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  • casspa, on 06/26/2008, -8/+46These people need new hobbies
    • faatbuddha, on 06/27/2008, -1/+21You're talking about the ones who plaster dumb things like "word to your pet safety" on lame-ass pictures of animals, right? Because I totally agree.
      • Nevermor7, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2You have to think... what's more pathetic: The people who secure their dog in a car so they don't fly out the window during a 25mph crash, or the people that have nothing better to do than gripe about it....? Once again, props to the internet: the answer to "nothing better to do" since 1992...
    • TheWorm, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2I think the origin of this is that they trying to make it a law in England that your dog has to wear a seatbelt while riding in the car. I'm not sure if it got passed, but I heard it on Top Gear once.
    • edwartica, on 06/27/2008, -1/+2They also need to NOT breed.
  • HuskyPuzzle, on 06/26/2008, -5/+53If I had a dollar for every stupid little dog in a stupid little sweater in SF, I'd be loaded. It's silly as hell. Paris Hilton can go to hell for that little trend...
    • NJank, on 06/27/2008, -0/+13i do believe that trend predates Mz. Hilton.
    • LoudMusic, on 06/27/2008, -0/+7You live in SF - surely there's worse to complain about than dogs in sweaters.
    • c1rcasurv1ve, on 06/27/2008, -1/+6Yeah. Like Oakland.
    • PopcornDave, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2You do realize that in San Francisco, you're not a pet owner, you're a pet caretaker. And as a caretaker you could be arrested for not properly caring for your charge.

      All sarcasm aside, there are a few breeds of dogs that I can see perfectly well putting in something to keep them warm. Chihuahuas spring to mind as one I'd probably want to wrap up on a colder day.

      Now if you're talking raincoats, then I'm with you. But if someone wants to spend their money on clothes for their pet, who cares? It's their money.
    • diulei, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1I imagine you'd want to shoot yourself then if you moved a few hundred miles south my NorCal brother
    • jasonh1234, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1You think this is limited to your City? State? Country?
      I could never date a girl that owned a toy dog let alone a dressed up toy dog.
    • Siesna, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2Paris Hilton can just go to hell in general.
  • jd33, on 06/26/2008, -1/+13That mutt looks tranq'd
  • squishee, on 06/26/2008, -3/+132That baby is really ***** hairy.
  • Nobiting, on 06/26/2008, -5/+24http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/ar ...
  • Disco1Stu, on 06/26/2008, -4/+63He's passed out - let's shave his eyebrows!!
  • mikem94590, on 06/27/2008, -2/+10http://rpgnet.net/images/misc/speeding_dog.jpg
  • tj241, on 06/27/2008, -2/+14Lemme guess...theres a "doggie on board" sign on the window.
  • xsquirrel378x, on 06/27/2008, -16/+33, 2, 1 and awwww
  • EASwanson, on 06/27/2008, -3/+37looks like a mini chewbacca
  • Tribunis, on 06/27/2008, -7/+4At least he (the dog) is safe!
    • RoccoMcTaco, on 06/27/2008, -2/+2I'd rather stick my head out the window than have my balls chafe.
  • mjklaser, on 06/27/2008, -1/+34That's bad for his back! Poor pooch, his owners are idiots.
    • dafragsta, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2As a dog owner, I've seen my dogs do FAR worse to their back with their chosen sleeping positions. I wish I had it here, but I took a photo of my oldest dog when he was about 8 months old laying across 2" ground-level support bar on my desk, sidways, basically elevating his midsection while his legs and head were on the ground. I just couldn't believe he'd do that to himself.
  • chetanthaker, on 06/27/2008, -15/+2Sports Seatbelt - $500
    Cheap brandy - $10
    Picture of you floating on the internet showing your hairy ass, and people going awwwww = PRICELESS
  • Froderick, on 06/27/2008, -6/+9My aunt said she never wants to have kids, yet treats her dog as a child. She threw it birthday parties, gave it Christmas presents and regularly dressed it in clothing. Oh yeah, and boy did she grieve when that thing died. Before my father passed away, he contemplated just saying to her "Just have a freakin' kid already!".
    • michael43, on 06/27/2008, -1/+10Condolences for losing your father.
    • ricksite, on 06/27/2008, -1/+8"Oh yeah, and boy did she grieve when that thing died."
      Who doesn't grieve when their dog dies?
      • zeabu, on 06/27/2008, -9/+1A real man.
      • mxmj, on 06/27/2008, -1/+3I disagree, one of the only times its acceptable for a 'real man' to cry/show emotion is when his dog dies.
      • zeabu, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1Com'on. Does that really need a sarcasm tag?
    • dafragsta, on 06/27/2008, -1/+2I think you are glossing over a whole new tier of responsibility that comes with having a kid, vs having a dog. No matter how you treat the dog. Some people don't want that. In a time where there is no preparation for the financial or ecological future, I can see other valid reasons to not have kids as well.
  • webkami, on 06/27/2008, -5/+2Who needed a proof? Everybody knows it.
    ...with news like pets getting funerals better than a poor man's wedding.
    ...with posh pet food on sale at price that can buy many time meals for poor kids.
    • bffoley, on 06/27/2008, -1/+2To be fair, the "posh" pet foods (usually meaning the kinds that arent sold in giant bags for a few bucks) are much better for the pets and helps them live longer. "Normal" dog foods are usually full of fillers like corn meal that dogs dont even digest.
      • marx2k, on 06/27/2008, -0/+0If you're going to spend that much money on "posh" pet foods, why not just take an hour out of your week and cook up a bag of rice, a bunch of chicken or beef parts and some eggs or something and serve that to the dog throughout the week. Cheaper than the expensive dog food and probably healthier too
  • HeatherH88, on 06/27/2008, -8/+4Companies are pushing us to accept our pets as family members... I've talked to some PetSafe exec's who blatantly told us that that is their mission because it helps them sell more of their products. The 50 years ago notion of "Look, it costs $100 to get the dog surgery, and we can get a new dog from the animal shelter for free" is gone. They have HEALTH CARE insurance for dogs now... I love my dog, but does no one else see the insanity in that???
    • mywhitenoise, on 06/27/2008, -0/+8I wouldn't let my dog die over $100, that's pretty ***** up dude. I pay about $36 a month for his food, I can afford $100 for surgery to let him live.
      Isn't insurance like $20 a month? Big deal.
      • wanderingsun, on 06/27/2008, -0/+4The insurance IS pretty cheap. I wish I had gotten it, actually. It would have covered spaying her and her ***** demodectic mange which cost over 600 bucks to treat. >:-|
      • Peetweefish, on 06/27/2008, -6/+2HeatherH88 was using that as an example from the past. I don't think anyone 50 YEARS AGO would pay $100 to save their dog. $100 was worth a hell of a lot more in 1958 when minimum wage was less than $2/hour.

