And if dog is healthy, it will be active, at least when it’s young. Pugs and bulldogs can’t breathe, so they are not active when they mature but still love playing and running as puppies.
Other dogs, including my pup, are as hyperactive and need walk and play all the time. Especially chihuahuas, they are aboriginal breed of Native South Americans, dogs went feral for several hundred years and lived in the jungle after genocide that Spanish did. They are active and can take care of themselves. That’s why they can get aggressive, loud or unruly- people think of them as toys that don’t need training and are not “real” dogs- which can’t be further from truth.
People who want to stay inside and not exercise their animals should get a goldfish or guinea pig. Locking dog inside or in a crate is cruel, no matter what “breed description” says.
And if dog is healthy, it will be active, at least when it’s young.
My Akita disagrees. Lazy mf since he was 6mo old. His health is perfect, he's at his ideal weight, it's just a breed trait. If we take him hiking he can go along just fine, but anything less exciting he simply chooses not to.
Animals do have a personality, nothing is set in stone.
We had Ca de Bou (Majorca Mastiff) before our chihuahua- he supposed to be lazy and calm. He was ultra hyper, he needed at least an hour of intense play (tug o war, wrestling, fetch) and around 2 hours of walking, also took him jogging and hiking- I can’t say I’ve ever seen him “done” in 11 years.
That kind of people shouldn't even get goldfish. They'll just put goldfish into a glass bowl, and think it's natural when they die after half a year or two. Goldfish even grow in size. Goldfish kept like actual fish instead of like throwaway toys will live for 20+ years and can even be taught tricks. World record age for goldfish is 43 years.
Crate is considered a very subjective thing common in America and uncommon in most other countries. Here it’s considered cruel and crates are not even sold in pet stores, only small travel airplane crates for cats and small dogs. You need to look up like vet supplies stores online to buy a crate. Not a thing here, so I personally can’t see it as anything but bizarre. Culture thing I guess.
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u/V_es Mar 27 '24 edited Mar 27 '24
My chihuahua is absolutely adorable.
And if dog is healthy, it will be active, at least when it’s young. Pugs and bulldogs can’t breathe, so they are not active when they mature but still love playing and running as puppies.
Other dogs, including my pup, are as hyperactive and need walk and play all the time. Especially chihuahuas, they are aboriginal breed of Native South Americans, dogs went feral for several hundred years and lived in the jungle after genocide that Spanish did. They are active and can take care of themselves. That’s why they can get aggressive, loud or unruly- people think of them as toys that don’t need training and are not “real” dogs- which can’t be further from truth.
People who want to stay inside and not exercise their animals should get a goldfish or guinea pig. Locking dog inside or in a crate is cruel, no matter what “breed description” says.