People who get Labs and lock them in an apartment all day, people who get Border Collies and fail to give them a task or enough exercise and then complain about destructive behavior ... it would all go away if people would bother themselves to learn a little about each breed, and try to match their preferences and circumstance to the traits of the breed.
Our first family selected their dog due to their children's’ allergies, like so many hypoallergenic throw pillows or something. Another working breed, the Portuguese Water Dog. I hope he's being handled by someone on staff, who knows and loves dogs, and bothers to at least take him for a swim and runs him quite a bit. Going to be a very bored, frustrated and eventually destructive dog eventually, if not.
Yeah. Very sad the “first” family didn’t really want a pet, that much is obvious. Peer/media pressure got to them. And, they almost treated it like a family getting their first house with a yard.
Which I have been wondering, did they finally give up the pretense of looking for a church? Seems like the media finally let that go too.
We happened into the first basset we got. He needed a new home, so we had to learn on the go. But, we found out why he needed a new home after some research; he was lonely. Now he has a brother & sister we adopted from shelters. He is the least needy of the 3.