A Nation of Dog Lovers... my arse!

[praest76]

If you own your own home; fine. Keep a dog there. Love your dog. Have many dogs. Love them. Have them on the furniture. Let them eat the post.

Renting? Forget it. Landlords don't want dogs leaving hair and smells and scuffing their hard-wood floors. This means if you are a student or temping or... for any reason, not owning your own property. You

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[ersigh]

Texas likes dogs.

In CA a lot of rental places say "small dogs OK" but bigger dogs are more difficult to house. In Texas they all say "big dogs OK!!".

Personally, I've found that people tend to place more importance on animals than on humans. They're more likely to have an emotional reaction over something happening to an animal, more likely to donate to help some animal that really should be put to sleep, etc etc. Maybe it's different there... but I find the willingness to help anything but people a bit disturbing.

[praest76]

I don't. I think the idea is that most people have the ability to help and look after themselves whereby animals are mostly living in a human world and rely on them for virtually everything.

[ersigh]

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