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Alethia McMahon (Thia) -
2 years ago
The Dog Club has changed their policies and doesn’t allow certain pure-breed types in their (paid) daycare service. At the end of the day, a business does want to make money but is it ethical?
I don’t think the owner of The Dog Club has good intentions.
I cannot count how many times several dogs whom I will not name specifically that are not within their restricted category have acted upon aggression on others. These breeds include: Mixed Breeds/Bali Dogs (Most acts of aggression comes from them), Terriers, Labradors, Dachshunds, Chihuahuas and Siberian Huskies. These dogs are still allowed continued access to the facility without the owner’s attendance.
Even though your dog is well trained to socialize with other dogs and humans, if he/she is classified within their “restricted breeds”, your dog is not allowed to be in the facility unattended. Whilst each place does have their own rules respectfully, calling out on one that doesn’t make sense serves the right to.
I would understand that if the owner of The Dog Club would like to restrict certain dogs (not the breed) to have limited access because of a record of aggression, but this isn’t the case.
At the end of the day, The Dog Club depicts a bad image amongst certain dog breeds due to this policy and I would never support a company or business that does so. It is clear that The Dog Club intends on exploiting this factor by continuing to allow highly aggressive, unsocial XS/S/M sized breeds in their facility *unattended by owners* because they are “easier to handle”.