They aren't really our babies.
There has been many times that my animal companions’ expressions are so compelling and urgent and enigmatic that I foolishly wish they could talk. What a mistake having that wish come true would be! Patience, sharing, altruism, generosity, empathy, sympathy, foresight, planning, justice, conceptualization, on and on, are all foreign and useless concepts to cats and dogs. As tempting as it is to anthropomorphize them, they are not our children, and it is well that they are not. Their I.Q.(or,... Sign in to see full entry.