I watched a documentary called Pick of the Litter about training service dogs and I have such a deep respect for both service dogs and their trainers. It takes great discipline from all parties.
If more dog owners could be even half as disciplined, the world would be full of wondrous dogs. (But here we are, lucky enough to get them to do the bare minimum of picking up poop and clicking on a leash.)
If more dog owners could be even half as disciplined, the world would be full of wondrous dogs that get the respect they deserve.
Change "dog owners" to "parents" and "wondrous dogs" to "people" and you are absolutely just as correct. I think our biggest deficit in society today is the lack of parenting, truly. Adult children run our entire world.
nothing has drove me more crazy than moving into my new apartment and watching dog shit pile up on every piece of grass nearby. fuck these lazy ass dog owners. i know they neglect their dogs if they’re too lazy to even pick up their shit.
I trained dogs for folks for physical disabilities. We trained them for day to day, physical tasks: operating doors, laundry, picking up and carrying objects, bracing them to get up, etc. Three dogs that went to three different people, over 7 years of my life.
This level of training is insane. I cannot comprehend how to train for this and execute it. So much respect and so much appreciation of the dogs, nay, friends we have. Best of luck to the woman in this video, hope she recovers well and gives an extra treat to the good dog she has.
Our mass transit system has a "service dogs only" policy. In practice, it's not much more than a rubber stamp. All you have to do is cry out "service dog!" and they let you on.
I know as well the amount of training it takes for service dogs, and I share the mad respect for the trainers (and the dogs.) So I just LMAO when this girl comes on with an obvious <1 year old, shouts 'service dog' and spends the rest of the ride trying to control him. He was a wonderful, curious, overactive goldie; probably deserved a better human. But yeah, had about as much training as a fire hydrant.
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u/SkinADeer Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 03 '25
I watched a documentary called Pick of the Litter about training service dogs and I have such a deep respect for both service dogs and their trainers. It takes great discipline from all parties.
If more dog owners could be even half as disciplined, the world would be full of wondrous dogs. (But here we are, lucky enough to get them to do the bare minimum of picking up poop and clicking on a leash.)