shortfatbalduglyman wrote:
Chronos wrote:
If the ultimate goal in life is happiness, then it seems that it would be advisable to go with the happy dog.
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quality of life depends on many factors. happiness is only one of them. health, relationships, $$, and et cetera.
but some owners treat their dogs like the dogs are the greatest thing since sliced bread.
and if i had a Doctor Spock type owner that let me off leash just because "she really likes to be off leash", and did not discipline much less train me, i would rather be a happy dog than an unhappy human.
some dogs get abused. some humans get abused.
If one is happy, one is happy.
It's like the question "What's heavier? A pound of lead or a pound of feathers?"
It's irrelevant if it's lead or feathers. The point is, whatever you have, it's a pound of it.