Literally. The Associated Press ran this article about pet owners spending big bucks for extensive cancer and diabetes treatment. As part of its slice-of-life reporting, it contains a detailed anecdote about a dog named Brownie's visit with his owner to Burger King for a fish sandwich. Brownie just had his blood sugar taken that morning, and has been medicated in recent months for diabetes, infections and high blood pressure. He's was having the fish that day because his "finicky gut...rebels at red meat.""We give them too much food. We don't exercise them as much as we can," noted Georgette Wilson, who works for a division of Pfizer. Do tell? Is this a lucky dog, or a dog that's been acculturated in a very unfortunate way?
What happened to a pet being the incentive for the humans to be more active, connected and involved in life and the community? Apparently even this basic approach has gone to the dogs.
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