i grew up with dogs in my family. we currently have five dogs at home and i miss them terribly. unlike the humans in my family, i can't phone or email them :)
of course, they don't behave the way you always want them to but all their imperfections are compensated by the unconditional love they give you if you treat them right. SOMETIMES, they are even more lovable than some humans you know. some people just don't deserve to have pets.
you have to accept that they are animals after all no matter how domesticated they become. they might eventually learn to toilet train themselves (we don't impose strict training when it comes to these things), try to stop your kids from fighting (had a dog who always tried to stop me and my brother from hurting each other when we were little) but there's still the animal instinct in them somewhere that could be triggered by some unforeseen event. which is why every parent should at least have enough common sense to not leave children around dogs.
in my experience, dogs will tend to exhibit more of those wild animal tendencies if their owners behave like animals to them. whereas they will behave better, love and protect their owners if they are given all the love and care they could possibly get.
the benefit of caring for pets is that it teaches compassion. people will know how to care for other humans if they know how to care for animals too. the same person who told me that said that caring for plants teaches patience. i don't like caring for plants and i'm not a very patient person :)
i grew up with dogs in my family. we currently have five dogs at home and i miss them terribly. unlike the humans in my family, i can't phone or email them :)
of course, they don't behave the way you always want them to but all their imperfections are compensated by the unconditional love they give you if you treat them right. SOMETIMES, they are even more lovable than some humans you know. some people just don't deserve to have pets.
you have to accept that they are animals after all no matter how domesticated they become. they might eventually learn to toilet train themselves (we don't impose strict training when it comes to these things), try to stop your kids from fighting (had a dog who always tried to stop me and my brother from hurting each other when we were little) but there's still the animal instinct in them somewhere that could be triggered by some unforeseen event. which is why every parent should at least have enough common sense to not leave children around dogs.
in my experience, dogs will tend to exhibit more of those wild animal tendencies if their owners behave like animals to them. whereas they will behave better, love and protect their owners if they are given all the love and care they could possibly get.
the benefit of caring for pets is that it teaches compassion. people will know how to care for other humans if they know how to care for animals too. the same person who told me that said that caring for plants teaches patience. i don't like caring for plants and i'm not a very patient person :)