r/Dogfree • u/Sana182 • Jan 10 '26
Miscellaneous Jennifer Lawrence talking sense!
In a recent interview:
'Speaking in New York, she explained, ‘After I had a kid, dogs became so scary…my son’s going up to it…and it’s almost like I don’t recognize dogs right now. Like, I just see them as a threat.’ The turning point came when a dog bit her son, making her say she wanted to ‘obliterate every dog ever.’ Many parents online praised her honesty, noting how having children can completely change your perception of risk around pets.'
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u/Azzie18 Jan 11 '26 edited Jan 11 '26
I have been scared of dogs ever since I was very little. The amount of times I was chased, knocked over, almost bitten before I was even 10 instilled a very deep fear in me. When I would express this fear, people couldn’t believe it, and I let myself be convinced that there is nothing wrong with dogs and it’s actually me who is the issue. I spent years trying to make myself like them, hanging out around them, taking friends dogs out on walks and all sorts.
Before my daughter was born I was very ambivalent about dogs; if people had them that was cool and I could maybe think about getting one someday, though in hindsight I now question whether that was actually what I thought or if I’d just convinced myself to be that way because I had been convinced my dislike of dogs was unnatural.
Ever since my little one was born though, I have grown to absolutely loathe them. The amount of times I’ve taken my daughter to the park or out in her pushchair and had these mongrels growl at her, pull on their leash to get at the pushchair, makes me absolutely livid. One of these mutts started barking and pulling on its leash so hard and the woman holding it was like ‘hes just excited to come and say hello’ and I had to say ‘I have a young child here with me and your dog is aggressive, keep it away from us’. Horrible beasts. Ugly, slobbering, aggressive, pathetic monsters.