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Originally Posted by Tcoat
What I have learned from this is that apparently things have changed a lot since I was a kid and we raised puppys!
All this "fed it special foods", "train it with this full psychologically developed methods", "keep it away from other dogs or even the places that may possibly have had other dogs in them", etc, etc just seems to be a major pain in the ass!
Our dogs all behaved just fine with some very basic training, they ate, rolled in, or carried around all sorts of unknown gross things without ill effects and the cheapest kibble ever made and were healthy and happy.
Have they really bred dogs to the point where all the conditions mentioned have to be met to make sure it lives beyond puppyhood and behaves?
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I haven't had a dog before so I can't really compare.
What I do know is that lots of people are careless even with their own health or "training" (not living like idiots), and I live in a somewhat urban but still kinda suburban area where I can't trust everyone who has dogs. So I'm doing the training I can and trying to be health-conscious for him. Maybe a bit more than necessary but he's like my own actual kid and other than work it's not like I have other responsibilities, so I can afford to be a bit more careful.