I would ask people to please not buy working dog pups; they're not bred to be domesticated pets and require hours of high intensity exercise and mental stimulation daily to not become a destructive, aggressive problem. US shelters are filling up with them atm because BCs/kelpies/aussies/aus cattles/koolies have become instagram trendy but if you have a full time job they aren't suitable.
There's a reason that Australians (where most of the American dogs bloodlines were developed) who aren't farmers rarely have them even when they have big properties and kids. They already had their trend in the 80s and it ended in a lot of neurotic working dogs being euthanised.
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u/Rik_the_peoples_poet 2d ago edited 2d ago
I would ask people to please not buy working dog pups; they're not bred to be domesticated pets and require hours of high intensity exercise and mental stimulation daily to not become a destructive, aggressive problem. US shelters are filling up with them atm because BCs/kelpies/aussies/aus cattles/koolies have become instagram trendy but if you have a full time job they aren't suitable.
There's a reason that Australians (where most of the American dogs bloodlines were developed) who aren't farmers rarely have them even when they have big properties and kids. They already had their trend in the 80s and it ended in a lot of neurotic working dogs being euthanised.