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Decoy321 ,

Yeah it’s getting pretty uncivil in these comments. Sorry, op, comments are getting locked.

Cute photo though, it’s an old school meme.

Maggoty ,

This dog understood the assignment.

Patches ,

If you had a Great Pyrenees (Dog pictured) - you absolutely would not be wondering. They are livestock guardian dogs and some of the most stubborn dogs you will even interact with.

user1234 ,

I had a Border Collie/Corgi mix who lived up to the shepherd skills of both breeds. He once found a baby rabbit about a week old in our yard and brought it in to my wife carrying it without hurting it. She took it out to where she thought it came from and put it back. A few hours later, he brought it back in. So we set up an old guinea pig habitat for it. A little while later, he brought in another. We ended up taking care of them until they were old enough to release. But he would check on them multiple times a day. I’m pretty sure the only way he would ever intentionally hurt something is if it was threatening my wife or daughter.

AnarchistArtificer ,

We had a mongrel from a shelter who clearly had some border collie in him. He showed it in his behaviour too, he’d try and herd me and my brother if we went too far away on walks. If we wandered off while he was on a lead, he’d get really agitated because he couldn’t herd us. It was annoying and cute in equal measure.

user1234 ,

I saw a video once of what was supposed to be a race between about 8 corgis. Instead of running toward the finish line, they all just started trying to herd each other.

illi ,

Can’t get up until it moves, that’s the rules

Beaver ,
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they*

Sotuanduso ,

Can’t get up until it moves, that’s they rules

Beaver ,
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The doe is a being not an object.

Sotuanduso ,

They doe is a being not an object.

WeLoveCastingSpellz ,

in the english language the pronouns it/its are used either for animals or inanimate objects

joshoff ,

he/him/his here

but it/it/its in bed 💅

WeLoveCastingSpellz ,

so true

Daxtron2 ,

Beings are also an object :)

Beaver ,
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You wouldn’t call people “it”. It’s about showing respect.

Texas_Hangover ,

Fuck you! You’re an it!

Beaver ,
@Beaver@lemmy.ca avatar

Touch some grass buddy.

Texas_Hangover ,

Shutup, it.

Nythos , (edited )

The person getting upset at another person calling a doe an it, telling another to touch grass is just peak internet.

MashBoilPitch ,

Ikr. I think were now supposed to say something about how this kind of interaction is so reddit. Loudly enough that we can ignore that it’s just how people behave in general.

nomous ,
  • on the internet.

Cause I promise if I talked like that in real life I’d get eye rolls and wouldn’t be invited out anymore. It’s a great example of “theory is fine but you need to interact with others.”

ManniSturgis ,

I wouldn’t, but I am calling animals it. Only in English tho, we don’t do that in my native language.

melpomenesclevage ,

I absolutely would.

UnearthedUnusual ,

I know a few people who use it/its pronouns. While I agree that treating animals with respect is a good thing, it pronouns are not necessarily a sign of disrespect or objectification.

Beaver ,
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Well in that case that is different but usually when we say “it” that is used to refer to physical objects like book or treat. Animals being seen as property harms them.

intensely_human ,

No, because people can be respectful of animals while using the word “it”.

You’re asserting all this extra stuff that the word does not convey, because you’ve unconsciously decided that is the only way to use the word.

But as others are telling you, and is true, it is common in English to use “it” for animals. Despite what your lit teacher told you, that does not create disrespect for the animals. People have been caring for animals, people with hearts, people who don’t treat animals the way they would a book, while using the word “it”, for as long as the English language had existed.

That thing where you can’t have empathy for an “it”, that a rule in your head.

Beaver ,
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People have been caring for animals, people with hearts, people who don’t treat animals the way they would a book, while using the word “it”, for as long as the English language had existed.

I doubt that when factory farms exist.

Humanity kills more than 80 billion land animals and trillions of aquatic animals ever year.

awellfedworld.org/factory-farms/

Sotuanduso ,

By that logic you don’t care for they either.

Daxtron2 ,

Respect is earned :)

Beaver ,
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No it is a given.

Daxtron2 ,

Give respect get respect, I don’t respect bigots and Nazis

intensely_human ,

But you would immediately jump in to correct another adult’s use of language, as if they were a child. Despite this talk of respect.

emptiestplace ,

As someone who has been vegan for 25 years, I really appreciate your choices and empathize with your motivations. If, however, your goal is to make a difference, you might want to avoid alienating your audience before you’ve even said anything.

Ookami38 ,

The doe has no concept of pronouns. I promise calling it “it” isn’t doing anything to hurt it.

DrRatso ,

Using “it” for an animal is perfectly reasonable. An argument can be made for using they instead but we even use it for humans occasionally (e.g. Jack checked on the baby, it was sleeping peacefully).

Harbinger01173430 ,

Animals use the article ‘it’.

Cruxifux ,

That’s adorable. That’s also super not what happened tho.

fsxylo ,

I was there man, I was that dried leaf.

JudahBenHur ,

like these photographs are interesting, but then mid-2020’s internet venacular seeminly requires “so I was having a bad day then I saw this on my way to work”

lars ,

Wouldn’t it have been funny if someone said

totally became

Shoutout to someone I heard saying

intensely_human ,

Yeah OP just grabbed a passing baby deer and set it on the dog. Definitely a more believable story.

nomous ,

Deer farms are a thing, that’s likely exactly what happened. Unless you think a baby deer wandered onto this dogs legs, it was placed there.

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