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I recently got a "rescue" and she is something else. It's difficult to think of them as just animals.

Sometimes I feel guilty for being stressed, I feel like she's soaking it all up and I'm stressing her out.

Incredibly empathetic animals.

They are more than animals in that they're one of the only animals that would be considered a family member. Really makes you consider whether "love" is a noun or a verb.

Honestly, I used to say things like "I understand you care about your pets, but you should not love them equal to a human. We should be aware of how we value animals compared to humans."

Then I got a dog.

:P

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