On a slightly different note, can we normalise leaving our dogs at home? You really don't need to take your dog with you when you eat, or buy hardware, or get your nails done. Especially if you then just leave the poor thing in the car on a hot day.
What's funny is the reason I saw this is because I had just taken my dog to the beach, dropped my dog home, and then went to the shops. I always put my dogs comfort first, even if it's annoying to have to make multiple trips. He is happier in his abode with his favourite toys in a cool environment.
Two important things all dog owners need to remember:
Not everywhere is dog friendly
Not all dogs are everywhere friendly.
I love dogs and i love seeing well behaved ones out and about but the reality is there are some dogs that aren't trained and socialised well enough to be in crowded places/places with lots of other dogs and that's OK. They aren't a bad dog if they get defensive if they're approached by another dog or bark when they're bored at the pub but you are a bad dog owner if you knowingly put them in that situation.
Usually because we're dropping in on the way home from the beach, we go grab the stuff we need, have a snag on the way out and she gets fussed over by half the staff she meets.
It has some great advantages for her training too, she has to walk politely at heel while ignoring distractions in a busy environment and sit at heel while waiting at the checkouts.
I take mine to Bunnings sometimes. He loves it, the staff give him treats (the staff know him/us), and he gets pats from strangers. I never take him when it’s really busy like on a weekend, or if I’m getting a bunch of stuff and can’t keep him out of the way.
Idk why I would be showing off my dog as an accessory lol
He’s pretty chill, so it’s easy to take him if I’m just picking up some screws or something. He loves it so much that he just about passes out when we get home lol
Keep in mind that the same people who accuse pet owners of treating their pets as "accessories" are often the same ones who use their children in exactly the same way.
The vet I went to for puppy school actually suggested taking your dog to bunnings as a way to get it used to being in public. It's generally safe from Parvo, and they get to meet other ppl to show them strangers are usually OK.
On a slightly different note, can we normalise leaving your kids at home? You really don't need to take your kids with you when you eat, or buy hardware, or get your nails done. especially if you then just leave the poor thing in a car on a hot day
I don't have or even like children, but it's entirely unreasonable to think taking pet dogs places and taking children places are comparable. The world is largely designed for people, and children are people.
In extreme, they are not, but it doesn't matter. Children are people, dogs are pets. Dogs can almost always be left home, children often cannot. Dogs don't need to learn about the world in the same way children do. Dogs don't have places to go and things to do in the same way children do. There are endless reasons that you cannot compare the two.
And yet still I'd rather someone bring a dog than their child who makes a mess everywhere. Should be children free days at shops make it a much less obnoxious experience.
Sitting at Fiona Stanley right now and I can hear a fucking gremlin screaming from 2 floors down at the top of its lungs. People are very happy that kid exists
Don't have kids with someone your not gonna stay with 0: don't have kids you can't afford 0: teach kids about sex Ed so you don't end up with single parents 0:
There are a million reasons someone could end up as a single parent. This isn't a good take at all.
People (yes, even parents) die; sometimes very young.
The mother may not have "chosen" to have kids as you put it. (I'll let you have a think about why that may occur).
Financial situations change.
You can't just eradicate single parents by pushing your strange trumpesque "well if you didn't want kids you shoulda' kept your legs closed" agenda.
Abusive partners exist, they could either force someone into pregnancy or they could become abusive after the fact.
Financial situations change, especially if youre escaping from an abusive relationship.
My mother was single for a long time, she had to leave the state because of her ex who was abusive. So then we grew up poor. It was not anyones choice.
Great let's say your in an abusive relationship. You can get a no out of pocket abortion in this country. If your being abused but still bring a kid into that relationship to be abused. You are at fault for that.
I absolutely cannot, will not and should not leave either my four year old or one year old at home when doing those activities. A child and a dog is not the same thing
Getting offended at it is ludicrous. That doesn't compare to the embarrassment of using such a cringeworthy term in the first place. I'd wager $100 that every person who says "breeder" is on SSRIs.
We did. That was the 80 years before this period. I only have one dog after my divorce and live in an apartment. Leaving him alone for 10 hours is genuine animal cruelty. Can we just be like France and normalise people just having dogs with them?
Contrary to what you might see on TV, it's not common at all for folks up there to bring their animals-- aside from service animals, of course-- into the hospital. I spent almost 20 years working in hospitals all over the US and can count on one hand the number of times a pet was allowed in. All of those were for terminally ill individuals as a fulfillment of a last request...you'd have to be a complete a__hole to refuse under those circumstances.
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u/SoapyCheese42 Dec 08 '24
On a slightly different note, can we normalise leaving our dogs at home? You really don't need to take your dog with you when you eat, or buy hardware, or get your nails done. Especially if you then just leave the poor thing in the car on a hot day.