# Are dogs an Europe better behaved than in the USA? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 27, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-an-europe-better-behaved-than-in-the-usa/358441 "2006-05-27T14:06:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-an-europe-better-behaved-than-in-the-usa/358441/21 "2013-08-21T07:24:26Z")
But then our dogs havent been sent to ‘camps’. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-an-europe-better-behaved-than-in-the-usa/358441/22 "2013-08-21T08:00:12Z")
> [@gouda](#): > > I noticed this when I was living in Germany. The vast majority of pet dogs I saw there were incredibly well-behaved in public. Eerily so, if you ask me. > > I’ve seen 'em in trains and buses, even in restaurants, behaving in a most un-doglike manner - especially compared to pretty much every single pet dog I’ve seen in India. They almost always be sitting or lying down quietly, rarely responding to anything! Barely a whimper, much less the occasional bark… even around other dogs. It’s called being trained. It’s very dog like to do what the pack leader expects of them - that’s why they’re so trainable. If dogs are roaming free in India, then the owners aren’t doing anything to train them. It doesn’t actually make for a happy dog as they become stressed from lack of order and constant fighting for position. Dogs like order, even if it means they’re bottom of the pack. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-an-europe-better-behaved-than-in-the-usa/358441/23 "2013-08-21T08:08:10Z")
My WAG is that living in places with higher population density and smaller living spaces makes training more important. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-an-europe-better-behaved-than-in-the-usa/358441/24 "2013-08-21T10:12:36Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > My WAG is … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-an-europe-better-behaved-than-in-the-usa/358441/25 "2013-08-21T10:40:23Z")
Somehow, I think we’re all going to accept German-owned dogs are well trained. Jesus, if they could talk they’d probably invade cat world. ---
**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-an-europe-better-behaved-than-in-the-usa/358441/26 "2013-08-21T11:39:11Z")
Generally dogs do not make a difference between nationalities or colour or breed/race. It all depends on the dog owner and the breed of dog. In Ireland dogs are not as protective and more mellow as in Germany, which I guess is mostly due to the fact that in Ireland the dogs are not on the leash, whereas in Germany almost (all the time) every dog is on the leash and tied up and have less space to call their “own”. Might also have something to do how the owners behave towards “strangers”. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-an-europe-better-behaved-than-in-the-usa/358441/27 "2013-08-21T16:31:02Z")
Dogs are a nightmare in rural Italy, as people keep them as guard dogs - outside, on a chain and barking 24 hours a day. So not all Europeans are magical dog owners. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-an-europe-better-behaved-than-in-the-usa/358441.md?page=1)