Dog shit is whatever (provided the owner cleans it up) but my biggest dog-related pet peeve is when people let their dogs run off-leash and then yell, โHeโs friendly!โ while their dog is jumping all over me and/or my kid. Iโm friendly too but that doesnโt mean itโs acceptable for me to jump all over strangers who are trying to mind their own business.
Actually, I suppose the โheโs friendlyโ people are step above the group of assholes we once encountered on a hiking trail. This dog came running up to us and was growling at DD. His owners sauntered over and told us, โHe doesnโt like childrenโ like WE were the problem. Fuckers.
Leash your damn dog, people.
I once had an unleashed dog come up to my kids on a hike (terrifying my son) and when I told the owner the dog should be on a leash he told me that my children should be on a leash. It was a "seeing red" moment for me and I really had to work hard to set an okay example for my children.
I also had the experience where someone was AT A PLAYGROUND with their aggressive dog and kept on warning children away saying "he's not friendly!" It was a huge park and there were plenty of other areas to hang out that weren't immediately next to toddlers.
Post by georgeglass on Dec 3, 2021 14:36:08 GMT -5
This thread is making me laugh for many reasons, but mostly because it reminds me that my dog years ago (may she rest in peace) was a giant lab who would poop while walking like she was a horse. She was a rescue and 5 years old when we got here and we had NO IDEA this was happening because we walked beside her and not behind her. She would not slow down one bit nor give any indication she was pooping. For a while we would see these poop drops in the street and RAGE about the terrible neighbors. And then one day I stopped to tie my shoe and H and the dog were ahead of us and I realized what was happening.
Dog shit is whatever (provided the owner cleans it up) but my biggest dog-related pet peeve is when people let their dogs run off-leash and then yell, โHeโs friendly!โ while their dog is jumping all over me and/or my kid. Iโm friendly too but that doesnโt mean itโs acceptable for me to jump all over strangers who are trying to mind their own business.
I yell back at them, "Mine's not!" and they always look shocked and appalled. There are signs that say "Dogs must be on a leash," you dopes. Yes, that means your dog too.
(She's not unfriendly as much as she's just bossy/pushy with other dogs. If the other dog lets her be the boss, it's all smooth sailing. If the other dog also wants to be the boss, then we're going to run into an issue. But I'm tired of people who think leash laws don't apply to them, so IDGAF anymore about trying to explain.)
I find it odd that all of these dogs have the opportunity to shit on someone else's lawn?? I walked my retriever mix everyday for 16 years in four different suburban towns, and I never let him walk on anyone else's lawn, so he would never have the chance to poop there. He would poop before we left home, in the gutter area of the street, or at a neighborhood park if we were doing a longer walk. Pooping on the lawn on the park is fair game to me as long as you pick it up / pour water on it if it is runny. Do you guys just... let your dog walk all over people's lawns? I generally kept my dog close to me on the street side to avoid him wandering onto other people's property, and we would try to walk to a local park so he could wander a bit farther on his leash. I also don't personally wander into people's yards, or let me kids wander into people's yards... its nothing unique to the dog.
A lot of people think everything to the street is their lawn.
Ah, we never had grass between the sidewalk and street. Yeah, that seems more open as a dog bathroom than the main lawn.
Post by foundmylazybum on Dec 3, 2021 15:16:38 GMT -5
Guys.
Comparing yourself or your children to dogs. Stop.
Yeah. Your kid doesn't shit on my lawn or you don't jump on me.
But ffs. Parents leave work early all the time to attend their kids functions. I take on your work.
I listen to you talk about your kid all. The. Time.
I make room for you as you move through the airport with a metric ton of shit for your baby.
I put on noise canceling headphones as your child screams on planes and we all deal with it bc what else can we do.
I walk by in silence and watch as people change their babies diapers on the same table we EAT ON bc..oh it's convenient and it's a baby!
I sit in quiet silence as people ask me why I don't have children and question my value as a woman.
Ask me if I might be pregnant in every medical visit..bc that's super important.
