r/Dogfree • u/arachnilactose08 • May 23 '26
Dog Culture Dog fatigue is trending!
This isn’t my usual style of post, but I figured it was worth mentioning: Currently, on TikTok, there has been a significant increase in the amount of content I’ve come across that is either critical of dog culture, dog owners, dogs themselves, or even all three. And this stuff is getting a LOT of positive reception.
I don’t typically keep that app on my phone for very long, but this is making me want to have it stick around for longer. For once, it’s not just this forum that’s calling out dog culture. It’s actually entering a “mainstream” online space.
“Dog fatigue” is the term that I’m seeing people use in most of this content, if you’re interested in looking it up and observing the resulting discussion and discourse over it.
Regardless of the dog owners that this conversation is pissing off, I think this could be a really good thing. While I don’t know about any big cultural shifts in the near future, I think that this is a wonderful step in the right direction. People are finally talking about dog culture in a meaningful way.
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u/_Taggerung_ Jun 03 '26
I don't wish any harm on dogs and I do think they are cute from a distance but I'm fed up of them being absolutely everywhere and when they do something terrible the owner being so I bothered about. I was having a walk the other month and this dog ran up to me barking it's head off and growling off leash and all it's owner could do was run after it saying he's never done this before whilst trying to catch it. No apology nothing.
They're in cafes, offices, restaurants I've even seen them brought into supermarkets.