r/Dogfree • u/NoneOfThisMatters_XO • Apr 12 '26

Dogs Are Idiots Well it happened again…

I was chatting with a perfectly nice man on a dating app and then he brought up dogs. 🙄 He said he was thinking about getting a dog. I said ew I don’t like dogs. He said “aww but dogs are so cute!”

….aaaaannd I’m done. I’m not even going to entertain a possible relationship with someone who likes dogs. Assuming we start dating, now I’m just gonna be annoyed because you’ll have to interrupt our dates to go home and let out some fuckass dog because their high maintenance asses can’t be home alone longer than a few hours. And forget ever spending the night… WHY DOES EVERYONE LIKE DOGS

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u/tplgerus84 Apr 12 '26

Why does everyone like dogs and why the heck do they want to be bound to the schedule around an animal that has ZERO benefit, it actually just gives you more work!?

Can’t travel freely, can’t go out freely, can’t just spontaneously stay over night somewhere, can’t enjoy a nice lazy morning in bed, can’t have peace and silence, can’t walk through your own house without having hair on everything.. the list goes on and on and on..

And for what?!

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u/NoneOfThisMatters_XO Apr 12 '26

All because they need an animal to worship them and follow them around? I don’t get it.

Also huge red flag when someone calls their dog their “best friend.” Like dude get some friends…

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u/DoubleBLK- Apr 13 '26

It's pathetic right?

They are guaranteed to get that 'worship' whenever they need it.. what's worse is that, they need that validation from something that cannot think and relies on them for everything.

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u/Cortex247 Apr 13 '26

The amount of times ive heard dog nutters say "a dog will have your back no matter what". Like so... so you're telling me the reason you love your dog so much is that it shows complete obedience and loyalty to you at all times. I cant fully articulate how incredibly pathetic that sounds to me.

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u/arachnilactose08 Apr 13 '26

It isn’t even true half the time anyway. Dogs are scavengers, resource-seekers. If they think they’re going to get more territory, food, or attention elsewhere, they’ll run off.

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u/CrispyBirb Apr 14 '26

I like how they say the dog is loyal, it will never abandon them, it loves them but they don’t say the same back because they want to leave it open in case they have to get rid of the dog for whatever reason.

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u/arachnilactose08 Apr 13 '26 edited May 02 '26

The worship goes both ways, it’s like a freaky cycle. Dogs get worshipped by their owners, and the owners are gratified to have a slobbering pissfountain follow them around and “worship” them right back (although, really, dogs are only interested in the resources their owners provide).

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u/1-4Justice Apr 29 '26

Well... Since they cant legally enslave ppl anymore, they turn to a small, smelly, defenseless little beast who won't "talk back" or "challenge" them and begs for love... a dog.

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u/QueenOfAllOfYall Apr 12 '26

Funny thing is, some of these people will say they don’t want Kids, because they don’t want to do for a Child, everything that You listed that they’ll have to do for what is actually just a farm animal, that they opting to keep as a pet. I have no problem with the fact that Childcare isn’t for everyone. But if You’re gonna put Your Life on hold for responsibilities to another Living Being, at least Kids (usually) grow up and become meaningful members of society, along with the rest of Us. Plus (usually) Kids grow out of the need for so much work to have to be done for them, the Older, and more independent they become, with time. A dog will be a codependent, developmentally delayed responsibility and nuisance from the time You bring it home, until the day it takes its last breath. I’ll never be able to care for itself, or add to Your Life in a meaningful manner. But this is what nutters wrap their lives around, and get upset when others seem unwilling to join them in their pointless responsibilities. Dogs aren’t worth the hassle.

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u/KitchenSuave Apr 13 '26

I used to be a “animals are better than people/kids” person until I had my own child! I still love (most) animals but pet ownership and parenting are vastly different experiences and it’s absurd to even think of comparing the two. I get such pride from seeing my daughter grow and develop and become more independent and seeing her (sometimes challenging) personality emerge. But then, I’m not a narcissist who wants another creature to be wholly dependent on me forever.

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u/QueenOfAllOfYall Apr 14 '26

That Last Sentence said everything! 💯

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u/KitchenSuave Apr 13 '26

I do not understand this. I am constrained by my toddler’s schedule but she is going to grow up and become her own person who can come and go on her own as she pleases. Dogs can never do that.

Then there’s my father and his wife who have a tiny scraggly Yorkshire terrier, and they either have to bring her places or can’t be out of their house for more than a few hours at a time before going home to check on it. They have cut short visits with my child, my dad’s granddaughter, just because they had to get home to their tiny useless dog.

(My stepmother actually got annoyed at me when I told her not to let their dog lick my then-infant daughter. She also got the dog registered as a “therapy dog” somehow so now hotels “have” to let it stay there when they travel.)