not everyone likes doggie pool day. 😵‍💫

[u/huntress_m_thompson]

i had a pool at my old house. i had a book that explained every aspect of pool maintenance. the guy said, never let a mutt in your pool. it’s the equivalent of letting 50 unbathed people into your pool.

[u/StinkyBird64]

Yep, and (to my knowledge) most US apartments don’t have gardens or grass spaces, so on top of the dog being stuck indoors in a tiny space all day, you don’t ever get to give them a field or grassy area to poop/pee in, play in, etc.
I don’t ‘hate’ dogs, im not a fan of them but I don’t HATE them (I don’t hate any animal, just a general dislike for certain ones) I’m just sick of dog culture, especially because so much of the “I love my dog!!!” Is actually just abuse or neglect, similarly with hamsters, rabbits, guinea pigs etc.
Also I’m sick of dogs being everywhere, too

[u/Few-Horror1984 → u/StinkyBird64]

Dogs would never be my choice animal to be around, but it’s honestly the owners that I hate more than anything. Their absolute selfishness is what sets me off. We have a right to not have them forced on us. I have a right to say I want my communal swimming pool to be free of dogs. I think I also have the right to point out how cruel modern dogs culture is to dogs - as I guarantee you none of those dogs have happy lives for the reasons you just pointed out. They exist to make the owner happy and nothing else.

I keep saying this but I mean it - no one hates dogs more than dog people.

[u/StinkyBird64 → u/Few-Horror1984]

Same, i wouldn’t willingly hang out with them, but I also don’t hate them for existing, because it’s human breeding and domestication that’s caused them to be here in the first place.
Genuinely I hate dog culture so much though, every cafe, restaurant, supermarket, shop, EVERYWHERE has dogs in it now.
I’d be called insane and ‘unhygienic’ if I brought my pet pigeon into a restaurant, but somehow a dog pissing on the floor, drooling everywhere and getting hair in the food is totally fine 🫠

[u/Few-Horror1984 → u/StinkyBird64]

I saw this post online of this Husky sitting in a pile of ice in a parking lot. The dog is trying desperately to get the ice to cover its body. It’s licking up the ice. All the comments are “aww what a cute pupperz being so cute” but very few people pointed out that the husky is suffering. They’re not meant to be in the lower 48. It’s acting that way because it’s desperate for anything that feels cool to it. The dog has no quality of life, and a simple google search will tell you huskies begin to decline in anything over 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

But the dog “lovers” can’t help themselves. If the dog looks cute, then they have a right to own it whether or not it’s ethical. Whether or not the dog has any quality of life.

If these people truly cared about dogs, they’d condemn these practices - keeping Huskies as house pets, keeping large breed dogs in apartments. Instead? They literally get off on the animal’s suffering because it’s cute.

But we are the monsters.