It's a Dog's Life: Elevating Status from Pet to "Fur Baby" at Yappy Hour

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‘A dog who I know quite well’: everyday relationships between children and animals (2011, background): “For example, it is often argued that an essential feature of contemporary pets is their role as substitute children for single, childless adults in an increasingly individualised society (Shepard 1996 , Franklin 1999 , Turner 2001 , Greenebaum 2004 , Nast 2006 ).”
Are Dogs Children, Companions, or Just Animals? Understanding Variations in People's Orientations toward Animals (2013, background): “…have attempted to elucidate people’s relations with pets; many with dogs in particular (Serpell 1996; Sanders 1999, 2003, 2006; Arluke 2004, 2006; Greenebaum 2004, 2009, 2010; Irvine 2004a, 2004b; Ramirez 2006; Staats, Sears and Pierfelice 2006; Staats, Wallace and Anderson 2008; Podberscek…”