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Originally Posted by Britster  I haven't been commenting on this thread in a few hours because I was running some errands and have been out of the house, but I just caught up. I really have nothing more to say yet, as Chattiesmom and Nancy have basically summed up all of my thoughts and are much better explaining than I am so there's no need for me to add more.
I wanted to make a comment on this quote though... I honestly don't believe a person is truly happy alone. That's just my belief. I love my alone time but would never want to live the rest of my life truly alone. I've met a few people in my life who live really sad lives really and they act as if they're happy, but you can see by looking in their eyes that they're not. I know that's a little bit O/T but I just wanted to state my opinion on that. Yes, some adult dogs would prefer to be the only dog in the house but they were not born that way; they were born in a pack. Humans create a dog who wants to be the only dog by spoiling them, and then they learn that when another dog comes into the picture, attention goes off me but I don't think it's a natural way of dogs being. Dogs are highly social creatures who, in my opinion, need interaction of a lot of friends of their own species to fully live their life. |
But even without other dogs, they still have the humans so they are not alone. Dogs left to run the streets will join a pack.