Repeat after me: "Animals are NOT people, too"

[abcdefz]

...so these folks (http://www.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_6346645?nclick_check=1) who think of their little dog as their daughter have postponed their wedding.

The dog was to be the ring-bearer.

The dog was snagged by someone who came to pick it up at the shelter where they had boarded it. Smart employees don't ask for I.D., by the way.

So they've spent $800 on flyers with a $1000 reward to try to get their daughter back.

Okay -- missing your pet sucks, and having it stolen because of very very very basic incompetence really bites. But let's grab a Valium and go over the facts:

They got the animal in May, boarded it for a week at the end of June. Does that sound like how you'd treat your "daughter"? I mean, give the dog a little time to get used to the parents for introducing abandonment issues, eh?

No wonder it didn't make a fuss when some stranger came to pick it up. It probably just thought it was in the foster care system or something.

And -- let me get this straight -- an animal you've had for a few weeks is going to be your ring bearer at your wedding? Wow -- nice social life you have, there!

And better yet, an animal you've had for a few weeks disappears -- admittedly, that sucks pretty bad -- but that's enough for you to delay your WEDDING? Did your honeymoon plans somehow hinge on a miniature bulldog?

Wow. People, man. I swear.

Me included, but at least I'm not as bad as that.

[paul jones]

when I get married I want an elephant to be the vicar

[abcdefz]

Yeah, well.

But I'm talking about a dog. An English dog!

[abcdefz]

no offense

[paul jones]

no offense


it's ok, I'm welsh(y)

[abcdefz]

Ah. The grape juice people.

[paul jones]

Ah. The grape juice people.

eh?

[abcdefz]

Grape juice people. You're the grape juice people.

[paul jones]

Grape juice people. You're the grape juice people.

that's a new one on me, explain

[abcdefz]

Welch's Grape Juice.



Yeah; I don't see what the problem is, here.

[paul jones]

Welsh not Welch as Welsh in I'm from Wales, or born there at least, I have a weird cockney/aussie ish voice all the times I been to Australia now,sometimes it'll come out when I say certain things

[cookiepuss]

ok A-z, I'll agree with you on this one. doesn't seem like they had the dog long enough to really bond with it. it's not like my little dog who I've had for 10 years and is a part of my family.


some people are dumber than animals. that's for sure.

[abcdefz]

Welsh not Welch as Welsh in I'm from Wales, or born there at least, I have a weird cockney/aussie ish voice all the times I been to Australia now,sometimes it'll come out when I say certain things




...ah! So, like, "Save the Wales"?

[abcdefz]

ok A-z, I'll agree with you on this one. doesn't seem like they had the dog long enough to really bond with it. it's not like my little dog who I've had for 10 years and is a part of my family.


some people are dumber than animals. that's for sure.



God bless. (y)

I guess I'm kind of bugged about the we-want-it-both-ways sobs of the couple. How precious the dog was, their "daughter," shattered our lives kind of thing... which they had no problem with boarding when the dog was still most likely in a time of bonding, if not transition/confusion. Would you board your daughter at five or six weeks?

...seems like a confluence (?) of stupid people at work: the engaged couple, the clerk who discharged the animal days ahead of its scheduled release without asking for ID or whatever, and the idiot who picked up the dog in full view of the security camera.

This should be over in a couple of days.

[Frank Black]

you could probably hire steven seagal as your ringbearer for $1000.

[beastieangel01]

BHaahahahahaa!!! This just reminded me of a time that some friends of ours had a "family" photo taken with their dogs, and Tricia was like "Oh we should so do that too!" I just stared at her and said "why?" She said "because it will so cute." Again I just stared at her and said "no."

ahaha

nice.
I agree with your no ;P

[SugarInTheRaw]

All dogs go to heaven.

[Genocide Tulips]

Having a dog be the ring-bearer is pretty cute...or as a flower girl. Better than some ugly little shit child.

[beastieangel01]

Oh no, she's drinking again.

lawlz

[paul jones]

...ah! So, like, "Save the Wales"?

yeah

[abcdefz]

The ring-bearer thing.

It just occurred to me that the couple may have been having a private ceremony...

...that, or maybe they were being wed in Mordor.

Either way, I guess it could conceivably be excusable.

[Frank Black]

they've taken the puppy to Eisengard

[abcdefz]

I thought Eisengard was sold out.

[Frank Black]

fair point; one does not simply walk the dog into Mordor

[abcdefz]

Not without a plastic baggie, no.

[QueenAdrock]

My cousin had her wedding in a national park and had her dog as the ring bearer. The only people involved in the wedding was the guy doing the marrying, groom, bride, and dog.

They're filthy hippies.

[abcdefz]

My cousin had her wedding in a national park and had her dog as the ring bearer. The only people involved in the wedding was the guy doing the marrying, groom, bride, and dog.

They're filthy hippies.



That's the sort of scenario that made me think the dog might be acceptable.

I mean, if that's it, and, other than the official, you just wanted as much privacy as possible... okay, fair enough.

[Frank Black]

bitch, witness!

[abcdefz]

"Man's best friend" is bullshit.

You think the bride and groom are clamoring for humans at dog weddings? Hell no, man. Whoever's butt smells the best on the day of show, they get called, not you or me.

[cookiepuss]

I'm not sure I like the direction this thread is heading....

There's nothing wrong with loving your dog and wanting to include it in major events in you life...such as weddings and photo portraits.

this story is dumb because the people didn't have the dog that long...but in general I have no problem with crazy dog loving people who do everything with thier poochs.

[Rock]

Alright...I'll admit it. My wife's dog was the ring bearer at out wedding.

[abcdefz]

You're a brave cuckold, Rock. Respect.


*nods deeply*

[hpdrifter]

I love my pets (bunnies). When I was engaged we had planned to have them in the wedding. I do't think I would have postponed the wedding for it if one of them was missing, though. But it would really sour the day.

I love them, I feel responsible for them and if something happened to them I would be inconsolable.

[Randetica]

bunnies are not very loadable

so i only slap them around like once a day (n)

[Nivvie]

I'm happy for people to include animals in stuff that they do, but yeah, it was too soon to board the dog.
Too many people are like that, it amazes me how many of them make a huge cuddly-wuddly fuss over a cute animal, then shun it when it shits or pukes in the wrong place, has behavioural problems or gets ill. Or gets in the way of a holiday. They're often like that with their kids as well.