My Dogs Aren’t Fur Babies
And neither are yours
7 min readMay 24, 2019
I became an animal owner almost exactly three years ago, starting with one dog (Lelos), then adding a second as a foster only (Rolo), and then adding another foster (Brownie) for a total of three. And of course, they all stayed with me. I didn’t have the heart to separate the second and third dog as they became the best of friends.
From the start, I joined the local dog focused Facebook group and started reading up on dog care etc. I was immediately struck by how often people talked about their fur babies, or how often…