Do you talk about your pet too much?

Do you worry that you talk too much about your dog? Or a dog? Or a bird? If you have been asking yourself these questions recently, or have noticed the glazed-over look in someone's eye when you bring up your pet's raw food diet, the answer might be yes.

If this is something you are thinking about, you have come to the right place. We asked our own teammates at RetailMeNot, PCMag, and Mashable what the appropriate amount of pet talk should be. Ziff Davis is the publisher of PCMag and RetailMeNot.

The question is whether or not you care about being judged. Below you will find some guidelines for appropriate pet talk. If you don't care, that's fine as well. We included reassuring words from other pet owners to reinforce your attitude.

Pet lovers who are worried about being judged:

It is dependent on who you are with, says a software engineer at RetailMeNot.

In conversation, she holds back a lot of the time, but she feels more comfortable talking about her with other pet parents.

When Thomas is around other pet parents, she doesn't hold back from gushing about Miso. Credit: Mashable / Jae Thomas

Elena Cavender offers a simple rule of thumb, "I only talk about my dog when specifically asked."

It is fine to talk about your pets all the time, but it depends on how you talk about them. If you want to express your deep love for your pet, consider the mode of expression. Don't call them your son or daughter, it makes me uncomfortable.

The same sentiment was shared by Sascha Segan, lead analyst of mobile coverage for PCMag. Unless you are a dog, your dog is not your child.

Referring to your pet as your child seems to be a divisive issue. It's possible to imply that your pet or parented them as a human child.

Silva (picture with Colby Jack) draws the line at referring to pets as sons and daughters. Credit: Mashable / CJ Silva

"My partner and I started calling each other mother and father when we were talking to our dog, as a joke," said the Australia editor of Mashable. Welsh has a warning for anyone who talks about their dog in a joking way: "We now have to be careful about accidentally doing it in front of company."

Pet lovers who are too far gone to care:

Good for you if you don't care about how much is too much pet talk. It must be liberating to live outside the rules of society. This is what life could look like on the other side for the other camp.

If you don't own a pet, non-pet owners will either enjoy you or be sad.

There are never enoughTwitter characters when talking about Chance, so take that up with Mr. Musk who might be able to do something about that.

You can see where this is going, because the user referred to himself as "Tycho's dad" in his bio. No questions were asked.

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Sam Pipitone, corporate controller at Ziff Davis Media, the parent company of Mashable, says she is guilty of being an overzealous pet parent.

Even Pipitone has to draw the line somewhere. I don't like when people give their dogs goofy voices.

You should consider yourself warned.