pet dog purse
pet dog purse
Grrr…leave your dog at home!!!!!?
So, I just ran to the grocery store for some fruit…and low and behold, a woman with a chihuahua peeking out of her straw tote is leaning over the produce.
Does anyone else find this especially irritating?
I had no problems taking my ON LEAD and well-behaved APBTs to the local Farmer’s Exchange to do some shopping, or PetSmart/PetCo where well behaved pets are welcome…but I think it’s entirely inappropriate to take a dog, who is not a service animal, to a public place that isn’t specifically pet friendly…I don’t care how easily it fits into your purse.
Why? Why can’t people just leave their dogs home? I mean….the GROCERY STORE? Come on….
Agreed Aussie. In Paris, I had lunch with a woman and her sheepdog. However, there are folks around with severe allergies to dander….does a dog, however small, belong in a produce department.
This irritates the daylights out of me.
Mainly, dogs are not for toting around in a purse… EVER. I don’t understand that. I never will.
I think people like this think that rules don’t apply to them. I have never seen a person with a cat in their purse… a ferret in their purse or someone carrying around their pet snake.
While I am a dog person… I don’t believe in taking them to places where they are not allowed. No sneaking them in or pretending they are service animals.
I’m even more irritated by the fact that people with legitimate service dogs get questioned about their helpers but women with “pocket book dogs” do not.
This does not apply to service dogs at all or dog – friendly places. I think it’s up to all dog owners to be good stewards for dog ownership. Just because your dog is little doesn’t make it right to bring him places where dogs are normally prohibited.
Dog Pets are Therapy for Seniors!
Dog pets have earned the title “man’s best friend.” They deserve the claim for their dependability and obedience over the centuries. A house may appear empty to the ordinary passer-by, but if there is a dog in residence, it is awaiting the arrival of the man or woman of the home from their day’s activities. You can bank on it!
The dog guards the empty house and keeps its ears attuned for the first sounds of your arrival. Suddenly, the human owner opens the door and they find themselves smothered with affection bestowed by their dog. Emporers of ancient times never felt such adoration.
Sometimes, the world turns on us for whatever reason, but our loyal dog pet never will. He stands with us no matter what the future brings.
We award them with special, personal names. We lovingly call them Prince, Sheba, Fido or any number of appellations. We create complete personalities and natural attitudes around the names we give them.
It usually doesn’t matter what the dog breeds are. We don’t care if they are a small dog that we can carry in a purse, coat pocket or in our arms.
They might even be a large dog that requires education with dog etiquette, and how to conduct itself on a leash.
Medical researchers tell us that the reality they’re dogs actually blurs in our minds.
As time passes, and we interact with them everyday, we attribute to them personalities befitting humans. They become virtual people in our thinking. We gradually forget they’re animals, and we begin to see them as almost human friends.
There is a very powerful and proven reason for this…listen to this little known fact. Science tells us this can be a very therapeutic arrangement. Seniors particularly can benefit immensely in an ongoing partnership with a dog pet.
How many ways can you count to explain why we live with a dog.
They plaster hair over all the furniture, and particularly on your favorite dark suit or dress that you wear only on special occasions.
It seems they always want to go outside at extremely inappropriate times. For example, at ten o’clock on a rainy Friday night, Prince scratches at the door to announce he wants, and needs, to go outside.
Why would you want to share your life with a dog pet and put up with its diverse, and sometimes irritating habits?
The answer is simple…we need them in our personal worlds to make our lives more bearable.
Do you miss the energy and life of young people and the joy they generate? Have your kids moved on to their own universes and no longer intrude on yours as much as you would like them to?
Do you crawl out of bed each morning and wonder how you will fill the hours until the end of the new day? Do you welcome the air conditioning unit turning on and off because it breaks the endless silence of an empty house?
Scientists have reasearched the subject. They have documented the very real symbiotic partnership that develops between humans and their dog pets.
Let’s take them one by one!
1.Research has proved that pet and owner share a mutual need for each other and both profit from the arrangement.
2.A person’s mental and physical health demonstrate a marked improvement once a dog pet comes to live in the household.
3.Seniors’ loneliness dissolves and they exhibit increasing vigor and contentment in a developing owner dog pet relationship.
4.Research reveals that people feel needed by the pet and are forced to develop a schedule for providing for the animal’s welfare.
5.The ownership reliance requirement on the human increased the pet owner’s need to become more enthused and aware of their own personal welfare.
The research indicated that the dog pet inspired a sense of feeling needed and a surging sense of increased self value in the senior human owner.
The report brought out that the senior owners particularly developed an enthusiastic desire to face each day. The dog pet had a fixed schedule for its needs and the owner found it a necessary routine to be followed each day.
If you’re a dog pet owner, sometimes you may feel that they’re just too much trouble, and take up too much of your time.
When that happens, just give Butch an extra doggy treat for supper, and an added ear scratch.
Why? Because it’s very good for your mental and physical health. And if you’re a senior, it just may go a long way in curing your ailments!
About the Author
Raymond Angus is an author of widely published articles and books. He writes about seniors and “baby boomers” and how they can prosper in today’s world. To read more by him visit:> http://www.theseniorslife.com