different species and individuals socialize differently. i dont understand people who make comments like this with no experience. you have to be around any kind of animal long enough to understand/appreciate the subtlety in behavior/moods. all pets need feeding and cleaning, but i dont troll every dog thread with snark about them being filthy and high maintenance. i plan to get a dog myself once my lifestyle allows it.
Yea, all my dog breeds have had different behaviors; the only thing they had all in common was locality, and unconditional love.
1. Dachshund--huge appetite, genetic problems from over breeding. Fearless! As a child I had to pull her off the >100 German Shepard. She ran out and grabbed his neck until I got her to realease.
2. Bullmastiff--Big sweet, but with genetic problems due to
over breading.
3. American Bulldog/Pit mixes. The two had no obvious genetic problems, but for brothers from the same litter they had
vastly different personalities.(One was so aggressive, and
neurotic a vet put him on Prozac--didn't do anything, like my experience on SSRI's.) The one thing that I never expected was both would Only urinate and deficate in my backyard. I
took them on vacation and they held it for two days. I took them on walk and for 14 years they never once relieved themselves until they got home? I never used negative reinforcement? Actually, they were potty trained in a few day. One other thing, they were both males, but never lifted their leg to urinate? Neither of them would
over eat, even when given something really good?
4. One thing about all the dogs in my life; they seemed to
have more common sense than a lot of by buddies at the time?
I never saw my dogs eat shit, but if I did see them eat grass
when they were not feeling well--which makes sense? I never saw one eat shit, but their might be something good about about it(reintroduce good bacteria?)
never said dogs were not good pets/companions. getting back to the original comment about cats needing "staff", you haven't addressed how taking care of 3 dogs is less staff-esque than 3 cats. i would never have 3 dogs, not if i also want any hope of staying employed and taking care of future children.