        But it's ok that you missed Heather's point entirely, it would have required a smidgen of thought to realize and understand what was said and thinking is hard. Tool.
        • mywhitenoise, on 06/27/2008, -0/+6Calm down, you sound like you're crying.
        • Peetweefish, on 06/27/2008, -3/+2Yet you're the one that spent the time to poke holes in a completely legitimate evaluation of the past and missed the point of the comment entirely. You're a tard and a hypocrite.
        • mywhitenoise, on 06/27/2008, -1/+4:,(
          give it up, you vagina.
      • HeatherH88, on 06/27/2008, -1/+2Well, this was, word for word, the story given to me by the PetSmart guy - it was an episode from his childhood, and his parents told him "look, we can just get another dog for free". I'm sure that the shift in perspective has to do with the value of a pet emotionally 50 years ago relative to the value now, as well as the value and availability of money having changed.
    • flavioribeiro, on 06/27/2008, -4/+3I agree, but I wouldn't say it's because companies are pushing the trend. I think they're just exploring an already existing trend to sell more products.

      To me this is a symptom of the easy money given out by the Federal Reserve. There are too many dollars in the world markets, especially in the form of credit.
    • BigPapi, on 06/27/2008, -0/+3Pet insurance is cheap and since my dog eats everything it's probably saved me over $1000 in medical bills over the last two years.
    • Crucible1001, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1Dogs from animal shelters here cost around 100 dollars. Includes shots/fixing.
      • PopcornDave, on 06/27/2008, -2/+2And how much are children from orphanages? Including shot and fixing of course.
    • aethelberga, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1I read an article a couple of months ago about how good the medical care is for pets is nowadays, and how people think nothing of paying for expensive diagnostics or lengthy physio for their pets. The vet interviewed said it all took off about seven or eight years ago when vets stopped calling people "pet owners" and started calling them "pet parents".
  • empirefalling, on 06/27/2008, -8/+10Disgusting.
  • MrGold79, on 06/27/2008, -7/+3PETA didnt convince enough?
  • Jasper710, on 06/27/2008, -12/+1stupid dogs!!!
  • YME1280, on 06/27/2008, -1/+2This is lame. But if you put a puppy or a cute baby in front of toxic chemicals they'll sell like hot cakes. Advertising 101 people....
  • phorty40, on 06/27/2008, -7/+2I for one support this trend.
    Certain people should not be reproducing.
    And these are them.
  • surfingkid, on 06/27/2008, -0/+4did you see you can get your dog on Nickelodeon?

