Sleeping with your cat or dog in the same bed

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My sweet cat Lily sleeps at the foot of the bed and takes naps in my lap.

Our parish priest laughs sometimes that between his 2 dogs and his cat, he has to wedge himself into bed wherever he can find a place.

BTW, Sailor looks like my daughter’s cat Molly. Molly weighs 22 pounds and has the sweetest face I’ve ever seen.
 
Sailor_Kenshin said:
What an individual chooses to spend money on is no one else’s business, unless you lean toward socialism.
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Also that 43 Billion (or whatever the figure was) is supporting people who make the products, provide the services, sell the products/services. What would happen to those people?? And if you take away the pet businesses what other businesses should we get rid of because we don’t REALLY NEED them???
 
JustAnotherThou said:
Also that 43 Billion (or whatever the figure was) is supporting people who make the products, provide the services, sell the products/services. What would happen to those people?? And if you take away the pet businesses what other businesses should we get rid of because we don’t REALLY NEED them???
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Hair stylists and lawyers, of course*! 😛

No, but seriously I remember a “social justice above all else” priest I had in RCIA that gave a little personal rant to us about the wealthy and squandering money. Afterwards I got him alone and asked him how the people who constructed expensive houses, built yachts, sold fine jewelry, etc. were supposed to make a living if everyone who bought those things decided not to. His response was the classic deer-in-the-headlights look. All he could muster up in reply was, “You have a different way of looking at things.” And I thought, yeah, I have the common sense way of looking at things, Father, nor am I inclined to judge others based on their possessions or lack of them as you are. But I didn’t say that.

Some people may dote on their pets too much, but for most of us they are friends and helpers who bring us far more than they cost us.

*A reference to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy for those who might be wondering.
 
Sailor_Kenshin said:
What an individual chooses to spend money on is no one else’s business, unless you lean toward socialism.
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In general, yes. However their are extreme circumstances where it might be. For example, if I were to spend $50,000 for a hit man to take out my wife, it would certainly become someone else’s business.

However, back to the point at hand. I think that people who leave millions and millions of dollars in trust to their pets are sinning. While you are right it is none of my business, I do have to think that it is a sin.

Catholic90: I disagree though. I think you are wrong. We should care. If somone we know is leaving 12 million to their pets, I think we have an obligation to admonish the sinner! I believe that leaving 12 million to a pet violates section 2418 of the Catechism. Sorry, but that’s just the way I feel. If it was someone I knew, I would say something.

Example cited: ** washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/29/AR2007082900491.html**
 
AHapka said:
In general, yes. However their are extreme circumstances where it might be. For example, if I were to spend $50,000 for a hit man to take out my wife, it would certainly become someone else’s business.

I believe the poster was referring to some act that was legal. If you were to spend $50,000 on grooming and treats for your dog, that would be none of my business. It is legal.

However, back to the point at hand. I think that people who leave millions and millions of dollars in trust to their pets are sinning. While you are right it is none of my business, I do have to think that it is a sin.

These are the exceptions! Don’t have to agree with them, but it IS their money.

Catholic90: I disagree though. I think you are wrong. We should care. If somone we know is leaving 12 million to their pets, I think we have an obligation to admonish the sinner! I believe that leaving 12 million to a pet violates section 2418 of the Catechism. Sorry, but that’s just the way I feel. If it was someone I knew, I would say something.

Example cited: washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/29/AR2007082900491.html

Dear Leona…we may not like her or agree with her choices, but again, it WAS her money and she could choose to do with it as she saw fit. Sure, you could say something, but if she chose not to listen, again, that was her business:shrug: . No one had a right to “tell” her what to do with “her” money!

She was not Catholic, but Jewish, so she would not follow the Cathechism anyway. (And she was “the Queen of Mean”.)

It’s not what I would do.

