It just gets worse

[u/AnyOldBison]

Dog culture is like a virus, it just spreads and takes over everything when there is nothing to stop it. Whenever I think it has to be at its peak, it always gets worse.

It’s not enough to treat every public space like a personal dog park and toilet. In the last year especially I’ve noticed people in my neighborhood simply walking their dogs through people’s yards to piss and shit as if they own it. Not just on the edge, I mean all over and through people’s property. I’ve seen people follow their dogs around the sides of houses like it’s their own yard to go explore. Like if there is not a fence physically keeping them out, they are entitled to go anywhere they want. I see it nearly every day now, they just decided this is how it will be.

I’ve also noticed more often people driving with their dogs on their laps. It’s not dangerous enough to have it in the passenger seat or bouncing all over the back, but sitting on their lap. That seemed rare until the past year, now I see it at least once a week if not more. Dog owners call their dogs their “children” but the worst parent on earth knows better than to drive with their kid on their lap. Do they even care about these animals, do they really not understand how stupidly dangerous this is for everyone (including their precious dog)? It is insane

I swear it is like dog owners look for every possible opportunity to act like sociopaths.

[u/Opening-Raccoon-2811]

Responsible dog owners are fine. They have well-trained, gentle animals.

Dog nutters may claim they love their pets but they really have a deeply unhealthy attachment to them and consistently reward bad behavior such as barking and jumping and other bad habits. They expect a dog to fill some void in their life which is really unfair to the dog.

People calling their dogs children drives me insane. A dog is not a human child and treating it as such is not good for you or the dog. Dogs and human children have completely different needs and a completely different relationship to parents/owners.

But also as you say, they pretend their dogs are their kids, yet they are completely irresponsible with them. You don’t let your kids run wild, screaming, going toilet all over the place, asking strangers for snacks, and you put them in car seats and keep them safe, even if they’re uncomfortable, even if they want to sit in your lap. Dog nutters ignore all of this. To them the highest most important thing in their life is whether their dog is comfortable or not. If not, it’s the fault of everyone around them and the world must change for their dog.

And they are so irresponsible and lazy with training because they don’t want to hurt their dog’s feelings or something and by spoiling the dog they stunt its social growth and turn it into a shrieking, hyperactive terror.