This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: We give our pet dogs shelter, veterinary care, affection, training and play. We decide when they eat, where they sleep, when they go outside, who they meet and how they move through the world.
We love our dogs and we want them to be safe. Our care often comes with confinement, restricted movement, limited social choice and constant supervision. Separation anxiety is a growing issue.
Diagnoses of dog behavioral issues rose tenfold between 2010 and 2020 in the United States. Dog behavior specialists and organizations have emerged to help dogs cope with the challenges of modern pet life. We often assume the long history of domestication has made dogs dependent on us.
Most of the world's dogs do not live as pets—they roam freely, without containment or ownership. What can these dogs teach us about what constitutes a good dog life? In our new research, we explore what happened when 45 Western-trained dog behavior specialists went to India to observe free-living street dogs.
What they saw spoke to the tension at the heart of owning a dog. We love them, but we control them. India has an estimated 60 million street dogs.
These dogs live alongside people. They move through streets, markets and public spaces. They scavenge for food or are given leftovers by people.
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