The choice of one animal or another, its species, its race, its characteristics, etc., is a public letter about our way of seeing life, of relating to ourselves, of the image we have of ourselves and of the one we want to project. to the rest of the world, in short, from our way of being. Is it the first time you read that dogs look like their owners? We don’t believe it.
Of course, these similarities are not things of fate. It is not that the day-to-day with an animal has made the characteristics of both come together to achieve surprisingly similar external features …
The similarity between man (or woman) and animal are latent from the beginning of the relationship, from the moment of the human choice.
When choosing a pet, we look for characteristics with which we are reflected
Similar traits, shared behaviors … Our new friend provides an image of us to other humans. A fact similar to the one that projects our clothing, hobbies, haircut … In conclusion, the furry is one more way of declaring our way of being.
Let’s think about it: let’s take a look at our animal and observe ourselves. We can also do the same with the furry of a colleague or relative, do we see obvious similarities between our personality and the way of being of our faithful friend?
We will not think the same about the person who plays with his Border Collie as the one who walks with his Maltese. The one who lives with a snake does not inspire us the same feelings as the one who has a cute kitten …
Here the topic of potentially dangerous dogs can perfectly come to mind … Doesn’t a super-defined image of the person accompanying them on the street come to mind? (You have to get rid of those prejudices).
A pet can also tell us about the social status of the human: large dogs usually accompany wealthy families who live in large homes …
Unfortunately there are also people who have exotic animals to demonstrate their purchasing power … Luckily, little by little the law is protecting exotic animals that fall into the hands of those who do not even know the basic needs of the animal. Remember that they are living beings, not trophies.
But without deviating further from the subject, in certain cases the relationship between humans and their animals can be so close that they even share hobbies . This is the case of canicross athletes or other sports in which person and dog compete together and create an unbreakable bond.
Luxuries can also be shared … Those humans with no economic shortage whose animal enjoys periodic beauty and aesthetic sessions, who feed on products as inappropriate as they are exclusive, or those animals that wear jackets and accessories more expensive than any garment in our wardrobe.
Some experts call this relationship a particular example of fetishism. Be that as it may, it is, once again, a clear example that man seeks to have an animal completely similar to himself.
