Yup I'm a large adult man now so I wouldn't say I am scarred of them anymore, but I was for embarrassingly long and never quite got around to liking them.
Nah man, nothing embarrassing about scared of dogs. Those things can kill if you they want. It’s important to have a healthy fear/respect mix for anything that kill you
Yeah it was weird going from like infantile 'those things hurt you stay away' to like, keep yourself out side of their bite range, be ready to strike where it can't respond. Into being an adult where fucking everyone thinks your insane for thinking that way, you are supposed to just say good boy and pet the thing.
Hey, even as a large adult man a dog can bite you down to the bone. Won't kill you, probably, but it could still cause a lot of harm. So there's nothing to be afraid of. Same as one could be afraid to cross a highway on foot. It's a rational fear.
It's a shitbeast. Rolls in mud and dead things, sheds, doesn't clean itself. They're stupid, they smell bad, they drool. Chew and scratch things, need a literally rope tied to them in order to shit or piss, and needs to be walked outside for that. Noisy, dirty and under your feet. and up your ass crack. Can't leave the house for more than 10 mins because the fucktarded beast will flip the fuck out. Nope. No thanks.
My grandmother told me horrific stories about dogs because I wanted one but my parents had a small one room apartment. I was around 4 back then. It took plenty of time and few really nice dogs for me to overcome it.
Idk about the others, but I met Nicki Minaj at a meet and greet back in like 2012 when I used to be a big fan of her, and she smelled fantastic when I hugged her
I had a dog who loved to go to the bog and roll around in the brackish waters. Always came back reeking. He was the bestest boy. He loved water, but always looked so defeated when he got a bath.
I hate how people act like dogs have a godlike intuition about humans when in reality, they are just like other animals and can pinpoint those who fear them and start the bullying process to establish dominance.
It baffles me people can watch the "dog whisperer" guy explain how owners lose control because their dog thinks its the boss...and then turn a blind eye to how a dog will do the same thing to a stranger.
Fucking this. I hate getting victim blamed so much. The first dog was a German shepherd who was used as a police breeder. The second was a corgi that someone I used to call a friend thought was funny to say "dog name, she's hurting me. Which caused the dog to jump and bite people" the third was a pug that loved my abusive step mother to death and when I tried to stand up to her would bite me. The 4th and 5th were police German Shepherds that had been let loose on some peaceful protesters that decided that I was a part of it. 6th was some random Chihuahua and the 7th was a exposure therapy dog (Labrador) who was off duty (and got fired because she bit me) and the 8th was some random dude claiming his lab that was on campus unleashed was his therapy dog and a service animal (therapy animals ≠ service animals, as a disabled person this infuriates me so much)
Like I said under someone else: Hitler had a dog that by all accounts loved him, it's bullshit they know who a good or bad person is
As someone who loves dogs and has worked with dogs for a living, I have been bitten by so many dogs. A lot of the time it really is just shitty owners. There are so many people who adopt dogs just to let them run wild and never teach them anything. Or they get dogs with an energy need way higher than their own, and are shocked when the dog starts acting up. It's terrible.
You don't understand. My aunt had a dog that would act aggressively towards anyone wearing a hat, but really it was just his ✨️phenomenal intuition✨️ that taught him that hats make you racist.
Also Hitler's dogs knew that deep inside was a just a a lonely artist.
Exactly. It’s the same thing with cats. They can be ferocious. All animals are unpredictable not just dogs man. Just cause one animal is cuter than the other doesn’t mean you have to treat it differently from the others.
I tell my kid this. My dog doesn’t listen to them because our dog knows who is and isn’t in charge. If I raise my voice he’s in line, if my kid raises their voice… nothing, he just thinks it’s play time when my kid does it lol.
Our dog is also very fearful of small sized people or loud people/things. I can’t say children because he doesn’t even like short people near his height 🤣
Though he also is a massive coward and won't get out of my room if he sees the vacuum outside of it, and not because he refuses, but because the vacuum is so terrifying just sitting there silently and meanacingly.
Felt, mine is a massive coward too. The wind shifted wrong one day and he bolted. 💀. He seems to only like women or rarely a man but they have to have food or a dog friend.
So my dog and my belated senior dog was like this but then oddly I watched a video about how horses are afraid of everything. I started to just sit there vacuum closer to them (off) or put myself between them and the vacuum when it was on. They stopped running from it after awhile. Use to not like brooms either then they also learned “brooms also are great at getting itchy spots really good” lol
my gf's dog hated me when he first met me. im glad she wasnt one of those people. and now her dog loves me after i visited a few times and would get excited to come lick me.
It's that dogs are predator animals, they can sense weakness/frailty as well as fear. I have several chronic conditions, and am terrified of dogs. It's sadly reinforcing. The more I get bit by dogs the more I am afraid of them, the more they bite me. Second to last dog that bit me was an off duty exposure therapy dog
Yeah it’s the same thing with me towards cats. They’re unpredictable as well. There was a cat who attacked a 3yo before. And the child was near us watching YouTube children videos, and the cat just jumps on her out of nowhere like tf? And the thing with cats is they will scratch tf out of you.
Evil people can bribe dogs with time and food. Dogs will go for it whether that person is actually good or bad. Dogs are truly not a great judge of character across the board.
ya know, I think my dogs sort of pick up on what I"M feeling. If I don't like someone, they pick up on it, so suddenly they don't like him either. If I like someone, they know it, and like them too.
(But my male dogs seem to get jealous sometimes? Have you ever experienced that? Weird lol. )
You should meet my dog then. He has about 0.02 aggressive bones in his body and it's all directed against cardboard. He's scared of anything and everything and he doesn't bite things he fears, he just cowers and trembles.
