Owners who fail to socialise and obedience-train dogs at an early stage are fuelling frightening levels of problem behaviour in their pets, according to new research.
Children should be taught at school how to be good owners in the face of research showing fundamental gaps in knowledge about animal welfare, the PDSA said, with 1.3 million dogs across the UK displaying "problem behaviour".
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