Are you mom and dad to your dogs?

[Josiebear]

I find it a bit annoying. I don't mind if people refer to themselves that, but i don't think i'm a "mom" to my dogs. My dogs are just dogs not kids to me even though they live a pretty good life, live indoors and are part of the family but yet they're still dogs lol.

I also found it a bit annoying when people send out Christmas Photo cards of themselves they sign their names along with their dogs names. I dunno, i just find it wierd. A couple of my relatives do this and i always had a good chuckle out of it. But hey if it floats your boat it's all good

[sju279]

We don't have skin kids, so YES we're very much Mom and Dad to the dogs and the cat. My BF even refers to himself as "Daddy" sometimes when he's just talking to me. I know some people think it's silly, but they really ARE babies to me.

[JakodaCD OA]

well I don't have skin kids, and I don't refer myself as their "mom" or the hubby "dad",,,but the hubby does tell them (when they aggrivate him , imagine!!LOL) to "go bug your mother" LOL..

My MIL refers to them as her grandkids,,,I usually refer to them as my 'furkids',

They are spoiled rotten and live the life of Riley, if they were human, I'd say they had pretty decent manners and I raised them right )))

[Tihannah]

I have four children and refer to my dogs as my "other kids". It was just something that caught on. I've never heard anyone else refer to me as their mom though? At least not that I remember, but I don't think it would annoy me. My husband has always referred to our 7 yr old yorkie as his first daughter and would never let his "tough man friends" know, but he is madly in love with her. We love our dogs in a different way than our kids, but they are still our babies. So yea, we are momma and daddy, but pretty much only in our home.

[Kayos and Havoc]

Yep. We are mom and dad. My skin kid is grown so they have stepped in as the kids.

[jmopaso]

We call each other Ma and Pa so I guess the dogs relate to that also. We have pretty good harmony in our house. We do have children, 2 teenage girls, who are definitely high ranking members of their pack. My husband swears that the dogs behave differently when I am not around. He says that they are more aggressive with each other when I am around than when I'm not. But, we have not had to make any repairs to anyone, so it must be all bluff.r
There are 6 GSD's and then there is one 13 lb Rat Terrier who can eat out of their bowls, steal their toys and tell them what to do. They are good with the cats, they play with the ferretts, they carefully watch over the cockateil when he is out.

I take them camping, i take them trail riding with the horses, I take them to horse shows and they are perfectly behaved. What else does one want?

[elisabeth_00117]

Originally Posted By: jmogsdWhat else does one want?

One more?