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Fucking dogs!

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Dogscanteatonions · 17/11/2021 20:41

I am so fucking done with dogs

I am sick of being jumped all over by dogs when I'm out running. I always slow to a walk when a dog approaches, I stand still if they seem aggressive. I have lost count of how many dogs that have jumped up on me and have made me muddy, left scratches from their nails on my arms and thighs
or ripped/pulled my clothing. I'm actually very lucky never to have been bitten.
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I am so fucking fed up of avoiding piles of dog shit - on some of the routes I run or walk I can count up to a dozen piles just left on the path.

I am so fucking fed up of my neighbour's dogs barking. I can't complain as they are the kind of people who will make my life hell but on the regular occasions they are out they bark CONSTANTLY. Sometimes all night long.

I am fed up of having to pass a neighbour's house where they let their dog shit in the front garden and don't clear out for days and days. I walk past daily and it stinks to high heaven.

I am fucking fed up of dogs in cafes, pubs and restaurants. I, like many people are allergic and it leaves me sneezing for hours and hours. One pub we were in you literally had to clamber over 6 dogs to get to the bar.

Now today on here there are loads of people saying they think it's ok to put their dog shit in someone else's bin.

This is even without the terrible dog attacks that happen.

I know this will rile entitled dog owners but seriously has anyone else just fucking had enough?

(Ps my current username came from a thread where a poster's dinner of cottage pie had been given to the dog where everyone piled on to say dogs can't eat onions. I don't have a dog 🤣)

OP posts:
Kikkomam · 19/11/2021 10:38

Humans do not shit on pavements

Tell that to Paula Radcliffe.

I'M JOKING

FrenchBoule · 19/11/2021 10:42

@ThousandsOfTulips

A dog running at a small child and knocking them over is attacking them. It's very frightening for them. One took the hat of my child's head. The next time another dog was on top of my other child having knocked him to the ground. Both times the dog ran at them from a long distance away, owner miles behind with absolutely no control. Both children are now absolutely terrified of dogs as a result. It is very common and it's totally unacceptable. Surely you can understand why things like this make those of us who were indifferent to dogs actively dislike them?
Same here.

DS2 has a scar on his nose from when he scraped it on the pavement.

Both kids terrified of dogs.

To all these people with “he’s only being friendly” while my child laid on the pavement crying while the dog kept bouncing around us over excited TAKE YOUR DOG AWAY AND FUCK OFF.

The amount of times I asked people “please take your dog away, my kids are scared of them” and heard “they should get over it”

Entitled shits

ThousandsOfTulips · 19/11/2021 10:44

DS2 has a scar on his nose from when he scraped it on the pavement.

That's awful. I'm so sorry. No wonder he is terrified. Sad

Nyxly · 19/11/2021 10:58

Humans do not shit on pavements. A better analogy would be the very reasonable expectation that humans use toilets.

I am sorry but I am going to have to disagree.

Many toen centres are covered in human, shit, piss and sick on a Sunday morning.

I think dogs CAN be trained to go in one place. However, as no being stigmatise system is 100% predictable, there will always be times that it doesn't work. Training a dog to toilet in one area is not the same as other training. Because the habit you are forming can. be over ridden by the dog digestive system.

People do shit themselves despite knowing when and how to use a toilet, no reason to thing a dog can stop itself from going if it's digestive system has decided otherwise.

tigerpants800 · 19/11/2021 11:17

@ThousandsOfTulips

A dog running at a small child and knocking them over is attacking them. It's very frightening for them. One took the hat of my child's head. The next time another dog was on top of my other child having knocked him to the ground. Both times the dog ran at them from a long distance away, owner miles behind with absolutely no control. Both children are now absolutely terrified of dogs as a result. It is very common and it's totally unacceptable. Surely you can understand why things like this make those of us who were indifferent to dogs actively dislike them?
Yep, owners in denial as usual. Seriously seriously irresponsible
tigerpants800 · 19/11/2021 11:28

Dogs deserve owners that are responsible and committed to their care.
Last couple of weeks I've witnessed:
a woman slapping her husky like dog across the face a few times- after it didn't return to her call.
Another woman pulled her barking puppy husky by the leash off the ground up to her breast height to discipline it.
Both abuse right?
And how will these large dogs behave towards other strangers when they've been treated like this by their owner?

There needs to be essential training for idiots who can't control, train love and care for their dogs.

Kikkomam · 19/11/2021 11:33

Most dog owners aren't abusive. Some are and I agree there should be some sort of punishment for them.

