Introduction

“Animals are people, too” doesn’t have to be just a cute ironic saying, it can be a lifestyle choice for you and your favorite animal. Your pet gives you unquestioning love, loyalty, trust and would never cancel a date with you because someone better came along. Can any human in your life say the same? Why offer your animal second class citizenship when he or she could teach the populace something about peace, love and understanding? Follow these steps to learn how to treat your pet like a person.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Steps

1
Step One

Would you call your best friend Fido? Give your pet a moniker that shows your respect for his individuality and character: Stuart, Reggie, Penelope, Xena? Better yet, offer choices and give him the name he responds to best.

2
Step Two

If you don’t share your bed with your best friend, why don’t you? You wouldn’t ask a live-in lover to sleep on a $20 foam and fabric pouf upholstered in plaid, would you? What are some dog hairs, cat claws or guinea pig poops between friends?

3
Step Three

Just what are you feeding your pet person, byproducts? Are her nutritional needs less worthy than your own? Jump on the home-cooked or human grade pet food bandwagon to give your pet the respect, and food, she deserves.

4
Step Four

Make your shared home equally usable by pet and person. Consider your companion vertically-challenged and arrange the accommodations to suit his needs as well as your own: lower kitchen counters for food prep and consumption, install doors that push to open as well as using human-centric handles and adapt toilets to accommodate the small of stature.

5
Step Five

Talk like a reasonable person. Your best friend deserves better than “up,” “down,” “heel” and “No, no, not on the carpet!” from your conversational repertoire. While her vocal chords may not allow an intelligible reply to your untrained ear, your pet person would be glad to listen to your full sentences, elegant asides and sotto voce secrets.

6
Step Six

Keep your pet person’s preferences in mind regarding outings, company and entertainment: Go to the dog park, invite over animal loving pals and stock up on animal-oriented DVDs and electronic rubber balls that move erratically across the floor.

7
Step Seven

Keep your companion happy by working from home, taking her to play dates during your absence or hiring a professional caregiver when you are unavailable. You wouldn’t expect a guest or young child to twiddle her thumbs while you’re gone every day for ten hours, why expect your pet person to do the same, without thumbs?


Tips & Warnings

* Telecommuting becomes ever more common, the ideal solution for the working pet partner. If your work won’t come to you, bring your pet to work. Challenge company policy if need be.
* If your relationship with your pet person is more of a sibling relationship, feel free to offer a bedroom instead of sharing your bed.
* Don’t even think about putting your pet person in a crate or cage for a long cold night or lonely day, making yourself available 24/7 is essential to treating your pet like a person.
* Don’t be surprised if you experience prejudice as a mixed species household. Society hasn’t caught up to the animal rights movement, many still consider pets less innately worthy than humans and the legal rights of pet person’s to live without prejudice have yet to be addressed constitutionally.

*For more amazing info like this please check Flooroo.com

sara1 wrote in
:

“Animals are people, too” doesn’t have to be just a cute ironic
saying, it can be a lifestyle choice for you and your favorite
animal.

No thanks. My dog is a dog, and it's in her best interest for me to
keep that in mind when dealing with her.

*For more amazing info like this please check [Spamaroo.com]

Another picture of junk I picked up this weekend (some while hiking
and some while doing more toxic waste clean-up):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cat-sidh/1618573058/

And Pandora, Queen of High Perches:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cat-sidh/1553203931/

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

"sara1" wrote in message
...

Introduction

"Animals are people, too" doesn't have to be just a cute ironic saying,
it can be a lifestyle choice for you and your favorite animal. snip
1
Step One

Would you call your best friend Fido? Give your pet a moniker that
shows your respect for his individuality and character: Stuart, Reggie,
Penelope, Xena? Better yet, offer choices and give him the name he
responds to best.

2
Step Two

If you don't share your bed with your best friend, why don't you? You
wouldn't ask a live-in lover to sleep on a $20 foam and fabric pouf
upholstered in plaid, would you? What are some dog hairs, cat claws or
guinea pig poops between friends?

3
Step Three

Just what are you feeding your pet person, byproducts? Are her
nutritional needs less worthy than your own? Jump on the home-cooked or
human grade pet food bandwagon to give your pet the respect, and food,
she deserves.

4
Step Four

Make your shared home equally usable by pet and person. Consider your
companion vertically-challenged and arrange the accommodations to suit
his needs as well as your own: lower kitchen counters for food prep and
consumption, install doors that push to open as well as using
human-centric handles and adapt toilets to accommodate the small of
stature.

5
Step Five

Talk like a reasonable person. Your best friend deserves better than
"up," "down," "heel" and "No, no, not on the carpet!" from your
conversational repertoire. While her vocal chords may not allow an
intelligible reply to your untrained ear, your pet person would be glad
to listen to your full sentences, elegant asides and sotto voce
secrets.

6
Step Six

Keep your pet person's preferences in mind regarding outings, company
and entertainment: Go to the dog park, invite over animal loving pals
and stock up on animal-oriented DVDs and electronic rubber balls that
move erratically across the floor.

7
Step Seven

Keep your companion happy by working from home, taking her to play
dates during your absence or hiring a professional caregiver when you
are unavailable. You wouldn't expect a guest or young child to twiddle
her thumbs while you're gone every day for ten hours, why expect your
pet person to do the same, without thumbs?


Tips & Warnings

* Telecommuting becomes ever more common, the ideal solution for
the working pet partner. If your work won't come to you, bring your pet
to work. Challenge company policy if need be.
* If your relationship with your pet person is more of a sibling
relationship, feel free to offer a bedroom instead of sharing your
bed.
* Don't even think about putting your pet person in a crate or cage
for a long cold night or lonely day, making yourself available 24/7 is
essential to treating your pet like a person.
* Don't be surprised if you experience prejudice as a mixed species
household. Society hasn't caught up to the animal rights movement, many
still consider pets less innately worthy than humans and the legal
rights of pet person's to live without prejudice have yet to be
addressed constitutionally.

*For more amazing info like this please check 'Flooroo.com'
(http://www.flooroo.com)

================

Wow, and I thought this NG couldn't get any weirder.

On Oct 18, 7:14 pm, Kimber wrote:

Wow, that's really wacky. So, if I lower my kitchen counters for food
prep, does that mean my dog is going to start cooking for ME?!

God, I hope not. I have a feeling Miss Brown's idea of "edible" does
not coincide very closely with mine. And, anyway, since when did she
need the counters lowered?!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cat-sidh/319133660/

but should I lower them to make sure she can so she can eat
the Oreos, the Good n' Plenty, and the whole loaf of bread? :-)

I'm sure if you asked her, she'd say "YES!" She'd probably also like
you to give her free access to the litter box, too.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

pfoley wrote:

Wow, and I thought this NG couldn't get any weirder.

You know what's really weird? Quoting a brazillion lines of text
just to point out how weird it is.

HTH HAND WTF BBQ!

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

Kimber wrote in news:4718eb0a$0$25650
:

Yes, I can just imagine you at supper time, "WHAT! LIVER
AGAIN??!!"

She'd have to sprout opposable thumbs and learn to drive, because
there's no way I'm bringing liver into the house.

Great picture of your climbing dog!

Thanks! Alas, I was unable to get photos of her on top of the
fridge. Thankfully, the mountain goat phase passed quickly.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)