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The 'fur baby' life comes with a truth most people don't want to admit
The ‘Fur Baby’ Life Comes With A Truth Most People Don’t Want To Admit
This article is part of Upstream, The Daily Wire’s new home for culture and lifestyle. Real human insight and human stories — from our featured writers to you.***My dog, Lemmy, is one of my favorite people. He snores like an old man, scares himself with his own farts, and snorts directly into my eyes. Always on the lookout for new friends (he’ll take humans over other dogs), he wiggles, rolls into a ball, and lies on strangers’ feet, lapping up belly rubs and compliments about his cuteness.Of the 200 words most dogs can comprehend, at least 197 words of Lemmy’s vocabulary are probably nicknames I’ve made up for him over the years. A blue French Bulldog with a nub for a tail, smushed nose, googly eyes, and “tulip ears,” he answers to Bunny, Skoonch, Teddy, Boops, and variations on the theme. He’s the best boy. I joke that he’s my biological son based on our shared love of peanut butter, long walks on the beach, and packages from Amazon. Though the birthrate is declining in the U.S., pet ownership is skyrocketing — up more than 50% since the 1980s. As the human population shrinks,...
