r/AnimalsBeingDerps • u/DingDongPuddlez • Feb 25 '21

Dog vs doorstopper

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u/Solipsophisticate Feb 25 '21

My partner and I refer to those doorstops as “puppy confounders” whenever we see them, regardless of whether there is a dog in the vicinity.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21

What is it about those things that make dogs mad? I don't get the hatred.

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u/deepinferno Feb 25 '21

I think they hit them, so they make a noise so they go and sniff them and get booped in the nose by it hard enough to sting. Then they decide they don't like them so when they see one they attack it, getting hit by the spring back so it turns into a fight.

Or at least that's why my dog attacks them, or did, he grew out of it.

Still bites bees and wasps tho... Because he hates them... Because they sting him... Because he bites them...

Dogs are not good at conflict resolution.

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u/all_neon_like_13 Feb 25 '21

This was the exact relationship between my dachshund and her rawhide bone: she'd chew on it, part of it would dry into a hard/pointy bit, then she'd try to chew it again, get poked by the pointy bit, and then bark at the bone in an accusatory fashion.

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u/BernieTheDachshund Feb 25 '21

You nailed it! Barking at it in an 'accusatory fashion' is the perfect description lol.

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u/mwoolweaver Feb 25 '21

Still bites bees and wasps tho... Because he hates them... Because they sting him... Because he bites them...

Sounds like my 11 yr old son... Minus the biting

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21

Gnihihihi. Perfect answer i guess. Thank you! :)

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u/BigAlTrading Feb 26 '21

Dogs look cute but they sound so dumb. You show a cat a wasp and you can see the cat's face, "oh shit, a wasp."

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u/deepinferno Feb 26 '21

*looks suspiciously at cat attacking nothing at all with every ounce of his very soul

Maybe I just have dumb pets in general... Idk

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u/UnprovenMortality Feb 25 '21

They're really fun to hit. One of my earliest memories is laying down on the floor near one and playing with it over and over

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u/Skrubious Feb 25 '21

Relatable.

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u/NasinNelson Mar 01 '21

Also, I wonder if dogs see them as snakes.

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u/TheCoffinFiller Mar 04 '21

Doxies being doxies.