Supposedly only 5% of dog owners deign to bother training their animal, even the basic come, sit/stay, no. For all the billions we spend on dogs you would think that % would be higher, trained dogs are happy dogs and make the people around them happy. Untrained dogs can make everyone miserable, including the dog.
Freegards
My parents recently got a dog. Cute little thing and very eager to please but next to no training.
In a couple of weeks we had trained him to, sit, stay, lie down, off, come and other basic commands. This is a four year old dog that had an owner that never bothered to teach him the basics.
Yes, thank you. This is correct. When one follows the money trail, however, it is to the benefit of the “pet industry”, along with others, to increase the “pet population” in order to sell more food, toys, medicine, et cetera.
I do not foresee a change in the situation in the near future.