Pooch pouches = "nothing more than papoose substitutes for the childless"?
Carrying your miniature dog around in a snazzy purse does indeed appear to be at trend, but is it only faddish among the childfree? This, from a recent trend piece from New Zealand:
"It's clear that these bags are nothing more than papoose substitutes for the childless," says Matthew Morris of the Blue Ribbon Dog Company, a pet-accessories emporium in New York.
"These dogs are treated like eternal babies, which is kind of unhealthy, both for the dogs' development and definitely for their owners'."
Unhealthy? Maybe. But BNOB does content that dogs and babies are not as different as one might think. A canine child substitute can be a wonderful way to satisfy those stubborn nurturing tendencies. If those twice-daily walks with the plastic bags and the slobbery ball seem like a bit too much, cats, plants, hamsters, and Sea Monkeys make also make fine child substitutes.
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"It's clear that these bags are nothing more than papoose substitutes for the childless," says Matthew Morris of the Blue Ribbon Dog Company, a pet-accessories emporium in New York.
"These dogs are treated like eternal babies, which is kind of unhealthy, both for the dogs' development and definitely for their owners'."
Unhealthy? Maybe. But BNOB does content that dogs and babies are not as different as one might think. A canine child substitute can be a wonderful way to satisfy those stubborn nurturing tendencies. If those twice-daily walks with the plastic bags and the slobbery ball seem like a bit too much, cats, plants, hamsters, and Sea Monkeys make also make fine child substitutes.
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