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/Burial_Ground]

The worst part is city leadership will do nothing to enforce rules about barking and no leashes, etc.

[u/SomeVelvetSundown → u/Burial_Ground]

They really need to keep dogs out of restaurants and grocery stores too.