When you see the owner walking the dog, you should expect them to be in charge and guiding the dog. But no, it’s the other way around. Literally every owner I see let the dogs guide and drag them.

The dog now is the one in charge, the owner gotta stop and watch cutely while the animal sniffs the ground, the grass, etc. And when the dog decides it’s time to move, the owner just follows along casually.

The streets are infested with people like these. Letting their mutts lead the way, while they just follow them. And it’s always the annoying small dogs too.

The other day I was a facilitator at a training refresher for employees at several of our locations. (I won’t say what company but you have very likely done business with us if you are in the US). About 30 attended.

At one point my cohost mentioned those receipt surveys that customers are always asked to do, and the comments we receive. She mentioned one comment stating that there was a dog behind the counter at one location and (surprisingly said it shouldnt be there).

I found this a good time to mention how dogs should not be allowed at our locations, the potential consequences of letting dogs in, and the potential liability of an attack.

It was a productive conversation, as trainees asked about service animals and I explained the two questions. And how ESAs are not allowed. Also, red flags on how to spot a fake service animal. I hope this left an impact to help steer things in the right direction!

Just a comment from a Girl that proudly stated that she's 5'7 and 130lbs and that she walks a Great Dane Dog that's also 130lbs AND a Lab that's 100lbs.

She said she should teach people how to train dogs because hers are so well trained by her.

I'm asking myself how this isn't a ticking time bomb. No matter what she thinks she's prepared for there's always situations she isn't prepared for. That's quite normal though. However in her case when that moment comes she can't do anything about it and the dogs will be let loose bc that girl isn't holding off any of the 2 dogs she described if they lash out.

It's the same when I see kids walk dogs that they are so obviously too small for.

Absolutely insane.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/deadly-dog-attack-leaves-miami-002149791.html

There was a news report recently of a dog attack in a city near mine where a family pet bit and killed a 7 day old baby. At first I was sure there must be extenuating circumstances, that the family must have been abusing the dog or something…so I looked up why a dog would attack a newborn, expecting something along those lines. But what I found out just…traumatized me completely.

What do you MEAN dogs see newborns as prey? What do you M E A N an 7 day old sleeping activates their hunting instincts? I’ve lived my whole life with dogs, have seen people raise children with dogs, and have never once heard that they are absolutely prone to attack unprovoked, even if they love you. Sometimes they attack your baby BECAUSE they love you, because they’re jealous of the stolen attention.

How is this not common knowledge? I work in childcare and I’m constantly seeing all these safety tips for babies like cutting up grapes or putting them in mittens so they don’t scratch themselves, but nobody sees it as a problem that the animal in their house may see their baby crying and assume it’s time to do the killing blow?

I was thinking about getting a dog, but never again. Even if I never have kids, the fact that a dog could just decide to maul a 7 day old newborn in its sleep is too much for me. I feel so bad for that family, that’s a fucking nightmare.

I just moved to Seattle. Now, I really thought that DC was insane with dogs, but it has nothing on Seattle.

• I’ve taken public transit at least a dozen times now, like the bus 8 times and the light rail 4 times. I have been close to a dog every single time. This dog was nearly always large.

• a lady on my floor has a pit bull that has invaded my space three times already. I mean I could feel its breath on me as it leaned in. Two of those times, she wasn’t holding the leash. She even commented once, “oh one day he’s gonna get you!” Like girl STFU.

• they are trying to bring dogs to my work place. This might be more passive than active. I nearly took a job with Amazon, which does let employees bring dogs in. A lot of my coworkers are ex-Amazon, so they’re advocating for this change.

• plenty in the grocery stores. One homeless guy who I didn’t give money to called me a slur. I ran up on him and said I’d beat him up… and he screamed for help to a cop nearby. The cop didn’t take his side thankfully. But that guy went, “that’s why I hate humans!” … boy, fuck you. (Also I think Seattle people aren’t used to direct confrontation, so he probably wasn’t expecting me to offer him a boot to the face.)

• people aren’t cleaning up after their dogs, which I guess is normal, but it is everywhere. Feels like I need to keep my eyes glued to the ground.

I guess a lot of this is anywhere, but it’s the public transit thing that really baffles me. Holy shit leave your dog home. I’ve brought it up discretely in conversation with people here once, but they love it.

This is the most brainwashed city I’ve seen yet for dogs.

Got mansplained to by a bunch of nutters how their dog growling at me was it being friendly. I actually stood there for a good 3 minutes listening to their bullshit explanations about their dog's quirky personality.

"Pet him and you'll see he just wants attention."

No, I didn't pet the pittbull. But I'm upset at myself for not being more assertive and telling the humans to fuck off as well.

