I hate dog people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is what research on the behavior of dog owners have revealed. I'll try to make a long story short. Hopefully this will improve the understanding between the dog lovers and haters.

Dog owners are mostly inept in social human interactions to begin with. Because of this reason they tend to be loners, have strained relationships with their spouses, sons and daughters and have become distant from most of their friends. This leads to a severe lack of love and affection throughout their lives. To fill this void they seek the attention of "ever faithful mans best friend - dog". Unlike any other relationship they have experienced in their lives before, this one looks unconditional, magical and faithful. Therefore it flourishes rapidly and somewhere down the road mans best friend dog begin to look and feel almost human or more than human ( as someone so passionately pointed out here) and everything comes crashing down from that point onward. Literally the dog becomes your lost spouse, long gone kids or the kid you never had or the mom or dad who never loved you. Then you take him to Home Depot, cut a cake for its bday, give it a heart on valentines, take it to a beach vacation, show it the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, Statue of Liberty and at the end of the day write all your inheritance to your loving dog on your death bed.

Ditching out a rugged jungle life and moving in with the man to a comfy house in exchange of unconditional love and affection, Mans best friend have been there for him for thousands of years for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do them part.

The dog will continue to be humans only unconditional companion in the long walk life, sadly witnessing the ever decaying human interactions leading to isolation, self destruction and eventual extinction of mankind from this planet.

My SIL has been dying a slow death from cancer, and her husband and two teenaged sons have behaved like savages throughout her entire illness. SIL can only count on daily support from her elderly mother and her old cat, who constantly sits vigil in, or near, her bed. I know this thread is about dog people, but I find PP's words about pets being one's best friend in sickness and in health to ring so true in that case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't hate dogs-just the owners who constantly act like rules do not apply to them and everyone does/should love their dog as much as they do.

Letting their dogs crap wherever and not cleaning up after them even though our neighborhood has little stations specifically for this purpose.
Bringing their dogs into stores where it is completely inappropriate. The only store you should bring your dog into is a pet store.
Bringing their dogs into restaurants. I know certain restaurants allow it but I think it is gross.
Letting their dogs run and jump on whoever without apology. If my child jumps on you I'm going to apologize.
Having their dogs unleashed around play equipment at the playground. No. some kids are afraid of dogs. I don't bring my child to the dog park.

I'm obviously not talking about service dogs. I'm talking about people's pets. UGH!

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I life in LA and you wouldn't survive here. Dogs rule this town.

[Anonymous]

*live

[Anonymous]

I can't stand when dog owners think their canines are more important than people. Like I should be the one who yields to them when I'm walking on the sidewalk in the city. If it's a park, ok, I get that sort of But, why should I need to yield to your dog(s). And no not all dogs are friendly. No, I do not want to pet your dog. And no, don't force or insist that we pet your dog, cat, hamster, rabbit, or bird.

And yes, if you own a dog, you should be able to control your dog! And I've seen people who practically are being dragged by the leash by their dog(s). Ridiculous. And I've heard dogs bark and howling at passersby nonstop and the owners do nothing about it.

[Anonymous]

I work in a job where I visit people's homes on a regular basis.

Over the past 10 years I can say with great authority that of all the dog owners I have met, the nicest and most thoughtful people are ranked in this order:

1. Tell me before I come that they have a dog and put it in another part of the house or fenced yard.
2. Don't tell me they have a dog but put it in another part of the house or a fenced yard before I arrive.
3. Don't tell me they have a dog and say "Oh yeah I have a dog do you mind?" ...then it either behaves or they put it elsewhere after it jumps on me or licks me once or twice.
4. #3 but they let the dog lick me and slobber all over my and my stuff for maybe 10-15 minutes before putting it away.
5. Let the dog do whatever the F it wants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't stand when dog owners think their canines are more important than people. Like I should be the one who yields to them when I'm walking on the sidewalk in the city. If it's a park, ok, I get that sort of But, why should I need to yield to your dog(s). And no not all dogs are friendly. No, I do not want to pet your dog. And no, don't force or insist that we pet your dog, cat, hamster, rabbit, or bird.

And yes, if you own a dog, you should be able to control your dog! And I've seen people who practically are being dragged by the leash by their dog(s). Ridiculous. And I've heard dogs bark and howling at passersby nonstop and the owners do nothing about it.

Cat owners tend not to insist that you pet their animal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't hate dogs-just the owners who constantly act like rules do not apply to them and everyone does/should love their dog as much as they do.

Letting their dogs crap wherever and not cleaning up after them even though our neighborhood has little stations specifically for this purpose.
Bringing their dogs into stores where it is completely inappropriate. The only store you should bring your dog into is a pet store.
Bringing their dogs into restaurants. I know certain restaurants allow it but I think it is gross.
Letting their dogs run and jump on whoever without apology. If my child jumps on you I'm going to apologize.
Having their dogs unleashed around play equipment at the playground. No. some kids are afraid of dogs. I don't bring my child to the dog park.

