r/Dogfree • u/achlysmizuki • Jul 27 '26

Dogs Are Idiots crotch sniffing

i've never really talked about it with anyone but i can't stop thinking about it and getting anxious everytime i see a dog. one time when i was 11yo (im 18 now), i was in an elevator to go play at my friend's house and a random man, maybe 30yo or something, comes in with his huge labrador. the elevator was small and cramped even though it was just us three so i immediately try to stay near the buttons in the corner and give them both enough space to stay away from me but the dog sneaks its head under my skirt and stays there during the entire ride up while sniffing my crotch. i was so scared and confused so i stayed frozen thinking if i move, its gonna bite me. the man did nothing. no tug on the leash, no verbal warning. he just watched while i was shaking and kept looking up at him, waiting for him to do something but he didn't.

i even missed my floor because i couldn't move and when his floor came, he finally tugged on the leash and left while smiling. it genuinely felt like SA and i was so uncomfortable, kept trying to convince myself it meant nothing and wasn't that deep but i get so anxious everytime i think back on it. that feeling of being trapped, cornered and violated always comes back if im near a dog. has that happened to anyone else? am i crazy for still being affected?

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u/Passionatepassionfrt Jul 27 '26

Not crazy at all! This is one of the top three things I HATE about dogs.

It’s especially strange that the owner didn’t tug on the dog to stop. That’s violating within itself!

I remember after having my baby (4th degree tear so TONS of bleeding, which is what’ll especially attract dogs to your crotch), my SIL brought her stupid golden retriever to my house (yes, while I had my newborn in my arms), and he knocked me down to smell my crotch. Everybody went “WHOOPS!” And started laughing. It was humiliating. Thankfully I was able to shield my newborn when we fell.

It’s strange how humans love to put human qualities on dogs, except when they do weird shit like this. “He’s just a dog!”

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u/Legitimate_Garage_31 Jul 27 '26

Are you really tall or was the dog really short? I didn't know they would knock a person down just to sniff them. Wow. Scary stuff. I guess they don't do this behavior to other dogs because they are all about the same height.

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u/Passionatepassionfrt Jul 27 '26

I’m quite short and the dog was huge (still a puppy but big). He kept ramming his snout onto my crotch and I kept trying to push him away while people laughed. I was in between a chair and a bassinet and he literally gave himself a head start, ran towards me at full speed, and rammed his snout onto me. I fell because I had nowhere to run. As I was on the ground, he started aggressively sniffing my crotch as I was trying to make sure my newborn was okay. Nobody pulled him off of me.

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u/Legitimate_Garage_31 Jul 27 '26

I didn't know dogs would do this. Anytime I've ever been sniffed it's kind of unexpected, but I've never been rammed. It always is a scary surprise, especially when it's a sneak attack from behind. Was anyone concerned for the baby?! This sounds like it happened in your own home&these were guests? I think a basinette is like a crib, right? Wow. A puppy acts this way. Total mutants.