they were part of my family,but they have their time and my kids have theirs. Im a stay at home mom so I spend all day with my kids and when they take a nap I will play with the dogs and alspo I walk them at night after the kids go to sleep. I think that you need to make time for them, but not to the point where you dont do anything with your kids.