I know this is completely off topic but I saw one of these in use today and was so appalled that I pointed and exclaimed “OH MY GOD, THERE’S A DOG STROLLER!”. Cause, I knew these things existed but never expected to see one actually in use. In public. Indoors. Being pushed by a grown up inside the mall of all places.
OK, see here people. The whole point of taking your dog for a walk is so the dog can, oh I don’t know, WALK! There are many dog parks and off leash areas in Calgary. Why on earth would you feel the need to put your dog in this thing and push it around the mall? Sure, it’s cute when a little girl pushes her dolly around in one but come on, a dog. Seriously?
I have always been an animal lover, before little H came along they were my babies. But now that I have a child, the animals are suddenly just animals. Yes, I still love them. Yes, I still let them spread hair all over my bedsheets but they are no longer baby replacements. They’re pets.
So maybe this woman wasn’t able to have kids and went a little cooky with her dog. I get it, but dude, it’s still a dog. It would’ve been fine in the car** for a half hour. Oh and out of curiosity, I went and checked out how much these things run. The one shown is $80, and they go up to $200.
**It was a suitable temperature to leave an animal in the car today, never leave an animal in a car on a hot day, or on a cold one either**
image from http://justpetstrollers.com/
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That is just ridiculous, like carrying those hairless Mexican rats around in an oversied shoulder bag.
What is the purpose of those tiny dogs, anyway? Why don’t they get a realsized dog, like a German Shepherd or a Rottweiler?
i don’t mind the small dogs but the stroller idea is well, dumb. I think small dogs need exercise too. LOL
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hi there, i found your blog through the thread I started on etsy! I can’t believe this dog stroller thing!!! as you say, surely you take your dog for a walk. a WALK!! our old dog even in his last days loved going for walks, if we had produced one of these things for him he’d have left us immediately.
Mind you I did see a special dog seat on the front of a bike in Amsterdam that was cute.
Hello…I like you blog..i felt sorry for that dog…Hope u r enjoying the mommyfest as I am
LOL OMG. I saw one in my little town about a week ago. I assumed it was someone with a cat inside. The women was very elderly and I thought maybe she lost her mind. LOL. It’s for dogs? Even worse.
The world gets more surreal by the moment.
ROFL! My aunt has one and wheels her poor dog all over the place.
I’ve seen a dog in baby bjorn once…I kid you not.
my pet peeve is people who think they can bring their tiny dog in to restaurants, stores, etc. because the dog is small. A dog is a dog! (and my sister totes her tiny little doggie everywhere too, and I yell at her all the time about it.)
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Ok…don’t make fun of me but before I had Eliza I asked Pete for one so I could push my cat around the neighborhood. He basically told me I wa s anut job!
I was in Rochester, NY this past weekend and noticed a weird dog culture there. People carried their dogs and pushed them in these stroller-like contraptions. I just don’t get it.
I think I’ve figured it out.
Those dogs have such short legs that taking them on a walk would entail taking little tiny steps and not getting anywhere.
This way the human gets the exercise and the goes along for the ride!
I have a neighbor who pushes her little dog around in a toy pram. The do is usually dressed in some ridiculous outfit. Funny blog!
well that’s a new one. kinda retarded in my opinion though.
I was walking my dog one day until I met a lady with a cat also on a leash.
My dog tried to go after the cat, and I yelled, “Gulliver!” as I curbled him.
The little old lady curbed her own cat too, and remarked to me, “‘Gulliver.
What a stupid name for a dog.’”
And with that, she started to trundle along, saying to her cat- in- bondage, “Come along, Batman!”
Well, at leas she didn’t have the cat in a stroller.
this cracked me up “_ Instead spend the $200 and save lives in Africa – i mean really a dog stroller ? ? ?
Too bad you feel it is “just a dog”. Maybe you didn’t love your dog enough. Sounds a little sad your dog was good enough until you got a human child. Real animal lovers don’t push their animals aside just because they had a human child. I have both and spoil both just the same. People who feel they are “just” animals shouldn’t have them.
Oh, yay! My first “Angry Anonymous” comment!!
So let’s look at it this way. There’s a fire. Your baby is in the crib and your dog is in the basement family room. You are in the kitchen – smack dab in the middle of the two. Who do you save first? If you pick the dog, you’re lying. Dogs are not children!