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To think this women was being ridiculous

295 replies

Trizzlenbizzle · 29/10/2020 23:29

I was walking my dog earlier and he stopped on the pavement to do a week against a lamp-post, standard dog behaviour.

A woman went past and made a passive aggressive comment about how it was disgusting that i'd let him wee there and that it was really unhygienic because we were outside a supermarket and 'near to food'.

This is ridiculous because in order to actually get into the supermarket and be near to the food, you'd have to go through the 2 sets of automatic doors!

I just gave her a look and walked on because I couldn't be arsed with an argument, but she was being ridiculous wasn't she?

OP posts:
bogbrushhandle · 30/10/2020 17:25

@CarlottaValdez

A dog pissing on a firework would be difficult for mumsnet because it’s destroying a firework (hooray!) but it’s a dog pissing (boo). Could go either way.
😂😂😂😂😂
bogbrushhandle · 30/10/2020 17:29

@CounsellorTroi

Bitches occasionally cock their legs, dogs occasionally squat like bitches

I've seen some small dogs doing handstands in order to pee. They look so funny.

Grin
To think this women was being ridiculous
minionsrule · 30/10/2020 18:38

My rosebush in my front garden is the toilet for all our local dogs. Just bought some deterrent to spray on it, standing at the window and glaring at the dog owners has failed thus far Angry

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Trizzlenbizzle · 30/10/2020 19:23

What about disabled dogs? Ddog has a bad leg and we have to walk him extremely slowly. How do I stop him doing a wee against a lamp-post?

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Rainallnight · 30/10/2020 19:32

Oh Jesus, now accusations of ableism against dogs. I’ve seen it all now.

GenevaL · 30/10/2020 22:29

YANBU. Would she complain that cats, foxes, birds, squirrels etc piss and shit everywhere? It’s a lamppost and the wee is at a low level - not like her hand is going to go in it

LockdownLil · 31/10/2020 21:26

if dogs and cats were left to go feral there'd not be so many of them!

whatkatydid2013 · 31/10/2020 23:04

[quote LST]@whatkatydid just out of curiosity, if your batshit plan came to pass, what would happen to all the pets?[/quote]
It won’t come to pass but if it did I really really wouldn’t care about what would happen to all the pets. To many they are beloved family mascots. To me they are either disgusting animals that poo on my lawn and kill birds or potentially dangerous ones (particularly if they have the kind of irresponsible owners that leave their poo everywhere). If you don’t have a pet and don’t like cats/dogs then they are really just a nuisance.

nicerbeing · 31/10/2020 23:21

@Trizzlenbizzle

What about disabled dogs? Ddog has a bad leg and we have to walk him extremely slowly. How do I stop him doing a wee against a lamp-post?

Hmmm, does DDog have a lanyard Grin

Mittens030869 · 01/11/2020 08:46

In countries where dogs and cats aren't domesticated, believe me there are many ones that are feral. I remember this from my stints working short-term on projects in Africa. Cats used to be encouraged to hang around foraging for food (because of course they hunted rodents) but they weren't domesticated. There were working dogs and also stray dogs.

Oh yes, and if you did end up bitten by one of these feral animals, you could catch a disease called rabies. I remember once that there was a rabid dog hanging around.

At least domestic pets have been vaccinated against diseases and for the most part have been treated for fleas and worms.

Be careful what you wish for. Feral dogs and cats are much more of a problem than a neighbour's pooch or pussy cat.

Mittens030869 · 01/11/2020 08:55

I also remember when being on a holiday in Italy with a friend, we were struck by the large number of feral cats hanging around (we're both cat lovers).

When cats roam feral they reproduce repeatedly, as they're not spayed or neutered. That's another thing that would happen if people were banned from owning cats.

CounsellorTroi · 01/11/2020 10:39

@Mittens030869

In countries where dogs and cats aren't domesticated, believe me there are many ones that are feral. I remember this from my stints working short-term on projects in Africa. Cats used to be encouraged to hang around foraging for food (because of course they hunted rodents) but they weren't domesticated. There were working dogs and also stray dogs.

Oh yes, and if you did end up bitten by one of these feral animals, you could catch a disease called rabies. I remember once that there was a rabid dog hanging around.

At least domestic pets have been vaccinated against diseases and for the most part have been treated for fleas and worms.

Be careful what you wish for. Feral dogs and cats are much more of a problem than a neighbour's pooch or pussy cat.

And feral dogs and cats won’t have been neutered either........
WhatifIfeellikeacat · 01/11/2020 13:55

Feral dogs also attack feral cats for food in some poorer colder countries.
In Turkey they have feral cats and dogs but they're pretty docile due to mild climate and people feeding them regularly. I am not sure if they're vaccinated but I abstained from stroking them. I suppose they may sterilise them in Turkey as well but not sure.

LockdownLil · 01/11/2020 21:25

They can then be culled, perhaps.

TheMobileSiteMadeMeSignup · 02/11/2020 13:06

They can then be culled, perhaps.

Not 100% clear what you are responding to but, are you more in favour of dogs/cats running feral and having to be caught and put down than people just having them as domestic pets?!

Mittens030869 · 02/11/2020 13:26

@WhatifIfeellikeacat

I doubt very much that feral cats and dogs are vaccinated in Turkey. And I would definitely worry about the risk of rabies, as that will be a problem there, so no I wouldn't stroke them. (You can pay for a vaccination, though, obviously.)

The humane response is to trap feral cats and neuter them and then release them. That is what's done in this country, and it does keep the numbers down, but obviously they do breed very quickly.

ChickyNuggies · 02/11/2020 14:03

This thread is absolutely bonkers.

I think it might be time for a MN break.

RandomLondoner · 02/11/2020 14:13

To the people (who have presumably never owned a dog before) that are saying that letting them wee on lamp posts etc, what do you suggest we do? Tie their little penises in a knot/shove corks up their vaginas and up their arses until we get them back home?

You seem to be starting from the assumption that it's unconditionally OK for you to have a dog, and therefore any unavoidable inconveniences that causes other people are not your problem to solve. The proper attitude would be to assume it's your job not to offend other people, and if that's incompatible with dog ownership, you shouldn't have a dog.

BadTattoosAndSmellLikeBooze · 02/11/2020 14:52

You seem to be starting from the assumption that it's unconditionally OK for you to have a dog, and therefore any unavoidable inconveniences that causes other people are not your problem to solve.

But dog urine on a lamppost isn’t actually an inconvenience to anyone really is it? Confused

Bookworming · 02/11/2020 19:35

But dog urine on a lamppost isn’t actually an inconvenience to anyone really is it?

So true, how does it inconvenience anyone?

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