Pets...what do you have?

[analyzedatheist]

My wife and I have a crazy cat family...

Oldest Cat: Cinnamon
-Kind of a light orangey-brown-tan sort of colour, striped, short hair.
-Mildly overweight.
-Loving, but only on his terms...touch him when he doesn't want it, you've open pandora's box.
-If he's lying on his back, looking at your with loving eyes, as if he wants his tummy rubbed, IT'S A TRAP.

Middle Cat: Misty
-Light and dark grey, thick stripes, with bits of light brown throughout, mid-length to long hair.
-More than mildly overweight...but her fur tends to make her look more stocky than she is.
-Very loving and needy, with a mild mood disorder, but she does not like to be carried.
-Her fur is pristine, and chunky...when she wants to cool off, she lies on her back and stretches out her legs.

Youngest Cat: Zoe
-Typical black and brown tabby cat, she is only 1 year old, and still very kitten-like.
-Very petite and slender, frisky, but quite well behaved.
-Very loving, at least toward my wife, she liked to sleep in the hood of her sweatshirts when she was smaller.
-Takes very opportunity to escape the human abode...she's a born wild cat.

Hope you like my descriptions

[Buddy]

Very nice, but we have a policy here that posts about pets are required to have pictures. 

[Tank]

Very nice, but we have a policy here that posts about pets are required to have pictures. 

It's not a rule, more of a guideline 

[DeterminedJuliet]

Yay! Another cat person!

[Crow]

None. I'm not a pet person.

[Ali]

Crow, I had kind of hoped you had a talking raven.   

[Synapse]

No real pets. Had a terrapin which went missing. Some fish that died. A chicken that was quite delicious.

And I foresee a lot of mice and monkeys in my future (I'm into neuroscience).

[Buddy]

Lilith is extremely photogenic. /s

[Tank]

She is 

[OldGit]

Nice-looking cat, Buddy.

[Biggus Dickus]

Lilith is extremely photogenic. /s

She is pretty, and appears to be winking at us


So I don't get the following picture at all. Am I wrong for thinking this is fucked up? Is there any logical explanation for subjecting a dog to be carried around like this?

[Dobermonster]

Mobility issues or an injury, perhaps. Besides that, no.

[Biggus Dickus]

That possibility crossed my mind, but my first assumption was to think this was more for the convenience of the owner or as a gimmick.
I was out last weekend, and we saw a couple dressed up in very nice evening clothes (Fur coats, hats, etc...)walking around, and the woman had a small dog she was carrying around as if it was nothing more than an accessory to her outfit, like a small clutch purse.

[Pasta Chick]

I wouldn't even use that for most mobility problems.  All the legs are just hanging.  A stroller or wagon would work better in most cases. 

You can thank Paris Hilton for the dogs as accessories craze.  Not that she started it, but she definitely made it a bazillion times worse. 

[RichW9090]

Here are the names of my current and recently deceased pets: 

Tilly - Golden Lab
Simpson - small mutt
Huxley - deceased
Darwin - deceased

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