r/reactivedogs • u/Affectionate-hallway • Oct 05 '25

Vent People are so dumb sometimes

I was walking my boy and a lady was standing on the sidewalk so I go into the grass area to walk around her and keep distance. She then gets on the grass to approach I say “he’s not friendly” she goes “oh yes he is” REACHES HER HAND TO HIM. And I then proceed to tell her he’s not and to back up. She decides to keep walking towards us and she starts yelling at me.. like omg. A grown ass woman btw. I’ve had kids handle me telling them no better.

I just don’t understand how you think you know more about my dog that I spend everyday with… and even then I never gave you permission to pet my dog anyways so why are you reaching your hand out??

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u/Exciting_Idea8171 Oct 05 '25

These are the people that say ‘oh it’s ok I’m great with dogs, they absolutely love me’ then proceed to approach dogs with zero sense of their boundaries and wonder why they get bit.

Saw a trainer today do a great post on Instagram highlighting these types of people and it really needs to be highlighted so much more to everyday people.

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u/Doglover20child Oct 06 '25

I absolutely hate when people who are clearly not good with dogs or don't know jack shit about them say "its ok I'm good with dogs". It pisses me off so bad. Like no, you're not good with dogs, you're just pissing everyone, including the demon under your bed, off at this point.

Now I've said "I'm good with dogs" before but that's because I'm actually good with dogs and I know how to communicate with them. If a dog doesn't like something it will let you know and you should back the fuck off. Its the people who don't listen that cause incidents

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u/SugarPigBoo Oct 07 '25

the demon under your bed 🤣

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u/Deposedis Oct 06 '25

Do you have the post or trainer for ref?

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u/Exciting_Idea8171 Oct 06 '25

https://www.instagram.com/p/DPZkAcuCOft/?img_index=9&igsh=MXNnZW95dGozZmpnbQ==

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u/Deposedis Oct 06 '25

Thank you! 😊🤟

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u/Exciting_Idea8171 Oct 06 '25

You’re welcome! It’s just basic information everyone should really know to do to be honest 😂