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Random shit you dog is scared of

247 replies

Avocuddle · 27/04/2017 19:27

The living room door and squeezy bottles that make fart noises.
Try and find anything more terrifying! Bet you can't Wink

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Funnyfarmer · 30/04/2017 09:53

My dog hates men. All of them. Lucky I didn't get a dog to help me find love on the dog walking tracks.
His relationship with dp is very different to the relationship he has with me and dd's. We treat him like a big fluffy woffy, cuddley wuddley teddy. Where as dp the relationship is much about respect.
He doesn't like bikes either.
He's virtualy blind. Can only really see shadows. Was born like that so never really known any different. He doesn't like things that move past him quickly but don't make a lot of noise.

Funnyfarmer · 30/04/2017 10:01

Also dogs don't like him. The amount of dogs that have gone for him, barked, and growled at him. For the owners to say "ooh they're never normally like this. They're usually so friendly with other dogs "

joystir59 · 30/04/2017 10:22

Not afraid of much but really has it in for the post every time it drops through the letter box!

joystir59 · 30/04/2017 10:23

Mine doesn't like small children who want to touch him

Testarossa1 · 30/04/2017 10:35

The Hoover, and broom. Both require biting into submission.

Children on swings. Our regular walk goes past a fence off playground and the swings are close to the fence, if children are on and being enthusiastic he literally turns round and tries to go back home, have to practically drag him past. Absolutely no idea why!

NormaSmuff · 30/04/2017 12:27

Cables, two lap cables she chewed, I think the second one gave her a shock, once bitten twice shy

iloveeverykindofcat · 30/04/2017 13:14

My mum's dog hated all animals on television. Except chimps/apes other primates, which she would narrow her eyes and tilt her head at. Which is either dumb or really smart, depending on how you look at it.

Topseyt · 30/04/2017 16:13

My labrador is scared of the cat. My cocker spaniel is scared of the vacuum cleaner.

TopBitchoftheWitches · 30/04/2017 16:19

The hoover (although the lawnmower is ok) Hmm
Spaniels
Anyone with curly hair
Anyone in a hat
The vet.

She is meant to be a German shepherd. Blush

JoffreyBaratheon · 30/04/2017 17:03

One of my old dogs was racist. He hated black dogs. (He was black and white, himself). We think it was because he was attacked so often by black labs. It was always them. He was a friendly dog and loved other dogs as a rule, just not black ones. There are a lot of black labs round here because farmers flog them cheap and I don't think they're too fussy who they sell them to.

Persemillion · 30/04/2017 17:50

My desk lamp
Hair dryer
An Eeyore toy, but only when it is drying outside, never whilst in my son's bedroom
Husband's wellies
The ceiling fan
And everything black like the desk lamp, hair dryer and wellies
He is black Wink

Goingtobeawesome · 30/04/2017 18:41

The hoover. Some bicycles. A dog that went for her

MycatsaPirate · 30/04/2017 18:52

Awww we had a dog when I was a teen and it was the most daft dog I ever met.

He was scared of water. Not just baths but rain as well and my poor dad used to have to literally drag him out for his evening walk. He once ran (the dog, not my dad) across what he thought was grass but was in fact green stuff on top of the river and just sank. He didn't even attempt to swim. My dad had to go in and get him out.

He was also scared of skips and postmen. Loved the cat round the corner though.

Most epic moment was the day me and my mum left him tied to a metal bin outside the local shop. A car backfired which scared him and he ran down the road - still attached to the bin (which wasn't bolted down as we thought). Of course the noise from the bin scared him even more and by now was being chased by a group of teenage boys trying to catch him, rubbish flying everywhere. Utterly mortifying. Stupid bloody dog but I loved him.

RiaOverTheRainbow · 30/04/2017 19:01

Walking into the house through a particular doorway. He'll walk out of it fine, all other doors are fine, as far as we know nothing bad ever happened to him involving that doorway, but it's a scary and impassable barrier. In one direction.

ImSurroundedByMuggles · 30/04/2017 19:28

My dog is a 9 stone bullmastiff that is pure muscle that people cross the road to avoid. Little do they know she's chicken shit and scared of everything.
The current list (it changes often) is
Red traffic lights, The wind, Plastic bags blowing in the wind (these will have her running in terror), The sound of cars driving on a wet road, Buses, Bins, Electronic advertising boards , Cats, pigeons, shadows, her own farts, anything falling over,
I could go on. I wouldn't be without the fool though

IvysMum12 · 30/04/2017 20:58

Wheelie bins.
Tea strainers.
The hiss of my antiperspirant.

TheSquatLobster · 01/05/2017 08:52

Just remembered more:

the vet (fair enough, although she's lovely)
the little bone-shaped treats she gives him after his treatment (now she's poisoning me, mum)

WayfaringStranger · 01/05/2017 09:42

Golf clubs. This is rather unfortunate because the lovely man who lives opposite goes golfing most days. We have hysteria when he leaves and when he returns. It's not even predictable, so I can't close the blinds or anything.

MyNameIsAlexDrake · 01/05/2017 12:02

Kids wearing healies. Goes ballistic. It's like he's freaked out not knowing how they can glide.

allfurcoatnoknickers · 01/05/2017 16:57

Thought of another one:
BoyDog is afraid of giant breeds and screams at them to STAY AWAY, which usually traumatizes said giant dogs as it's such an ungodly sound.
GirlDog is scared of horses and riding in vars. If we take her in the car she cries for the whole journey.

MickeyRooney · 01/05/2017 17:16

The hoover.

FrenchLavender · 01/05/2017 18:07

DH when he's shouting at the football on the telly.

Wadingthroughsoup · 01/05/2017 18:19

This is hilarious!

So far, ours has been afraid of:

foxes
seagulls
the hoover
wheelbarrows
statue-like figures as mentioned by a PP
kites
my handbag
inflatables
people dressed all in black
people moving very slowly

joystir59 · 01/05/2017 18:26

Four year old rescue Jack Russell (we've had him a week):
Wet grass
long grass
nettles (fair enough)
very small bramble shoots (fair enough)
small children (fair enough)
my DP (who DD adores) just when she looks at him through the car window
Planes going overhead- although we live next door to Heathrow so DD de-sensitised already

Greenandcabbagelooking · 01/05/2017 18:43

People with their hair in bunches.
My uncle. No idea why, he might have no sense of humour, but he's ever been cruel to the dog.
The broom
Suitcases