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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you own a dog, OP?[/quote]

No, I am smart enough to know I don't have the time or energy for a dog at this stage in my life. I might get a dog when I retire and have time walk it frequently and can devote hours of my life to training. I like dogs (and pets in general, I have a cat right now) and it is my love of animals that makes me thoughtful about whether or not I take on the responsibility of owning one.

This seems to be an increasingly rare position.[/quote]

Okay, but then how and why are you spending so much time in dog parks that you can confidently opine about all the "People who take their dogs to dog parks and then ignore their anti-social, sometimes dangerous behavior while staring at their phones or talking to other people?" Before I had a dog I spent exactly zero time at dog parks, so I'm curious how people's behavior at dog parks is such a huge imposition to your life. [/quote]

Because I have friends who are responsible dog owners and talk about how they can't take their dogs to dog parks because of all the terrible dog owners there. I have a neighbor who fosters dogs and used to be a dog trainer and she has told me that dog parks are increasingly useless as a place to socialize her fosters because they are often some of the best behaved dogs there. So that's how I can "confidently opine."

Why would you defend this behavior? It's a problem for everyone, not just people without dogs. All of my friends with dogs talk about how difficult the bad dog owners make it for them to walk their dogs or take them places where dogs are allowed of leash, because so many dogs are not socialized and their owners can't be trusted. Look at all the dog owners in this thread talking about how these dog owners negatively impact both them and their dog.

There's no excuse for any of it.[/quote]

I’m not defending it but I fail to see how this really affects you in a substantive way. I live in a neighborhood overrun with ill-behaved children, but I just ignore them. I don’t write screeds.[/quote]

You’re in the wrong place to be complaining about people’s screeds. [/quote]

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