If I had a dollar for every time I saw a posting for a lost dog on FB I could take us all out to dinner.
In my day, dogs weren't allowed in the house.
The few exceptions were people who had small dogs and that's a good thing,
because all of the bigger dogs would probably have eaten them.
Dogs were pets.
You played with your dog.
You took your dog with you when you rode your bike around the neighborhood.
They didn't need a leash because we trained them as pups.
We didn't give them a treat for doing a trick. Food was too scarce for that.
Just saying the word NO was enough to stop your dog from whatever he was getting into.
Again, because we trained them.
We didn't treat them like family or pamper them.
They were pets.
I can see why so many dogs get lost.
If people let them stay in the house all the time,
lying on the sofa and getting treats for doing a simple trick,
then if I got out of the house I'd be lost too.
Wait- was I talking about dogs or children?
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