Did it embarrass you enough that you quit talking to your animal?
I think it's beneficial to talk to your animals like they're a person and can understand you, unless you overanthromorphize them like people who dress thier dogs up in little outfits and raise their paw to make them 'wave goodbye.'
2006-08-17 11:13:06 · 14 answers · asked by February Rain 4 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
nah... its not an embarrassment to be caught talking to animals... i talk to my bunny... & treat him like a kid... every morning when i walk pass his cage... i will say " morning morning handsome little bunny" & he will immediatly jump to attention & wait for me to pat his head :) my mum used to say i'm crazy talking to my bunny... but when i'm not at home... my dad say my mum talks to my bunny too... :p
2006-08-17 16:00:42 · answer #1 · answered by aki_hachi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I work out of my house and have 26 animals as "pets" (2 dogs, 2 ferrets, 1 guinea pig, 1 pig, and 20 breeding rabbits+babies). I talk to them just like they can understand me, and sometimes you'd think that they do. I know that my neighbors do the same with their critters, so I am not the rotten apple out of this neighborhood!
I do however get some really wierd looks when I go to the pet store and start talking to the critters there! :P
2006-08-17 17:26:52 · answer #2 · answered by santana84_02 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I not only talk to my pets I treat them as if they were my children.
No I don't go so far as to dress them up but I will scold them for not doing what they are told. Every pet I have ever had has been treated like family and always will be.There is nothing harmful about talking to your animals (or plants for that matter), it is actually beneficial to both of you to do this.
It helps your pets to know that they are loved and appreciated and at the same time it helps you to relieve stress.
2006-08-17 12:27:30 · answer #3 · answered by pllbrn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure I've been caught - but it's not embarrassing. I've always talked to my dogs as opposed to giving them commands. Not a one of them was not able to pick out the words they know out of a complete sentence. (I would, however, draw the line at dressing up a dog, or talking baby talk.)
2006-08-17 11:19:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I never have been told I was crazy but I talk to my dogs all the time and they seem to understand. I can sat on my porch and say, "Come here Zoe" and she will walk out of her dog house and come to me. Then we will sat on the porch, I will give her a snack and I will talk to her. I don't see anything crazy about it and if someone told me I was I would tell them to mind there own business.
2006-08-17 11:28:41 · answer #5 · answered by devinshell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While she was alive, I cannot recall being called crazy by anyone who heard me talking to my dog...but, I have had some strange looks being caught talking to her 'spirit' sensing her presence...I still tell her that I love her....and, listen for the happy thumping of her tail against her favorite cushion as always...
2006-08-17 12:38:01 · answer #6 · answered by RagMagOrg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have all sorts of pets and i talk to them my dog barks my cat thumps its tail and my horse paws the ground nothing wrong intalking to an animal at least they dont talk back you may get a meow bark or whinny aand there good listeners
2006-08-17 17:50:52 · answer #7 · answered by little_outlaw_angel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my puppies......ahhhhhh
i call them my 'Doggers', like daughters. they do understand, and i think would be crazy if i quit talking to them. Clairee and M'Lynn. Shih Tzus. i am never embarrassed....and i will never stop treating them any differently in front of any new people or company.
2006-08-17 11:22:28 · answer #8 · answered by melissa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pet people all talk to their critters. Non-pet people wouldn't understand. No embarrassment at all.
2006-08-17 11:19:28 · answer #9 · answered by da_hammerhead 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no I have not gotten caught, but I do talk to my dogs like they r human! It is not embarassing at all!
2006-08-17 11:23:11 · answer #10 · answered by ♥gottaluvstern♥ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