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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Agree that people who adopt dogs when they already have young kids at home tend to have really awful dogs. It's a true mystery to me why anyone thinks that's a good time to adopt a dog.

I have also come across a lot of young dog owners who don't have kids but who had very irresponsible ideas about dog ownership. People who adopt dogs while in college or grad school, or in their 20s when they are working full time jobs and may have limited flexibility in their schedule and active social lives. Sometimes people like this "get it" and really do what needs to be done with their dogs. But more often they don't and this is why there are a lot of ill-behaved dogs in urban centers with a lot of young professionals. Some of them even go on to have kids and then they are also to parents with young kids and the poorly behaved dog. I think this was a group that was especially prone to getting dogs during the pandemic, and this is one reason why it feels like there are more bad dog owners around these days.[/quote]

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