ALL the dog owners or just a few? |
As an owner who picks up diarrhea and sprays the area with water plus regularly picks up doodies not attributed to my own dog, this is annoying. We exist. I scream at off leash dogs and berate their owners. This is irresponsible ownership. At the same time, if you make things exceptionally hard for dog owners they will push the rules. |
I love most dogs but totally agree this new “I deserve to bring my dog everywhere I go including restaurants and airplanes” is indicative of the rising mental health crisis in this country. |
Does it really matter, when the new kids soccer field ends up with in 9 piles of feces that get on the soccer ball and on the kids shoes and uniforms? It could be 2 owners over the course of the week, or it could be 20. The result is the same- the kids soccer field is covered in dog feces at game time. And (certain) dog owners throw up their hands and say well it’s not me! But in reality their dog is running off leash around the field while they chat with other dog owners and they don’t notice the dog relieving itself in the middle of the field |
What is the new trend about therapy dogs? What an insult to actual therapists who went to school.
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In my case (Baltimore) there is a fenced dog park less than one mile down the road. I’ve asked people why they don’t use it and they say something like, my dog is too reactive for that crowded dog park 😂 so their solution is to allow their reactive dog to run off leash around a public park instead |
Neutering a dog is so cruel .
That’s one thing I never understood about pet culture. Most dogs would prefer to be strays than neutered . |
WTAF? No. |
Well human society would prefer the dogs to be neutered and therefore better tempered, and not stray and impregnating other strays constantly. |
You are wrong about neutering and spaying. Having female dogs give birth multiple times and then have those puppies be homeless or put down in an overcrowded shelter is cruel. Cropping dogs' ears and tails for cosemetic reasons. Debarking and taking off the declaws Not giving basic food, water, shelter, training and love is cruel Beating and harming uour dig with ecollars and prong collars is cruel. Neutering and spaying is not cruel |
Oh, well dog parks are HORRIBLE and the main cause of dog-reactive dogs that NO vet or trainer will ever recommend so while this sounds confusing it actually makes some sense. They're looking to exercise their dogs in a place that's not a gentrified dog fighting ring where it can be alone and while the dog may be dog reactive it isn't necessarily human reactive. Dog parks should be entirely abolished and are more of a problem than a solution to anything. |
I agree but I did hear of one that sounded great. You pay a membership and each dog is assessed fir behavior issues. Have to prove vaccines are up to date Unfortunately it is in Michigan |
Well they can come up with a solution that doesn’t include their dog sprinting around a public park while elementary kids are trying to walk to school. Such as, don’t have a giant dog needing tons of exercise in a city row home with no yard. |
Yeah the core of the problem is all these people getting energetic, large dogs but assuming that the community will provide them with places to exercise that are also convenient enough to their (tiny) homes that they can do this easily on a lunch break or after getting home from work. It is not unlike people who have kids and then want to take them to bars and movies and concerts and are surprised when some of these places are not kid friendly. People are deeply entitled (and lazy!) these days. |
Can we PLEASE stop comparing dogs to human children? |