Getting a dog seems to be step two for many married couples. It's the in-between phase where you test your ability to be responsible for a life, and yet you can still afford to leave them at home alone every once in a while should you feel so inclined to be free.
People sure do love their dogs. I've never understood that affinity however, perhaps because I've never owned a dog. But the folks who get all over-zealous about animal cruelty, up-in-arms when members of the British royal family hypothetically might have whacked his dog with a stick to break-up a dog fight. Those people confuse me.
Why are they so angry? If somebody took a picture of a child bent of some fathers lap and he was getting beaten with a stick for getting into trouble, would that be child cruelty? No. It's tough love.
I guess it's unfair to paint all dog enthusiasts with one broad whacko brush, but the whole concept of treating them like people is weird to me. They're animals. They smell. Then again, a young baby and a dog are actually pretty similar, right down to the crawling and stuff. But I sure as hell don't understand having babies at this age either, so it's probably just me.
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i watched like a marathon of the dog whisperer with caesar milan once and he kicks/strikes dogs all the time (not with sticks though)to get them to behave and you know what it works. Its amazing he can make dogs do whatever he wants. just like children i think sometimes giving them a little whack here and there is good for them to keep them in line. i guess it more so the people who beat them regularly and treat them inhumane that those animal lovers should be fighting.
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