It is, indeed, a dog's world.
The American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is praising BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. for refraining from selling potentially contaminated"pig ear chew treats."
The pig ears may be tained with Salmonella bacteria. Animals are not as sensitive to Salmonella as humans are (So all of you people who secretly chew on pig ear treats, stop doing it.)
This makes sense because until their relatively recent domestication, dogs and cats ate rodents of various sizes — not the cleanest of victuals.
Anyway, the ASPCA prevailed on BJ's to "voluntarily" take the "pig ear chew treats" off its shelves. The ASPCA goes on to advise "pet parents" to discard any suspicious pig ears.
Pet Parents? Huh?
They used to be called "pet owners." At most they might be considered pet step-parents. But pet parents? The anthropomorphism of dogs has gone too far. Dogs' "parents" are other dogs, you know.
If you consider your pet as much your child as your actual child, you need your head examined.
Do not, of course, feed your pet poisonous food.
That goes for the other members of your family as well.
I beg to differ. My cats are like children to me. I think a lot of folks feel the same way about the animals that own them. One of mine is dying now from kidney failure and it's got me in a world of grief.
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