'You should never get children pets': 20+ unpopular opinions about pet ownership

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Apr 17, 2024 8:00 PM EDT

There is no getting around the fact that having an animal or several is a commitment. It might not be quite the same level as having a baby (most of the time), but it still means that you have a living thing depending on you for its every want or need. Of course, us animal lovers are adamant that they give back to us everything and more that we put into them, but that isn't without its controversies. Many people have wildly differing opinions on how to care for pets.

This has been underlined in a recent Twitter thread, which asked about everybody's potentially controversial opinions when it came to living with animals. Unsurprisingly, there were plenty of strongly held beliefs on the subject when it came to all kinds of critters, and not everybody was kind about it. It's a topic which any responsible pet owner is likely to feel strongly about.

 

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    ally Follow @allyzielinski what is an opinion you have about owning pets that will have you like this?
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    oli @oliverzwoods • 3d Replying to @allyzielinski owning pets actually SHOULD be treated like having a child. you have to be financially prepared and present enough to care and provide for an animal beyond the bare minimum. people act like it's wrong to compare the two, but the way you care for your pet SHOULD be comparable imo
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    velvet @velvettxv • 3d Replying to @allyzielinski Stop spending $4000+ on frenchies and other brachycephalic dogs and then not getting a brachy makeover for them cause you can't afford it while they suffer from not being able to breathe
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    Face Full of Knives @Demogorgon Fluff Replying to @allyzielinski Follow Rabbits are awesome, loving and social, but you wouldn't know that because your only experience with rabbits are ones that are kept in cages 24/7 and don't get to socialize with their humans Also the hasenpfeffer and rabbit stew jokes are only funny when a bunny owner makes them
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    mocat @moccaatt • 3d Replying to @allyzielinski You should never get children pets. No pet is 'easy enough' for a child to be able to reasonably take care of, unless that child is an older teenager who has more agency to take care of it. Unless youre willing to pick up the slack, keep it as a family pet or dont get it at all
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    Athic @iamathic • 3d Replying to @allyzielinski If someone can leave work etc because of obligations for their kids, you should allow the same benefits for someone with their pets.
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    Steven @Jett2Tommorow. 3d Replying to @allyzielinski If you have your pet on a raw food diet you shouldn't own a pet.
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    Michael @69Moon Milks 3d Replying to @allyzielinski Dogs are very overrated as pets.
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    Pepper Kat @BlackKatPepper · 1d Replying to @allyzielinski If your dog is misbehaving, it's your fault.
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    SpudBuddy @Spud Buddy9 • 2d Replying to @allyzielinski This is probably not an unpopular opinion, but I know I'm going to make some people mad when I say this. If you force your pets to be vegan, you do not deserve to own a pet.
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    Apstreamz @apstreamz 3d Replying to @allyzielinski An overwhelming amount of people are not prepared nor have any business owning even a Goldfish.
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    ★Bachelorette @VivaLa_Kennn • 2d Replying to @allyzielinski If you live alone & have a full time job, you shouldn't have a pet.
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    girl fieri @realgirl_fieri. 1d You should not take on life altering medical debt on behalf of an animal.
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    Margaret Killjoy @magpiekilljoy. 22h: viewing a pet as something you own, rather than are in a relationship of care to, is a mistake. But pets teach antiauthoritarians that sometimes responsibility to others means being in control.
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    ally@allyzielinski - 1d stop abandoning your pets during euthanasia and choosing not to be present. they are looking for you. your veterinary staff can try their best to comfort them, but they don't want us. they want you.
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    Skoog @Skoog ⚫ 19h • we're letting dogs into too many establishments
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    David AttenBruh @AlHendiify • 3d Most people aren't even qualified to have a dog
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    so molly aye @brainwormsssss . 2d pets getting cancer is sad but putting pets through chemotherapy is sadder. Fluffy can never understand why your medicine is making him sicker for the last part of his 10 year life span. just manage his pain and send him out on a high note
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    • Saint Joseph @JuliusIrvington 1d i like dogs but they have to dial it back like 70%
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    Liz Lemon, MD @babbymd. 1d Your dog belongs on a leash in public spaces unless in a designated off-leash area. IDGAF how "friendly" or "well-trained” you think your dog is.
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    vulvarine7 @dubKekss • 1d "i won't let my dog on the bed or couch" go yourself Imao
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