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Realistically, if your dog needs walking you are a bad dog owner. Under this definition most dog ownership is bad. It means it lives in a confined space not me

Realistically, if your dog needs walking you are a bad dog owner. Under this definition most dog ownership is bad. It means it lives in a confined space not meant for a dog. Dogs are for farms not cities.

latchkey 3y ago
You're thinking of a larger dog. This is a small dog (Bichon Frisé), with the temperament of a cat. Probably wouldn't survive long in the wild.
- red-iron-pine 3y ago
  Plenty of larger dogs are couch potatoes. Take your Newfie or Great Dane for a couple km and they're happy to snooze for the rest of the day. Plus dog walks aren't just for the benefit of the dog.
  - 29athrowaway 3y ago
    Open your front door and let's see if they prefer the sofa. A dog that loves your house is like the old guy in Shawshank Redemption that only has a life within the jail. If the dog was intelligent, would it still protect you from intruders? And if it didn't, would you still keep it around? If the dog was intelligent and it was truly part of your family, would you pay for its college tuition? Or do things you would do with an adopted member of your family like inheriting your house? Or it would be more like a slave that is only there to defend you? So, in the end, it is all just abuse. You kidnap an animal, then restrain it, neuter it so it cannot be aggressive, discipline it to adapt to an unreasonable and unnatural standard of cleanliness and behavior, etc. Your dog likes you because you took away its family and essentially marginalized it so that it is forced to bond only with you. And also because of artificial selection for those traits. If it was aware that it was kidnapped and forcibly sterilized it would never like you. You are just abusing a lesser form of intelligence.
- 29athrowaway 3y ago
  It still does not belong in a human habitat no matter how much you want to make it a thing. A dog has to be among their own species and have a dog life. Cover large areas, sniff around, spread their scent, interact with other dogs, etc. In a human house, living in isolation among humans that have unreasonable expectations, a dog life simply sucks.

latchkey 3y ago

You're thinking of a larger dog. This is a small dog (Bichon Frisé), with the temperament of a cat. Probably wouldn't survive long in the wild.

red-iron-pine 3y ago
Plenty of larger dogs are couch potatoes. Take your Newfie or Great Dane for a couple km and they're happy to snooze for the rest of the day. Plus dog walks aren't just for the benefit of the dog.
- 29athrowaway 3y ago
  Open your front door and let's see if they prefer the sofa. A dog that loves your house is like the old guy in Shawshank Redemption that only has a life within the jail. If the dog was intelligent, would it still protect you from intruders? And if it didn't, would you still keep it around? If the dog was intelligent and it was truly part of your family, would you pay for its college tuition? Or do things you would do with an adopted member of your family like inheriting your house? Or it would be more like a slave that is only there to defend you? So, in the end, it is all just abuse. You kidnap an animal, then restrain it, neuter it so it cannot be aggressive, discipline it to adapt to an unreasonable and unnatural standard of cleanliness and behavior, etc. Your dog likes you because you took away its family and essentially marginalized it so that it is forced to bond only with you. And also because of artificial selection for those traits. If it was aware that it was kidnapped and forcibly sterilized it would never like you. You are just abusing a lesser form of intelligence.
29athrowaway 3y ago
It still does not belong in a human habitat no matter how much you want to make it a thing. A dog has to be among their own species and have a dog life. Cover large areas, sniff around, spread their scent, interact with other dogs, etc. In a human house, living in isolation among humans that have unreasonable expectations, a dog life simply sucks.