Kind attitude to pets


For someone, the pet is a member of the family, for someone the object of prestige, and for someone it replaces a child or a doll. It's sad when a living being turns into something in between an object of interior and a living toy. And often we turn our pets into IT, without knowing it. How can one show kindness towards pets and not make them unhappy? ..

For many people, the maintenance of pets is a necessity. Especially in my childhood. "When I was little, I did not even dream of having a dog - so I wanted it," Andrei Makarevich wrote. The main reason for this desire, probably, is that we need to love and be loved, and our pets can meet these needs. As a rule, pets play the role of companion, family member, friend, child. But today, unfortunately, they are introduced as an object of prestige, a fashion accessory, a part of the interior. Cats and dogs are not perceived by these people as living beings.

Diamonds for York

Usually, to a small animal living next to each other, a person becomes accustomed and tied up. True, the role that people are forced to play animals does not always suit them.

Now, for example, fashionable miniature dogs. They are treated like living dolls: they are combed, dressed in different outfits, always carry them with them. It's no coincidence that the Yorkies have become so popular - small creatures, very calm, whose wool structure is close to human hair. Somehow I observed: the girl at the pet store was choosing her outfit for her Yorkshire girl, her homemade pajamas, her shoes for walking and slippers for her apartment, and finally bought a pearl necklace and hairpins with rhinestones.

People, for whom pets are living toys or a subject of prestige, like to participate in special competitions, where the animals themselves and their behavior are not judged, but how and what they are wearing, what varnish their claws are painted on. The more "tsatsek" gets a pet, the higher the status of the owner in the eyes of others. And we are not talking about a good attitude to pets here, as you know.

Why is it bad for an animal? Patient Yorkies obediently endure human quirks to please the hostess. But the pleasure from this attitude is clearly not getting. The dog is an animal, and any clothing for it is armor that restricts freedom.

The same can be said about the exhibitions. For the mistress of the dog, this is an excuse to go out into the light, and for most animals - a very unpleasant event, and they suffer because of the vanity of their masters. Especially this applies to cats who do not like it when there are a lot of people around, and they do not tolerate crossings.

Why is it bad for you? To the dog was a worthy friend and companion, you need to deal with it, develop its intelligence. If you turn it into a fur toy, hanging baubles and brjuliki, always dragging it under your arm, it degrades and becomes just stupid.

Without Borders

Most often our pets have to play the role of a child in the family. They rush, lisp, kissing in the nose. They are allowed to sleep on a matrimonial bed. They are treated with unlimited kindness, their indulgences are very lenient. For example, almost all human cubs, with few exceptions, go through a period of theft. For parents this time - solid experiences, however, and the objects of education, too, is not weak. When a four-legged pet is stolen, he is punished not too seriously, sometimes only slightly scoffed.

Why is it bad for an animal? Spoiled pets, whose owners immediately rush to do whatever their right hind paw wants, is not at all as happy as they think. A cat or dog should clearly know the behavioral framework: what can and can not be done. And if today you laugh at the fact that the animal climbed into the plate with your paw, and tomorrow you beat it (even with a newspaper on the nose), it will refuse to understand anything at all. And instead of a funny funny pet, you get a neurasthenic, which barks at the slightest occasion or shatters everywhere and everywhere. In addition, spoiled pets are often overfed, and they have health problems due to obesity.

Why is it bad for you? If you do not immediately determine the boundaries of behavior for your pet, you will regularly bear not only moral, but also material losses. Torn wallpaper, tattered furniture, bitten legs of tables and chairs - this is the smallest thing a spoiled quadruped pet can do. Impunity, forgiveness, indulgence corrupts the animal. Do not let him be capricious, do not forgive petty pranks, otherwise your pet will sit on your head (perhaps even in the literal sense).

Friend of human?

It would seem that the most suitable role for a pet is to be a friend, a member of the family. Maybe you will be surprised, but it is also wrong. Both a friend and a family member enjoy equal rights. With animals such relationships can not be built. If you do not subjugate them, they will subordinate you. Especially it concerns dogs. They perceive the family as a flock, where there is a hierarchy: the head, the second in seniority, the subordinates (usually children). The place of animals in such a structure should be the last. They are obliged to obey the bipedal owners - all without exception, and follow the rules of behavior: do not bite anyone, do not spoil in the house, do not break anything and do not scatter. This, of course, is an ideal, but it is worth it to strive for. If the dog "seizes power" in the house, this will create many problems. In 99% of cases of serious conflicts with animals - with injuries and bites - the owners who did not bring them up, failed to defend their dominant position, are to blame. Even worse is the situation in those families where there is discord between people; animals are nervous and often take one of the parties, mercilessly criticizing another - bite a loser, smother him in bed.

Why is it bad for an animal? Leadership requires great mental effort, and it is difficult for dogs in terms of intelligence to compete with people. Therefore, those animals who have won a dominant position in the family, there are neuroses and nervous exhaustion.

Why is it bad for you? The main requirement for a pet is that it is pleasant and convenient. And what comfort can you say if you and your loved ones are afraid of him? Only in the case when our pets know that they take their place, the joy of communication will be mutual.

A cat, she is a cat ...

For whatever reason you start a pet, try to treat it just like an animal. Dogs and cats enrich our lives, bring bright colors, positive emotions. But giving them your heart, do not let the animals take that corner of the soul that should belong to family and friends. And then it will be good for you and your tailed pets.