As a person who doesn’t yearn for more friends myself, I can understand this. Human pet owners have been led down a path of believing that their dog is not experiencing a good quality of life unless he is going to daycare, to the dog park, to dog parties, and greeting every dog he meets on the street. This is simply not true.

Many people can “find things to do” to occupy some of their time but after a while, even the most resourceful and creative among us will be itching to get back “normal” routines and behavior.

The problem with consistently explaining behavior in generalized terms is that we start to diminish the quality or actuality of the behaviors we are trying to describe, therefore making it more difficult to actually change underlying behavior and emotional responses.