Am I weird?

[Soledad]

I don't care if my cat's in the room with me while my husband and I change, but having an animal in the bath with you is rather unsanitary. I think it's icky.

But as far as nudity, etc. goes...I still won't allow Boo in the room during....*ahem*....marital moments.

[RockyRoad]

I don't think that either. It's just the thought of having anyone stare at you just scares me, just as Popcornbird said. I'm not saying they honestly care, but picture how a cat would feel without fur. I just relate it to that because it is not like we will actually care because they are still our cats it just feels weird to them. OK?

[mugsy]

This thread brings up an interesting point. How much do we project personification on our animals? I know I do it all the time. I say that they are feeling such and such an emotion that in all reality they probably don't feel. Our animals are in the bathroom all the time when we shower (they like the soap suds from the peppermint soap) and neither one of us take bathes. I detest being confined to a bathtub. Most people find it relaxing...I find bathes to be extrodinarily irritating! lol As far as showering with them, I don't see why it would be a problem, even though, like I said earlier, they would probably favor root canal to being in the shower/tub.

[Soledad]

Oh, of course it's total anthropomorphisation. It's like they say...funerals aren't for the dead, they're for the living. Just like it's not for our animals welfare, but our own.

I still standby my statement that it's unsanitary to bathe with your animals.

[RockyRoad]

Originally posted by mugsy
I detest being confined to a bathtub. Most people find it relaxing...I find bathes to be extrodinarily irritating! lol As far as showering with them, I don't see why it would be a problem, even though, like I said earlier, they would probably favor root canal to being in the shower/tub.

Same here! Except the water bothers me and not exactly the wash or relax part. Then I hate it how my hair gets all frizzy after it!!

[Nomilynn]

I get in the tub with Bassett when it's her bathtime. I have to because she won't let me bathe her otherwise. After her bath is done I have a shower and wash off any fur or dirt (she's indoor all the time though, and really isn't dirty). I don't think it's any more unsanitary than bathing with a boyfriend/husband - and it's probably MORE sanitary than a public pool!!! At least you know where your pet has been!