Joined: 4 May 2010 Gender: Male Posts: 28,552 Location: was Louisiana but now Vermont in capitalistic military dictatorship called USA
10 Apr 2019, 7:33 pm
enz wrote:
It really depends on your experience with dogs. If your a dog owner you get unconditional love, if your not a dog owner dogs can get annoying or even tramatising
That's probably true. I had a dog a couple times as a kid. My mom hates cats but some of that is probably cuz she's allergic & had asthma as a kid that got worse when she was around cats. Noone in my extended family likes cats but a lot of em have dogs. The only exception is that my dad had a cat when him & my mom 1st started dating but he didn't like having a cat that much.
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It really depends on your experience with dogs. If your a dog owner you get unconditional love, if your not a dog owner dogs can get annoying or even tramatising
Depends on the type of dog too. Mum bought a dog which was being sold as a pet but the breed hasn't been domesticated very long and she's more like a wolf.
Joined: 8 Jul 2018 Age: 53 Gender: Male Posts: 426 Location: New York
15 Apr 2019, 5:03 pm
I LOVE dogs, as long as they don't bite or bark too much. I want a pet (maybe a support animal) and my first choice would be a dog. I'm just not in a living or financial situation where that's realistic for the foreseeable future.
Joined: 13 Jan 2018 Age: 63 Gender: Male Posts: 2,152 Location: California
19 Apr 2019, 3:35 pm
I'm more of a cat person; yet I also like dogs who have "laid back" personalities, that also make good watch-dogs.
I usually pause in the presence of an unfamiliar dog (in order to convey calm) which I sense may not be socialized to a wide variety of people.
I value dogs who've been trained to be service dogs, to visit people in hospitals, and senior-living homes, as well as dogs who've been trained to get-along with familiar cats.