I get the impression that dog owner's haven't been trained for the last few years. I haven't had a dog for the last ten years or so. I know Zeddo doesn't approve, but I could walk mine off a lead, to heel, for the couple of hundred yards to the local park, then at a command they'd run around like a demented hound chasing all the squirrels up the nearest trees. They were perfectly sociable with other dogs.
The stories you hear about dogs (Bull Terriers) maiming and killing children do nothing but confirm to me the average person shouldn't be allowed ownership. Unfotunately, I've a couple of relatives that have 'handbag' dogs that I wouldn't allow near anyone. They can't see the problem and are perfectly happy to dump them when they have children.
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