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Dogfishing!!!

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Dogsarethenewtigersgrrrrrrrr · 30/09/2025 08:23

Heard a new one yesterday. Dogfishing. Apparently it's men posting pictures on their dating profiles with dogs that aren't theirs to gain likes and show that they are a "nice" guy. To be clear, this isn't a pic with their dog to let you know they have one-rather a borrowed dog as a tactic.

I mean I know there's all sorts of games people play to get more swipes, but posing with someone else's dog to look like that kind of person... Really does seem a bit bonkers to me.

Guess I'm just tired with how many ploys are used on these apps now.

OP posts:
gannett · 30/09/2025 15:49

LOL, DP has a dog with him in his WhatsApp profile picture. It's not our dog (we don't have one, sadly). It's not a friend's dog. It's a random dog that came up to him in a pub. We don't even know its name! He looks good in it, the dog also looks good, that's all there is to it.

gannett · 30/09/2025 15:50

Also it's WhatsApp so most people he messages with that picture already know we don't have a dog.

ladyofshertonabbas · 30/09/2025 15:53

It's just a picture with a dog, not necessarily done with bad intent.

smallsilvercloud · 30/09/2025 15:53

I would actively avoid a guy with a dog, as I’ve never wanted one. I knew guys borrowed children sometimes, it’s very weird.

LaurieFairyCake · 30/09/2025 15:57

If I was dating I would only date men with dogs as I have a pile of dogs. So ‘dog fishing’ would 100% work on me 😂

NewYorkSummer · 30/09/2025 16:04

TotallyUnapologeticOmnivore · 30/09/2025 09:46

If I did online dating, I'd be swiping left on anyone pictured with a dog.

Exactly. Cats, on the other hand….

CalzoneOnLegs · 30/09/2025 16:20

Thanks OP this thread has cheered me up today

Neemie · 30/09/2025 16:58

It seems pretty harmless to me.

CalzoneOnLegs · 30/09/2025 17:01

@VimesandhisCardboardBoots that made me 😂 so true

XenoBitch · 30/09/2025 17:05

No different to having a profile pic where they are posing next to a Lamborghini.

CalzoneOnLegs · 30/09/2025 18:28

XenoBitch · 30/09/2025 17:05

No different to having a profile pic where they are posing next to a Lamborghini.

That would be carfishing

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