essentially european descent, landowners. horsemen, peasants, yeomen, etc. not of cities, mainly. people from more urbanized cultures aren't usually as acclima

essentially european descent, landowners. horsemen, peasants, yeomen, etc. not of cities, mainly. people from more urbanized cultures aren't usually as acclimatized to dealing with animals and don't recognize it as a competence or skill. everyone can learn, but chances are if you have been in a city for generations, it's not as normal. if you didn't learn, and see them mainly as symbols and objects instead of beings, you're going to be a crappy dog owner who ends up in a study like this. living with animals as pets, especially indoors, and barring some of the asian horse cultures, is pretty western-coded.