Let's dive in.

22 states have age restrictions for dogs to be sold, with the least restrictive law being that a puppy must be 7 weeks old, and only applies to breeders, pet shops, animal dealers, etc. The reasoning is simple: We cannot allow puppies to be separated from their mothers.

Let’s think about the fact that the average dog lives between 10 and 13 years. This means that 22 states believe that it should be required that dogs should have a minimum of 7 weeks out of 676 or .010% of their life should be spent with their mother- and that's lowballing it.

Let’s go to the flipside:

We have it required that women have unpaid leave for 12 weeks, but only if they are qualified employees. Again, this is simple reasoning: We cannot allow babies to be separated from their mother.

The 12 weeks of unpaid family leave offered by this program (FMLA) is for women who worked 1,250 hours during a year for a company that employs 50 or more people. Two in five women do not qualify for leave under FMLA, according to the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

That's any level job — low-wage or high.

The average American (we are highballing human lifespans since us guys live shorter lives) man lives to be 76-years-old. This means that we believe it should be required that at minimum, the offspring of 3 out of 5 women should be allowed only 12 weeks out of 3,952 or .003% of their life should be spent with their mother- and that's highballing since women live to be 81-years-old on average.

So, if we lowball what dogs are allowed, and highball what human babies are allowed, we come to the knowledge that your puppy should have just over 3 times more of their life spent with their mother.

Just for some added context, we created what amounts to Animal Protection Services 8 years before we ever had an instance of Children Protection Services.

So, America, do we care more about puppies or babies?