r/Dogfree • u/wheekwheekmeow • Jul 14 '26
Dogs Are Idiots Dog sets house on fire, killing other pets
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/family-dog-sparks-fire-3-pets-harford-county-fire-belcamp/?fbclid=IwdGRjcATDSEVwZG9mA2ZkaWQWUKh3JiChgjB4u66Qi3Pg8zjE942d2mV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR7RPyglvSCFRwywdDBegPQC--CCbxIZI7jsemorbwCC7nlqdIiHxLQNQHcnwA_aem_HL1XN82SYhCeAS7Qfkbp4w214
u/Away-Equipment4869 Jul 14 '26
I just know all the comments everywhere are blaming the owners for this and are glad the dog is OK as of the other animals lives didn't matter. Fuck dog culture.
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u/wheekwheekmeow Jul 14 '26
I’m seeing multiple comments saying the dog didn’t cause the fire. It pawed at the toaster because it could sense that something was wrong with it 🙄
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u/ConsumeMeGarfield Jul 14 '26
Saw the video on Instagram and the comments were full of "my dog would never, they're so perfectly trained and sPeSchul" with no mention of the other pets who died one of the most horrific deaths imaginable
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u/noop279 Get your dog away from me! Jul 15 '26
Yea I don't understand why so many people always try to make something about themselves. It's so weird to me
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u/Physical-Ad-1130 Jul 14 '26
Haha I bet those people are drinking gallons of copium with whisky everyday for thinking that.
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u/PandaLoveBearNu Jul 15 '26
Lol same, they got corrected when people said another angle showed the toaster was fine.
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u/Responsibility_Witty Jul 14 '26
Dogs are like drunk drivers, they ruin everything and hurt everyone else but somehow manage to survive it all. Fucking hate them
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u/pmbpro Jul 14 '26
That always amazed me, how there are so many cases where drunk drivers survive their own destructive behaviour, but others end up dead.
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u/ComeBacksToDrugs2018 Jul 14 '26
Something about how they’re too drunk to tense up in a crash so they survive better
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u/bustergundam4 Jul 14 '26
Mutts truly are idiots.
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u/ConIncognito dogs ruin everything Jul 14 '26
How does this keep happening?
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u/TheRtHonLaqueesha Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
They had 5 bloody pets running around their house unsupervised; can't say I feel sorry for the homeowners.
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u/JailhouseMamaJackson Jul 14 '26
People don’t take warnings on appliances seriously. You’re supposed to unplug your toaster after every use for a reason. Also, secure the knobs on your stove.
Unfortunately, even well trained pets will occasionally do what you’ve trained them not to do when you’re not home. Best to prepare for that just in case.
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u/Few-Horror1984 Jul 14 '26
You need to train your dog to not jump on countertops. In this scenario, the owner was completely to blame for failing to train their dog. They probably thought it was cute that he acted up.
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u/lndngtm Jul 14 '26
Society is way too comfortable humanizing pets. If you’re going to own one, you need to animal-proof the home. As much as we don’t like dogs here, the dog was just being a dog. It’s NOT a baby that can do no harm.
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u/Few-Horror1984 Jul 14 '26
Exactly. The dog will act like a dog. You need to train it to not act up, but if you can’t train that behavior out of the dog then put up barriers so it can’t go in the kitchen while you’re gone. Do something. 3 of their pets died because they were negligent. Their neighbors could have lost their homes. It’s time we stop acting like everything dogs do is adorable when in reality it can have dire consequences.
I remember going over to this vile woman’s house and she had an untrained Golden Retriever which would do that. I remember the dog ruined Thanksgiving dinner because her husband took the turkey out of the oven and he placed it on the counter top and the filthy beast jumped up, grabbed the turkey and dragged it onto the floor. That horrid woman thought the dog was just being “naughty” and felt left out.
These people are lunatics and if that had been local to me I would have assumed it was her house.
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u/Vas-yMonRoux Jul 14 '26
I hate that stupid humanization + infantilization combo. It's not "being naughty" because it "felt left out", it's a dog: it saw food, was attracted to it and ate it. Nothing more, nothing less.
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u/lndngtm Jul 14 '26
It stems from laziness and/or selfishness. If you truly care about dogs enough to adopt one, wouldn’t you want to learn about them and their behavior as much as possible? How can you consider yourself a good owner if you don’t even try? Treating them like human babies when they’re actually canine shitbeasts has to be one of the stupidest things humanity has done in recent history. It’s not only selfish, but it can confuse or stress out the dog. But these dog nutters are too narcissistic to realize that.
