Because they see a cute puppy and think "OMG cuteness and petting and playing fetch and cuteness!" and not "vet bills and training and drool and pet hair and time and effort and toilet training and it doesn't fucking come with an on/off switch or conveniently pop out of existence when we're done playing with it for the day" and they get the dog and react to all the less-pleasant and maintenence-related aspects of dog-ownership with "where the fuck did all this come from?"
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Date: 2006-09-23 11:44 pm (UTC)Yes. People are fucking stupid.