I Hate Dogs and I Am Not a Horrible Human Being
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Sarah McLachlan would like a word.
November 8, 2018
2018 is almost over, and with it will come the end of the year of the dog. Halle-freakin-lujah. These furry creatures already get enough attention without an official 365-day period of dedication. From the endless Instagram dog accounts to the bulldogs stopping traffic on the streets, they’re everywhere I turn. You will not catch me cooing every time a furry four-legged beast comes my way. Here’s the thing: I hate dogs.
Cue the inevitable cries of shock, disgust, and terror. “How can that be possible?” friends and strangers alike always ask me. “Are you even human?” they’ll ponder after watching me remain indifferent in the presence of a palm-sized pooch.
Supposedly, humanity rests in pet adoration. Those that are decidedly disinterested in four legged-friends are stigmatized outsiders. I’m tired of having to apologize for my opinions or mitigate the intensity of my feelings just to appease the puppy-crazed masses. No, I do not like dogs, and no, I am not a cold-blooded monster.
My disdain for dogs comes from how I grew up. My family attempted to adopt a Bernese Mountain Dog when I was eight. “Attempted” is the key word. Her name was Romy and she quickly became the family chore as opposed to the family friend. She required time and energy constantly. Quite frankly, we Gallardos are simply not pet people. It’s in our genes.
Instead of adoration, I felt excessive apathy. I didn’t care for Romy at all. Hearing her aggressive howl mid-morning to be taken outside for a walk didn’t exactly motivate me to feel love and affection. Standing outside in the freezing cold every morning with a doggie bag in my hand while awaiting some fresh, warm animal poo didn’t give me a rush of excitement that an owner might feel. Quite frankly, Romy needed way too much attention, which I simply did not have enough to give. I was — and am — in a state of my life in which I would rather interact with real humans than play fetch with furry neighbors at the dog park. Romy required way too much work, and she stripped me of my independence.
After owning her for two years, I realized the undeniable: Most dogs are dirty and smelly. You can literally smell when someone owns a furry creature. Maintenance of their hygiene requires time and money that I do not have. On top of that, dogs never leave you alone. Maybe it’s my inner introvert talking, but I don’t want to come home to a dog sticking its nose in my business and begging for attention. I want peace, quiet and solitude.
The thought of having to care for a creature that can’t even hold a conversation with me is not enticing. It is a colossal waste of my money and energy. This is where I feel like I need to make a promise: I swear I am not a cold-hearted freak. I just have different priorities than dog-lovers do. I think dogs are smelly, unclean, annoying and, ultimately, too much work. I shouldn’t have to apologize for this.
Puppy bait doesn’t work on me. The number of Tinder profiles I’ve come across with the cringe-inducing “That’s my dog” bios referencing dog-owner personality shots has made me realize even more emphatically how rare I am to not be interested in swiping right.
One time on a first date (after listening to 20 minutes of stories about his little Brewster’s obedience class updates), a guy got very serious with me as he whispered, “You just can’t trust a dog hater.” I sipped my drink with a smirk and quipped, “But what if they like doggy style?” He nearly choked. I didn’t see him again.
It’s not just potential romantic prospects that don’t trust someone who doesn’t like dogs. It seems like it’s everyone. Dog disdain is met with stigmatization and shock. A quick Google search on disliking dogs leads to a downward spiral into the inner workings of online forums where people opine with zero restraints under the disguise of an internet persona. One Quora member wrote that finding out someone he knows doesn’t like dogs “is a warning signal that something is wrong with this person, and I would avoid them.”
One of the things that makes humanity so beautiful is the difference in opinions and backgrounds amongst people everywhere. Do we not believe in diversity anymore? Dog haters are the rare group that isn’t encouraged to embrace its “difference.” Instead, the entire collective is deemed appalling.
This is entirely unfair and my indignation cannot be kept quiet. It appears that we live in a society in which our personalities and distastes are warning signs. Not a fan of chocolate? You’re inhuman. Dislike music? You’re insane. Don’t want a pet? Goodbye.