NYC is a nightmare. Walked into CVS, there were three huge dogs blocking two different aisles- one of their owners looks like they'd pull a gun on you if you asked him to move them. I go to my fave cafes/hotels, people have their dogs on these long-ass leashes jumping other customers while they just stare at their phones. To be fair, people are complicit. Owners like that want attention and people give it to them, saying "oh, can I pet your dog, etc."

Thought Jersey- where my family is would be better, but no. The area surrounding my childhood home has also become a dog toilet. So have the college towns.

Please get me out of this ninth circle of hell.

Am I the only one who reads this and is disgusted by the dog's reaction? It was barely hurt and as the article says, didn't show any sympathy for its badly wounded owner that got injured trying to save it. Other than the sensory stuff the thing that bothers me most about dogs is their utter entitlement and lack of empathy.

Also I think it's just irresponsible to take a dog hiking that you can't easily carry. If you can't pull the dog back onto the trail with a leash on a harness, then what will you do if it sees a wild animal and goes ballistic? That's how you get yourself and your dog killed by a bear that your dog provoked...

I'm not against trying to save a pet and I don't WANT the dog to be hurt, but the owner really should've considered something like this when deciding whether to take the dog with her. And the dog's reaction is just infuriating. Dogs are supposed to be as intelligent as a small child but I think any small child would be scared and terrified for their mom in this situation. The dog just doesn't care...

I go out front to get my mail, and there’s a woman picking up her dog’s shit from the middle of my lawn. There is grass on the street side of the sidewalk, and 15 feet of vegetation on most sides of most of the street.

I just stare at her and don’t say anything. I’m 15 feet away. Her husband was waiting on the sidewalk. Like it’s routine.

As she bends back upright, she casually says hi. As if she’s being a good neighbor. I just stare at her.

Like, really lady??!!

You let your dog go in the middle of my lawn as if it’s no problem, when everywhere around is not personal property.

No it’s NOT okay. And I’ll make it known to your face. I don’t want shit residue on my lawn, you on my lawn, or your dog on my lawn.

I’ve had dogs in the past, and it is so fucking simple to not leave slack on a leash to allow a dog to shit on people’s lawn. It’s on purpose. I bet you leave shit bags in my garbage can.

Fuck you. Keep your dog shit to yourself.

So.... Yeah today I was sitting in my local park on a bench whilst reading a book. Suddenly, I hear a commotion from across the street, outside of our small, local grocery store. I hear dogs and then I hear my friend yelling and I look up to see her chasing a pitbull running away from her and dragging it's leash behind it, next to where it was tied up, there's still one pitbull tied up. I walked across the street to ask my friend wtf just happened and she told me that the owner of the 2 dogs had tied them up outside while he went in to shop. According to my friend, a lady walked by them on the sidewalk and as she did, they both started to go after her, snarling and barking and one of the pit bulls actually came untied and was gonna chase her untill my friend yelled at them and grabbed it's leash and stopped it! Then she went into the store and I heard her yelling at the owner from across the street! She said she knows the dogs and they're usually nice to everyone, but she's a dog owner herself and she said that was totally unacceptable!

What the hell is with this new thing where people bring dogs to strike demonstrations?! A large government union is on strike where I am and the picket lines and marchers often have dogs with them, wearing their unions flags as bandanas and whatever. I’m all for unions and workers striking as they see fit, but it’s hard to take them seriously when a lot of the energy is also going to “haha cute dog”, it’s like they don’t even care about striking and just want to show off their dogs?

So I went inside my local Starbucks for a pecan cortado this morning. There was a nice couch w/my name on it while I waited for my drink. I went inside as the drive through was a clusterf^ck.

A pleasant looking lady came along to ask if the seats in front of me were taken& I said they were not. I mentioned I thought it was amazing people came there to work on laptops as the place would be too noisy for me. She mentioned she used her airpods to focus. I nodded my head as that was a good suggestion.

I was gifted a pair of airpods a few months back but never used them as I prefer headphones. Then, she mentioned she has worked from home the past 4 yrs and needed to come to Starbucks for the human interaction. I said I could totally relate as I too have worked from home the same amount of time if not longer. I bemoaned how when you are a remote worker how friends&family don't seem to understand you are actually working&will call you up on your cell or ask you to fix them lunch.

She tells me, "Oh, yes! I can relate. My DOG doesn't understand that I have work to do at home either!" I'm keeping my mouth shut from now on to eternity.

I work in a small town/village (20 people) and for whatever reason people think it’s acceptable to abandon their dogs in the town. It’s happened multiple times and it just makes me sick.

Today a new dog ‘showed up’ in town and none of the residents know who it belongs to.

Nutters just drop off a dog they don’t want anymore in the middle of nowhere. They made the poor decision of getting a dog and now they’re making our problem.

The other issue is that it’s too small a town for animal control so we’re just stuck with it roaming around because the county sheriff’s office won’t take care of it.(nearest towns are about 20 minutes in each direction)

I just wish there was an appropriate solution to stop getting random dogs in town. I want to be able to do my job or even walk around town without getting harassed by random strays.