Children are of course highly valued in every single society. Its cool guys, it's biology and necessary but Jesus. No, maybe your kid isn't shitting on my lawn but yeah they are 100% taking up space in the world. More fucking space than my dog that I snuggle with because I don't have a child.
I have never been happier to have a dog that (we joke) has manners. He refuses to do his business where anyone can see him, we live on 12 acres and he goes in the woods. When we do walk on the road, he goes down into the ditch (we don't have sidewalks or grass between or curbs...Lol...just the road and a ditch).
I clearly gave up on this post to early, but the title change and emoji's drew me back in.
I live in a neighborhood with no sidewalks and nearly everyone who has dogs walks them (we don't, we have a fenced in yard). That said, dogs poop in people's yards here, but when I've seen it, they are always very close to the where the edge of the lawn reaches the road. I never see people letting their dogs go further than a couple of feet in to someone's yard. It would never occur to me to be bothered by dogs pooping in my yard as long as it's cleaned up, but my yard is also basically clover and barely grass, so clearly I give no shits LOL
Most houses in my neighborhood start their landscaping about a foot in - I assume it is for this reason. There are sidewalks, but they are right along the road.
Dog shit is whatever (provided the owner cleans it up) but my biggest dog-related pet peeve is when people let their dogs run off-leash and then yell, โHeโs friendly!โ while their dog is jumping all over me and/or my kid. Iโm friendly too but that doesnโt mean itโs acceptable for me to jump all over strangers who are trying to mind their own business.
Actually, I suppose the โheโs friendlyโ people are step above the group of assholes we once encountered on a hiking trail. This dog came running up to us and was growling at DD. His owners sauntered over and told us, โHe doesnโt like childrenโ like WE were the problem. Fuckers.
Leash your damn dog, people.
I once had an unleashed dog come up to my kids on a hike (terrifying my son) and when I told the owner the dog should be on a leash he told me that my children should be on a leash. It was a "seeing red" moment for me and I really had to work hard to set an okay example for my children.ย
I also had the experience where someone was AT A PLAYGROUND with their aggressive dog and kept on warning children away saying "he's not friendly!" It was a huge park and there were plenty of other areas to hang out that weren't immediately next to toddlers.
This also pisses me off. My kids and I were at a creek and a dog ran up to them. All I saw was a dog running at my kids. I grabbed the dog by the collar to stop it from reaching my kids. The dog yelp. I really don't see how I could have hurt him because I just grabbed the collar but the dogs owner came up yelling at me.
This thread is making me laugh for many reasons, but mostly because it reminds me that my dog years ago (may she rest in peace) was a giant lab who would poop while walking like she was a horse. She was a rescue and 5 years old when we got here and we had NO IDEA this was happening because we walked beside her and not behind her. She would not slow down one bit nor give any indication she was pooping. For a while we would see these poop drops in the street and RAGE about the terrible neighbors. And then one day I stopped to tie my shoe and H and the dog were ahead of us and I realized what was happening.
We moved.
OMG, this is hilarious! I wonder how many people saw you and were like, "Look at them. Just look at them sauntering along while their dog shits everywhere!" LOL
Jalapeรฑomel - we have a Simple Human trashcan AND a Simple Human touchless hand soap dispenser. But both are things H had before we met and they're super old and starting to rust lol
Jalapeรฑomel - we have a Simple Human trashcan AND a Simple Human touchless hand soap dispenser. But both are things H had before we met and they're super old and starting to rust lol
We bought a motion and voice detector one years ago, and I love it.
Comparing yourself or your children to dogs. Stop.
Yeah. Your kid doesn't shit on my lawn or you don't jump on me.
But ffs. Parents leave work early all the time to attend their kids functions. I take on your work.
I listen to you talk about your kid all. The. Time.
I make room for you as you move through the airport with a metric ton of shit for your baby.
I put on noise canceling headphones as your child screams on planes and we all deal with it bc what else can we do.
I walk by in silence and watch as people change their babies diapers on the same table we EAT ON bc..oh it's convenient and it's a baby!
I sit in quiet silence as people ask me why I don't have children and question my value as a woman.
