Yea ,but like every other trainer once a boy or girl turn 10 they are ready to start their journey on their own (I wish Pokémon was real) and Ash was probably one of the slowest kids in town he started off with a Pikachu who didn't like him probably because it belonged to some other rude trainer who abandoned it because every new Pokémon that a trainer started with wasn't rude nor disrespectful to their trainer also Ash taught catching pokemons was like catching toys ,but they weren't they are animals /pokemons in the Pokémon world also he kind of sucked at catching pokemon too he only caught a few because he only focused on badges rather than catching pokemon and training and leveling up also if Ash made his Pokémon stronger he would have been a champion instead of going to different regions all the time.