This is kind of an odd question, but y'all are obviously the only people I can ask.

Any other species; human or animal...I typically enjoy seeing them get excited. It brings me joy, and sometimes triggers a nurturing instinct. But dogs, I feel an immediate sense of cringe and revulsion. The open mouth with tongue, wagging tail, the weird jumping and frolicking thing they do. I just dont like it, and I don't think I ever did. I feel no nurturing instinct arise when they do this.

This also tends to be a little breed specific. I especially dont like when pit mixes, labs, or small dogs like jack Russel's act this way. There is this extreme overwhelming neediness that I detect from those breeds in particular. I'm not nearly as triggered by other dogs.

Anyway, anyone relate to this particular experience?

I am angry about this, the trash can is my property, and I pay for how much trash I throw away.

I’m mostly angry because 1) My trash can was out because it was trash pickup day. Which means this bag of poop is now going to be sitting in trash can for a week. 2) The reason people hate dogs so much, is because dog owners do not keep the dogs to themselves. I should not be effected by the fact that dog owners have to carry around a bag of poop.

I should also not have to be grateful that the owner bagged the poop, of the dog that the owners chose to have. Though I think people insane for having a dog in this economy.

What are your thoughts?

My dad, who I will admit I am not very close to, shared a meme that has a big fluffy mutt staring at a Buddha statue with the words, "If people don't like you, it's okay. You only need to be concerned if dogs don't like you. Then it's time for some self-reflection."

UGH.

And of course all the comments are like "100%", "I don’t think a greater truth has ever been spoken" etc, and my dad's caption said "'nuff said....".

I couldn't help myself. I commented, "Hitler had dogs... just sayin' 🤷‍♀️ dogs go where the food is 😉"

He probably won't respond, as I barely get whole words out of him ever (he posts HBTY on my FB for my birthday), but I couldn't just scroll by and not say anything. GRRRRR this view of dogs gets me all riled up!

Edited to add his reply to my comment (that I won't be replying to): "hmmm, I beg to differ. Animals have an innate sense of recognizing danger, fear and animosity. They may feed if they’re hungry, but they sense love and compassion too."

It just never stops. A 66 year old man was killed by his family's own two dogs (XL American Bullies) inside his home on August 31st in Rotterdam. They turned on him when he tried to separate them. Police fired a shot at one of his dogs to try to get to him but to no avail. Both dogs were later put down in his back yard.

No breed specific legislation as of now.

Before when some people were banned from owning dogs authorities here were not able to visit their homes to verify that they were following that but soon that should change. They will also now allow authorities to confiscate dogs.

Earlier they banned letting dogs roam free in nature in order to protect other animals.

Dogs are banned from playgrounds, burial grounds and public bathing areas.

Dog owners are also fully responsible for any damage caused by the dogs.

I'm a generally nocturnal person. I'm more productive when I am up all night. I work overnight. I prefer to drive at night. If I can do something at night, I usually will.

So when I was moving out, I was bringing all my things out to my father's truck I was borrowing. I was completely by myself, I had started at around 11pm. I was just walking back and forth through the yard putting boxes and small furniture into a pickup truck, not making any noise or bothering anyone

And do you know what I got to listen to the entire time? The neighbor's stupid fucking pug barking itself hoarse and probably waking everybody up, that little fucker was literally screaming the whole time, every single time it saw me. By the time the neighbor actually came outside to bring the dog inside it was past 1 AM and I'd dealt with more than 2 hours of fucking barking.

He said something I couldn't understand and gave me the most disgusted fucking look as if it was MY fault he left his dog outside all night and it couldn't handle seeing someone carrying chairs and boxes through a yard. He looked like he wanted to argue but I just ignored him and continued moving my shit. I wanted to get it all out before the morning work commuter rush. He went back inside after seeing I wasn't going to talk to him. Not like I'd be seeing that guy again anyway.

Been noticing this trend taking off recently where baseball teams (pro and minor leagues both) have bark at the park night. A night where you can bring your dog(s) with you to the baseball game as they sit with you. I could not imagine trying to watch the game being near these things barking. Not to mention the pee/poop cleanup after them.. A clip of one went viral recently showing a woman eating a hot dog while the dog just stared her down and trying to jump on her begging for some of it. Most comments called her mean, b*tch, etc for not giving the poor baby some hot dog and teasing it. The whole concept is nutter grand delusion

My partner and I are currently dogsitting for his mum while she’s on holiday. Currently asking myself why on earth I ever agreed to this. I’m so miserable.

If this isn’t my sign to stop being a people pleaser then I don’t know what is. I will never put myself through this again.

