socialization

I take a look at so many dogs in my neighborhood and I find a role that's the hardest one for dog to play: a city pet dog. Often by inexperienced owners, so much is expected from those dogs: be nice and quiet in the house, walk nicely on the leash when we are outside and listen to everything I say, don't be distracted by cats/birds/balls, be nice to ALL dogs around you (I find this one very hard to fulfill) And the worst thing is that people start applying those 'dominance rules' on situations like that, totally unnatural to our dogs I would say. It must be very confusing for them.