Happy belated Father’s Day to all the dads out there – Yes, including the ones whose ‘children’ have fur (or scales, feathers, etc).
I wanted to come back to a topic I originally wrote about around Mother’s Day. More pet owners than ever before, 81% according to a 2011 study, consider their pets to be a part of their family. The term “pet parent” is becoming so main stream that even some commercials for pet products are starting to use it. While some people may find it tacky, or even offensive, I ended my Mother’s Day post by asking “if our pets are happy and healthy, and we’re not actually hurting anyone else, does it really matter what pet owners choose to call ourselves?”
In some instances it might. Continue reading
