Writer's Block: Pet central

[blood_winged]

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I have to say I quirked an eyebrow at this.

Certainly (taking my own dog as an example) a pet needs to be raised correctly, much the same as a child, so they know what they should and should not do. They rely on a human in the same way a child relies on their parents, to protect them and care for them, and I suppose in that way a human can be called the 'guardian' of an animal.

But, unlike a child, a dog/cat, particularly one who has always been around people, will not be able to take care of itself in the way a human child eventually will. I wouldn't say that I am the guardian of my dog or any pet I've had because that would imply an equal relationship. I am the master, my dog is the pet.

tl;dr - Disagree. I'm the owner of my dog.

Comments

[lemiru.livejournal.com]

Quirck an eyebrow, you say? It made me facepalm. Sometimes I wonder about those people's priorities.

Besides, I think the therm "owner" makes people more concious of their 'propriety' than just "guardian", who has kind of a temporary feel to it. And who says propriety, says you take care of it, because it's yours.
Or something it's hard to explain what I mean xD

[blood-winged.livejournal.com]

No, no, I understand completely~ We paid for our dog, he's our property XP

[lemiru.livejournal.com]

It's not even 'paying for it', I mean, you pay for a child, too (not... to get it, but for food and stuff). But being an owner makes it yours more definitely and with more responsibilities than being "just" a guardian.

[lemiru.livejournal.com]

"more defenitely" is everything but proper english.

/slinks awaaaay~