Nothin but rescue dogs for me. You can claim a dog doesn’t recognize when things are better or express gratitude but I don’t buy it. My rescue dogs have been the best dogs I’ve ever had.
They know ... dogs & cats (as well) are very perceptive. I've had dogs, bull terriers, for over 35 years and cats for over 20 years. Bullies are single minded, especially in their early years, but mellow out as they grow older. Our last bullie came from another home at 14 months, he had been treated well but was just too much dog for this young family. For the rest of his life he seemed a tad bit insecure (our earlier bullies had no such issues we had them as pups @ 12 weeks) and seemed to try harder to please us (well, most of the time) so we wouldn't give him up.
Nothin but rescue dogs for me. You can claim a dog doesn’t recognize when things are better or express gratitude but I don’t buy it. My rescue dogs have been the best dogs I’ve ever had.
Absolutely. We have two and they’re wonderful.
Same here. They know the difference. We just got a 4.5 month old lab from a rescue. It took him almost a week to figure out how to go up and down stairs! I suppose living in a crate or something all your life will do that?
He’s pretty smart with the commands though, and is very trusting of us too. But with all of the treats he gets in the early stages of training, I KNOW all he is thinking is “Where’s my treat?”