[Britster]

Originally Posted by Poochieheaven

Cindy,

I think again it comes down to the person, not their age.

How can you plan your life? Could my boyfriend's parents plan that their college age daughter was going to get pregnant, move in with her boyfriend and child, and now they have to support a whole other family and the two dogs they own.

I have lived in two college towns. Due to my line of work I have known many college kids who have owned dogs. Are some great? Yes. Are some horrible? Yes. But this is no different than the 40 year olds I meet.

Money issues can come at any age. I would almost be confident to say that there is a larger risk of having a money crisis as an adult than a student because you have a family, more payments, etc.

Many reasons that people give up dogs- moving, children, allergies, time can happen at any age.

I think it comes down to are you willing to do anything you can to keep your dog once you have it at any age.

The fact may not be that they are college students, but rather like any person who owns a dog that they have to give up, they haven't thought things through or an emergency happened. I would be willing to guess most of these dogs have been bought from pet stores or byb breeders on a impulse because they are cute.

I'm not saying that all college kids should own dogs, because they shouldn't. Just as there are adults that shouldn't own dogs.

It comes down to at any age- if you are responsible and willing to do what needs to be done to own a dog. Then you should own a dog, if not, then don't.

Originally Posted by ArmaniMan

Interesting that continuing to insinuate that all young people WILL get rid of their dogs is fine, but standing up for those same people is a "temper".

I stand by my posts and believe they were a well thought out, articulation of my opinion- if you choose to read anger into that, that is your choice.

Exactly. It's totally ridiculous to state young people should not own pets.