Writer's Block: Pet central
May. 3rd, 2010 04:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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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.
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.
