I just don’t get it.  I’ve had dogs you could consider to be “pocket pets”, and I even once sprung for a dog carrier/backpack thing, but it was for a practical reason – the dog couldn’t ride our ATV without help.  Never, in all my years of owning dogs and other small animals, have I been tempted to buy a purse to carry my dog in.

Carrying a dog with perfectly functioning legs seems like such a waste of energy to me, not to mention cost when you look at the price tags on some of those purse things.  Why on earth should a perfectly healthy dog be packed around all its life like a little helpless baby?  And if you have your dog in a purse, where do you put your real purse?  Is there a separate compartment for putting the things you actually need to carry with you?

I admit, I am guilty of packing my little dog around on occasion.  It can be simpler in a hectic situation to just pack the pooch instead of worrying about it getting trampled.  But to go shopping or spend the day out and about with poor Fido stuck in a bag?  No way.

So for those of you who have purses for your dogs, why do you do it?  I honestly want to know, because the reasoning behind it is clearly over my head.  Is there some logical, practical reason to do so, or is it like spending $400 on a purse because of the name it carries – just to be cool?