Pittsburgh Man Thinks He's a Dog, Goes By Name 'Boomer'

Good Morning America ^ | | – Wed, Nov 6, 2013 10:34 AM EST | SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES

[Hazelwood Redneck Brain Trust]

Can I ask a stupid question? How is this any different than males who feel that they are females, and vice versa?

This is just my opinion but I would say that this is different b/c...

In gender identity disorders, those people identify as the opposite sex to the point that challenging their "identity" causes stress/anxiety, or other "negative" effects. They honestly believe that they are, or want to be, what they are clearly not. (And yes, in my opinion, these people have serious psychological problems.)

In dog-boy's case, it would seem that he is fully aware that he is human but really, really enjoys pretending to be a dog. Notice that he has a light and reads in his doghouse. He interacts with people in a (at least mostly) human fashion. He isn't always "Boomer".

Is he weird? Sure. Does he suffer from psychological problems? Quite probably. Is this the same as gender identity disorder? Not even close.

Of course, this answer doesn't even start to cover the respective effect on society by each type of case (gender confusion & dog-boy). Somewhere in there is where the meat of the answer can be found.

[lefty-lie-spy]

Niiiiiice post. Stooges and Iggy. I don’t suppose you know Loren, Tony, Kathy and The Detroit Dogs too?

[NCLaw441]

He says he doesn’t eat dog food every day. If that is the case, he doesn’t think he is a dog, especially if he can open the can...

[BunnySlippers]

Stay off the couch!