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AIBU?

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to think that dog owners shouldnt assume that everyone else is a dog lover?

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urtwistingmymelonman · 21/06/2013 06:15

when I bump into you in the park I don't want to have a soggy nose repeatedly pushed into my crotch.
when I come to your house for a cuppa I would prefer it if your doggy didn't keep trying to hump my leg.
and when im 17 weeks preggers I don't want a bloody great german shepherd jumping up at me pawing at me with his claws as if hes trying to bury a bone in me!
don't get me wrong,i like dogs and I think anyone who mistreats or neglects them should be hung,drawn and quartered but aibu to think that when this sort of behaviour is displayed said fluffball should be pulled of instead of doting owner giggling and rolling eyes at me in an isn't he adorable kind of fashion?

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Antisecco · 21/06/2013 14:09

No Kitten I can do far better just cba

5madthings · 21/06/2013 14:09

I actually quite long like dogs, unfortunately I am allergic to them, and cars and rabbits, guinea pigs etc, anything furry it seems...

My children have been taught that they must never approach or touch a dog without the owners permission, so I expect dog owners to afford me the same courtesy, ie don't let your dog jump, paw at me or slobber all over me and my children.

Thank fully most dog owners are responsible but I have been unlucky enough to meet a few that are not, the one that let her dog run over and eat our picnic and slobber over the food and terrify two toddlers, whilst saying 'he just wants to play' or the ones that jumped all over ds2 and ds4 terrifying them, given they were great Danes and bigger than the children... Again they were 'just trying to play' or 'being friendly' and 'they wouldn't hurt a fly'....

If I go to someone home I don't expect them to remove their pet from the room (tho my friends do as they know how allergic I am) but I don't want the pet jumping/slobbering on me, just as I won't allow my children to jump and slobber on people.

Oh and I absolutely do not allow dogs in my house, because I AM ALLERGIC!!! This apparently makes me mean (rolls eyes)

Thankfully most pet owners are considerate, thast doesn't stop the inconsiderate ones being any less annoying tho.

KittensoftPuppydog · 21/06/2013 14:10

Don't know what cba is, doesit matter?

Antisecco · 21/06/2013 14:11

Kitten I love you!!! You remind me of Alice from the Vicar of Dibley, one of my all time favourites. Just cannot believe you are the same person whos said to another poster that you wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire. Bless your little heart!!!

KittensoftPuppydog · 21/06/2013 14:12

You are not mean not to let dogs into your house. I love them, but I didn't let them in when I had cats.
You would be mean if you came to a dogs house and expect it to be turfed out.

Antisecco · 21/06/2013 14:13

cba =can't be arsed.

mrsjay · 21/06/2013 14:14

She has her own personality and I regards her as one of the people in my family. Why does this upset you?
You are an animal, just as a dog is. Don't you know that?

I am not upset I am just shocked at somebody who could think of a dog as a person how is a dog a person explain to me how you came to that conclusion cos i am baffled,

KittensoftPuppydog · 21/06/2013 14:14

I wish had worn deelybobblers at my wedding. Alice's dress was fab.

KittensoftPuppydog · 21/06/2013 14:14

She is a person because she has a personality, gedditt?

pictish · 21/06/2013 14:17

Yes, so do guinea pigs, and they're not people either.

mrsjay · 21/06/2013 14:18

for your dog to be people she would need to live with other dogs to be classed as people your dog lives with humans therefore not a person,

mrsjay · 21/06/2013 14:19

she has nice dog traits you mean

D0oinMeCleanin · 21/06/2013 14:19

If you can't understand what Kittens is trying to say, then I'm not sure that Kittens is the one with comprehension issues. Her point is very clear.

Her dog is a member of her family with her own distinct personality. She is as important to kittens as the human members of her family and will not be sidelined for guests.

Simple.

Acting dumb to try and make Kittens look like the one with a problem only serves to reflect on yourself.

And FWIW I couldn't give a shiny shit if non doggy people think my house "stinks" I haven't any more time, energy or inclination to do any more cleaning than I already do. It would eat into valuable Vodka drinking time which in turn would impact upon my mental well being

People who don't like it are quite welcome not to visit. I only let adult people in if they come bearing Vodka or pets anyways

Bunbaker · 21/06/2013 14:19

My cats had completely different natures (see, I am avoiding the word personality here ), and I loved them to bits, but at the end of the day, although they were members of the family they were still feline animals not people.