These judgments and denouncements are ridiculous, especially considering we are in an age that champions inclusion and acceptance. Inclusion isn’t applied to us canine condemners. We’re just “not human.” This can’t continue because our personal preferences are exactly that: personal. Everyone has their own likes and dislikes, whether they stem from family traditions, personal experience or simply a developed feeling.
Don’t get me wrong; I get the appeal of dogs. They can be someone’s best friend. They fill an emotional void with genuine unconditional love. As companions, they’re loyal, obedient and kind. They can even help those with a medical impairment. I think that’s amazing and I respect it — from a very far, very necessary distance. This respect now needs to come from both ends. I’ll respect the woof if you respect my opinion.
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Tuffy • May 15, 2022 at 10:28 am
You’re seriously trying to suggest that animals (dogs in this instance) are somehow dirtier and smellier than the two legged human animal? I tell you what – I’d much rather share my bed with my dog than share my space with a farting, nose picking, burping moron that stinks of stale body odor and who generally behaves like a Neanderthal. At least a dog is exactly what it’s purported to be unlike the duplicitous, unhygienic, smelly, dirty and disingenuous human animal that should know better but rarely does.
The reason why people are shocked at other people who “hate” animals (dogs) is because animals have no ulterior motives, they aren’t duplicitous, they have no agenda, they aren’t conditional, they don’t play with emotions, they’re dependable, loving, loyal and don’t expect anything in return for their loyalty, etc. I could continue to list all the awesome positives about dogs, but it’d be wasted on you because in order to like/love dogs (or any animal) you have to have empathy and you have to have something intrinsic in your psyche that connects with them and understands them on a very profound level. You are clearly lacking in the empathy arena. You just sound a bitter and, quite frankly, angry individual that I’d keep as far away from as possible. Also, if you’re going to make the kind of statements that you have made here you better make sure your own shit doesn’t stink and I mean that literally and figuratively speaking. I don’t trust anyone who dislikes animals with good reason – psychologists/psychiatrists/scientists/scholars are in agreement with the findings that show that people that dislike (“hate”) animals are likely to have psychotic disorders/tendencies
Shanny • May 14, 2022 at 10:09 pm
I do not disagree!! I prefer cats and babies. The latter of which requires a lot of time and effort but in my opinion: so much less annoying! If I’m going to invest this much time and effort at least they will be able to speak, laugh, live their lives and carry on my genes
Julia • May 13, 2022 at 9:48 am
I don’t hate dogs, but I despise most dog owners because we are being robbed of proper access to green spaces. Many people can no longer go to local parks because so many dogs are off lead. When a dog is off lead it is a potential threat to people, it makes us tense up with the fear of being jumped up at yet again, licked again (aaggh!!), sniffed again (aaggh again!!) or bitten again! A walk in the park has become ‘dog watch walk’ …how does that help my blood pressure! Elderly people who might be slightly unsteady on their feet avoid parks because a dog bounding over to them could cause a fall, mums with young children are constantly on ‘dog watch’ and can’t relax proerly.
Dog owners have taken control of green spaces. I would love to enjoy a relaxing walk in the fresh air in a green space, but I can’t do that. Instead if I want to go for a walk I am often restricted to streets, where I can be sure dogs are on leads. I think dogs should have freedom to run off lead, but in very strictly designated areas, say 40% of open spaces, with proper patrols and heavy fines. You don’t need to spend much on patrols if the fine is big enough to deter. Unpaid fines should have other consequences.