    http://www.worldwidefido.com
  • michael43, on 06/27/2008, -7/+5I've got nothing against dogs or pets, but come on.....they're still animals. I've seen people kiss dogs on the mouth, I guess they don't know he just ate a turd and licked his own *****.
    • PopcornDave, on 06/27/2008, -2/+6There are fetishists that do that too, so what's your point?
      • michael43, on 06/27/2008, -2/+1Well you'll never go hungry, you can alway's go down to the pound and fix yourself a plate of puppy turd.
    • cdahlkvist, on 06/27/2008, -1/+3Maybe you should eat a turd and lick your *****. Maybe someone would finally kiss you then.
      • michael43, on 06/27/2008, -3/+1Did I hit a nerve? You let your dog ***** you don't you? It's going to be awful when you get hung up with him and the paramedics have to put the poor pooch to sleep to get his penis out of your ass.
  • rex84, on 06/27/2008, -3/+7At least it's not up in the fat bitch's lap while she's trying to drive and talk on the phone.
    • Crucible1001, on 06/27/2008, -2/+2Rofl, my mom does just that. It pisses me off to no end. She tells me not to be a passenger side driver. I just tell her I want to stay alive.
      • marx2k, on 06/27/2008, -0/+0Your mom will learn her lesson when she causes a half-mile highway pileup because 'Precious' needed to see out the DRIVER's side window instead of the passenger's side.
  • richofsilence, on 06/27/2008, -1/+12I treat my animals like members of the family. Now I won't kiss them on the mouth, but I talk to them and comfort them as if they were people.


    I'm also ***** insane, so that may be the real issue.
  • sandiegodude, on 06/27/2008, -0/+17I'm all for buckling pets in, but not into a child seat. That poor dog. Cute or not, that can't be good for the lil guy to be forced to sit like that.

    For what its worth, I'm for buckling pets in mostly because a little dog roaming around in the cabin, jumping in laps and what not can be a dangerous distraction for drivers.
    • LuxFX, on 06/27/2008, -1/+2Agreed. Good idea: buckle in a pet. Bad idea: give them chronic back pain to do it.

      (Seriously, buckling pets is a good idea. A 60lb unbuckled Lab turns into a 60lb unrestrained projectile in a car accident.)
      • MiDri, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1Or 2 30lbs projectiles if the accident was really bad!
  • cwmather, on 06/27/2008, -3/+11http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c283/south13side ...
  • Miamisun, on 06/27/2008, -3/+6Thats no way to treat a dead dog!
  • DanielNielsen, on 06/27/2008, -8/+3Its disgusting to see how people treat theire dogs like they are a walking fasion statement, go ***** die you douchebags.
    • PDAIsAOk, on 06/27/2008, -1/+3I think it's time to switch to decaf
  • Jwoey, on 06/27/2008, -0/+20Better to treat them as children than as toys.
  • h3x1lu2, on 06/27/2008, -1/+3Who ever asked for proof of this? We completely understand and acknowledge people do this...why are you reminding us with audio-visual?
  • pyroglass, on 06/27/2008, -5/+0The morn' that I was born my old man beat up the doctor
    He clocked the doctor cause the doctor said I looked like Chewbacca
    The doctor said sir you're misled sir which infers you mistook me
    I did not mean your lovely wife was shackin' up with a wookie
    What I mean is Wolverine is less hairy than your son
    He's looks like Chewie, Baba Booey Baba Booey, and Hong Kong Phooey all in one
  • aadsm, on 06/27/2008, -1/+13The other way around: http://www.flickr.com/photos/69247545@N00/26163302 ...
    • thirty6chambers, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1I've seen worse at disneyland. These hillbilly parents leashed their kids with a piece of rope.
  • msk275, on 06/27/2008, -3/+2Digg Effect
  • DeFex, on 06/27/2008, -1/+1what you mean wookies dont have to keep their babies in a car seat?
  • ConfusedCartman, on 06/27/2008, -2/+3Those people should be arrested for animal abuse.
  • LoudMusic, on 06/27/2008, -1/+9There are better ways to secure your pet.

    http://www.petstreetmall.com/Dog-Seat-Belts-and-Sa ...

