i probably would find you annoying.

there is some woman in my building who is scared of dogs, who acts like a toddler in the elevator when i enter with my dog. i do not accommodate her drama.

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Anonymous wrote:I dislike that dog owners think you’re a terrible person if you admit that you don’t like dogs.

I don't think it means you are necessarily a terrible person but you are likely not very nurturing or empathic and likely not someone I would trust very much.

+1. The ability to love another species is extraordinary.

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Anonymous wrote:I love dogs, especially my own, but so many dog owners suck.
What irks me the most is letting them off leash everywhere. Aren't they afraid their dog is going to get hit by a car? I don't let my pup off leash anywhere that isn't completely enclosed. Not even so much because it's the law, but because I love her and don't want anything to do happen to her. It also bothers me that people bring their dogs to the grocery store. I like to take my dog out with me, but I don't take her anywhere she isn't allowed, and if I'm not sure, I don't. These are probably the same people who litter and do other anti-social, entitled things.

All that said, yes, dogs are extremely annoying. Mine is always following me around the house, and if she's sitting still, she's staring at me. If they were human beings, they'd be the neediest, most clingy people ever! But they're cute and they love us, so I just smile to myself when my dog is staring adoringly at me like a weirdo.

Ugh... this.

People have no idea the regulations that rule farmers. They are required to not harvest any crop where animal feces has been spotted in the field. But I was at Whole Foods the other day and two people were pushing their "baby" around in the main part of the cart, where the next people need to put their food. So E. coli from deer or rabbits cause the food to be thrown away, but I can put my produce down where your dog's butt was and there is no problem. In this case, I was a "Karen," despite knowing that it was futile, and reminded them that this was against health codes. But I have no illusion that they will stop.

It's been my experience that rural people are much more serious about keeping their dogs under control than supposedly "sophisticated" urbanites.

In rural areas, if your dog leaves your property and attacks your neighbors' family or livestock, the dog is going to get shot.

My friends bought a lovely home in the country. Everyone has minimum 5 acres. The neighbors (4) dogs roam outside everyday barking at everything that moves. My friends bought one of those super load horns and when the dogs bark they sound the horn. The dog owners got pissed. But they finally trained the dogs not to bark.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not just train the dog not to bark? Why make excuses? When my dog barks i give her a single command and she stops.

Good for you.

And this demonstrates just how lazy dog owners can be. I don't care for dogs, but I really can't stand their owners.

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Anonymous wrote:I was just in Italy, at a Michelin starred restaurant, and while I was sitting there, I saw not one, but TWO, dogs enter the restaurant to accompany their owners for dinner. Love it.

We lived in Brussels and frequently ate at the restaurant. In the Bois. One day a dog walked over to my table and grabbed my steak. His owner rushed over, apologized, and ordered me another dinner and picked up the tab. In Germany, people bought train tickets so their dogs could sit in train seat.

During the summer, I sometimes take my dog out to dinner with me if I plan to eat on the patio where they're allowed. She's tiny so she sits on my lap. She can be barky when she's excited so I always pay for my meal right after I order it in case I need to leave. But more than half of the times I've gotten up to leave, neighboring diners have told me to stay put.

But why... do you need your dog to go to a restaurant with you?

Because it's more fun than going by myself.

Anonymous wrote:Wow I’m not the only one! We had a dog growing up and it was fun at times but more trouble than it was worth. Now I’m a grown up I just don’t understand how everyone can stand having dogs in their homes. They smell, they slobber, they fart, they don’t clean themselves so well. I don’t like visiting friends with dogs. And don’t get me started on dog friendly hotels etc. I can smell that there has been a dog there before us.

That said I love the idea of having a dog in wide open spaces. That relationship especially kids growing up with a companion in countryside etc makes sense to me.

