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Originally Posted by ThePrince
The biggest thing I realized after actually getting a dog was that a dog's behaviour is almost 100% a function of their owner. I truly believe there's no bad dogs, just bad owners, and unfortunately, bad owners seem to be a majority. Basically every single "annoying" behavioural thing that has been brought up in this thread happens because the owner has knowingly or unknowingly fostered that behaviour in the dog. Take dogs greeting too excitedly and jumping - that's a behaviour that has been reinforced because the dog had done it in the past, received pets (positive reinforcement), and therefore thinks "hey, if I do this, I get pets and people like me", and is therefore going to continue repeating that behaviour.
So how your dog acts is purely a reflection on you, and if you kept getting duds, that's because you're a dud that has no idea how to properly interact with the dog. Please for the love of god don't do it a fourth time because you are the problem, not the dog.
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I don't agree. Just as there are people who are a-holes, I'm pretty sure there are dogs who are a-holes too. They're not just some monotonous hive mind. They have individual personalities. We just forgive them cuz they're cute.