Comments on: Dog Shot In Hollywood Hills Home Invasion Resting After Surgery http://www.thedogfiles.com/2009/12/19/dog-shot-in-hollywood-hills-home-invasion-resting-after-surgery/ Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Dogs And The People Who Love Them. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: anastasia http://www.thedogfiles.com/2009/12/19/dog-shot-in-hollywood-hills-home-invasion-resting-after-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-1702 anastasia Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:17:43 +0000 http://www.thedogfiles.com/?p=5069#comment-1702 It's sad the way Aslan keeps being referred to as "it" and "the animal" in this story, because it makes it sound like Aslan is an object, like a worthless coffee table, and not the hero and family member he is. Notice the veterinarian quoted refers to Aslan as "he" and "him," there's a real reason for not calling companion animals "it." Too many people think of dogs or cats as unfeeling objects to abuse, neglect, toss away like unwanted garbage. Alsan is a hero, *he's* a hero, not an "it" or "the animal." It's sad the way Aslan keeps being referred to as “it” and “the animal” in this story, because it makes it sound like Aslan is an object, like a worthless coffee table, and not the hero and family member he is. Notice the veterinarian quoted refers to Aslan as “he” and “him,” there's a real reason for not calling companion animals “it.” Too many people think of dogs or cats as unfeeling objects to abuse, neglect, toss away like unwanted garbage. Alsan is a hero, *he's* a hero, not an “it” or “the animal.”

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]]> By: anastasia http://www.thedogfiles.com/2009/12/19/dog-shot-in-hollywood-hills-home-invasion-resting-after-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-1546 anastasia Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:17:43 +0000 http://www.thedogfiles.com/?p=5069#comment-1546 It's sad the way Aslan keeps being referred to as "it" and "the animal" in this story, because it makes it sound like Aslan is an object, like a worthless coffee table, and not the hero and family member he is. Notice the veterinarian quoted refers to Aslan as "he" and "him," there's a real reason for not calling companion animals "it." Too many people think of dogs or cats as unfeeling objects to abuse, neglect, toss away like unwanted garbage. Alsan is a hero, *he's* a hero, not an "it" or "the animal." It's sad the way Aslan keeps being referred to as “it” and “the animal” in this story, because it makes it sound like Aslan is an object, like a worthless coffee table, and not the hero and family member he is. Notice the veterinarian quoted refers to Aslan as “he” and “him,” there's a real reason for not calling companion animals “it.” Too many people think of dogs or cats as unfeeling objects to abuse, neglect, toss away like unwanted garbage. Alsan is a hero, *he's* a hero, not an “it” or “the animal.”

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