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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd be wary. It's not just about walking - what if they are injured and you need to lift them into a car? Or injured while youre out walking and you cant carry them home. I think it depends on how large of a dog you are considering, but this is one thing that has deterred me from getting a jumbo sized pup, because I simply wont be able to physically move the dog if I need to. [/quote]

This. After carrying our 55 lb dog up the stairs in her old age, I know I need a smaller dog.

Also, [b]everybody says they're going to train their dog, but most don't[/b] and it sucks to watch a big dog run toward you with their owner stumbling behind. [/quote]

This is 100% true and I wish more prospective dog owners would be realistic about whether they have the time and interest to do it. It's different even than people who have kids and then are lazy parents, because human children eventually become accountable in ways that dogs never are (they go to school and get in trouble, or they wind up with no friends because they are rude and unpleasant, etc.). When people don't train their dogs, the consequence is that their dogs are annoying but there is nothing, short of their dog actually attacking and hurting someone, that will ever happen to force the issue. As a result a lot of people start out with good intentions and then give up. I feel like it's happening a lot right now because a lot of people got dogs during Covid and as they've returned to the office and more socializing, have thrown in the towel on properly socializing their dogs -- they just let the dog walker deal with it, and then are kind of apologetic when their dogs jump on people and pull on leashes or are reactive during walks, but don't do anything to change it. It's very frustrating.[/quote]

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