The way people raise dogs does seem worse. When I was a kid, people would chain their unruly dogs to trees in the back yard. Today people would be scandalize

The way people raise dogs does seem worse. When I was a kid, people would chain their unruly dogs to trees in the back yard. Today people would be scandalized by that, and certainly don't want to hear that their precious super special pupper is anything less than a good dog. Dogs off-leash even in public seem far more common now, as do owners excusing bad behavior and refusing to correct it. If your pitbull or german shepherd starts jumping on me, I don't want to hear you say "oh he's just excited!" And I don't want to hear about how well trained your dog is if you need to shout commands at it a dozen times before it listens. People are treating their dogs like children (even people who have real children) and spoiling them with a hands-off you're-so-special mentality.