I'm obviously not talking about service dogs. I'm talking about people's pets. UGH!

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The same applies to parents that allow their kids to do all of the above!

[Anonymous]

What's with all the old ladies and their supposed "service dogs" these days? I see them in grocery stores and other places where you don't really want dogs. It's always one of those little dogs, the ones you want to just pick up and punt down the road.

What good are those stupid little things? What service can they possibly provide? The women aren't blind or anything, so I don't know how they get away with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's with all the old ladies and their supposed "service dogs" these days? I see them in grocery stores and other places where you don't really want dogs. It's always one of those little dogs, the ones you want to just pick up and punt down the road.

What good are those stupid little things? What service can they possibly provide? The women aren't blind or anything, so I don't know how they get away with it.

I'm willing to bet that the majority of them don't even pretend that their animal is providing a service. Instead, they see YOU and the store as providing a valuable service for their dog: they want to "socialize" the animal.

Look at the posts by the lady who takes her dog to Home Depot in this thread. This is the type of person and mentality you are seeing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bet the people chiding the Home Depot dog lady for being "inconsiderate" make guests take their shoes off, which I personally find inconsiderate. Because really what this is about is germaphobia, anxiety, and control.

Thanks for your amateur diagnosis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't stand when dog owners think their canines are more important than people. Like I should be the one who yields to them when I'm walking on the sidewalk in the city. If it's a park, ok, I get that sort of But, why should I need to yield to your dog(s). And no not all dogs are friendly. No, I do not want to pet your dog. And no, don't force or insist that we pet your dog, cat, hamster, rabbit, or bird.

And yes, if you own a dog, you should be able to control your dog! And I've seen people who practically are being dragged by the leash by their dog(s). Ridiculous. And I've heard dogs bark and howling at passersby nonstop and the owners do nothing about it.

They are sometimes. They just are. As one PP said on here, animals will never judge, ridicule, bitch, moan or treat you like shit the way most humans will. They greet you with happiness, love you and are devoted to you until they draw their last breath. I will take that 100 times over vs. most people (many of who, like this PP, seem to really suck).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't stand when dog owners think their canines are more important than people. Like I should be the one who yields to them when I'm walking on the sidewalk in the city. If it's a park, ok, I get that sort of But, why should I need to yield to your dog(s). And no not all dogs are friendly. No, I do not want to pet your dog. And no, don't force or insist that we pet your dog, cat, hamster, rabbit, or bird.

And yes, if you own a dog, you should be able to control your dog! And I've seen people who practically are being dragged by the leash by their dog(s). Ridiculous. And I've heard dogs bark and howling at passersby nonstop and the owners do nothing about it.

They are sometimes. They just are. As one PP said on here, animals will never judge, ridicule, bitch, moan or treat you like shit the way most humans will. They greet you with happiness, love you and are devoted to you until they draw their last breath. I will take that 100 times over vs. most people (many of who, like this PP, seem to really suck).

Whether or not you yourself would "take" dogs over "most people", who you deem to "really suck", does NOT mean that the dogs are more important than people. It means you prefer dogs to most people. It is sick and crazy, though, to say that dogs are ("sometimes" or always) more important than people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I bet the people chiding the Home Depot dog lady for being "inconsiderate" make guests take their shoes off, which I personally find inconsiderate. Because really what this is about is germaphobia, anxiety, and control.

Thanks for your amateur diagnosis.

It ain't wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I bet the people chiding the Home Depot dog lady for being "inconsiderate" make guests take their shoes off, which I personally find inconsiderate. Because really what this is about is germaphobia, anxiety, and control.

Thanks for your amateur diagnosis.

It ain't wrong.

Yes, it is. No, I don't make guests take their shoes off in my home. Nor do I think it is appealing or appropriate to belch at the dinner table or spit on the ground, or take one's dog to Home Depot: none of those things are about "germaphobia, anxiety, or control." They are about consideration for others, and civil behavior.

[Anonymous]

Here's a perfect example:

Three months ago, we planned a milestone event celebration for DD. Low key, but a nice enough neighborhood restaurant with family and friends.

A month ago, her dad adopted a puppy. Adorable, but utterly untrained and so far, a disaster behaviorally. The dog was supposed to be for DD. She's meh about the puppy because she dislikes chaos.

Last night, her dad shows up at the restaurant with the dog. He knew the dog wasn't allowed in and tried to insist that we be moved out of the private room and onto the patio. So he can tie the puppy to his chair. Please note, he wasn't the cohost. The manager declined and informed me when DD, DH, and I arrived.

DD requested that her dad take the puppy home. He refused. For the first hour, he stood outside the restaurant greeting our guests and other patrons with the tale of how unreasonable the manager was. The manager asked me to ask him to leave. DD was both mortified by his behavior and sad that he was missing the dinner. Finally, DH offered a stint of staying outside with the dog so that my ex could come in, eat, and celebrate a little.

We tipped heavily, but I feel too embarrassed to return. Also, lots of irritation with DD's dad. The dog came before his own child.