Many pet owners are a burden on their pets

More and more pet owners feel overwhelmed

27/08/2012

Many pet owners are overwhelmed over time by the care of their dogs, cats or birds. Professional childcare services are therefore enjoying increasing popularity. The demanded range of services ranges from walks to professional training.

Every pet is not only fun but also work. Although there are significant differences in the time required, even a budgie in the cage can be a burden to the owners over time. When requesting a pet should therefore always be considered the associated workload. Nevertheless, if bottlenecks occur during the care, professional animal sitter can help. These are currently enjoying a strong growth in demand, said the spokeswoman for „Better Betreut GmbH“, Stephanie Kant.

From going for a walk to professional animal training
The Tiersitter take on a wide variety of tasks from cleaning the litter box and the birdcage, to going for a walk with the dog. Even professional training enjoys, according to the experts of increased popularity. „Pet care is growing very fast, faster than about childcare“, explained Stephanie Kannt. On internet platforms, for example, assistants (mostly students) are given to pet owners for walks with their four-legged friends, but also professional animal trainers can be contacted in this way. Overall, it offers almost the full range of services for pets such as dogs, cats, guinea pigs, hamsters, birds, fish, reptiles and even horses. In addition to the care, especially the professional animal training is increasingly in demand. While the walk or the pure care mostly can be completed by laymen, it usually requires the professional support of an animal trainer for the initial education and the correction of misconduct in the animals.

Pets are often poorly educated
Operators of the care facilities, so-called pet pensions, report that on the one hand the demand has increased significantly, on the other hand, the animals are often poorly educated than before. More and more often her poorly educated dogs are handed over for care, reports the owner of Jenaer Tierpension „Cat Dog Ranch“, Sabine Eisentraut. According to the expert „some do not go on a leash or listen to simple commands.“ She is convinced that many pet owners were unaware of the time and effort involved in looking after and caring for the animals. Also lack the will of many pet owners and the long-term consequence, to educate the animals properly. Accordingly, they are often overwhelmed with animal husbandry. In the animal shelters a well-known problem.

Excessive demand of pet owners conditional levy in the shelter
More and more pets are given, because the owners are simply overwhelmed with their care. As Beate Schmelzer from the Altenburg animal shelter in Thuringia explained, overstraining is one of the most common reasons why people give up their pets. These often end up under an excuse like: „We found the animal“, in the animal shelters. The staff is usually relatively quickly clear, „that people just can not admit that they do not have time for a pet“, stressed Schmelzer. However, not all pet owners are anxious to explain the issue of animals. „Sometimes people just tie their pet to our gate, probably because they have to move or go on vacation“, indignant Kerstin Wolf from the shelter Eisenach. This shows how cold-hearted and unscrupulous some people can be. Not infrequently created for the pet owners by a move or a new job a fundamentally new situation, which they have not considered when purchasing the animal. They are in a kind of predicament, which makes them impossible for the further attitude of the animal. However, anyone who raises an animal, should also consider how old this is on average and what possible consequences a job or place of residence may have here. (Fp)

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