To have gone off dogs

[Goingoffdogs]

We have a dog. Not a perfect hound but he’s loved and he’s gentle.

This summer I feel like a prisoner in my own home which sounds theatrical but there are dogs all around the streets where we live.

Every. Single. Fucking. Time. I walk past the dogs start barking. And it doesn’t stop for quite a long time especially since it often sets the others off.

My three year old is really scared and I must admit I jumped when we walked past a house where two big guard dog breeds went charging to the gate and started with the barking.

I know it’s just dogs and mine does bark if someone knocks on the door but then stops, it doesn’t go on and on for ages.

And it’s making me dislike dogs that aren’t mine.

I can’t stand dogs as a whole. Maybe one or two every now and then I come across seems nice. But on the whole I’m really baffled as to why so many people love them!

I know what you mean, I have since having my DC. We have a dog and I can't say I love all dogs like I did before. I love my Dog because he's ours, but I have no time for other people's dogs. Our dog is well behaved, but I've really noticed some horrible dogs around. Someone shouted yesterday "my dogs reactive to children" when walking with my 3 year old and dog. We were walking in the estate where l we live and it's all young children, plus it wasn't late or early so not like they were avoiding kids.

We have friends with guard dogs and walking past sets them off, gate or front door shaking. Once one got out and chased my dog. I literally thought it was going to bite my dog. Never seen my dog run so fast, tail locked under. I couldn't do anything as again had my 3 year old with me, but eventually the owner caught it and she did come to check on us later.

Gamma some are lovely but the barking is really wearing me down.

We encountered some yapping fucker at the park and the woman was saying he’d been a street dog in Romania so was aggressive around food and I just thought I don’t give a fuck - just leave my kid alone!

It's like children isn't it. I don't particularly care about other people's children but I love mine. I'm not particularly fussed about dogs now. I used to be, and adored the ones we had growing up but now I just think they're a massive tie. And the one 2 doors down that barks when i go in my own back garden can fuck off.

And it’s making me dislike dogs that aren’t mine

Isn’t that what parents say about other people’s kids?

If my children started screaming for three to five minutes at a time every time someone walked past our house I would think people wholly justified in not liking them much.

I really like dogs, but they have A LOT of downsides. When people say "dogs are a huge responsibility" what they actually mean is "a massive pain in the arse".

Then there are the huge numbers of dog owners who can't/don't look after them properly (leave them alone for too long so they're stressed, don't train them, etc) and shouldn't really have pets but there's no way of stopping them.

And that's not even to get onto whether humans should actually have pets in the first place. I love animals and grew up with pets, but now I'm an adult I'm not sure it really sits that comfortably with me.

I love my dog but other people's are generally annoying. Badly trained, jumping up, barking, not fucking off when my dog doesn't want to play.

"Someone shouted yesterday "my dogs reactive to children" when walking with my 3 year old and dog."

I wouldn't have an issue with that, at least they let you know so you can avoid them.

I know what you mean. I love my own dogs hugely but next door have a horrible yappy terrier that gets on my nerves hugely. Also the constant barking of dogs in the neighbourhood irritates me hugely especially when it's going on for hours. There's a lady who lives down our road who has two small yappy dogs which she insists on walking on long leads round the streets constantly getting tangled and risking tripping people up. whenever they come across another dog there's a huge commotion of yapping and snarling in the street that wakes me up early in the morning !

I find dogs to be a general nuisance. Even the well behaved ones have their downside. My close friend has a lovely natured dog and a beautiful house but I can't go in there because it smells so much of dog. Shame.

I cant bear it when dogs are ultra barky when you go near. Its so intimidating.
I love my dog though. She doesnt do it. Shes very quiet

Not a fan of yappy dogs either, but unfortunately ended up with one (not entirely my choice). Neighbors at the time had a very quiet one, and complained bitterly about ours. Very understandable, you may say.
However both dogs have since died and been replaced. Now I have the quiet one and theirs barks all the time, and I walk around with a (childish) smug smirk on my face.
Not much comfort or indeed help to OP, I admit. And I still find yappy dogs irritating

I have always loved dogs. I know all the houses by which dog lives there and generally they just draw my attention of on the street etc. That doesn't happen with children.
I also believe it's a dog's job to alert so fine with barking.
But my current dog will be the last until my children have grown up and I'll have a little ankle biter if anything.
The hair, the difficulty with holidays or even just days out, the vet visits (very occasional but as he's big his meds cost a lot, it didn't help that we had to have a surgery done for £4K before he turned a year old, can't take him into just any pubs/restaurants.

I’m like this with kids now 😂
I used to be really tolerant but now my own kids are older screaming 2 year olds and entitled parents do my head in!

I hate the sound of yappy dogs who bark for no reason other than you walk past their gate/house. I usually shout 'shut up!' at them in a fierce voice (works for some and often alerts the owner than their dog is being a nuisance!)

A gaurd dog that barks when you walk past is a badly trained gaurd dog. Proper gaurd dogs only bark if somebody attempts to enter their garden or house. They might gaurd the gate but they won't bark unless you try to open it!
I'd report the gaurd dogs to the police, they are frightening passers by and getting out and chasing dogs! Police are good at seizing dogs that are a threat. My friend had a staffie who was dog aggressive, he growled and snarled at a guide dog so the police took him away and put him down.