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[quote=Anonymous]My neighbors recently bought a dog. They've had a few cats over the years, but they are first-time dog owners. I'm very close with my neighbors and visit them quite frequently and have become alarmed at how they treat their dog. I don't think they are being physically abusive or anything, just a mixture of being "helicopter dog owners" and being uneducated about how to properly care for a dog. The dog is a German Setter. They live on a half acre of (fenced in) property. They let the dog out maybe 2 or 3 times a day so he can go to the bathroom. When they let him out they hover over him. Literally, they have to be no more than 5-10 feet away from him at all times. The dog will go to the bathroom, and then they might play fetch or something with him for 5-10 minutes and they go back inside. The dog goes for an actual walk maybe 4 times a week, maximum. When he's inside, he's not allowed out of their mud room. Their mud room is about 6'x10', in other words, a very small and limited space for a puppy who is growing VERY fast to have to be confined to. They feed him a few scoops of wet food mixed with a few scoops of dry food 2x a day.

I don't want to be a shit stirrer, but I just feel really bad for the dog. They told me the dog would be allowed to roam around their house once they enrolled it in obedience classes, but they have yet to do so. Especially given the size of their yard, I feel like the dog shouldn't be confined to the mud room all day. This might sound weird, but the dog just doesn't look happy. What should I do?[/quote]

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