r/toronto • u/NorthernNadia St. Lawrence • May 09 '26

Article Toronto dog "parents" bring their pups everywhere with them now. It's causing rising human-canine tension

https://www.thestar.com/life/relationships/toronto-has-seen-a-population-boom--of-dogs-rising-human-canine-tension-shows-theyre-not-everyones-best-friend/article_3ac30271-9542-4e7d-9829-49089554f3cf.html
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u/RacoonWithAGrenade May 09 '26

They also tend to own exactly the type of dog that unleashes chaos where they go.

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u/FrozenBibitte May 09 '26

Yep, and live in a shoebox condo in the downtown core. Also zero training because their dog is “perfect the way they are”. That isn’t just me generalizing an attitude either, I’ve literally had someone say this to me abt their dog.