Inspired by, and borrowing the graphic from, an earlier post from @LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone
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You don’t have to.
A house can burn down, so you have a fire extinguisher. Your dog can get out, so you have a collar onthem with identification, usually the municipal registration.
It’s about being responsible, if you’re not being responsible for your pet, that usually translates to other parts of your life too. Like not having an extinguisher, or other very simple and basic preventative things can do to minimize the unexpected.
It’s also kinda like car insurance, it’s great when it’s needed, but otherwise useless. We do lots of stuff like this already, you can do the same for your pet.
Lol, wanna read my palm too?
I now have more time to write stuff out, so I'm going to expand on my earlier comment. Also I want you to get another ping on this so you can see how silly I think you are.
If you cannot see how bonkers that statement is then you gotta take a class or something. Trying to cast judgment upon someone's entire life based on one attribute is puritanical and a bit totalitarian.
I don't know if anyone ever told you, but your singular idea of "responsible" is not universal. Different places on earth have different circumstances and therefore different laws/rules/practices around many things, pet ownership included. This is the internet. Sometimes called "The World Wide Web" (emphasis on World). There is a chance people in this thread are not in your local area. Don't try to foist your ideals onto others like some sort of colonist.
I haven't seen anyone advocating for bobbing tails, cropping ears, or breeding pug-like features. This collar "issue" y'all are getting so worked up on is incredibly minor. My unsolicited advice is for you to chill out and let other people decide for themselves what they think is best for their own dogs in their own homes.
P.S. If anyone sees an animal in actual duress (chained outside without food/water/shelter, physically abused, etc.) then please reach out to your local animal enforcement department (if available) and make a report. Arguing on the internet doesn't fix anything.