I moved from the urban northeast where dogs have playdates, doggie-daycare and are fretted over the moment they are seen off-leash in public without an owner - to the rural southeast where packs of dogs regularly roam the Walmart parking lots and roadsides and nobody says “boo”. It’s a combination of cultural attitude…

I live in south Texas right now but I’m originally from the Chicagoland area. When I moved here and found so many strays I was horrified. And then even more so when I called animal services about a dog wandering my neighborhood and was told unless it is trying to hurt someone or sick/dead there was nothing they could…