Addressing animals correctly in Japanese

Japanese kindergarteners learn to call animals with a -san. Elephants = ぞうさん = Zou-san Lions = らいおんさん = Raion-san Ants = ありさん = Ari-san Rabbits = うさぎさん = Usagi-san Pigs = ぶたさん = Buta-san etc. If you run into someone walking a dog and you want to talk about it, you shouldn’t call it dog = 犬さん = Inu-san because it sounds too cold as a salutation for a family member of the other person. Some dog owners may be offended. So you should instead call the dog わんちゃん = Wanchan. わんわん = Wanwan is the Japanese equivalent of Bow-wow, and in baby-talk, dogs are in fact called わんわん. Similarily, cats are called にゃんちゃん= Nyanchan as often as 猫さん = Neko-san, as にゃん or にゃー are the Japanese equivalents of Meow. Let’s address animals correctly 😂. Hi, I’m Kyota, the author of Amazon Best Sellers [Folk Tales of Japan] and [Underdogs of Japanese History]. Please check out my books at ☺️: