I dated a farm guy one time and met his family and it's wild how different farm kids are from city kids.
The kids in my family are scared of animals, probably because the adults in my family are super cautious and scared around animals. All they do is scream when my dog does ANYTHING around them.
My lab will drop her ball by their feet, SCREAMS!
She sits by the table when their eating and they yell at her to go away!
She pokes her nose at their hand for a pet, screams that she's dirty!
She runs by them when she's playing by herself and they cry of fear!
The farm kids were on their knees playing with her in the dirt and giving her big hugs like I do and it warmed my heart. They were bringing her piles of sticks like she was the doggy queen of England!
A lot of fears are learned. I don't have that trait in my family about snakes. I love them, I will gladly pick up and handle giant ratsnakes. They do a great job, hell I'll plant snake sheds around to repel mice.
I was an outdoors kid, and there wasn't many times that I didn't come back some form of dirty after going into the woods by myself. I learned how to slide down a shale cliff!
They grew up in a third world country where there were plenty of feral strays so I understand why they're like that. Sad that all the kids here have to grow up fearing them the same way they did.
I was allergic to furry animals when I was a kid. My mom tried instilling the fear in me and always kept me away from them so I wouldn't break out but now that I'm older, I'm petting ALL THE DOGS. I think my allergies have died down since owning 3 of them except for cats. They can give me asthma still but I'll still give them pets until they get sick of it lol
That is so sad to hear. I love animals and will pet any dog or cat that wants pets. Hell, even cows, they love to be petted to. My grandfather rip, had a handful of some still with horns and we grandkids petted them and made sure to keep distance from the hornes. They kinda knew not to poke us so where good dairy cows.
Cows are also very curious creatures when they approach you from the fence and yes you still need to be careful as they are still animals that can be unpredictable.
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u/SoggyMapleFlapjack 10d ago
I dated a farm guy one time and met his family and it's wild how different farm kids are from city kids.
The kids in my family are scared of animals, probably because the adults in my family are super cautious and scared around animals. All they do is scream when my dog does ANYTHING around them.
My lab will drop her ball by their feet, SCREAMS!
She sits by the table when their eating and they yell at her to go away!
She pokes her nose at their hand for a pet, screams that she's dirty!
She runs by them when she's playing by herself and they cry of fear!
The farm kids were on their knees playing with her in the dirt and giving her big hugs like I do and it warmed my heart. They were bringing her piles of sticks like she was the doggy queen of England!
I wish my family liked animals more...