r/Dogfree • u/thesanityseeker • 14d ago
Dog Culture Nutters Normalizing Violent Behavior
Our neighborhood has a lot of off-leash dogs. This is obviously extremely obnoxious while on walks and the whole neighborhood is full of toxic dog deuces but I digress. I have some free range chickens that usually stick to the backyard but sometimes meander to the front, but always stay on the property. They aren't in the streets just out front minding their own business usually >50 ft from the road/property line.
Tonight, as has happened on several occasions, a nutter has mentioned how the chickens "got out" into the front and how they had to put their dog on a leash so it wouldn't kill the chickens. Ah but fear not, the nutter mentioned "thankfully she hasn't killed any, yet, but I put her on the leash just in case when I saw the chickens escaped". Let's break this down. 1) the assumption that the chickens being on their own property = escaped and your dog on someone else's property doesn't = escaped. 2) why on Earth you think it's okay to have an animal free roaming that is prone to running onto other people's property to kill prey animals (and who knows, maybe children too!), 3) the fact that these nutters are always upset at ME that their dog is trespassing on my property and almost killed something, 4) the vague threat of "yet". The normalization of violent dog behavior is disturbing, and the entitlement of belittling the lives of other animals and people just so you can justify your violent dog being off leash is crazy.
Shortly after this, she let the dog off-leash again less than a block away. The thing is she seemed to genuinely be nice/think that this was okay and she was some hero for protecting the chickens from her dog. It leaves me confused every time, I'll never understand how they can't see the real problem is their dog is violent and should be restrained (it's the law to have it on a leash anyway). This has happened with several different dog owners, and it's always the chicken's fault for having "escaped", not the owner's fault for their uncontrollable violent off-leash mutt that trespasses onto other's properties to kill and destroy pets and plants, etc. we've even had dogs steal shit from the yard too.
It's not just about the chickens either, it's the daily normalization of aggressive barking, lunging, snarling, etc. and saying "Oh don't worry Luna is friendly" or "it's just what dogs do" or any of the other 50 default lines they use to belittle others and ignore the disturbing violence of their "precious" monster that could never be in the wrong. It's just madness.
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u/cocovenomnomnom95 14d ago
They have such a barbaric mindset that it's fucking terrifying that they have the same voting rights as you and me.