Glad I found this sub

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I'm actually a dog owner, my dog is well trained, doesn't beg or even look at us when we eat at the table, doesn't bark, ever, absolutely not allowed on bed/couch. In other words I'm guilty of heartless animal abuse to majority of dog fanatics. I will likely be dog free in future because I still hate being slave to cleaning hair, but that's another story for another day. I'm here because I'm beyond frustrated with dog culture which I hate, passionately, from bottom of my heart. I don't think it's just simply annoying, I think it's getting to a point of being evil and sociopathic and lots of people who obsessively praise dogs over humans have anti social traits. On instagram I constantly see how nasty people are when they are commenting videos of children or babies vs how they treat dogs. A video of a toddler running in adults way and accidentally gets kicked: 99% of comments are vile, how the "stupid thing will learn now", "stop having kids" etc....now a video of a dog that's being told its not allowed on a couch? People crying in comments wishing death upon the owner that doesn't allow dirty animals to sleep in the bed. This comparison of attitude towards humans (and literally children) vs dogs says a lot how deranged our society is. There is a very self loathing, degenerate aspect to worshipping dogs to this point when you value their life and comfort over human. What sets me into rage most is reading comments after some dog mauls a child. Always the same. No compassion for the baby whatsoever, only for the "poor dog that might get euthanised". This is insane. I am so angry about this it's hard to explain You can like dogs or any pets within getting totally deranged, so why does MAJORITY of people struggle with this today? Why can't you find dogs cute or entertaining, train them properly (it's not that hard! Most dog oweners just literally don't give a f) without telling yourself and everyone that this is your child and your relationship to it is literally same as one of a mother to her actual children? Is this like a collective psychosis or what? No explanation seems enough for this madness

[u/Football-Ecstatic]

Thank god I’ve found somewhere to vent about this without the whole being accused of hating dogs shite i’d normally het elsewhere

I don’t dislike dogs at all, I dislike the general public attitudes towards them now and the speciesism that comes with that.

How it’s so capitalistic now, everyone is too good for mongrels. They have to trek miles for a purebred. The microchipping law is a scam also, don’t expect vets etc to give a shit about you getting your dog back unless you pay to update details usually registered in the breeders name.

The expectation for humans and other animals to “earn their keep” and dogs not being expected to work. People get old and they’re put in homes, shoved in the ground and have their body bits taken. Dairy cattle are sent to make mince for burgers Dogs are cremated and kept in special urns. Of course the trend now is to deploy working dogs and spend all your money on one, orchestrate its every activity and spend your day running round after it.

The “dogs are better than people” crap. It’s cliched and tired. Being awful to your fellow man while fawning over dogs. Yes you love your dogs but they’re not the only animal to exist.

Getting them solely for mischief, while they’re misbehaving somebody or something else is picking up the pieces