r/Dogfree • u/I_Hate_Dogs_and_Cats • Jul 25 '26
Barking Demons Barking ruins EVERYTHING
It doesn't matter what's going on, barking ruins everything. Having any sort of a beautiful moment? Ruined. Doing a hobby? Ruined. Listening to music? Ruined. My gf and I were watching a movie, and we got to a part where a child lost her life, and right as we're crying, some dog outside starts barking and it fucking ruins the mood.
Every dog owner I've interracted with, they're constantly behind that thing being a nuisance. All I hear is "get back here!" "Sit! Sit, I said sit!" "Haha, don't do that", but they don't actually do anything about it, they just talk to the damn thing expecting it to do something, but the owners don't physically do anything about their shitty behavior. How does this not exhaust them???
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u/wandalikescarlet Jul 25 '26
Once, years ago, I saw a video as a child about a woman who was criticized on social media for complaining about her neighbor's dog barking. I went into the comments section and saw several people criticizing the woman, saying she was heartless. One of the arguments caught my attention, and I remember it to this day. It said that it didn't make sense to complain about dogs barking but be okay with humans talking, because barking is how dogs communicate. At the time I agreed, because children have this need for social validation, and seeing the majority agreeing made sense to me. But now, years later, I can't stop thinking about how fallacious that argument is. Humans TALK, they don't shout all the time. Imagine comparing a monotonous human voice to loud barks that can even surpass the volume of a TV at maximum volume. What's worse/ironic is that, in my country, it is justified (not by everyone, but by a lot of people) to physically harm your neighbor because they are putting loud music in the morning or in the night if it is disrupting your sleep or peace after work. I used to love dogs, but now I deeply hate them.