To be totally fed up with dogs?

[dogtroubl]

When we moved in, neighbours had an old dog that used to wander into our garden and leave poo everywhere. Couldn’t use garden with young kids due to mess and large dog.

Complained (politely), after quite a bit of unpleasantness fence finally fixed, dog died and they got 2 new dogs that were loud but contained.

Neighbours moved, new neighbours also have 2 dogs and fence is in a bad state of repair again due to the constant barking, snarling and scratching that happens every time we go outside. I always make sure I’m out there with the kids in case it breaks because they don’t sound friendly at all.

Their neighbours also have 2 dogs so the 2 sets are always setting each other off barking.

Family members also have dogs. One very old who soils everywhere and one very large, young dog who is very playful and jumps up and licks and dribbles all over you.

My daughter is terrified (the dog is easily as tall as her) and the family member always says dog will be shut away when we go over, but dog is always let or gets out soon after. I can tell my daughter’s fear of this dog irritates the family member but she’s genuinely scared after an incident when she was a toddler, plus this dog is like a horse to her and could do serious damage even with just a nip.

We’ve been to a few kids’ playgrounds over the holidays, dogs off lead and running all over the place at each one. Chasing kids in a “playful” way that scares them.

Dog poo all over footpaths and verges everywhere. Kids tread in it, I tread in it, buggy goes in it because I don’t see it until it’s too late.

I know it’s bad owners not the dogs’ fault etc but AIBU to just be totally fed up with dogs?

Of course. But can you not see the distinction. Humans are not pets!

Fuck me, some of you doggie people are bonkers.

Was having lunch with a friend yesterday and a couple came in with two huge hairy golden dogs and sat at the table next to us. The dogs were soaking wet and absolutely stank ! Quite put me off my lunch.

But YOU WERE ONCE A CHILD !! Not a dog !!

It’s really bizarre over here I’m telling ya - some of these comments 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

You’ll get abuse on here for telling the truth like that. People on here think dogs are people. They are descendants of wolves. But apparently as important as human children ……… 😥

Yep. And they wonder why dog-averse and dog-neutral people keep schtum. It's totally taboo to say it IRL because, well, look at this thread.

If I see another "I prefer dogs to humans" post on FB I will literally scream!

Totally

They were designed for humans. But it is up to the owners of those businesses whether to admit humans who are accompanied by dogs or not.

Do you think you might have an easier time understanding other posters if you dispensed with the sarcasm and unnecessary capitals, and just actually engaged in what is being discussed?

Mine is a fairly clear point - businesses should be able to decide for themselves if they want to admit dogs. And customers should be able to decide to give them custom or not based on that decision if it's important to them.

It is if you think it's appropriate to take kids in adults-only clothing stores.

I am engaging. I am simply disagreeing with you. I don’t personally believe that shopping centres or food establishments are appropriate for pets. And I suspect many businesses allow it begrudgingly because of all these comments from people who cannot distinguish between pets and humans.

In what way would it be inappropriate for a parent to take their child into topshop?

This is pretty naive about how businesses operate.

Businesses ultimately make decisions based on profit. For those businesses that have allowed dogs, it is because they think it will bring them more business than it will lose.

Hi everyone. We're really sorry but this thread – which is from April 2022 – will soon be closed for comments due to concerns relating to one of the posters. Thanks for understanding. MNHQ