"dogs are beneficial to one's health." Not true!
Prove it!



“Pets provide companionship.” This statement is an outright lie.
Obviously coming from someone who's never loved a dog.

they are actually saying, “I have made a pro-dog/anti-child decision.”
I have two dogs, plan to own more in the future, as well as have children.

Dogs are responsible for thousands of dog bites and dog maulings a year. Dog bites are the leading cause of visits to emergency rooms.
Last time I checked I do not believe hearing of a responsible dog owner's dog attacking or mauling a human being.

Dogs carry and spread disease.
So do Humans.

lonely misfit dog owners becoming enraged in public parks and violently attacking police officers whenever they are instructed to leash their dogs.
HUMMM... Misfit = keyword

Dogs will never replace the timeless friendships between people.
Again, who is she to say? Who says they're "replacing" any 'timeless friendships'.

Americans are overweight and obese because of dogs.

OH.. and all of this time I was blaming it on Mcdonalds!

Humans need to exercise with other humans, not with dogs, and exchange ideas in discussions with their fellow man. Dogs actually destroy the lifestyles of their once active owners.

Funny, since I'd never go anywhere if I didn't have my dogs.

Dogs create health risks for children, especially for children with weak immune systems. Children and adults, too, with a tendency to develop allergic diseases like asthma, rhinitis, and eczema are always at risk from allergens carried by dogs.
If this is true, then keep those children away from dogs!

Furthermore, dogs ruin once-quiet neighborhoods with their excessive 24/7 barking.
Has she never heard of responsible owners?
My dogs are inside at night, and are quieted once 1 bark comes from them.

And dogs pollute city streets with large urine spills and smelly-foul huge bowel movements which attract vermin.

Uhh.. and since when do humans NOT urinate, crap, and pollute - attracting vermin.

Owning a dog is not "cool."
Nor is comparing substances(drugs, alcohol, tobacco) with living beings (dogs.)