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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread exposes why people should think long and hard before adopting a dog.

I love dogs too. Adore them! I love hanging out with my friends and family who have dogs, I will schedule dates with friends just so I can hang out with their dogs if I haven't seen [the dog] in a bit. So this isn't an anti-dog screed at all.

But often people get dogs and then are surprised to discover: it's not just a ton of work, it can be quite limiting because dogs have lots of needs and can't just go everywhere you go. If you love going out for drinks after work, for instance, I would recommend you not get a dog. Because one of two things will happen. Either you will have to stop doing this thing you enjoy OR you will have to curtail it so that you only go to dog-friendly patios during weather that makes patio drinking okay OR you will become that person who complains endlessly about how not enough bars and restaurants allow dogs and really it's discrimination and your dog is really well-behaved so what's the big deal. Option #3 is super annoying because you don't get to decide what private businesses allow dogs. You should have thought of that before you got a dog. It's not your dogs fault or the bars fault. It's your fault.

And this is the same. Is it super annoying to have to arrange school pick-up around your dog? Yup, sure is! It would be MUCH easier if all kids liked and were not allergic to dogs, and all schools allowed dogs, and all dogs were well-behaved at pick-up, and pick-up was never so crowded that having leashed dogs running around made things tricky. But: that's what school pick up is like. There are kids, including kids who don't like dogs. It's crowded. Some/most schools have explicit rules against dogs on school property (whether they are enforced or not). And so on. It's not the kids's fault, or the school's fault, or the fault of parents/families whose kids are allergic to or afraid of dogs. And it's not the dog's fault! It's your fault.

If you don't like it, don't get a dog. It's real easy. If you have a dog, get ready to deal with the inconvenience of having a dog. The world will only bend to you so much. Sorry.[/quote]

LOL you could literally rewrite this about having kids. Sorry your snowflakes occasionally have to see dogs in the real world. Maybe you shouldn’t have had kids if you couldn’t handle that. See how dumb that sounds?[/quote]

NP. That does indeed sound dumb, because you really cannot turn this around in the way you tried.[/quote]

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