He NEVER stops whining. And he paces around ALL day, the sound of his nails on the hard flooring is driving me insane. He needs constant attention, he will just stand and stare at me whining while I’m trying to work. You can’t leave him for more than a few hours either because he has separation anxiety and will start destroying things around the house.

He stinks, and is constantly bringing his dirty paws into the house. Sorry but how do dog owners keep a clean house?! It can’t be possible. My house isn’t perfect but I like my floors to be clean and not covered in dirt from outside.

He hasn’t been trained in the slightest so while you’re eating he will stand about 2 feet away whining and drooling everywhere. If you even think about sending him out the room he will scratch at the door until you let him back in, there’s already paint chipped on my doors from him doing this.

My partner has had to sleep with him in a different room to me all week because this dog is used to sleeping IN the bed and throughout the night will constantly jump onto our bed. I flat out refuse to deal with this so he’s had to take him in another room. I’m so over this.

My partner (a huge dog person) thinks he’s adorable and thinks I’m heartless for feeling this way.

I found this community a few nights back, and I feel like I’ve finally found my people! :) dog nutters have always made me feel like a monster when I admit I don’t like dogs and I’m fed up of it.

Anyway, 30 hours left until he gets picked up!!! Not that I’m counting or anything.

i've always had serious gripes with dog-owners due to their leniency at the cost of others but tbh it really gets to a point.

i work at a small-ish restaurant/cafe (NOT a pet cafe let me clarify.) and we get customers with dogs all the time. kinda irritating but it's not like im gonna discriminate against them cause at the end of the day im just here to do bare minimum and get the bag lmao, i have school and don't have time to argue with customers. if they're particularly annoying i just say that the dog is a health and safety risk and they have to leave or we get in trouble lol.

lady comes in with a dog. kinda crazy considering i've never had anybody bring their goldfish or hamsters in but whatever, she looks like she just came back from a run/walk or something so im not gonna be the asshole denying her sustenance. she brings him up to order, okay sure. she orders. i say anything else, she says oh can i get something for the dog. i've had this interaction before so idc, i say okay. She orders, I'm fine - my coworker puts a dine-in order (where it is NOT wrapped in a bag. keep in mind this is open food!) dog puts his paws on the counter, panting near the open food. (obviously) he can't do that cause of allergens and other risks. I stare at it and look back at her like uhh get ur dog bro.

BRO. she looks at it, GIGGLES, and makes this stupid throwaway comment like "he gets so excited when he sees meat." NOOOO!!! no!! hell no!! he can't do that! if it was a service dog id just remake the food and tolerate it but bro just get your dog so i can clock out please. i gave a little sigh before going "can you get your dog please. he can't go on the counter like that. it's a health and safety issue and if a customer eats that i could lose my job." she has a little realisation before going like "oh! sorry! he won't touch it, hes trained!" like bruh i just want my check, sybau peabrain, he shouldn't be on there anyway lolll wtf.

i go, "okay," (customer service codeswitch) "please get him down!!" she goes, "down! down, boy!" and it took him 3 tries to go down.

she didn't even say sorry, i just gave her the order and she left lmao, and i had to remake the order in case any of the stupid dog hairs got on it like omfg. no other pet owners are out here bringing their dogs to the gym or taco bell or whatever, but for some reason dog owners think they can parade their furballs everywhere and everybody will want to pet them and laugh it off and integrate them into society, jwell no im sick of it!

So, I've been a lurker here for some time.

The reason ?

My downstairs neighbour/landlord got a dog last summer, and then left for more than a month, leaving the dog alone. There was just a relative checking in on it at times.

The dog spent the whole darned summer whining and barking non stop. That sound became the bane of my and my wife's existence. Usually it was at its worst in the morning. I think you can picture the kind of things going through my head being woken up at 5 or 6 in the morning by that high pitched noise.

So I turned to this sub for a bit of comfort, and in turn my opinion of dog drastically took a turn for the worse.

Now the dog is whining, right now. Because said landlord decided to remodel his house, and got himself some expensive leather furniture. And he spends most of his days doing whatever, usually not at home, with the dog staying locked inside. They got a big garden, mind you. Probably scared it'll ruin the plants.a

So now that they got the furniture, the dog stays locked, but also limited to a single room, whining all day, until they get home and proceed to spend their time yelling at it because it's just that hyper from being left alone inside.

And at this point I'm wondering : why even get the dog ?

My SO overheard the landlord complaining to his wife about paying too much for the dog.

These people spent 2000 euros for it.

Two. Thousand. Euros.

For a living being you keep locked up because you don't want it to ruin your leather couch, and yell at multiple times a day because you're not bothered to train it.

So WHY ? Why do you bother buying the damn dog ?

Of course, I know why. Or at least I have a good idea why. I've read enough on this sub, and I've seen enough older people around me with their dogs.

And of course the aforementioned dog, they took in right after their older and much more silent dog died.

So here, this was the story of how you people got a new adherent.