your pets were there first!

betrothed123 · November 2009

My cat would be miserable if he was locked away from people. We all would be too because he'd stick his paw under the door and claw at it. He's broken doors doing this.I'm not advocating for a shelter. I'm not sure why this is even being considered as the only other option. If it came down to it I'd give my cat to MIL to care for him. We'd still visit, but if he was posing a danger to my theoretical child, that baby comes first. I'd do everything in my power to protect both of them by removing my cat from the home.

brittjoy84 · November 2009

People like that are assholes.

sarabellam · November 2009

One of the reasons my first husband and I had children so relatively late in our marriage (9 years after we got married) was because we had a dog with "issues." By that time, the dog was 8, and had finally mellowed out enough to the point where I thought we could trust him being in the same room with a child. There was exactly 1 instance of him growling at her (as a toddler, around 11 months old, she tripped over him). Dog was quickly put in his place (told in no uncertain terms that his behavior was unacceptable), and he never did it again. She is still allergic to cats, but as long as they aren't sleeping in her room and she washes after touching them, she's okay. If she were asthmatic, the cat would have to go. Sorry, my child's life takes precedence over the cat. Judge away.

jasmineh7777 · November 2009

I would return the kid before I returned my pets. And if I ever get a kid I don't like...I can just be like "Sorry, but we got a new cat, and the cat doesn't like you."

mags0607 · November 2009

That post makes me sad. One of my furbabies is a shelter castaway. He was brought to the shelter at 5 months old and his former owners told the shelter to "kill him because no one would want a dog this bad." They claimed he had bitten (at 8 lbs, he‘s not much of a threat), but after the shelter didn't see any signs, they had a rescue group take him. He is my baby, and had a rotten 1st part of his life (these people that had him first starved him, beat him, locked him in a closet, and its obvious he witnessed domestic violence) because of uncaring people. He’s BSC because of it, but a sweetheart just the same. It bothers me when people treat pets like property, like something you can just give away when you are done with it. I know that there are some exceptions and I don't judge people who re-home a pet if they find it a wonderful home. I do, however, have a problem with people dropping animals that have lived the better part of their life with one family off to a shelter and just leaving their fate up to chance. Okay, stepping down from soapbox now. : ) I believe that accepting responsibility for a pet means you are their owner for life, and that if you decide to have kids and a pet, you need to teach them how to co-exist. With most animals it can be done.

phoeny_moonstar · November 2009

My hypothetical children would have to be allergic to dogs/cats for me to get rid of fluffy or spot. I think people who do this truly believe pets are disposable.

goheels05 · November 2009

If you keep your pets when you have kids, your kids are less likely to be allergic to them anyway.

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