You must admit, though, these are the extreme cases. I think most people here are talking about your everyday people…people who might choose to spend money for the groomer, money for treats, money for training, etc. If someone chose to spend several hundred a month on “doggy daycare”, I would have no right to tell them not to! Again, it is THEIR money and THEIR choice!
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AHapka said:
In general, yes. However their are extreme circumstances where it might be. For example, if I were to spend $50,000 for a hit man to take out my wife, it would certainly become someone else’s business.
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:rolleyes:

Are you seriously equating pet-lovers with killers?
 
AHapka said:
In general, yes. However their are extreme circumstances where it might be. For example, if I were to spend $50,000 for a hit man to take out my wife, it would certainly become someone else’s business.
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I must say, this is the most over-the-top and outrageous and most offensive comparison that I can imagine. What is next, pet owners are Nazis if they need to euthanize a dying pet?

How insulting.
 
Sailor_Kenshin said:
:rolleyes:

Are you seriously equating pet-lovers with killers?
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No, I’m just being a smart you-know-what:rolleyes:

You didn’t say that what an individual chooses to spend money on in pets in no one else’s business. You left out the in pets, so I was just being silly is all.
 
rpp said:
I must say, this is the most over-the-top and outrageous and most offensive comparison that I can imagine. What is next, pet owners are Nazis if they need to euthanize a dying pet?

How insulting.
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Ok, obviously people didn’t get my sense of humor. You obviously didn’t see the look on my face as I wrote that…

It was not meant to be insulting. I was not referring to pets in any way shape or form because the original statement didn’t say on pets
 
AHapka said:
In general, yes. However their are extreme circumstances where it might be. For example, if I were to spend $50,000 for a hit man to take out my wife, it would certainly become someone else’s business.

However, back to the point at hand. I think that people who leave millions and millions of dollars in trust to their pets are sinning. While you are right it is none of my business, I do have to think that it is a sin.

Catholic90: I disagree though. I think you are wrong. We should care. If somone we know is leaving 12 million to their pets, I think we have an obligation to admonish the sinner! I believe that leaving 12 million to a pet violates section 2418 of the Catechism. Sorry, but that’s just the way I feel. If it was someone I knew, I would say something.

Example cited: washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/29/AR2007082900491.html
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I agree. Our resources are not our own, but God’s, and He has made it abundantly clear what He would like us to do with them. I’m all for having pets and doing what is reasonable to take care of them – including medical costs, when the money is spent to protect life, not prolong death. Where I believe it turns into sin is the point at which taking care of a pet comes before taking care of human beings. Dying and leaving 12 mil to a cat is tantamount to telling every hungry person in the world, “Forget you.”

But of course, that’s the extreme example. Still, I know people who spend thousands a year on a couple of cats or dogs. I can’t judge them, but I wouldn’t personally feel right about it.

AND … since this is really a thread about sharing a bed with pets, I’ll make this my only post on the topic of spending. 😉
 
I have had a cat sleeping at my feet since I was ten years old.
I grew up with cats and my husband with dogs. When we married
we got a kitten and my husband then became a cat lover too.
A little over a year later my husband rescued a dog who had
been roaming around the neighborhood where he worked.
I had always wanted to have both a cat and a dog so I was thrilled
and so was he. Having a dog in the house made me feel comfortable when I had workmen into our house. We had only
had him a week at the time and our baby lay in her crib upstairs.
Decker planted himself in front of me and the men could see
how protective he was of me. He had a dog bed he slept in
and later when he was older we got a big overstuffed chair and
put it by our bed so he would be more comfortable.
My husband and children are all big animal lovers. I had gotten
a little dog for a lady that I knew my whole life after her dog had
died. She had no familly around and was so sad without a dog.
I brought her Candy whom she loved immediatly. Candy made
her very happy and she had her for 15 months when she then
was hospitalized and then had to live in a nursing home. By
that point our Decker had died so we took Candy to live with us.
She had slept in the bed with Gert which I know made Gert
feel very calm and happy. When we bought Candy to live
with us she was used to snuggling up in a bed so she did the
same with us. I then bought Candy to visit Gert in the nursing
home until she died and did she light up when I came in
to visit with Candy. As was mentioned earlier, having animals
around is good for your health. Gert always had dogs and lived
to be 92.
So at this point we have Candy between us and our cat Jake
at my feet, I find this very comforting. We also have a small
tortoise and fish! 🙂
 
