Posted by Heidi on May 11, 2006, 6:44 pm, in reply to "Re: People who have pets have no brains..."
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Well, I'm a "people" with pets and I have brains - and I have proof. I am a mother of two beautiful furries, Shadow and Tzuki and two beautiful girls, I have a hubby and a small business and I have also completed 5 years of university, undertaking a double degree, Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Arts - fulltime - and graduated with Honours. So I don't feel like I have "no brains" - I admit to feeling tired at times, but definately not stupid. In fact, I believe that my furry companions have contibuted to many, many things in my life. Through our extended family we learn to care and have responsibility for others (a very needed lesson for children), we gain a depth of love that I believe is benificial to our health and goes two ways, all these things contribute to our mental well-being - so much so, that hospitals have companion pets visit the aged and ill to aid in their mental well-being. With our furry companions we gain so much that I could write pages and pages and I'm really sure that I could research some very famous 'smart' people and find that they, also, had furries sharing their trials and tribulations. Who ever said "People who have pets have no brains...." is a real dill and clearly never researched the topic.