"'For the Dogs' Has a Whole New Meaning"

As I read, “’For the Dogs’ Has a Whole New Meaning, I found myself thinking about many things.  First of all, Andrew Martin did a great job of sharing his insights of his encounter with the luxury products for dogs. He also leaves his readers with knowledge as to how there are many people out in the world who are willing to spend such amount of money of their pets. This initial understanding of Martin’s thoughts had me questioning myself. Would I spend that amount of money on a pet? Because I grew up with dogs who came and went, I wondered if my family never kept a dog long enough because we didn’t give the dog its wants. Throughout this reading, I realized I never spent the extra money for the best brand dog food, nor did I spend extra money to buy the luxury products. For the high prices, I do believe that it’s worth it. Just like us human beings, we’d like the high-tech newest electronic device, the brand-name jeans. And I’m sure when we go to Wal-Mart we don’t always want to buy the Great Value brand because we want food that may be better for us. This should be the same for our pets and I really regret not treating my dogs’ better prior to giving them away. I believe that it’s okay to spend the extra money for your pets because they should be treated just like a family member. I believe that buying the luxury products will only show your love and appreciation more. And its true that we may never know how the dogs really feel or if they can even sense that we are putting in the extra for them; but if it can give you the satisfaction that you did something great for your pet, that should be all that matters.