Ask me if I might be pregnant in every medical visit..bc that's super important.
Children are of course highly valued in every single society. Its cool guys, it's biology and necessary but Jesus. No, maybe your kid isn't shitting on my lawn but yeah they are 100% taking up space in the world. More fucking space than my dog that I snuggle with because I don't have a child.
I donโt take issue with most of what you said. I agree Iโm not a dog ha (although I still donโt and will never like strange dogs jumping on me. Anxiety FTW) And, yeah, plenty of parents suck too.
But the bolded is one of those statements that annoy me. Thereโs a stigma that parents take more time than non-parents and Iโm not even sure thatโs true. I cover for my child-free coworkers all. the. time โฆ sometimes because they need to take their dogs and cats to the vet! It just grinds my gears because itโs one of those stereotypes that holds mothers back (fathers donโt seem to get it as much.)
Have we gotten to confessions yet? I need to tell someone that I was 37 years old when I learned โcurb your petโ meant making the shit on the curb. I thought it was more like curbing its bad behavior maybe? This is also probably the most I have ever thought about it. ๐คฃ
I don't have anything to add to the dog shit conversation except that my local beer distributor once caught security camera footage of a random woman pulling down her pants and shitting in their parking lot one night after store closed. It ended up on Facebook.
Anyone here that thinks itโs only dogs that shit in public or on other peopleโs property hasnโt spent much time working in a retail establishment that contains a fitting room.
We have a herd of deer that live in our neighborhood and those assholes poop in my yard all the time. They never pick it up either. Jerks.
I got lectured once for letting my dog walk over someone's rock-hard-frozen mulch on a walk around our neighborhood in the dead of winter, and since then I only let him walk in yards if I'm personal friends with the homeowners. He is a special snowflake who won't poop on a leash so at least I'm not leaving poop crumbs behind us.
I used to walk dogs in the area of Northern Liberties/Olde Kensington. A lady yelled at me for letting a dog pee on a tree, because she keeps it clean "for the squirrels."
Have we gotten to confessions yet? I need to tell someone that I was 37 years old when I learned โcurb your petโ meant making the shit on the curb. I thought it was more like curbing its bad behavior maybe? This is also probably the most I have ever thought about it. ๐คฃ
I know someone said they hate the "i was today years old when i learned..." thing, but yeah... This was new to me in this thread too. I also thought it meant "contain" your dog. Like curb your enthusiasm. English is dumb.
I don't have anything to add to the dog shit conversation except that my local beer distributor once caught security camera footage of a random woman pulling down her pants and shitting in their parking lot one night after store closed. It ended up on Facebook.
Anyone here that thinks itโs only dogs that shit in public or on other peopleโs property hasnโt spent much time working in a retail establishment that contains a fitting room.
For real. Been there, done that and have forever wondered what the FUCK is wrong with humans.
I do think my human children have inflicted far more pain, misery and unwanted poop on the general public in their lifetimes than my dog (who is a delight. A goddamn delight!!!) has.
We have a herd of deer that live in our neighborhood and those assholes poop in my yard all the time. They never pick it up either. Jerks.
I got lectured once for letting my dog walk over someone's rock-hard-frozen mulch on a walk around our neighborhood in the dead of winter, and since then I only let him walk in yards if I'm personal friends with the homeowners. He is a special snowflake who won't poop on a leash so at least I'm not leaving poop crumbs behind us.
I used to walk dogs in the area of Northern Liberties/Olde Kensington. A lady yelled at me for letting a dog pee on a tree, because she keeps it clean "for the squirrels."ย
Iโm picturing Cheri Oteri as Rita DelVecchio ๐
I can't believe there are people who defecate not in a toilet. Or urinate. Or... ๐คฏ(referring to the fitting room comment)
Just imagine that we're probably passing these people in the grocery store and sitting next to them on the bus *faints*
When I worked retail I went to clean up the fitting rooms and someone had tried on a dress, crumpled it on the floor and took a shit on it. I mean if it didnโt flatter you, just donโt buy it.