To dare to think that the Cult of Dog has gone too far?

[MariLlwyd]

There is now not a single public space in my home town that is dog-free - and that includes cafes, restaurants and even the library. Local beaches, once a quiet escape, have turned into asylums for the fur baby/pupper brigade to inflict their poorly trained animals on others with children getting chased, people jumped on and tripped over and all to the sound of hysterical barking and frequent dog fights.
80 year old woman knocked over by uncontrollable dog? 'You got in his way'.
Ask politely that you take your dog away from our lunch table? 'Go fuck yourself'.
Sit on the most remote bench you can find? Peri-menopausal wild eyed harridan lets loose 3 dogs from her 4x4 to jump all over you and laughs that it's 'their spot' and turns unhinged when you push them away.
Yes, this is a rant and yes I hate most dog owners.
This weird cult that values darling dogs over human beings is actually pretty worrying.
I shall await the inevitable and hilarious 'incoming' from the emotionally stunted Doggo Nutters.

Campaign for more of them?

I prefer animals to people and have cats and a dog

However my puppy is 14 weeks and I know he's prone to getting excited and jumping up at people. Not sure on his recall yet either

So he's on the lead when we are out. If we see other people or dogs, unless we are asked if he can be fussed then he is kept away. I refuse to be one of those dog people that thinks because I love my dog everyone must love my dog

Why would my dog care if I don’t pick up his poo?

Being a responsible owner entails more than picking up after your animal, surely?

Ok pedant. My dog wouldn’t care less if I wasn’t a responsible owner. It wouldn’t benefit him though, so I am. But you lot are insane and I would enjoy inconveniencing you if it didn’t have a detrimental affect on my dog.

It can be irritating I agree. Shopping centres I don't get at all. You see dogs clearly upset by the noise, lights and crowds. It's madness. But I guess it's a big part of the cafes' trade now, being dog friendly.

The world is made up of 2 people.

Them, and everyone else.

Bloody animals do my head in.

Oh I'm sorry, I realise my typo and should have typed you're. No gotcha on the lack of intelligence front on this occasion im afraid. It still remains that to call all dog owners thick is just ignorant.

End stage capitalism. Sainsbury's were selling Easter eggs for cats and dogs that cost more than the one my mum bought my niece. Why do pets need an Easter egg? They have no concept of Easter!

@MariLlwyd I'd be complaining (loudly) to your council about dogs in the library. That's just taking the piss. It's not a business, it's a public building that you're paying for.

My church doesn't allow dogs, there was a bloke that wanted to bring his in. He was told politely to either tie it up outside or leave it at home and he refused, so wasn't allowed in.

I've moved to a town that seems dog mad, they're allowed in nearly all the cafés except Greggs and the one in Tesco, and the only dog free pub is Wetherspoons (which is always packed.) A lot of shops are dog friendly too, so I avoid them. They're also allowed in the local museum. I also hate that so many twats don't put them on leads. I used my umbrella as a shield a while ago when an off lead Alsatian got too close.

Also, there's such a thing as anti dog spray, like pepper spray, but for dogs. Unlike pepper spray it's perfectly legal to carry and use in the UK. There's also devices that make a noise that scares them away.

Did see a video a while ago of a man being told he needs to put his dog on a lead, the dog then ran off and nearly got hit by a car. But I assume that was the driver's fault and not his, as he was shouting at said driver.

...and breathe....

Where I regularly walk our dogs (a country house with land in West Sussex) there is a sign asking owners to flick the dog poo into bushes rather than pick it up. I think it was in preferance to people leaving poo bags in their fields, as they use the fields to make expensive hay that gets sold for animals.

End stage capitalism. Sainsbury's were selling Easter eggs for cats and dogs that cost more than the one my mum bought my niece. Why do pets need an Easter egg? They have no concept of Easter!

Shock horror, some people might want to have a bit of fun with their pets!

Quite.

I'd like to add I don't hate all dogs. There's three I quite like, two are owned by friends of mine and the other is owned by a regular customer of where I used to work. But I am scared of dogs I don't know. I've been bitten in the past and so I just avoid them. It's definitely got worse since I had DS/moved here. I had a lovely chat with a lady with her two dogs a few months ago, who was just very sweet and understanding about me being scared.

(Still think guinea pigs and rats are the best.)

My NDN has mini birthday parties for her dogs. She puts little party hats on them and makes them cakes. Not something I would do, I have no idea when my dog's birthday even is. But it's harmless fun and hurts noone.

Dogs will NEVER be on a par as humans. They are simply not as important.

That's very subjective, so it's not simple at all. My two are far more important to me than many humans.

I’d put most dogs before a large amount of MNers to be fair.

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OK but if a dog on an airplane kicked the seat in front. What THEN.

@Dangermoo

irrelevant. They’ll never have the same rights as humans

Well that's a shame. In some cases, they are deserving of more rights.

I am surprised the acolytes of the Cult of Dog haven't demanded that the Human Rights Act be extended to cover dogs as well.

Great idea 💡 👍

You up for petitioning for that with me? At least we’ll be doing more than whinging on MN about things we want to change.