    Use a people harness on a people. Use a dog harness on a dog.
  • sprocketjockey, on 06/27/2008, -1/+4If aliens exist and have been observing us, I think they would see us as servants of pets. I mean, we feed them, open the door when they bark, clean up their *****, dress them in stupid outifts.

    Gotta run, my dog is pawing at me to go outside
    • Clodhopper, on 06/27/2008, -0/+0Are you Carlos Menstealia? Seinfeld called, he wants his joke back.
  • Mier, on 06/27/2008, -7/+3What the hell, I don't mistreat animals but I never treat my pets as anything more than a pet. I love my dog but if the vet says 2k to make it live well I'm sorry but you're going to heaven early pup, I can't afford that.
    • khaose, on 06/27/2008, -1/+4No you took on that responsibility to provide the best care for it when you decided to take over its life. Life has no price and I have dropped 2k on my German shepherd when he needed it because when I needed him he saved me from being robbed.
    • Locke23, on 06/27/2008, -3/+4So if you every had a kid with a broken arm, you would just leave it broken because it's too expensive? I agree with Khaose, you took the responsibility of the pups life when you agreed to keep it, so now it's your duty to keep it healthy and safe no matter the cost.
      • HeatherH88, on 06/27/2008, -3/+2Children are not on the same level as dogs. That's not even a valid comparison.
      • Locke23, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1they are if you choose to take one in, a life is a life. period.
    • cdahlkvist, on 06/27/2008, -2/+3You clearly do not love your dog not matter how much you try to convince yourself of that.
      • Mier, on 07/01/2008, -1/+1you're a sick individual. People come first and to "love" your pet so much to sacrifice unreasonably for it is twisted and disgusting. You cheapen human life with such disgusting self-aggrandizing crap, humans go on a different plane entirely than animals.
    • Mier, on 07/01/2008, -1/+1You guys must be from PETA. Pull your head out of your ass, no animal is the same as a human. If I have a child of course I'll keep the child healthy and as happy as possible without spoiling him or her. The dog or cat is a totally different matter, the checkups and shots sure but a $2000 surgery to fix some problem NO WAY IN HELL.
  • c1rcasurv1ve, on 06/27/2008, -0/+6I only dig it because yorkies are awesome.
  • dlm85, on 06/27/2008, -3/+2I hope these people can't breed. They don't deserve to have children.
    • cdahlkvist, on 06/27/2008, -1/+1Why? I assume if they are worried enough about their dog being hurt that they would strap it in they would probably also protect their children.

      I hope you don't breed.
  • Kossic, on 06/27/2008, -0/+3Look she's given up. Humans win again!
  • pitchblack16, on 06/27/2008, -3/+1completely ridiculous
  • mk3k, on 06/27/2008, -7/+1Sad really, shows how lonely some people are.
    Pets are poor substitutes for friends or family.
  • eidolons, on 06/27/2008, -0/+5Not sure what this dog is strapped to but it DOES make sense to get a proper "dog seat belt" for dogs so they don't go flying in the case of an accident. That's not excessive. It's simple safety for both your pet and yourself. Even if all you care about is your own safety, a backseat projectile due to a fender bender might hurt you, too.
  • chrisfarley, on 06/27/2008, -2/+2Only seems reasonable if you are in a motor rally and you don't want him to hit you when you roll. Otherwise dogs butts aren't meant to be sat on upright. How much love can they really have for him if they are hurting him. Selfish.
  • shauntacular, on 06/27/2008, -2/+3That poor son of a bitch!
  • mlvassallo, on 06/27/2008, -0/+3My poor puppy gets car sick :(
    • charmedguy18, on 06/27/2008, -1/+2Aw =[
    • DonJuice, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1My youngest dog gets car sick also. Anytime we take her to the vet or the dog park we have to cover the seats so she doesn't puke everywhere. Sometimes a Benadryl about 30 minutes before we leave helps (as per the vet!).
      • mlvassallo, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1That it exactly what we do. Vet suggested a small dose of Benadryl was the cheapest way to help him out.
      • triplehawk, on 06/28/2008, -0/+0good to know about benadryl, i may have to try that.
  • nstanosheck, on 06/27/2008, -3/+5The problem is that not only are people treating their pets like children, but also treat their children like inconvenient pets, only making sure they have food and letting them out occasionally for a walk.
  • zosoIV, on 06/27/2008, -3/+3Why the ***** is this on digg?
    • BOFH2, on 06/27/2008, -1/+4Well, someone submitted it and then people saw it and liked it. They voted (dugg) it then it got enough "diggs" and then it hit the front page.

      /sarcasm
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