I’m so sick of dogs everywhere

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t believe this for a second.

Ditto. I’m literally a crazy dog lady who has worked in dog rescue for many years and always has multiple dogs at home, and I have never encountered dogs in a supermarket or restaurant. It would never occur for me to take a dog to any of these places. It is often stressful for dogs to be in those situations, and I also realize that many people are allergic to them or don’t like them. I think you’re a troll.

DP in Fairfax and I have absolutely seen it. Including the guy working from Dunkin Donuts who actually brought a dog bed with him so his rat-sized thing could sit next to him in the booth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:H and I had a date night this weekend at our favorite restaurant. We sat on the patio outside. Two other tables brought their dogs, who literally barked and lunged at each other the entire evening.

One of the dogs was right next to us and kept hitting H’s leg. The owner super passive aggressively kept saying loudly to his date “I think that couple is mad I have my dog here”.

The next day I went to the grocery store and two people had dogs. And they weren’t service dogs. One was massive and kept blocking the entire aisle. Owner was clueless.

If you’re one of those people who needs to take your dog everywhere, why?

+ 100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t believe this for a second.

I just saw a dog in Whole Foods. People have no shame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Listen you moronic dog owners,

DOGS ARE ILLEGAL IN ALL FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, PERIOD.

You may NOT bring your stupid fur baby into any cafe, restaurant, bar, brewery, grocery store, or anywhere else where food is prepped and sold. The only exemption DC has is for outdoor areas. It doesn't matter what establishment ownership says either, it is literally FDA food code that live animals cannot be in food establishments. DC, MD, and VA have adopted FDA food code.

Keep your stupid dogs at home or outside. No, they're allowed inside the cafe where I'm getting my coffee. Just because their is mass ignorance of the law and lack of enforcement doesn't make it right. You're breaking the law and so is the food establishment.

This statement will make me bring my dog into Starbucks this weekend. Thank you for your irrational rant. Write me up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Listen you moronic dog owners,

DOGS ARE ILLEGAL IN ALL FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, PERIOD.

You may NOT bring your stupid fur baby into any cafe, restaurant, bar, brewery, grocery store, or anywhere else where food is prepped and sold. The only exemption DC has is for outdoor areas. It doesn't matter what establishment ownership says either, it is literally FDA food code that live animals cannot be in food establishments. DC, MD, and VA have adopted FDA food code.

Keep your stupid dogs at home or outside. No, they're allowed inside the cafe where I'm getting my coffee. Just because their is mass ignorance of the law and lack of enforcement doesn't make it right. You're breaking the law and so is the food establishment.

I'll take a dog over a gross crackhead any day of the week

[Anonymous]

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I was on a TGV fast train in France this weekend. There was a tough looking guy with tattoos sitting opposite us with the cutest looking Sydney Silky with a sequined leash sitting in the seat beside him. The ticket conductor didn't bat an eyelid about the dog on the seat, and the dog looked like he did this all the time.

At least the dog wasn't coughing its lungs out like the woman behind us.

I'm so sick of people who think it's ok to admit they like dogs more than people. You're not special.

I definitely like dogs more than many people. People, by and large, suck. Why is that not OK to admit? I don't think that makes me special, just realistic.

No dear. It makes you pathetic. And probably a terrible dog owner.

How is that pathetic? 90% of humans are morons with a sub high school education. My dog is definitely more emotionally intelligent than you, Janice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a HUGE dog lover (have two myself) and agree with you, OP.

I keep seeing them at Costco, which is the last freaking place in the world that needs additional beings taking up space. Service dog my *ss.

I regularly fly back and forth to the West coast. Every flight in the last 6 months has had at least one, if not more (last one had FOUR) "service dogs" on it. Quotation marks because I seriously doubt these particular animals are service dogs: malti poos or similar, trying to be petted by people, and generally not what you associate with service animals. Just people whose dogs are too big for carriers.

I have two dogs, so I'm not exactly a dog hater either. I just hate people who lie and game the system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:H and I had a date night this weekend at our favorite restaurant. We sat on the patio outside. Two other tables brought their dogs, who literally barked and lunged at each other the entire evening.

One of the dogs was right next to us and kept hitting H’s leg. The owner super passive aggressively kept saying loudly to his date “I think that couple is mad I have my dog here”.

The next day I went to the grocery store and two people had dogs. And they weren’t service dogs. One was massive and kept blocking the entire aisle. Owner was clueless.

If you’re one of those people who needs to take your dog everywhere, why?

Thank you for posting this title. On certain mornings on some of the sidewalks or on streets without any stretch of sidewalks, can see two adults walking as many as 6 to 8 dogs of different sizes take up the entire sidewalk (hardly enough space to fit one human and a dog) leaving no space to pass forcing someone (usually person without a four legged) to the street, or motorists needing to wait for the entire pack to move to the side of the street which takes a while with that many dogs sniffing butts and shit. Why don't these people go to a dog area or a trail (tho that is equally difficult to get around while biking)?

[Anonymous]

Never visit Europe, it's exponentially more dog inclusive

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Listen you moronic dog owners,

DOGS ARE ILLEGAL IN ALL FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, PERIOD.

