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The difference in how dogs are treated in different regions. My question: why?
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 304425" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>First off, not everyone thinks of Kentucky as the South. I lived in Cincinnati, right across the river from KY. More people seemed to think Cincy was "in the South" than those who lived in Kentucky. I spent a LOT of time in KY because my aunt taught there and my bro actually went to a Catholic boys school there - carpooled there and took buses home. </p><p></p><p>As an adult the company I worked for had offices throughout KY and I spent many many days traveling around KY working with merchants. Many of THEM complained that people thought they were "in the South" and treated them like they still had slaves.</p><p></p><p>Part of that perception is based on where you live. </p><p></p><p>Southerners all think people from "the North" are rude, abrupt and hate their children. I kid you not. I have heard this a LOT. Over and over and over. Mostly because it is more of a Southern tradition to call your parents Momma or Mommy and Daddy well into your adulthood, while in the north people tend to not use those, using Mom or Dad until the grandkids come along and then it is Gma or Gpa. </p><p></p><p>There are a LOT of people in the South who love their pets and treat them as well or better than their kids. Same for the North. You could beancount, but nobody wins then. (refers to my Aspie son having a COW because Jessie got more black jelly beans even though she had fewer total jelly beans. WAY fewer, like 100's fewer because Wiz found the bag and "supplemented" his Easter Basket.)</p><p></p><p>Farmers all over the country, and ranchers, tend to see dogs and cats as animals who help work the business. Livestock are not people, because you don't slaughter people, or buy and sell them. Many in those professions truly value their animals, even love them. But they are not people to many of them.</p><p></p><p>Suburbanites tend to have the money to allow them to humanize their animals. Even in tight budgets they find time to give their animals expensive care, toys, and status. This also happens with the wealthy of any area. I worked for a man who flew his horses all over the world in private jets with their own staff. If an animal did not do well on a trip it was not unusual for him to fire or fine up to several months of pay from anyone he thought contributed to that. He did NOT pay well, either. </p><p></p><p>Farmers and ranchers expect their cats to mouse and their dogs to work - either with livestock, hunting, or by following trails. In the inner cities people love their animals but cannot afford or do not know to provide the care those in the other areas provide.. Same goes for the rural poor. Often a family has always treated the animals that way, so they truly do NOT know any better.</p><p></p><p>I am not sure WHY so many North/South stereotypes still exist, so that this many years after the Civil War we ask Why are the different than us questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 304425, member: 1233"] First off, not everyone thinks of Kentucky as the South. I lived in Cincinnati, right across the river from KY. More people seemed to think Cincy was "in the South" than those who lived in Kentucky. I spent a LOT of time in KY because my aunt taught there and my bro actually went to a Catholic boys school there - carpooled there and took buses home. As an adult the company I worked for had offices throughout KY and I spent many many days traveling around KY working with merchants. Many of THEM complained that people thought they were "in the South" and treated them like they still had slaves. Part of that perception is based on where you live. Southerners all think people from "the North" are rude, abrupt and hate their children. I kid you not. I have heard this a LOT. Over and over and over. Mostly because it is more of a Southern tradition to call your parents Momma or Mommy and Daddy well into your adulthood, while in the north people tend to not use those, using Mom or Dad until the grandkids come along and then it is Gma or Gpa. There are a LOT of people in the South who love their pets and treat them as well or better than their kids. Same for the North. You could beancount, but nobody wins then. (refers to my Aspie son having a COW because Jessie got more black jelly beans even though she had fewer total jelly beans. WAY fewer, like 100's fewer because Wiz found the bag and "supplemented" his Easter Basket.) Farmers all over the country, and ranchers, tend to see dogs and cats as animals who help work the business. Livestock are not people, because you don't slaughter people, or buy and sell them. Many in those professions truly value their animals, even love them. But they are not people to many of them. Suburbanites tend to have the money to allow them to humanize their animals. Even in tight budgets they find time to give their animals expensive care, toys, and status. This also happens with the wealthy of any area. I worked for a man who flew his horses all over the world in private jets with their own staff. If an animal did not do well on a trip it was not unusual for him to fire or fine up to several months of pay from anyone he thought contributed to that. He did NOT pay well, either. Farmers and ranchers expect their cats to mouse and their dogs to work - either with livestock, hunting, or by following trails. In the inner cities people love their animals but cannot afford or do not know to provide the care those in the other areas provide.. Same goes for the rural poor. Often a family has always treated the animals that way, so they truly do NOT know any better. I am not sure WHY so many North/South stereotypes still exist, so that this many years after the Civil War we ask Why are the different than us questions. [/QUOTE]
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