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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Just because there are a lot of weird dog people who value animals more than they do humans doesn't make it ok.

This. I should preface this by saying that I’ve never had a dog, so I’m sure there is a lot I don’t understand about the owner/dog relationship but the humanization of pets and blurring of the lines between animal and human is something I do not understand at all.

For example last week there was a thread on reddit about a father who had found his son had been sodomizing the family dog. What really struck me about the original post and all the top comments that follow were almost all concerned with the safety of the dog. This guys own flesh and blood in engaging in sexual deviancy and borderline psychotic behaviour and all he seems to care about is the well being of his dog. Don’t get me wrong I feel bad for the dog and it’s safety, but the needs of the human, especially when that human is your own child should always come before an animal, at least in my opinion.

Cesar Milan has spoken on the dangers of humanization of dogs, and how this trend can create sick dysfunctional relationships between pets and their owners. People talk about neglectful owners when it comes to dangerous breeds, but I would be interested to see how many of those owners whose dogs attack other people view those dogs as their “fur child”. Owners who are unable to properly discipline their pets because they see them less as animals with animal impulses and more like small helpless children.