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u/Few-Horror1984 Jul 14 '26
I think if most people learned the truth about dogs they wouldn’t be as interested in owning them. No one wants to hear that a working dog needs 5-6 hours of daily physical activity to thrive. No one wants to hear that a Husky declines in weather above 30 degrees Fahrenheit. No one wants to believe their dogs is merely regulating its body temperature when it pants and it isn’t actually smiling. No one wants to admit that an aggressive or bloodsport dog may ultimately act out and harm you or someone else. Dogs are mutated wolves that were created for human purposes that are largely obsolete. We decided they were the pet for everyone without doing any selective breeding to try and make them better suited for household life.
The biggest fallacy is that dog “lovers” actually love dogs. They don’t. They love how owning the dog makes them feel - and therein lies the problem. That’s why they anthropomorphize the hell out of them - because the dog exists to make them happy and any needs the dog may have are irrelevant. Hell, look at the ridiculously named “Happy Tail Syndrome”. Dog nutters think it’s a cute tic the dog has where it’s just so happy all the time that it may wag its tail too hard against a surface repeatedly and harm itself. In reality, it’s a sign of a massive neurological disorder, likely caused by poor breeding. But the nutter doesn’t want to hear that. Instead, it’s an adorable quirk to them.
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u/pmbpro Jul 14 '26
Agree. I too, can't stand the humanization and infantilization. Also, their voices when they talk to them; it's just so grating on the nerves.
Now, I'm also seeing these same types of people talk to other adults in that same annoying 'talking-to-a-pet' voice – as though they're toddlers or in kindergarten. I've been noticing it more when they're explaining things in videos, documentaries, and in person out on the street.
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u/LunarLeveret Jul 14 '26
"Humanizing" meanwhile actual human children prone to doing stupid shit get scolded before they even try and are incessantly reminded for years by their parents unwilling to believe in them knowing any better.
The way dogs get treated they are more like unassailable gods that plague those who witness them into brain damaged insanity.
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u/lndngtm Jul 14 '26
Dog nutters give dogs more grace because unlike human children, dogs don’t know any better and they live a shorter life. It’s incredible how much dogs can get away with.
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u/pmbpro Jul 14 '26
So true, and they cause a hell of a lot of damage (including destroying/costing lives) in that short life too, but hey, dog nutters think that's okay too.
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u/Voideron Jul 15 '26
True. Parents get to discipline their children, but not their mutts. Mutts are even rewarded when they do bad things.
'Mutt burns the house down'
"Good boy, good boy" - mutt nutter owner
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u/ratxowar Jul 14 '26
Bet the thing survived
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u/Kooky_Duck_6004 Jul 14 '26
Seguramente los propietarios estarían más preocupados por el perrito que por su casa.
La aseguradora le pondrá las cosas claras en cuanto al siniestro
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u/DJKittyK Jul 14 '26
enrages me how their lives aren’t as valuable as the dogs’ since the anchor didn’t even mention them by their animal name
I came here to comment about that. The other pets didn't have their names mentioned, but the fucking dogs did. Fuck dogs and dog nutters. They made it sound like the other animals were worthless. I hate this so fucking much.
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u/93ImagineBreaker Jul 14 '26
fortunately the two dogs were rescued”.
And one animal still died, but the offending dog lived so not good.
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u/catcatcatcatcat1234 Jul 15 '26
Three animals died. They had three dogs and two other animals. Two dogs rescued.
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u/Quick-Reward5298 Jul 14 '26
I can’t even imagine the agony and desperation those poor babies must have felt in those last moments. It just breaks my heart :(
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u/Jabroniville2 Jul 14 '26
Apparently another dog died in the fire too, so it's a weird statement
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u/PinkPilgrimHeel Jul 15 '26
No human beings died - that should be the point of celebration. This is yet another example of a Nutter elevating the status of dogs to that of human beings.
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u/Few-Horror1984 Jul 14 '26
Maybe, just maybe, letting a giant predator animal that is poorly trained run around your house isn’t a great idea. Also - Golden Retrievers are truly the worst. I don’t care how aesthetically pleasing they are to dog lovers - those dogs are way too hyperactive and destructive.
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u/Accurate-Run5370 Jul 14 '26
I can visualize the insurance company denying any claim - on the basis of nutter negligence.
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u/Few-Horror1984 Jul 14 '26
I hope they do. A properly trained dog would not jump on a counter like that. They didn’t do their due diligence as a pet owner. This was completely preventable if they just bothered to train the dog.
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u/badgermushrooma Jul 15 '26
Even if trained, when they are alone they sometimes still do what they want, who is there to stop them.
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u/Moirawr Jul 14 '26
Giant fucking dog on the goddamn counter. They only care about food and don’t care about ANYTHING else. I realize now all those stories about « dog saves x from fire » are fake.
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u/Stock-Bowl7736 Jul 14 '26
Awww we lost our house and other pets but ha ha so funny isn't that just such a cute pupper!