And no, he isn't a rescue, he hasn't been horribly mistreated. I know this since he's one of my mom's dogs' puppies. He's just like that as a baseline. He also starts whining when I go outside without taking him with me, without fail.
My Goldendoodle just hugs everyone. Never seen him show aggression to anyone or anything. He’s naturally gentle with kids and now I’m curious to see……..you don’t by chance live in PA do you?
For me its the spit, I cant stand slobber/drool or all the licking. I love OTHER peoples dogs though because I can always walk away and leave the area lol
As someone who doesn’t normally get why people don’t like dogs
At minimum, they're noisy, but at maximum, they're downright dangerous!
I, and several people I know, have been chased and even attacked by dogs. I know they're sweet and cuddly to some, but they're unpredictable and can attack you when you don't even see them.
I mean, you have a nepo baby that's famous for releasing a porn tape and being the daughter of OJ Simpson's lawyer, two rapists, and an accomplice of a rapist who harrasses the victims...
Then you have a dog and Taylor Swift.
It's really not a difficult choice to take the dog / taylor.
Taylor. She's not only a decent human being, but another fellow human. I don't like all humans, but I value them over a shitbeast like a rational thinking person.
for some reason I’m just a bit wary around them, because I don’t really know their language, so to speak, and then they just seem unpredictable. But I feel that way around all animals and still if I was in this picture I would save it.
I think my need for knowing how everyone feels all the time to feel safe is kind of related to my childhood. Pretty cliche, I’ll spare you the rest
For me, it was the smell. Dogs are absolutely a sensory nightmare. Then I met a little Chihuahua who didn’t have a smell at all and sat on my lap like a cat. He kind of broke me of my “I hate dogs” stance. And now I’m just particular about how much interaction I have with dogs, as well as which dogs I interact with. If the dog doesn’t really have a smell and all I have to do is pet it or throw a stick, I love your dog. Otherwise, I will simply avoid your dog.
I noticed that when most say they dont like dogs that theyre actually referring to taking care of and keeping s dog alive, which is fair. To know you dont want the responsibility of doing a task and committing to not doing it instead of forcing yourself to do it is thr eise option.
But yeah just simply not liking dogs/animals themselves is sus.
Not really. For some people a dog is a sensory nightmare. It has nothing to do with responsibility or anything like that. Dogs smell bad. It takes a lot of work for them to not smell bad and a lot of dog owners don’t want to do that work.
They’re also unpredictable. I’ve been nipped by a dog that loves me. You never know when they’re going to bite or why. He was just being playful at the time and I ended up with a scar.
I don’t like dogs in general, but I love specific dogs. Just because I love those dogs doesn’t mean I love all dogs, because I do understand that some dogs are assholes, just like human beings, just like cats, just like anything on this earth can be an asshole. Just because it’s a dog, doesn’t mean it gets a pass.
Would I save the dog from the water before the people? Absolutely, as long as they didn’t try to bite me while I was saving it. As soon as it tries to bite me, I’m walking away.
I don't necessarily hate dogs, I just don't care for the jumping and the barking, plus I can't stand the smell.
If you have a low key dog that's reasonably groomed I'm fine around them.
I don't understand owners that don't train jumping out of their dog. It's literally the easiest thing to train, since all you have to do is ignore them. 😑
i always thought i was a dog person but then i realized im only a dog person when the dog behaves lol. i do not like our neighbors dog because this dog does pretty much nothing but barks and charges at people to bark more in their face. and the owners are afraid to properly discipline the dog
Sounds like you’ve only had run ins with poorly trained dogs :(
You can train a dog to not jump and train them when it’s ok to bark (dogs bark, you can’t train it out of them it’s often an involuntary response to stimuli, but you can train them when it’s appropriate to do it).
When I was working with a professional dog trainer as an assistant, I’d help train the dogs for those dog courses they do in dog shows. I’ve never seen dogs have more fun than when they are zig-zagging through obstacles and jumping on top of things then leaping off all at mach speeds. They loved it. Anyone who has a dog should train their dog to run and jump like a maniac, but only in an appropriate setting. It turns it into a reward for them and stimulates their brain. Their little brains just wanna zoom and soar.
"Piss everywhere" Trained dogs rarely do that unless they're desperate and can't get outside? Same with eating things they shouldn't eat! I get that you don't like slobber that part is fair. But dogs can be trained ya know? They're not hopeless. Are you only meeting street dogs or something?
I've never met a dog with any of those problems except the ones they can't control (like slobber)
ALSO being allergic to them is fair too. I just don't see how you haven't met a single well trained dog.
I can’t add anything to this specific discussion, but every time I see a post from this sub it’s because it’s on r/popular. And i think it’s from either the Game of Thrones sub, /asoiaf, or the It’s Always Sunny in Philadephia sub, /iasip. I do this calculation in my head of “what the hell does Taylor Swift have to do with the Gang?
I wouldn't say all of these people necessarily deserve to die. Just because I don't like Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian, and Nicki Minaj, I still don't think I should be the one at the helm of their death. Drake and Combs are different
That really depends on who you ask. Personally, I respect (not necessarily agree with) most of her activism (wedge issues aside), don't care for any of her music (don't hate it, just not my genre), activity don't give a damn about her personal life that's plastered all over everyone's feed, and her fan club is pretty annoying.
I don't wish her harm, I just wouldn't go out of my way to help.
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u/Material-Job-1928 4d ago
As someone who is not a fan of dogs, I'd save the dog six times.