Your Opinion is logical, so yes I think I would agree. Like you.. Keep dirty hands off my pooch! Now I am a bit curious. When your out and about, have you seen many other dog owners/walkers? See many dogs around or in yards? Over the years and through our travels abroad, I have learned that customs and rituals vary from culture to culture.. Who am I to dictate what is acceptable or not to other cultures? I like you will not be partaking in that kind of stuff.. Don't want dwell on it either. I hate dwelling on it.
I see quite a few people walking their dogs, but that's the thing.. They are WALKING THEIR dogs unlike in Thailand where thousands of stray and even partially owned dogs just kind of wander about wherever they please. I don't know if this absence of street animals is a by product of the fact that they are considered food over here, but I gotta say, it is really nice to not have to be worried about some feral animals being around the corner in every neighborhood.
People look after their pets over here and yes, I see them all the time. Normally they are quite social, clean, and well-behaved as well. It is strange but Nadi is actually one of the least friendly dogs in this city but this is just towards other dogs, which for the most part, she doesn't care for.