Cats shed.
Dogs smell.
Gerbils poop on your hands.
Fish have dirty, disgusting tanks and eat each other.
I understand that many people have deep, emotional connections to their pets and I am glad that they have found something so meaningful. I support eliminating cruelty to animals.
And I’ll even admit in theory, pets seem pretty great. (I had a preference as a young child for white tiger cubs.)
But in practice, I don’t like pets.
Incidentally, I was at Petsmart the other day buying some cat food for my kitties (outdoor; I see them a couple times a week and they keep the mice away). Petsmart had their diamond doves on sale for $27.99, original price $34.99. There was only one left and I imagine the poor bird took quite a hit to his self-esteem.
For a company that claims to understand the connection between people and their chosen best friends, that seemed pretty cold.
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One response to “I Don’t Like Pets”
Whenever people suggest allowing us to bring our pets to work, I shudder a little.
And the dog I had growing up was the last one left and he was the best dog ever. Seriously. So I think people are just bad at judging pets.
And I thought you were going to say that you ended up buying the bird. I'm glad that you are, instead, making his cause known in the blogosphere.