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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Owner has a dog because it is the only source of companionship because the owner is a jerk and has no human to socialize with.[/quote]

Ehhh. I have trained service dogs for 10 years and have 2 beautifully behaved dogs myself (essentially trained at that level because that's what we do in our home) and don't engage in this behavior. We don't do dog parks, we don't do offleash, we pick up every time and even after others, my dogs are relaxed and socialized and friendly around others.

The WORST owners are the couples with young kids. Usually a Doodle, but it can be other. They don't have the time and patience to commit to good ownership and their beasts are WILD. I tell everyone they need to have and train a dog before they have kids or not get one til last kid is in elementary at least. No one listens. These people all have many people to socialize with, they just didn't know dogs need work. We see this on this forum constantly.

The people with lack of companionship? I've seen some of this, and they sometimes do take on more high-risk rescues, but they actually seem to try harder. I've known some that go to extremes trying to reform these dogs, but they're the ones spending 10k on trainers and behavior mod. As an owner myself they are less likely to be the problem than the clueless. [/quote]

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