[VENT] Just because your dog misbehaves once in a while doesn't mean you're a bad owner.Dog Talks

I see this everywhere. On IRL and Reddit, there will be a 10 second video of a dog stealing a steak from the counter, freaking out towards a cat or other animal, etc... and you just get hundreds of people saying how the owners are irresponsible and failed to train their dog. I was walking my dog the other day (1.5 year old, recently adopted FYI) and he saw a dog walker with three dogs and wanted to play so he lunged over. Lady next to me jokingly says "woah, someone needs to be trained!!" I have spent more than 1,000 dollars training my adopted dog and fixed tons of bad behaviors. Especially aggressiveness towards people with hats (Yes, I dont know what experiences he had on the street with people with hats) but my dog gets excited and acts like a dog and I'm a bad owner? Why do so many people have to act like Cesar Milan whenever they see a dog misbehave once? I have spent so much time, energy and money on helping my dog and whenever some of his street behavior come up they define the entirety of their personality.

If this was just IRL I probably wouldn't have posted this but spend some time looking through the comments of any video of a dog misbehaving once on any subreddit. Filled with comments saying "why is a video of an untrained dog getting so much love?" Or "haha, I love when I see untrained dogs behaving badly!" Every time. Dont why this has annoyed me as much as it has recently but after a year of having a dog that has improved massively still being seen as untrained and not cared for is infuriating.

Submitted November 07, 2020 at 08:15PM by jkbpttrsn https://ift.tt/358Y2q4