Of all the variables affecting dog behaviour and temperament, the quantity & quality of socialization and training exerts the greatest and longest lasting effect. Lack of training and/or poor socialization are the top reasons for dogs being abandoned and discarded at animal shelters, with almost 15 million dogs per year being euthanized in North America alone.
“The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer; he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world…When all other friends desert, he remains”
George G. Vest |
