With a world very much lacking respect for authority, this may appear as being picky, but step back for a moment and really think hard about this. In the last few decades, society made it acceptable for children to call adults by their first names instead of Mr. or Mrs. I know their is that affection for our pets and a want to treat them like members of the family, but in all honesty, it undermines the command: "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth" (Genesis 1:26). We are not mommies and daddies of animals, They are not our grand-puppies or grand-kittens or whatever. Evolution is what mixes the human and the animal kingdom. Christianity keeps them separate. And as usual, Satan's full on attack does not sweep all under his snare, so he repackages this mixing the human and animals together with the blurring of the lines using affection. We can love our pets without crossing the lines. Satan doesn't fool Christians in satanic practices, but throw candy in the mix and even Christians defend Halloween. The same is true with this owner and pet relationship. Love your pets but let us not blur the lines contributing to Satan's agenda to diminish our place as having dominion over the creatures.