Trixiefirecracker · 19/11/2021 11:35

@Nyxly have no idea where you live but I lived in a city for many years and never saw human excrement but I do see dog shit on a daily basis. Not sure it’s comparable. We’ve all got pets, they all shit (mainly) outdoors. It’s a huge ecological problem sadly.

Kikkomam · 19/11/2021 11:36

Shit is an ecological problem? Well nothing much to be done about that, seeing as all living beings excrete.

Trixiefirecracker · 19/11/2021 11:39

Pet shit is. I’m amazed you don’t know that as a dog owner. It’s not flushed down the toilet and treated at a treatment centre is it? Where do you think all the millions of dog poo bags end up?

Nyxly · 19/11/2021 11:43

[quote Trixiefirecracker]@Nyxly have no idea where you live but I lived in a city for many years and never saw human excrement but I do see dog shit on a daily basis. Not sure it’s comparable. We’ve all got pets, they all shit (mainly) outdoors. It’s a huge ecological problem sadly.[/quote]
I owned a city centre business, so yes this happens.

We are back to 'just because you dont see it where you are, doesn't mean it doesn't happen' aren't we.

Another poster also mentioned it having to wash it off their business doors for opening.

I am not suggesting dog shit doesn't need to be picked up. I am not suggesting it's not a problem.

I am simply pointing out that the poster who claims humans don't ever shit on the street or ever shit themselves is wrong.

hotmeatymilk · 19/11/2021 11:44

Dogs can harbor lots of viruses, bacteria and parasites — including harmful pathogens like e coli, giardia and salmonella. (A single gram contains an estimated 23 million bacteria.) Studies have traced 20 to 30 percent of the bacteria in water samples from urban watersheds to dog waste. Just two to three days of waste from 100 dogs can contribute enough bacteria, nitrogen and phosphorous to close 20 miles of a bay-watershed to swimming and shellfishing, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It also can get into the air we breathe: a recent study of air samples in Cleveland, Ohio, and Detroit, Mich., found that 10 to 50 percent of the bacteria came from dog poop.

It doesn’t take a great deal of time to search for and find the problem with domesticated dog waste or understand that it’s different from wild animal waste.

NeedAHoliday2021 · 19/11/2021 11:46

I have a dog and wouldn’t let him do any of that but some owners are just rubbish. I had words with a couple last weekend when their friendly but massive dog jumped up on my niece’s back pushing her over. He wasn’t aggressive but she’s 5 and his paws were on her shoulders so she was shaken up. Owners were meandering behind paying no attention. When I said “your dog just jumped up and pushed this 5yo over!” The owners said “oh did he? He’s only 9 months old so he does that…” I lost my cool and yelled at them to “control their dog and keep a closer eye on him!” Twats.

ThousandsOfTulips · 19/11/2021 13:28

@Nyxly

Humans do not shit on pavements. A better analogy would be the very reasonable expectation that humans use toilets.

I am sorry but I am going to have to disagree.

Many toen centres are covered in human, shit, piss and sick on a Sunday morning.

I think dogs CAN be trained to go in one place. However, as no being stigmatise system is 100% predictable, there will always be times that it doesn't work. Training a dog to toilet in one area is not the same as other training. Because the habit you are forming can. be over ridden by the dog digestive system.

People do shit themselves despite knowing when and how to use a toilet, no reason to thing a dog can stop itself from going if it's digestive system has decided otherwise.

How disingenuous. It's not plausible that there would be so much dog poo on the streets if it was from a very occassional accident from an unwell dog rather than many owners deliberately toileting their dogs off their own property as a matter of course.
Trixiefirecracker · 19/11/2021 13:33

Just bonkers.

FatBettyintheCoop · 19/11/2021 13:35

To those posters that think it's ok to take your dog shopping and into the pub.

How would you feel if I took a couple of pet tarantulas and sat them on the table of the restaurant or brought my pet Python for a wee slither?

They're pets too!

Kikkomam · 19/11/2021 13:37

@FatBettyintheCoop

To those posters that think it's ok to take your dog shopping and into the pub.

How would you feel if I took a couple of pet tarantulas and sat them on the table of the restaurant or brought my pet Python for a wee slither?

They're pets too!

I love spiders. Dogs are allowed in pubs and cafes occasionally because lots of people have dogs and enjoy taking them for walks. I don't own reptiles but I'm pretty sure you don't have to walk them
AllThingsServeTheBeam · 19/11/2021 13:41

@FatBettyintheCoop

To those posters that think it's ok to take your dog shopping and into the pub.

