I feel like I definitely changed as a pet parent since having human children. My parenting no longer revolves just around our dog. I don't have infinite amounts of time and energy to spend on just our pup any more. Or money for that matter. Don't get me wrong. She is still very well loved in my opinion. And there isn't much we wouldn't do for her. And have! We've spent probably almost 2k in just the last 2.5 years because of mass / tumor removal.

It's just different. And I do feel guilty sometimes.