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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Very often they have no idea how. Or they think it’s mean to make the dog obey them, even though a hierarchical world is what a dog instinctively desires. Or they’re lazy. Lots of reasons. PP is correct that few dogs are untrainable. I knew a family that had an energetic and intelligent sled-type dog. The dog ran the show. They went to a professional trainer. The dog was fine with him, because it was the owners who needed to be trained first. They finally gave up and gave the dog to a person they worked with. I saw it a few months earlier and it was perfectly obedient. Because what mattered was the owner’s behavior. [/quote]
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Everyone has a reason why their dog's behavior is okay and we should all be fine with it.  But mostly it's that they don't actually have the time or energy, they think it's "mean," or they are lazy or overly indulgent.  And entitled, because we're all supposed to LOVE their furbabies and if we don't we're the heartless monsters.

We don't currently have a dog because I think having a pet is a responsibility, and if you can't properly train your pet and provide them the exercise and attention they need, you shouldn't have one.  But a lot of people don't feel that way.  They get a dog because they or their kids want one, period.[/quote]

All this, but also, in my neighborhood a lot of the bad dog owners are singles or childless couples who got dogs for companionship during the pandemic but did not consider that once they were able to socialize and travel again, they would not be able to offer their dog the companionship the DOG needs. They never trained their dogs because they don't know how and the dogs were younger and cuter and more forgivable during Covid isolation, and then since then, they just leave their dogs home alone a lot or drop them with doggy daycare and aren't actually trying to stick to a schedule or provide their dog with what he needs. Some of these dogs are likely behaved okay with their dog walkers and sitters, who in many cases know how to deal with dogs, but they are very ill behaved with their often absent owners who selfishly adopted them when they were at home and lonely and now are doing the exact same things to their dogs that the struggled with during the early days of Covid.

I feel so bad for these dogs. I hate their owners. At least someone who gets a dog for their kids might expect their kids to love and play with the dog. A single 30-something living in an apartment who is gone for 10+ hours a day and travels two weekends a month just expects that dog or shuffled between daycare and sitters on an irregular schedule and then be functional and well behaved with no effort. It's really enraging. Selfish morons, I loathe them.[/quote]

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