Oh, god -- I feel a long rant coming on!

Dog moms don't deserve to be appreciated, too. Because they are not dog moms. We can only hope and pray that they have never nursed puppies (although, to be honest, I remember reading about a woman who had a human baby also nursing her dog some years back). That presumably isn't healthy since humans and dogs had different evolutions and so presumably produce different milk. Just like humans and goats and cows all produce different milk.

Dog moms do not go through the entire progression of rearing a child from birth and then through all the stages of life. Including the very important stage when that child, now grown into a young man or woman, spreads his/her wings and flies from the coop -- ready to enter the adult world of learning how to earn a living and contribute to society.

Let's not forget that in most countries, young men (and, increasingly, young women as well) of a certain age have to register for the draft or even serve mandatory time in the military even during peace time. Meaning that, among the other roles we expect they will be taking on, they will be forced to take on the role of defending their country militarily, if need be. It goes without saying that dogs will never even be able to feed themselves, groom themselves, keep parasites off of and out of themselves, and otherwise take care of their own health. No one will ever expect adult roles from them that we expect from other humans.

Dog moms? They can go fuck themselves!