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Originally Posted by mikeesik
What ever happened to the singular- "Family Dog" instead of Plural Dog(s).
Why the increase ?
Pure Breed or not, doesn't matter.
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We had a dog at one point, he was my brother's dog without doubt. Although to an outsider you might consider him the family dog, there was no question who the big fella looked to and took after. None of us were an adequate substitute if my brother walked out of the house.
My uncle's family had a dog, no question who in that family who the dog looked to, and that was my aunt, not my cousins, nor anyone else in that household.
There are also dogs that belong to no one, had one of these in our neighborhood for several years growing up. He stayed one place, maybe another a day later.
Most of the multi-dog house holds I know of, its not his/hers, they are either his or hers. The breeder of our dog, one of her dogs was attached to her husband, otherwise, the remaining four pure breds and one additional massively mixed breed were all hers.
If you don't have as much room, having multiple dogs can ease their energy level as they play with eachother, so with urbanization, and smaller spaces, it could be easier to have 2 or 3 dogs so their playing with eachother, expends energy in non destructive ways.