Dog Ownership Criticism

The cluster centers on debates about irresponsible dog and pet ownership, including complaints about bad owners, stray animals, forcing pets on others, dumping them, and suggestions for culls or avoiding pets altogether.

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hycaria Oct 8, 2018 View on HN

What's with dogs ? I mean fine but then there are also cats or other pets ? And not buying them doesn't mean they are not there, that's not a sufficient solution. Stray and such, still there and consuming resources.

redeeman Jul 26, 2022 View on HN

"Then people just dump their pets when they get bored of them. Dont bother training them or taking care of them properly"

johnea Jun 5, 2023 View on HN

*1 point by johnea 10 minutes ago | prev | next | edit | delete [–]I'm all for the cull.Absentee/incompetent owners are overwhelming the ability to control the noise, agression and dog shit everywhere that's resulted from treating a living entity like a video game console.It's not the dog's resoponsibility to sooth neurotic primates.The reason they "love you so much" is because they were stolen from their actual mother, and handed to a primate be

dewey Sep 7, 2023 View on HN

It's probably better for more people to not get a real pet.

wild_preference Nov 24, 2018 View on HN

Not everyone can take care of a dog or wants to.You even admit it ("inconveniences") yet immediately dismiss it.

gedy Mar 20, 2022 View on HN

I think that might be a special situation as people are super sensitive about their dogs.

techrich Oct 20, 2018 View on HN

People are getting dogs instead.

bdamm Jan 20, 2015 View on HN

Your argument is quite flawed; how most people treat their dogs would be considered illegal if they were people.

wnolens Jan 15, 2023 View on HN

Those dogs aren't your reason your living though. Didn't say "all people who have dogs.."

AussieWog93 Aug 2, 2021 View on HN

Apologies for the implication. I'm not a pet owner myself and chose the analogy based on what I've heard other people say (possibly as a justification for putting down their pets).