Some people just don't get what it is like to have a dog as a best friend in their home. They get all hung up on how owning a dog is like taking care of a small child. You have take care of his toilet time, bathe him, brush his teeth, groom him, teach him things, take him out to play, take care of his medical needs and so on and so forth. Of course, they completely miss the point just the way a childless person misses the point when he says that taking care of a child is just too much trouble. But they do have a point in how when you buy a dog, you don't want to set yourself up for any more work than you have to do. Come to think of it, most parents do wish parenting wasn't just this demanding.
For some reason this whole "looks don't last forever, it's what's inside that counts" thing just won't leave us be. It isn't just women, cars or homes or anything else. It's dogs, too. You can't buy a dog because he's cute-looking. Because you know, he is going to outgrow it.
Deciding to not buy a dog for how totally cute he looks as a puppy can be very difficult. Because hanging out in a public place with a totally cute 10-week old puppy is going to get you more women than you ever dreamed of. If you want to buy a dog, buy a dog because you really want the love and friendship of an animal companion. Not for this. Because before long, the cute puppy is going to grow into a big high-maintenance dog that sleeps all day and barks all night.
Somehow, we've been hearing about not being able to teach an old dog new tricks forever. Once we buy dog in puppy form, we could still hear that 10 times a day and we wouldn't really understand what it meant because that saying has just become scenery. With forgotten to pay attention to it. That's the truth.
You cannot skip training your dog. And if you are buying a grown dog or rescuing him from certain death at the shelter, while that's a wonderful thing, you do have to realize that it takes a lot to live with a dog that's not trained and that is this mistrustful of people. You have to spend about 10 times as much time and money on training him. It's just the way it is.
And finally, perhaps the number one mistake we make is to buy a dog first and then to think about how much time we have. It's a criminal thing to buy a dog and then to lock him up or tie him up all day without human company. Make sure you have the time.
For some reason this whole "looks don't last forever, it's what's inside that counts" thing just won't leave us be. It isn't just women, cars or homes or anything else. It's dogs, too. You can't buy a dog because he's cute-looking. Because you know, he is going to outgrow it.
Deciding to not buy a dog for how totally cute he looks as a puppy can be very difficult. Because hanging out in a public place with a totally cute 10-week old puppy is going to get you more women than you ever dreamed of. If you want to buy a dog, buy a dog because you really want the love and friendship of an animal companion. Not for this. Because before long, the cute puppy is going to grow into a big high-maintenance dog that sleeps all day and barks all night.
Somehow, we've been hearing about not being able to teach an old dog new tricks forever. Once we buy dog in puppy form, we could still hear that 10 times a day and we wouldn't really understand what it meant because that saying has just become scenery. With forgotten to pay attention to it. That's the truth.
You cannot skip training your dog. And if you are buying a grown dog or rescuing him from certain death at the shelter, while that's a wonderful thing, you do have to realize that it takes a lot to live with a dog that's not trained and that is this mistrustful of people. You have to spend about 10 times as much time and money on training him. It's just the way it is.
And finally, perhaps the number one mistake we make is to buy a dog first and then to think about how much time we have. It's a criminal thing to buy a dog and then to lock him up or tie him up all day without human company. Make sure you have the time.
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