When it comes to the more frivolous delicacies of life--I'm
talking to you Beauty and Fashion--we have to make some tough
decisions that demand both stoicism and grace. Like, abstaining
from buying ridiculously cute pet clothes.
I guess what I mean is, don't you feel like trendy objects like
Chanel dog booties and designer passport covers seem to be rendered
obsolete against the backdrop of a crappy economy? And even if
you're lucky enough to have the extra cash to blow, flaunting
outrageously expendable crap reeks of...
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In the age of
pet clothes and
$330-mechanical litter box monitors, dog spas and
canine face lifts, one has to wonder if the
"man's best friend" of olden times would even
recognize his modern counterpart. Would he feel slighted (or
relieved) that he never received such pampering? Has the
relationship between man and pup changed? Is this anthropomorphism
run amok? This all brings me to another issue that has come up in
our indulgent, post-Paris Hilton age: The proliferation of pet
portraitists.
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