I agree dogs make sense when you have a lot of land around you, but not when you can hear people's dogs barking through walls or just outside on decks. The worst offenders are the people who leave their blinds open when they aren't at home, of course, your stupid anxiety-riddled dog, who doesn't quite get why he has to get left behind, because you treat it like a person and not a dog, so it sits and barks on the deck or paws on windowsill non-stop. It's also annoying when you plead with the dog in a whiny little baby voice, please stop barking no barking Freeda. Why not spray the dog with a super-soaker water gun or buy a dog whistle? It's a dog it isn't bright so if every time it engages in nuisance barking, it gets when I bark my ears hurt or I get annoying water sprayed on me.. repeat, repeat as often as needed.

You paid a ton of money to live in a neighborhood with almost zero crime, ditch the dumb dog, buy a cat and stop pissing off your peace-loving neighbors.

No one wants to hear your stupid dog. It's not cute and it's not smart, it eats poop, and it's a menace. sans love and it is going well. Every time your dog starts up, I hit it with the hypersonic noise device. Two weeks from now I hope to have a quiet peaceful neighborhood again.

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Anonymous wrote:I was just in Italy, at a Michelin starred restaurant, and while I was sitting there, I saw not one, but TWO, dogs enter the restaurant to accompany their owners for dinner. Love it.

We lived in Brussels and frequently ate at the restaurant. In the Bois. One day a dog walked over to my table and grabbed my steak. His owner rushed over, apologized, and ordered me another dinner and picked up the tab. In Germany, people bought train tickets so their dogs could sit in train seat.

During the summer, I sometimes take my dog out to dinner with me if I plan to eat on the patio where they're allowed. She's tiny so she sits on my lap. She can be barky when she's excited so I always pay for my meal right after I order it in case I need to leave. But more than half of the times I've gotten up to leave, neighboring diners have told me to stay put.

But why... do you need your dog to go to a restaurant with you?

Anonymous wrote:I dislike that dog owners think you’re a terrible person if you admit that you don’t like dogs.

I don't think it means you are necessarily a terrible person but you are likely not very nurturing or empathic and likely not someone I would trust very much.

Anonymous wrote:Why not just train the dog not to bark? Why make excuses? When my dog barks i give her a single command and she stops.

Good for you.

Why not just train the dog not to bark? Why make excuses? When my dog barks i give her a single command and she stops.

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Anonymous wrote:I was just in Italy, at a Michelin starred restaurant, and while I was sitting there, I saw not one, but TWO, dogs enter the restaurant to accompany their owners for dinner. Love it.

We lived in Brussels and frequently ate at the restaurant. In the Bois. One day a dog walked over to my table and grabbed my steak. His owner rushed over, apologized, and ordered me another dinner and picked up the tab. In Germany, people bought train tickets so their dogs could sit in train seat.

During the summer, I sometimes take my dog out to dinner with me if I plan to eat on the patio where they're allowed. She's tiny so she sits on my lap. She can be barky when she's excited so I always pay for my meal right after I order it in case I need to leave. But more than half of the times I've gotten up to leave, neighboring diners have told me to stay put.

I have 2 dogs. They are ok behaved but I do not understand the appeal at all. Obviously, DH and kids wanted them, not me.

Anonymous wrote:Wow I’m not the only one! We had a dog growing up and it was fun at times but more trouble than it was worth. Now I’m a grown up I just don’t understand how everyone can stand having dogs in their homes. They smell, they slobber, they fart, they don’t clean themselves so well. I don’t like visiting friends with dogs. And don’t get me started on dog friendly hotels etc. I can smell that there has been a dog there before us.

That said I love the idea of having a dog in wide open spaces. That relationship especially kids growing up with a companion in countryside etc makes sense to me.

My dog has a smell but it's kind of like toast. It's not a bad smell.
She does not slobber.
Dogs don't really clean themselves the way that cats do. It's up to their owners to keep them clean.
My dog farts up a storm, but I do too so I can't complain.

Bottom line is that human beings are at least as gross, and we have the ability to not be.

Anonymous wrote:I dislike that dog owners think you’re a terrible person if you admit that you don’t like dogs.

Do you think people who don't like bratty children are terrible? I don't.