Ideas & Opinions Are Pets BETTER than human companions?
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Hey there, @Winslow — I don’t know if humans or pets are “better.” People and pets both offer some good things and both can offer some challenges depending on what one finds challenging.
I love that my kitty follows me from room to room and likes to snuggle against me at night. I am not thrilled when she does the “meow-meows” for extra kibbles for minutes on end, usually just as the crime show is about to be solved. But I love her, and I don’t love the TV. I can’t snuggle the TV.
People can be fun and funny, but also demanding. They don’t do meow-meows, but they have bigger expectations and sometimes are not as clear at communicating what they expect. Then they are upset if I don’t deliver exactly what they want, and we need to talk about it. People can also discuss philosophical points and life events. Pets are sometimes better at listening than some humans.
I think maybe it all depends on what a person needs in a given moment.
I love that my kitty follows me from room to room and likes to snuggle against me at night. I am not thrilled when she does the “meow-meows” for extra kibbles for minutes on end, usually just as the crime show is about to be solved. But I love her, and I don’t love the TV. I can’t snuggle the TV.
People can be fun and funny, but also demanding. They don’t do meow-meows, but they have bigger expectations and sometimes are not as clear at communicating what they expect. Then they are upset if I don’t deliver exactly what they want, and we need to talk about it. People can also discuss philosophical points and life events. Pets are sometimes better at listening than some humans.
I think maybe it all depends on what a person needs in a given moment.
For me Yeah big time I have a rescue cat Miley and live with mum Miley comes to me and hugs up to me when she knows something is wrong with me while at the same time my mum does not help me at all
and its not just once its every time I am down or sick she jumps on my chair or lays next to me and cuddles into my side as I have a face issue you cannot tell me its a coincidence she rubs her face against mine all the time
but I have very little real world experience with real people so it is also by default in my case
and its not just once its every time I am down or sick she jumps on my chair or lays next to me and cuddles into my side as I have a face issue you cannot tell me its a coincidence she rubs her face against mine all the time
but I have very little real world experience with real people so it is also by default in my case
While you're at it about that point, it should be noted that many people believe that humans reincarnate into pets, that is, if you believe in Reincarnation. It seems that very young children are more sensitive to the so-called Deja Vu experience, that is, spontaneous remembrance of past lives. They remember past life experiences of a life before they were born--experiences in a foreign country. I remember watching one such case on YouTube where the child kept mentioning his past life so persistently that the parents finally relented to actually traveling to that other country. Arriving there, they found an abandoned cabin in the rural location and looking exactly as how the child had described it.
Ironically for humans in their next life to reincarnate into pets is not bad at all--because some domesticated animals have better lives than most humans in that they get pampered so much.
Ironically for humans in their next life to reincarnate into pets is not bad at all--because some domesticated animals have better lives than most humans in that they get pampered so much.
From London comes this Unusual news on a pet dog:
Russell Jones of London couldn't figure out why his pet dog, Billy, was favoring one of his front paws while walking. He took the pet to the veterinarian to have X-rays, United press international reported, but the vet found nothing wrong. Jones, however, had recently broken his own ankle and was wearing a cast and limping. At the $400 vet visit, the doctor suggested that Billy was simply imitating his owner.
Russell Jones of London couldn't figure out why his pet dog, Billy, was favoring one of his front paws while walking. He took the pet to the veterinarian to have X-rays, United press international reported, but the vet found nothing wrong. Jones, however, had recently broken his own ankle and was wearing a cast and limping. At the $400 vet visit, the doctor suggested that Billy was simply imitating his owner.
Seoul, South Korea's Metropolitan Fire and Disaster headquarters is warning citizens: Your cats may burn your house down. According to the agency, more than 100 fires over the past 3 years have been started by cats, The Washington Post reported.
"We advise pet owners to pay extra attention as fire could spread widely when no one is at home," warned Chung Gyo-chul, an official at the department, which recommends keeping paper towels and other flammable items away from cooking appliances.
That news is about cats in South Korea but I don't know about cats here in the United States and other places.
"We advise pet owners to pay extra attention as fire could spread widely when no one is at home," warned Chung Gyo-chul, an official at the department, which recommends keeping paper towels and other flammable items away from cooking appliances.
That news is about cats in South Korea but I don't know about cats here in the United States and other places.