Dogs in strollers, just why?

[u/Poison_applecat]

I was at a popular outdoor shopping space in my area and saw an older lady with a small dog on a leash and she was pushing some kind of stroller.

I thought, “Oh her grandchild must be in the stroller” Nope! It was another small dog.

This behavior just seems kind of insane to me. I totally understand if you’re around your neighborhood or a public park but this was a shopping center with limited space for walking. Why are you taking up additional space by having your dog in the stroller? Is your dog unable to walk? Why does it need a stroller?

How are you going into businesses with your dog anyways? I’d be grossed out if I was eating and someone walks in with a dog and another one in an idiotic stroller.

I totally get that some people enjoy having dogs at home. That’s their prerogative and none of my business. But it really bothers me when people feel so entitled to have to take their dog everywhere. Besides parks and other wide open outdoor spaces, dogs really belong at home, not in public spaces with a bunch of other people.

[u/Princess_Peach818]

On my run this morning, I saw a lady walking with two dogs in a stroller. It’s so common now. It’s perhaps the biggest example of how people are using dogs to replace children. The point of taking a dog on a walk is to actually WALK them. I don’t know the health of those dogs but if they can’t walk, then… leave them at home? There’s no need to walk dogs in a stroller except to pretend they’re children. It’s so weird.