Had someone told me three years ago I’d have a dog sleeping on my bed, I would have referred them for counseling. Well loved dogs had a comfy place in the family room or on their pillows outside (weather permitting) They were walked, trained. given affection, fed, bathed, and given medical care.

Then my mom died and I inherited a small bundle of fur. She sleeps where she wants. On the bed, on the bathroom dog bed, in the family room, or with my kids.

I have become my crazy aunt who treated her Pomeranian like he was her first born son, and unabashedly so.

She makes me laugh, smile and exercise. I go through ridiculous hoops finding a dog food she’ll eat. She has me take her out repeatedly, not to relieve herself, but to hunt lizards.

Do I know she’s a dog, of course, but do I now believe all dogs go to heaven? Well, maybe.🙂
 
I have a friend with a pet anaconda. She used to sleep with it since it was just a baby snake to keep it warm from the AC. Well, it grew and grew, and she used to feed it rabbits once or twice a week. Well, recently it stopped eating. So she took the snake to the vet to see what was wrong. So the vet asked her if the snake slept in a coil, or in a straight line. She said that when it was little it slept in a coil, but recently it started sleeping straight. The vet then informed her that the snake had to be immediatelly put to sleep. Apparently, the snake had decided to eat my friend, and was sleeping in a straight line to stretch her stomach and had stopped eating to be hungry enough to be able to eat her. :eek:
True story…bottom line if you are going to sleep with a pet, stick to a small one!
 
ecp007 said:
I have a friend with a pet anaconda. She used to sleep with it since it was just a baby snake to keep it warm from the AC. Well, it grew and grew, and she used to feed it rabbits once or twice a week. Well, recently it stopped eating. So she took the snake to the vet to see what was wrong. So the vet asked her if the snake slept in a coil, or in a straight line. She said that when it was little it slept in a coil, but recently it started sleeping straight. The vet then informed her that the snake had to be immediatelly put to sleep. Apparently, the snake had decided to eat my friend, and was sleeping in a straight line to stretch her stomach and had stopped eating to be hungry enough to be able to eat her. :eek:
True story…bottom line if you are going to sleep with a pet, stick to a small one!
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ACK!!! :bigyikes: After that story, I wouldn’t even sleep with a pet lizard!
 
ecp007 said:
I have a friend with a pet anaconda. She used to sleep with it since it was just a baby snake to keep it warm from the AC. Well, it grew and grew, and she used to feed it rabbits once or twice a week. Well, recently it stopped eating. So she took the snake to the vet to see what was wrong. So the vet asked her if the snake slept in a coil, or in a straight line. She said that when it was little it slept in a coil, but recently it started sleeping straight. The vet then informed her that the snake had to be immediatelly put to sleep. Apparently, the snake had decided to eat my friend, and was sleeping in a straight line to stretch her stomach and had stopped eating to be hungry enough to be able to eat her. :eek:
True story…bottom line if you are going to sleep with a pet, stick to a small one!
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Very funny!:cool:
I’ve gotten that email several times, too! Try Googling it or even check it out on Snopes.
  1. who keeps anancondas as pets AND lets them roam? Anacondas as a whole are not your compliant little snake.
  2. who sleeps with their snake in bed?
  3. what snake would sleep on top of the bed? (they are not dogs or cats)
  4. what snake would intentionally starve itself?
  5. what responsible owner would allow the snake to roam all over the house? snake poop stinks.
  6. any snake owner I’ve known has either a dedicated room or cage with heat lamps/stones, water, etc.
Nope, not believing a word of it. Sorry. Never happened.:rolleyes:
 
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