They are beautiful, blam.
I have my little Basset Hound. I do not think she is human, but I am very fond of her.
Agreed. I have several furry friends running around the house. They are not people, but they all are family. They all have individual personalities, nobody does things exactly the same way others do, some are afraid of different things, have different trust levels than others, different food likes and dislikes, different temperaments enjoy pets in different places, etc.
They are not people, but they are family. I always think about that story in the bible where Samuel is talking about the poor man who had a little lamb that he loved like a daughter, who would sit in his lap and eat from his plate. That’s kind of how I feel about my pets.
The two rules we have about family in our house: 1, no one gets left behind; and 2, we don’t eat family. :)