To not like dogs

[AnonyMousee]

I just... don't!!

Most of them smell, get their hairs everywhere, dribble on you, their breath makes me heave, they beg for food and get their food/water everywhere when they eat. They're expensive and needy and annoying.

But why do people get so angry when others don't like dogs? I feel like I can't be honest about dogs when I meet them and their owners, and I always end up pretending to like them. God forbid you say to a dog owners face you don't like dogs, you might aswell just say you've killed a baby!

@Doghorsechicken I'm not saying I don't respect dogs or their owners, I just don't want them near me because I find them... gross.

I guess you could liken it to the fact that a lot of people admire and appreciate lions, but I doubt you'd want one running up to lick your face ;)

Had dogs for first 20yrs of life. Then realised how nice it is to have a dog free home and slowly became repulsed by them. Cant help how i feel. I avoid them

My cat on the other hand can do no wrong...!

I hope she/he is therefore an indoor cat and never shits in other people’s gardens ;)

@tiggerkid what do you mean you can't get a refund??!?! What sort of stupid rule is that!!! What about a partial refund on step children!!! Or just preteen and teen boys, just to compemsate for the awkward gladly skip a shower day, stinky bedrooms stage.

"I agree with a PP, if someone doesn’t like animals I definitely judge them. There always seems to be certain personality traits belonging to people who aren’t compassionate about animals."

You are wrong to equate liking and compassion. You can have one without the other. And indeed, some people who claim to love animals are hideously cruel to them.

@RangeRider sorry I didn't realise I was currently being examined for my English.
I was making the point that it's not very acceptable to be rude. You think it's fine to 'be honest' about not liking dogs yet you can't cope with me being equally honest about not liking people who can't spell. Either it's always fine to be 'honest' or it's not, you can't pick & choose according to what you like.

My cat on the other hand can do no wrong

Hopefully you keep it indoors then. There's nothing quite like unearthing cat shit whilst gardening in your vegetable patch 🤢

I feel sorry for people who haven’t had their lives made so much better for having a dog in it, but different strokes for different folks and all that.

From your description you have only been in contact with a) Badly behaved dogs (down to owner) or b) Badly kept dogs (also down to owner).

You are lumping all dogs in the same bucket of yucky and naughty etc. which is no dofferent to having an ignorant/stereotypical view of any one segment/sub-seent if people, animals, or quite frankly anything!

@RangeRider how is me having a preference about not liking being around dogs, rude?

Sorry, I shall lie and pretend I love everyone and everything. We mustn't have our own minds and opinions 

Dog people are bonkers, they really are. Of course it’s OK to say you don’t like dogs.

I feel sorry for people who haven’t had their lives made so much better for having a dog in it, but different strokes for different folks and all that.

Ergh 🖕🏻
Honestly it’s comments like that that make me embarrassed to have a dog.

Dog people are bonkers, they really are. Of course it’s OK to say you don’t like dogs

Of course it's ok to say you don't like dogs if you don't but if someone said it to someone about their actual dog I get why it would be hurtful.

My dog is beautiful and has a brilliant personality I would be pretty astounded at anyone actually saying they didn't like him, even the non doggy people. He gets so many positive comments and praise more or less every time he's out. Never had a negative comment.

What kind of dog do you have? There are maybe, 3 breeds of dog that I find attractive to look at.

Yes I judge you a bit for not liking dogs, but as long as you are kind to them I don't hate you.

Yes, my dog has converted many waverers. But to her, not to dogs in general. But if people don’t like her, or being around her, that’s fine. I won’t inflict her on them.

I think medium sized dogs can be okay. The ones I don't really like are those tiny, screaming neurotic ones. There's lots on my my estate and they're very highly strung. Their noise often wakes me up when I'm sleeping after a night shift.

I read an article about why small dogs are like this and it said that basically their skulls are too small for their brains and this can result in cognitive problems because they can't figure out their environment in the same way larger dogs can so their behaviour becomes neurotic. I guess that's quite sad.

I'm more of a cat person myself, but I have a friend who has a dog and it's quite cute.

My D'S hates dogs for all the reasons given by the OP. Plus he was bitten on the face by a 'friendly ' dog aged 2, plus he is autistic.
However we have a dog. He has done really well tolerating it, but it makes me much more understanding of people who visit and really don't want their space invaded by a dog.
I am quite attached to our dog, but I am not a dog person. I don't touch other people's dogs and I don't appreciate other people's dogs touching me.

There always seems to be certain personality traits belonging to people who aren’t compassionate about animals

Really?

Plenty of "compassionate" dog lovers can't wait to tuck into a piece piglet, bullock, lamb or chicken, whose pathetic artificial lives are cut short short in some awful slaughter house to satisfy their desire to eat the cheapest possible meat.

Yes. Yabu. And I pity you.
(Not meant nastily but I genuinely do, dogs are awesome).

“There always seems to be certain personality traits belonging to people who aren’t compassionate about animals”

Someone else confusing “liking” and “compassion”.

I'm in the slightly weird position of not liking dogs, but happening to own one of them. Basically, I was outvoted by 3 to 1. The family wanted one, I didn't. The ironic thing is, I end up looking after her for 3 days a week. And when I take her out for a walk, the number of people telling me how cute my puppy is etc., honestly I don't know what the attraction is, but it's hard to voice that at the time. :)

I don’t dogs either OP.
Yanbu.

I don’t think it makes you a bad person not liking animals, we are all entitled to our own opinion, however, it makes you a rude person if you feel the need to tell someone that you don’t like their pet that they adore. One of my friends has kids that are absolutely horrible with no manners and now I don’t invite her around as I don’t want my sofa covered in juice and their feet on it. I’m rude I don’t say why she’s not invited round, I just do t mention it.

*don’t like

I DON’T LIKE DOGS.