pet breeding freaks me the fuck out. like, no i don't think of this living creature as a collection of traits that i covet. yes i'd love a deep emerald 1973 AMC Javelin but no i don't want a cat with a specific type of fur because it's weird to think of a creature with its own brain and habits and quirks as like, a coat of paint on an object with a specific shape.
that shit's weird.
what we've done to dogs is unconscionable. the fact that people play god and instead of extending life they actively harm dogs for aesthetic purposes.
cats were safe for a bit but now we're breeding cats for dwarfism as if its a cute fucking quirk
I understand animal breeding like, for working animals and stuff, like 'i need a dog that LOVES to chase rats into holes and kill them so they dont eat the grain' but like... deciding to fucking breed animals into weird monsters because someone thought it'd be funny if their eyeballs fell out of their skull is fucked up, we have fucked up as the stewards of these animals
the only 'i want a cat Like That' I have ever felt is for Maine coons because they're so fucking big, I want a cat that looks Just My Size when I hold him cause I too have inadvertently been bred to be a giant
maine coons are beautiful, and yeah working animals are important and cool!!! i think it's just the modern tendency to use pets as signifiers of like, wealth and status and personality that's really yucky. these amazing creatures deserve better than being reduced to increasingly obscure status objects.
oh I get you, yeah. it's mega-gross - and then when the animal reveals it's a living thing that needs care and wants things, they discard them or neglect them. it's a disgrace.
Im glad im not the only one wigged out by this... Its also how like... Lots of pet owners will treat or talk about their animals like they are possessions, its creepy.
Obviously i dont see that here too often, everyone here seems really nice to their animal friends.
