The Responsibility Project

1. Doggy meds ... come on!

   I suffer from depression and take medication to stay at a therapeutic level. I never see that in my cat -although he has me well trained. Every time I get up he is expecting to be fed but I am enabling that behavior in him. I realize that and my children tell me he's spoiled but that's fine with me. As long as I know he's happy nothing else matters. I do notice if I am vulnerable and have a bout of crying he is more affectionate so our emotions do affect them, but I think in line with the example above, they would tend to be being more affectionate. Well, my cat does sleep a lot (laugh). What animal doesn't? I believe that some people see their animals as human and I see that I do that also, but I also take into account animals everywhere, they have as much right to proper care as we do, but I really do not believe that an animal can be psychoanalyzed and treated for depression or obesity with medication, it send a really bad message. They are creatures of habit, however human they are, and what we teach them they learn, so maybe they can be depressed, but it is a little farfetched to think I would treat my animal with an anti-depressant, when all he needs is more attention and exercise for obesity. If they are like us then exercise should do the trick. My neighbor went on vacation for a week and she was adamant about making sure I left her television running while she was gone. I'm sorry...but that becomes a green issue for. We are replacing light bulbs with neon, people are building windmills and, adding solar panels, so I think that leaving a television on for a cat is a bit over the top, but it is how she chooses to raise her pet and pay her bills. I still laughed really hard the first time when she told me.

   • AnnMarie Cunniff
   • 3 months, 1 week ago

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