Cute or Cruel?
We decorate our trees, putting lights and ornaments galore. Wreaths hang from our doors while a little Santa Claus and his eight tiny reindeer can be seen in the windows. But in every holiday season, more is decorated than just our homes. Our pets find themselves in mistletoe hats and Christmas tree sweaters.
Pet lovers have long sense humanized their pets with replicated shirts and sweaters made just for their furry friends. For every season they have outfits made. Much like shopping for a child, so they shop for their pet. They force their pugs and kittens into often hideous clothing, no human would be caught dead in, making their a need for What Not To Wear: Pet Edition.
This phenomenon transcends even more than physical pets. Virtual sites have arisen all over the internet that allows you to dress up online animals to your specification. Devoted pet lovers, that border on the obsessed spend hours creating looks and sharing pictures of their pet in their best looks.
But is this game of dress up to be considered a form of animal cruelty or just a bit of fun? Is stuffing an animal into clothes full of holiday spirit cute or cruel??
Leave a comment, voice your opinion.
December 7th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
There is NOTHING wrong with dressing pets (as long as they dont mind it.)
December 10th, 2008 at 12:58 am
I don’t think it’s cruel, but I wouldn’t dress my dogs up, but only when it’s cold outside. NEVER a dress in Summer though…
January 27th, 2009 at 4:37 am
Cute. Come on, dressing a dog up does not hurt it. Unless say you put a sweater on a dog in the hot summer time. That would be cruelty.
I dress my dogs up and they don’t like it, but they don’t fight me over it either. I make sure not to dress them up in clothes that will heat them up unless it’s the winter time.
No different than making a kid wear a dress or pants they don’t like.