Can Man Be A Dogs Best Friend

[Sarah L]

I am actually confused somewhat with what the main agenda of this thread is meant to be. ;)

The main agenda of this thread is for people to comment on, have an opinion on, what they think or what they know about dog behaviour, and to examine why people get dogs and the relationship between the two. Without 1 line being latched onto turned into something it is not and then completely driven off course by the wrong understanding of what was being said. I hope this makes it more clear for you Erny.

[sidoney]

IMO some people get dogs because it's a cultural norm that goes along with certain types of social situations (e.g. family with a yard out the back, get a dog), and they don't really think about it. In these cases "relationship" as such is often minimal.

If you look at pet shelter statistics you can see that there are many people who get dogs with minimal relationship and not much forethought.