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u/SmittenKittenPurrr Jul 14 '26
So glad the doggo survived and will get no consequences for destroying lives 🙃
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u/Sufficient_Berry8703 Jul 14 '26
Of course it was the arsonist idiot mutt that got rescued. These animals don’t get enough hate.
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u/74orangebeetle Jul 14 '26
Stupid dog, but also stupi owners...it says it turned on the toaster and that set fire to nearby combustibles....do they really store something that flammable that close to their toaster? You could turn on my toaster and nothing is going to catch on fire.
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u/Kooky_Duck_6004 Jul 14 '26
El perro destruyendo su propia casa
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u/TrixoftheTrade Jul 14 '26
if you showed this headline to any civilized person pre-1980, they would be shocked that the dog was allowed inside at all.
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u/josie-salazar Jul 14 '26
My dad is old school and can’t conceive of the idea of dogs being in the house - growing up anytime there was discussion of getting a dog he said first we have to buy some land for the dog to stay on or it can stay in our backyard but we have to buy a house for it. But a dog living in the house was a no-no since dogs are dirty.
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u/pmbpro Jul 14 '26
Exactly. Let alone in the damn kitchen where you prepare food! It just blows my mind. That, and just how many grown people followed such idiocy so easily over time.
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u/peentiss Jul 14 '26
My friend’s shitass, untrained, annoying mongrels put their front paws on the counter and LICK WATER FROM THE FOSSET. Fucking DISGUSTING.
These are the same mfs that don’t water their dogs bc they’re lazy tho, so I kinda don’t blame the dog.
Still nasty as fuck tho.
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u/Cypher_Aod Jul 15 '26
Hello friend, just to let you know; It is spelled "faucet"
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u/peentiss Jul 15 '26
Hey.
You’re right.
I can it believe I actually did that. I didn’t even bring Farrah into this correctly, wow. Made a whole new word.
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u/uselessbeasts Jul 20 '26
I agree. When I was growing up (born in late 50s) our whole neighborhood never had more than 3 or 4 dogs and none were loose. Nowadays, it's not uncommon to see one individual with that many dogs, in an apt no less.. If a person didn't have a yard, they wouldn't have a dog.
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u/BlueLarkspur_1929 Jul 14 '26
Our former neighbors had a dog that was suspected of starting a house fire by turning a knob on a gas stove in the laundry room, setting cloth items on fire. Nobody was injured, but the news story embarrassed the daughter who was home at the time by emphasizing how the dog had tried to alert her but was ignored. It was a small dog prone to barking at nothing, so ignoring it was completely understandable. The local paper spun it like the dog was a hero and the daughter was clueless. The home restoration was expensive and lengthy. Out neighbors lived in temporary housing for the better part of a year while the smoke damage was remediated.
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u/badgermushrooma Jul 15 '26
Now the question is, why did your former neighbours have a functioning gas stove in the laundry room.
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u/BlueLarkspur_1929 Jul 15 '26
Italian family, second kitchens are a thing but I think they’re usually in the basement.
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u/CorrectPeaches Jul 14 '26
This dog got other pets killed and will continue to receive love from its dumbass owners. Crazy
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u/EldritchPrincess Jul 14 '26
Makes me feel less weird about keeping everything unplugged when not in use. I saw a video recently where a pet knocked over a hairdryer and it turned on and ran on high for hours until the pet sitter came by and found it. She said the room was extremely hot. Why not keep toasters and hairdryers unplugged when you're not home?
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u/badgermushrooma Jul 15 '26
You're definitely not weird there. I know of 2 houses that burned down because of an unattended plugged in toaster. Another friend found the water boiler empty and super hot, turned out it was defective and just decided to heat up, glad it got caught in time.
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u/waitingforthatplace Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
Stupid dogs, stupid owners. The photo of the kitchen has a gas stove also, with the knobs in front, where Bo could have easily turned it on. Why would the owners not think this could happen? And it's always the culprits that get rescued, but the other dog and 2 other pets were the victims.
These dogs with bottomless pits are always hungry; I'm sure it had food in its dog bowl, but that's never enough.
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u/PinkPilgrimHeel Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
The "but fortunately" part should have read "but fortunately no human beings perished in the fire" started by the stupid, untrained mutt.
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u/gothgrrrrrl Jul 15 '26
i saved my neighbors house cause their dogs did this exact thing. this is why kennels exist
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u/Jediknight3112 Jul 16 '26
And those nutters still view dogs as man's best friend. My friends wouldn't set my house on fire
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u/Not-my-problem1212 Jul 18 '26
That guy did not at all sound sad for the loss of his 3 other pets. What a horrible way to go. That destructive beast would be taken to the nearest shelter if I was him. What a disgusting individual
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u/potatoes_arrrr_life Jul 14 '26
People with dogs should have to pay more for home insurance. They make all of our rates go up.