You'd be surprised how many dogs develop behavior issues due to incompatibility with their owner. Let's be real. In 2024, most people still bring dogs into their life that they think will fulfill their emotional needs and have looks that are attractive to them. An example of this is the human who always loved the way Austrailian Shepherds looked and is planning to treat the dog like a human baby to fulfill their own emotional needs and live in a small apartment in NYC. That is a recipe for a dog

Bringing a puppy home to solve the behavior problems your current dog has is not a great idea.⁣ ⁣ I've seen this numerous times throughout my career where the current dog in the home has behavior issues, so the human rationalizes that their dog "needs a friend."⁣ ⁣ They bring home a puppy who studies how the current dog behaves with the humans and in the home.⁣ ⁣ What usually happens is two dogs with behavior problems and double the amount of work to bring the dogs back to balance.⁣ ⁣ People can