You may NOT bring your stupid fur baby into any cafe, restaurant, bar, brewery, grocery store, or anywhere else where food is prepped and sold. The only exemption DC has is for outdoor areas. It doesn't matter what establishment ownership says either, it is literally FDA food code that live animals cannot be in food establishments. DC, MD, and VA have adopted FDA food code.

Keep your stupid dogs at home or outside. No, they're allowed inside the cafe where I'm getting my coffee. Just because their is mass ignorance of the law and lack of enforcement doesn't make it right. You're breaking the law and so is the food establishment.

I'll take a dog over a gross crackhead any day of the week

It's not an either-or and in fact people flouting rules by bringing dogs places they shouldn't be contributes to an overall sense of lawlessness in my neighborhood. I see dogs and panhandlers and drug addicts in stores near me and it just contributes to this feeling like people who follow rules (both actual rules and social norms) are not valued and we're suckers for actually thinking of how our actions impact others.

On any given day it's a toss up as to which will be grosser and more discourteous in my neighborhood: the many drug addicts or the dog owners. Take that in.

[Anonymous]

Same, OP. Same.

When dog nutters compare dogs to kids, you know they're batsh!t insane. I don't even have kids, but if you make any kind of analogy, you've lost your freakin' mind long ago.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t believe this for a second.

Ditto. I’m literally a crazy dog lady who has worked in dog rescue for many years and always has multiple dogs at home, and I have never encountered dogs in a supermarket or restaurant. It would never occur for me to take a dog to any of these places. It is often stressful for dogs to be in those situations, and I also realize that many people are allergic to them or don’t like them. I think you’re a troll.

NP. Just because you haven't seen it (yet) doesn't mean it doesn't happen. I have two dogs currently, and have owned dogs for most of my life. (Point being I love dogs).

I have seen dogs in the Starbucks in Potomac, in the Safeway in Potomac, and in the Giant in McLean. None of them were service animals. I have also seen people take dogs into shops that have large "No dogs allowed" signs, and the people in the shops do nothing--even when asked about it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I understand people like dogs but I don’t understand why the dogs are everywhere now. I can’t walk down the sidewalk without having to veer off multiple times to let dogs go by. They pee in our yard and make the grass die. The grocery store. When I pick up lunch, dogs paw at my pants in the line. Can’t sit outside anymore because giant dog tails smack your legs or the dogs want to make friends. They’re walking around in the airport and at every kid sports game. It’s just so weird that they’re everywhere now. People used to leave dogs at home.

This. Too many people have dogs and many of the people who have them are bad dog owners.

I actually used to be fine with dogs a lot of places that it now bothers me because when fewer people had dogs it wouldn't be that big of a deal. Like I used to like the idea of working in an office where people could bring their dogs because it would just be a few dogs and I like dogs so it would be fun to see the 2-3 pups at work sometimes.

Now I would lobby so hard against allowing dogs at work because it would be like 12 dogs and half of them would be awful and it would be a [literal] mess.

There used to be two dogs in my condo building -- small dogs that were very suitable for apartments and city life. Now there are like 14 dogs and a lot of them are large and energetic and loud. You hear them all the time in the hallways and stairwells or barking in apartments. They are the kinds of dogs that run and jump and are probably not getting enough exercise because their owners work full time and many are back in the office a few days a week. There is dog hair everywhere. You can't enter or exit the building without encountering dogs pretty much ever.

It's too many dogs.

Agree with both PP. I used to fantasize about my office becoming dog-friendly, but now the thought horrifies me for reasons you describe. I hypothesize that people also became emotionally dependent on their dog, or entitled in a way that we weren't 5/10 years ago. People probably bring their dogs everywhere because they aren't properly trained so this way they can keep an eye on them (oh, the irony).

So many dog owners lack any self-awareness when they are about and about with their dogs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Associated story ...

I was on a TGV fast train in France this weekend. There was a tough looking guy with tattoos sitting opposite us with the cutest looking Sydney Silky with a sequined leash sitting in the seat beside him. The ticket conductor didn't bat an eyelid about the dog on the seat, and the dog looked like he did this all the time.

At least the dog wasn't coughing its lungs out like the woman behind us.

I'm so sick of people who think it's ok to admit they like dogs more than people. You're not special.

I definitely like dogs more than many people. People, by and large, suck. Why is that not OK to admit? I don't think that makes me special, just realistic.

No dear. It makes you pathetic. And probably a terrible dog owner.

You’re the one calling a stranger “pathetic” for respectfully speaking about their own thoughts and ideas that don’t affect you. Glass houses and all…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t believe this for a second.

Ditto. I’m literally a crazy dog lady who has worked in dog rescue for many years and always has multiple dogs at home, and I have never encountered dogs in a supermarket or restaurant. It would never occur for me to take a dog to any of these places. It is often stressful for dogs to be in those situations, and I also realize that many people are allergic to them or don’t like them. I think you’re a troll.

NP. Just because you haven't seen it (yet) doesn't mean it doesn't happen. I have two dogs currently, and have owned dogs for most of my life. (Point being I love dogs).

I have seen dogs in the Starbucks in Potomac, in the Safeway in Potomac, and in the Giant in McLean. None of them were service animals. I have also seen people take dogs into shops that have large "No dogs allowed" signs, and the people in the shops do nothing--even when asked about it.

And yet nothing actually happened to you. What’s the problem?