testing a theory about furries well us i guess

[sebflynn]

My theory is that those who are furries have had a close relationship with animal or pet as a child that close contact then puts animals on the similar level as humans. then creating a hybrid or furrsona
so just answer this question
did you have any close pets as a child.
i am a furry though im also curious and like to know why im like this. i will post updates every now and again to show the results
right now its 20 for those who have had pets and only 9 for those who didnt have a close pet

[Puncia]

Kinda hard to understand your question when the text is literally 2 pixels tall.

did you have any close pets as a child
i am a furry though im also curious and like to know why im like this. i will post updates every now and again to show the results
right now its 20 for those who have had pets and only 9 for those who didnt have a close pet

I did not have a pet as a child. In fact, I didn't have any relationships with any animals other than my grandmother's dog. But I met her maybe once every few months.

[WingedZephyr]

I've had pets all my life, but almost all of them were closer to my parents. I've just always loved animals in general - pets or not.

[Jyynx]

Yes! *sobs* he was a golden-husky wolf mix!

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

I didn't have any "close" pets until I was seven or eight, but since then I've had a few close pets (basically the same couple of dogs that are now pretty old, but some other ones too).
I've always had a love for animals though, even without pets. I get pets because I like animals more than people.

[Aeon Firebrand]

No pets for me, I chose wolves as my animal because their traits matched what I needed. Surely a close relationship with another animal would help but is not entirely needed? We shouldn't forget that humans are still animals, but we have the power of choice and conscious thought.

Hehe, just my thoughts on this.

[anoni]

As I told you in IRC

I did have pets all my life

[sebflynn]

the current results are 25 25 for yes they did have close pets 11 for no pets at the moment also yes your right im not saying its the sole reason its just a contributing factor i may further my research into this if all goes well and getting a exact answer on why we are furry.

[Puncia]

Asking why someone is a furry is like asking why someone doesn't like pineapple. Or why they really like Daft Punk. IMO. It's all about likes and dislikes unless they're therian or something.

[sebflynn]

i know which is why i ask about possible reasons rather than being extremely general so i come up with a theory about a possible factor and test it.

[MrRazot]

Perhaps it not pets that are why we are furries O_o
Have you checked the thread "how did you become a furry"

[WingedZephyr]

i know which is why i ask about possible reasons rather than being extremely general so i come up with a theory about a possible factor and test it.

Except you have to consider the facts of correlation and dependence.

If there are more people who own pets than those who don't in the world, regardless of whether they are furry or not, you're more likely to get someone who says yes. Being furry could have absolutely nothing to do with it.

[sebflynn]

i just checked its around34% in the whole world

[WingedZephyr]

Maybe for the world, but you're not getting an equal sample from all of the countries in the world either. Some countries, I would imagine, have a higher percentage of pets than others, and there are probably a couple countries that you get more of your answers from.

I'm just saying - there are a lot of factors involved when testing a theory. It's not as simple as throwing a question out there and counting up the answers. Feel free to do so, just realize that it won't give you a scientific fact as a result.

[sebflynn]

i know that but its pracicly impossible to compensate for such huge variations