I am leaving this thread for the time being because it is completely bonkers.

Antisecco · 21/06/2013 14:21

Right behind you Bunbaker

KittensoftPuppydog · 21/06/2013 14:26

Thanks d0oin, you are your doggies and vodka can visit any time.
I really really am going to do something useful now.

Hercy · 21/06/2013 14:30

I wouldn't shut my dog away for guests either. He finds it too distressing (I have done it for a short period before) - he loves people, particularly me and my partner, and doesn't understand why we would shut him away when we're out in the garden or where ever for any significant period.

Just recently we had some of my partner's family came over for a bbq including four boys 7 and under. The eldest has decided he is scared of the dog again and wanted the dog to be shut upstairs, I did this for a while, but said I couldn't do it for long, as I know the dog found it distressing. It was actually his mother who said to let the dog out, her son needs to learn. (this is not some truly phobic child by the way, a couple of weeks ago, he adored the dog, a few weeks before that he was scared etc)

If potential guests are scared of dogs, that's fine, I'll suggest meeting elsewhere. If potential guests are allergic, I would try and be more accommodating, but with a moulting labrador, I would still suggest meeting elsewhere unless I could find someone to look after the dog and give the house a good going over.

mrsjay · 21/06/2013 14:31

Acting dumb to try and make Kittens look like the one with a problem only serves to reflect on yourself.

sigh i am not acting dumb I love my dog I don't think he is a person he lives in our house and eats the food we give him doesn't make him a child, people put to much emphasis on furbabies and the like and YOu as a dog behaviourist dooin should know what humans do to animals and calling them people is just bonkers , I am not going to talk about this anymore each to their own and all that but dogs are not the same as a child or any other human in a family home

Hercy · 21/06/2013 14:35

Maybe I can put it more succinctly:

"I love my dog more than I love your children".

mrsjay · 21/06/2013 14:36

am leaving this thread for the time being because it is completely bonkers.

wait for me bun jeez this is bonkers

bragmatic · 21/06/2013 14:37

Hi, this is bragmatic's dog. I am a person, really. I think that the main issue with you lot is that....oh! Look! Over there!!!!!! >>>>>>>>

Hi, this is bragmatic's cat. We have human traits also. But more of that later. I'm just off to piss on bragmatic's bed.

Because I can

Oh, and dogs are shit.

D0oinMeCleanin · 21/06/2013 14:38

Calling a dog a people will have no impact upon it's behavior.

You knew fine well what Kittens was trying to say, but instead of just arguing your point you and Antisecco chose to go all pedantic on her posts picking apart the wording to try and make Kittens look dumb, which is vile, imo.

Attributing levels of human comprehension onto a dog might lead to problems, allowing them to be part of your family will not.

These threads all end the same, with the dog enthusiasts being accused of being crazy or unintelligent by the non dog enthusiasts and yet it's us doggy people who have a problem

You rarely see 'us' stoop to name calling and sweeping, insulting generalisations.

This is the reason why I like my dogs more than I like most people. My dogs are utterly non judgmental. They like or in the terriers case dislike, all people equally. Regardless of the cleanliness of their house or their perceived intelligence.

OrmirianResurgam · 21/06/2013 14:39

My dog is NOT a person.

He is much nicer than that

Hercy · 21/06/2013 14:41

I don't see what's bonkers about not wanting to turf your dog (who most dog owners consider part of the family) for the sake of visitors?

mrsjay · 21/06/2013 14:44

Kitten kept insisting her dog was a person she did it to herself imo she called her dog a person dooin she then insited it was people her wording spoke volumes people who put dogs first and foremost do actually think they are babies they are not, if kitten had said her dog was part of her family nobody who has a dog would have disputed that, and as a dog lover i would have agreed with her, and this them and 'us' bollocks really you get dog owners dog non owners then you get dog up on peadstallers (not a word) who put the dogs needs before any body elses and we have all read your threads about how you put your dogs before everything ,

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