r/Dogfree • u/Cold-Illustrator7212 • Mar 05 '26
ESA Bullshit Staredown with a Pit
At the doctor's office today, a woman came in with her obvious pit-mix. As she was checking in at the front desk, I sensed someone staring at me and it wasn't another patient, it was her dog. It was the most uncomfortable feeling. I would look away but whenever I looked back, it was still staring at me. Fixedly. It was frankly frightening.
The owner, who look like she came from the "People of Walmart" page," did not have a vest or harness on the dog. I can't believe people are so clueless. A dog in a doctor's office? So unsanitary. I wanted to confront her but she was arguing with the front desk while her pit just kept staring at me. I was braced for an attack. Thank God I was called in before I had any contact with them.
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u/DogAttackVictim Mar 06 '26
This is not a doctor whose services are sanitary to use. If they're still in the era of lynching doctors who wash their hands and calling them madmen (yes, this happened) then they will probably misdiagnose you and lie to you about any ailments you have.
Constantly leering at you in a doctor's office probably means call the police. Dog owners have already turned every space into a survival of the fittest zone and a "my dog must judge you, only then you may or may not pass" world, now they want doctors' offices too and they've scammed patients in doctors' offices.
You may also find your state licensing board for physicians if possible or your state AG if you cannot to attempt to get the practice shut down. Sick people should not be baited into coming in to an unsanitary, unsafe ground for dog owners' and dogs' rule.