You DO NOT OWN your cats and dogs!

[Floogeldy]

They are free creatures of God. You take on a great responsibility by agreeing to care for them on this Earth. Freedom! FREEEEEEEEEDOM!

Part of the deal is that you let them live their life the way they want to. You have no property rights over them. Give them liberty!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MuseRider]

1. Mine own me. n/t

[Cobalt Violet]

5. Same here.

;) And I like it.

[Nite Owl]

11. Do they ever

I think they consider me well trained.

[Cadence]

22. So does mine. He also owns the bed... and the couch...

and he bosses me around a lot. I'm going to tell him, I told on him. :P

[msgadget]

26. Yeah, mine too!

They demand food, destroy the yard, leave hair all over the place, get free medical without performing any work and refuse to leave.

[Phentex]

29. Mine have me at their beck and call.

They are so spoiled. :)

[Renew Deal]

2. Oh geez

Is this some sort of PETA invasion? You and Bikewriter stirring it up tonight?

[LDS Jock]

8. lol.. did you enjoy that other thread?

I see it has finally died.

[Renew Deal]

10. Died?

The only think dying is BigJawn's feral cats. lol

[LDS Jock]

12. warped sense of humor tonight

I like it!

[MikeG]

3. The law says they are property.

[Floogeldy]

9. Law?

Whose law? Man's law? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

The Diest would disagree. Don't tie your dog or cat up. Don't put them in a pen. Please.

They'll probably hang around because you love them and care for them. But don't ever take their freedom and free will away.

Thanks.

[Lex]

13. Well, there is a leash law here, as in most places,

and I'm not getting popped $100 for letting my dog run 'free."

[MercutioATC]

30. EXACTLY! Let them bother other people who don't want pets!

I have a friend who's neighbor's cats climb under his boat cover and use his boat as a litterbox.

Having a pet requires some responsibility. Keeping them away from people who don't want to be bothered by them is one of those responsibilities.

[cags]

4. Damn, I've been robbed. I paid for that dog.

;-) JK I know what you mean. I have too many pets not to.

[Lex]

6. Part of the deal is taking care of them properly,

given the circumstances.

Do you not advocate spaying or neutering them?

[Floogeldy]

15. I advocate nothing . . .

. . . save the freedom of all pets from ownership.

[Pithlet]

17. Well, that's a pretty big thing to advocate.

Is your position that all people set their pets free to fend for themselves? To make it illegal for anyone to have a pet? And what will all these freed animals and their offspring do with no one to care for them?

[Floogeldy]

21. No, no, no.

I never said any of that. In fact, I said the opposite. Please, let your pets be who and what they are as you take on the responsibility to care for them.

[NickB79]

27. Then they have the freedom to starve too?

When they breed themselves out of food and shelter? The freedom to become a snack for a coyote or hawk? Some freedom.

[tuvor]

7. When they start paying their share of the mortgage, sure.

If I let them live "the way they want to" I have a hunch the place would be condemned before too long.

[Floogeldy]

24. Then you'd better get your pets into dog shows or the movies

So they can start generating an income and contribute to their living expenses.

[Skittles]

14. I certainly do not own my f'ing cat

he lets me know that every damn day :o

[rawtribe]

16. My cat has

his own door, can catch his own food. More of a room mate then a pet and he lets me know it!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

18. You've been elevated to roommate status!

Be proud, I'm still a servant. :P

[rawtribe]

19. It's the door.

Not every cat can or should have a door of his own. If you can it's very liberating.

:headbang:

[Pithlet]

20. I do not own my children, either.

At the same time, I can't just let them do whatever they please, and set them loose on the world. They can't take care of themselves. Taking care of a living thing that needs you doesn't necessarily mean ownership of that being. True, there are many who look at having a pet as a type of ownership. There are plenty of people who aren't deserving of their pets, and mistreat them as if they were merely property. But, I don't think that everyone with pets should turn them out on their own to fend for themselves any more than I would advocate parents doing so with their children.

[miss_kitty]

23. My new dog hasn't figured it out yet

but I am actually hers. She has figured out the sofa is hers, though

[The Night Owl]

25. Right. Let me just free my house cat, who has never been outside, and...

...watch him freak out and run into traffic only to get flattened by a vehicle.

:eyes:

Sorry, but...

Worst post ever.


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[flvegan]

28. It's called guardianship.

Like any other living being that relies on you for survival. Part of that, is the responsibility to spay/neuter those animals.

Laws, as mandated by man, however, does, for better or for worse, see them as property.

[TyeDye75]

31. My cat is ruler of all she sees.....

[Freebird12004]

32. I have always been owned by my pets.

I chose to be their earth care-giver. My pets have always had the best that I could offer them. We shared the good times and the bad, happy for what we had.

And now I eat healthy foods to share with my lifelong companion, my parrot ~ a Blue & Gold Macaw. What better symbiotic relationship could one wish for. I should mention that my parrot and I also share with our Golden Retriever too.

[mondo joe]

33. They'll be free when they can use a can opener

And so will I.

[Shrek]

34. I own my dog

I have a receipt to prove it.