Germany's best-known dog trainer: Martin Rütter: "Women are simply more consistent. Men often want the dog as a playmate"

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Germany's best-known dog trainer: Martin Rütter: "Women are simply more consistent. Men often want the dog as a playmate"

Mr. Rütter, the pandemic has triggered a pet boom, many people have turned to dogs. Does that make you happy?When the animal shelters emptied during the lockdown, I naively thought: Oh great, now many people who previously only toyed with it are getting a dog. Now people finally have the opportunity to fulfill their dream of owning a dog. But I was wrong. There is a massive return wave. Animal shelters are overflowing again today – with dogs that have been given away.

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