The Heckings abandoned their dog?

It's crazy how careless townies are with their pets. I made a dog park and all the dogs from inactive households would come looking filthy and many of them starving and sick. It is so sad to see them like that. When visiting the households is even worse because you get to see how they completely ignore their pets, never filling up the bowls or bathing them. Nor playing with them and most times not even aknowledging their presence/existence.
It looks like a massive oversight from the developpers in my opinion and I hope they address it.