I wish a lot of people who get dogs wouldn't. Too many people don't train them or look after them properly. I'm not a dog person at all, but I'm conscientious a

I wish a lot of people who get dogs wouldn't. Too many people don't train them or look after them properly. I'm not a dog person at all, but I'm conscientious about animals and I've had to rescue far too many loose dogs from the roads. Usually the only reward is getting shouted at by other drivers by blocking them to stop a dog getting run down. I'm also shocked at the complete disregard some people have for their pets. Like moving overseas and giving up their dog. "Didn't you have that dog since it was a puppy?" "yes, but we want to move" "you can take a dog with you" "It's too expensive" I've moved my cats between continents 4 times so I know it adds up but it's not insurmountable for anyone with a tech salary "wait, what do your kids think about this?" "oh they're pretty upset :shrug I guess we'll get another one". Well if you think thats OK then that's also the end of our friendship. I did notice when I lived in the US that American's seem to treat their cats and dogs a bit better on average. More like family members. Here there's too much of a "farm dog" mentality, which is fine, maybe, when it applies to actual working dogs, but not to pets.