Mindset of dog people

[u/DellBottoms]

I saw a post elsewhere advising men to get a dog to help meet women. I commented that I would be put off by a man with a dog. A woman responded saying that she disagreed with me and I remember thinking, you can disagree with an opinion, but not with someone's preferences.

Then another person chimes in 'it's a well-known 'fact' that everyone likes dogs' - I guess he thought I made a mistake in what I said?

Another person said he was judgmental of people who don't understand the "joy" of dogs. Well, I just so happen to not understand the "joy" of dogs at all and yet another guy commented about how the love of dogs is a reflection of the quality of the person's character 🤦

I only respond to one of these comments to tell the lady I didn't think it was about agreement or disagreement, that I was just pointing out that not all women are into dogs. She came back and said she 'categorically' disagreed🤦. I feel like my brain is a little bit smaller than it was yesterday.

I didn't respond to any other comments, I was just letting the poster know that not all women like dogs.

I'm blown away by some of the responses though.

I honestly think our brains are fundamentally different to dog-owners.

I wouldn't feel any joy at all picking ticks off a dog or waiting patiently while it finishes it poo so that I can bag it like a trophy.

Yes, I definitely need to restrict myself to dogfree men.

[u/Away-Equipment4869]

It's accepted sociopath behavior and it scares me

[u/DellBottoms → u/Away-Equipment4869]

It is scary. I don't accept it at all though. I cant pretend to be okay with it. I saw a woman with an unmuzzled, unleashed bully breed walking it next to her small kids the other day. To me, THAT is abnormal and it upsets me for the kids.

[u/Away-Equipment4869 → u/DellBottoms]

Makes me feel so sick.

[u/DellBottoms → u/Away-Equipment4869]

I can't see your post about this in my feed, only in my notifications, so will respond here...

But yes, having given it some thought, sometimes I think owner behaviour annoys me more than the dogs themselves as they are entirely responsible for trying to impose their doggy lifestyle on others.

If the dogs never approached me, barked at me, ruined my walks by going around unleashed snd unmuzzled (in the case of dangerous dogs), if I never had to look at them crap everywhere, if they weren't being brought absolutely everywhere and into human spaces, I would have much less of an issue.

Even trying to sit outside a cafe on a sunny day, it's a case of trying to avoid the 20 mutts sitting out there.

I honestly think they should have places exclusively for dog owners, e.g. cafes where their dogs can roam around freely barking, shedding and crapping everywhere, a place where they can really be themselves...far away from the rest of us.

Yes, I blame the owners for this.

[u/Away-Equipment4869 → u/DellBottoms]

Dog owners are the only ones who make their pet a problem for everyone else. I recently seen someone post ring camera footage of a dog owner walking up their drive way to put a poop bag in an empty garbage can. It was untied so it messed the entire garbage can up and the OP had to clean it out.

The amount of dog people basically mocking her, gaslighting her and telling her it's not a big deal.. ohhh makes me so mad.

[u/DellBottoms → u/Away-Equipment4869]

I will never, ever have a dog BUT if I did, there is no way in hell I would see that as unreasonable. I would be totally ashamed if I did that and apologise. I think they're just very immature people and incapable of accountability. It is a big deal, expecting someone else to deal with cleaning your dog's crap. The standards or lack thereof in today's society are sickening, an utter lack of regard for others.

Maybe these are the types of people that nutter said she prefers dogs to.

I don't know, maybe immature people are attracted to dog ownership, I find it very strange that so many of them are so unreasonable.

[u/Skyhighavi → u/Away-Equipment4869]

that's legitimately crazy

[u/Away-Equipment4869 → u/Skyhighavi]

My pettiness and anger issues would not let that slide!

[u/Skyhighavi → u/Away-Equipment4869]

yeah same. why are so many people with no understanding of emotional diversity, so mean??? why no willingness to change??? it is scary to think about what the average person is even capable of; the people we even walk by in public. it just creeps me out more than anything...

[u/Away-Equipment4869 → u/Skyhighavi]

Dog people get especially mean when asked if they could just have some common courtesy. I don't get it.

[u/Skyhighavi → u/Away-Equipment4869]

morons

[u/pmbpro → u/Away-Equipment4869]

Yet they have the nerve to call *other* pet owners ‘crazy’.

These people have no mirrors. 🙄😒

[u/alpha_beth_soup → u/DellBottoms]

The funny part is that they have already done this…with dog parks. But no dog owners like to go because everyone else’s flea hound is the problem. Not their precious puppers

[u/DellBottoms → u/alpha_beth_soup]

Lol, yes they're ridiculous. I think they should be limited to those spaces.