How would you feel if I took a couple of pet tarantulas and sat them on the table of the restaurant or brought my pet Python for a wee slither?

They're pets too!

Wouldn't bother me in the slightest
Bingbong21 · 19/11/2021 13:59

I like snakes and spiders.

I'd rather ban kids from pubs than dogs Blush

Nyxly · 19/11/2021 14:24

How disingenuous. It's not plausible that there would be so much dog poo on the streets if it was from a very occassional accident from an unwell dog rather than many owners deliberately toileting their dogs off their own property as a matter of course.

Where did I say that? Don't think I did.

Original poster
Dogscanteatonions · 19/11/2021 14:39

@NeedAHoliday2021

I have a dog and wouldn’t let him do any of that but some owners are just rubbish. I had words with a couple last weekend when their friendly but massive dog jumped up on my niece’s back pushing her over. He wasn’t aggressive but she’s 5 and his paws were on her shoulders so she was shaken up. Owners were meandering behind paying no attention. When I said “your dog just jumped up and pushed this 5yo over!” The owners said “oh did he? He’s only 9 months old so he does that…” I lost my cool and yelled at them to “control their dog and keep a closer eye on him!” Twats.
A few months back I had a lurcher type dog come bounding up to me while I was out running, I saw it was excited so slowed to a walk, it was yapping and jumping up at me over and over. I was only in vest and shorts and his claws scratched me all over my thighs and upper arms. When the owner showed up after a couple of minutes she couldn't get it on the lead at all for ages, it wouldn't listen to her at all.

When I told her she needed to control her dog or keep it on a lead she said it was only 6 months old what was she supposed to do!!

Annoyed me so much as there's elderly people and people with kids who walk in that place everyday and if the dog had been jumping up on someone less able it would have been far worse.

The owner was utterly unapologetic.

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ThousandsOfTulips · 19/11/2021 15:37

@Nyxly

How disingenuous. It's not plausible that there would be so much dog poo on the streets if it was from a very occassional accident from an unwell dog rather than many owners deliberately toileting their dogs off their own property as a matter of course.

Where did I say that? Don't think I did.

It's disingenuous because people are not complaining about a poorly dog having an accident, on the way to the vet for example. They are complaining about people routinely taking their dogs for a walk and to toilet in the street deliberately rather than to train them to do it on their own property before they leave. Under normal circumstances dogs have bowel control so can learn this. Many owners don't do this because they don't want the dogs shitting on their own property. Therefore the point you made about dogs occassionally having an upset stomach is irrelevant as that is not the issue being discussed, and there would be an order of magnitude less hazardous waste in the streets/ parks etc if the only time dogs pooed there was when it was an unavoidable accident due to being unwell.
Nyxly · 19/11/2021 15:53

@ThousandsOfTulips sorry, you are talking rubbish.

Because that's not what I said at all. I said thay dogs can be trained to go in their garden. But it can't be 100% reliable.

And also answered the point about how humans can be toilet trained but also, need to go at a bad time and can't help but need to go. I also said it's not the equivalent of training to recall.

Nowhere did I say I wouldn't improve the situation. Nowhere did I say there would be no point.

I actually prefer the dogs to go in my garden. I have to pick up cat shit, might as well do the dogs. Would far rather do that, than on a walk. Especially at this time of year.

Kikkomam · 19/11/2021 16:13

The saddest thing about this thread is the complete lack of understanding of animals.

How would you train a dog to hold in a poo?

Actually I can't believe I am actually having this conversation. Some posters are clealry on the wind up. I'm going to take my dogs for a walk and let them shit wherever they want.

ThousandsOfTulips · 19/11/2021 16:15

[quote Nyxly]@ThousandsOfTulips sorry, you are talking rubbish.

Because that's not what I said at all. I said thay dogs can be trained to go in their garden. But it can't be 100% reliable.

And also answered the point about how humans can be toilet trained but also, need to go at a bad time and can't help but need to go. I also said it's not the equivalent of training to recall.

Nowhere did I say I wouldn't improve the situation. Nowhere did I say there would be no point.

I actually prefer the dogs to go in my garden. I have to pick up cat shit, might as well do the dogs. Would far rather do that, than on a walk. Especially at this time of year.[/quote]
It's a straw man because nobody else was saying it should be 100% reliable. That was not the topic of the discussion.