I also despise dog owners for allowing their dogs to bark unnecessarily i.e. in situations where dog feels justly threatened perhaps. Barking is a very unpleasant, stress inducing sound. In my local parks dog owners play with dogs, throwing ball, dog fetches, returns it, barks for it it be thrown again, this gets repeated 10, 20, 30, 40 times. It is distressing to other park users and extremely selfish behaviour. Pay attention to your dog and throw the ball sooner or train it not to bark or don’t play that sort of game if you are too lazy. These owners have no regard at all for their fellow human beings. The barking of one dog playing in this way can be heard all over the park and all around the neighbouring houses at least half a km away. In a just world this type of dog owner should be given an anti-social behaviour order, given community service work and have to attend a community awareness course (and pay for it) as a minimum.
Disease from poo and ticks is also a concern in local parks because dogs can run off lead in every open space…some go in woods and fields…pick up ticks in the process and then come into a park. Some ticks will be brushed onto grass and shrubs in the park where children are playing. Regarding poo even if it is picked up, there’s always bits left….park grass is essentially like one great big piece of used toilet paper. Would you have your children playing on the grass full of used toilet paper!
We desperately need some dog free space. The only dog free spaces where I live are small concreted children’s play areas. Dogs can run and play freely on grass and as a result many children can’t. Adults have no dog free areas to access green open spaces. Yep, the dog owners have taken over.
Jonathan White • May 9, 2022 at 7:30 am
Well you know you have a right to hate what you like, but then so do I as I hate self opinionated people like you.
Human beings are the problem not dogs, as they do not ask to be tortured and abused by psychotic idiots who take their pathetic anger out on something that cannot hit back.
Try hating the drug barons who through their greed make our world even sicker than what it is right now.
And to mention, to reply to a previous comment, My dogs DO NOT stink and I would add that many human beings smell a darn site worse than my dogs do!!
Amber • May 12, 2022 at 10:19 pm
You’re just nose blind lmao. ALL dogs naturally stink, sorry.
𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚢𝚊 • May 13, 2022 at 9:06 pm
Every dog I’ve ever been around in my entire existence stunk. Most of them even stink literally right after getting out of the bath.
Lenk • May 8, 2022 at 7:59 pm
You speak from my heart
Jana • May 7, 2022 at 4:04 pm
I agree with everything you wrote about.
Jesse • May 4, 2022 at 7:51 am
Also im not a dog lover nor hater. If anything I feel people are more to blame for the misunderstandings between them. I read this because I was mad that my neighbors dog was barking at me while i stood on my porch minding my own. After reading the comments tho i realized theres much bigger problems and i fear greatly for our own kind because in general we are a terrible species. And most of all to each other. I wish you all the best in your lifes journey.
salmantania • May 16, 2022 at 12:11 pm
oi esta história que você escreveu foi realmente algo que não é apreciado
Jesse • May 4, 2022 at 7:40 am
Dog were pretty much enslaved by humans…. so i think all this hate is misguided. Maybe we all should look at ourselves. With all due respect. I mean it seems this is just another of the many fuck ups of our own “genius”. I mean do we really need to hate?…. Ive read points i agree with on both sides of this argument and then i have my own opinion that maybe we should stop fucking with the flow of things.. Dogs are dogs cause we made them dogs. We breed them for show and work and in ways that are often detrimental to their health. Wheres the love in that?
Common Sense • May 17, 2022 at 10:27 pm
Dogs can’t survive in the wild on their own, nor can they live peacefully in the house without being “crated” (locked in a cage) while the owners are away.
Their existence is cruel. They ALL suffer from .anxiety and have a host of medical conditions from their shallow gene pool.
The humane thing to do is let them peacefully go extinct through neutering/spaying every dog.
Samantha B • May 4, 2022 at 7:31 am
I truly did not expect to see so many people agree with you. I feel the very same way. I am just not a dog person and it’s wrong for people to make you feel bad because you aren’t. I don’t care for dogs for all of the reasons that were mentioned. They are too much work and require too much attention and money. I hate the whining in the morning soon as I wake up. I hate the random piles of shit in my yard that I didn’t see. In my opinion, having a dog I not worth it. Aside from the people who need support dogs, I believe a lot of dog people can be very judgmental and slightly narcissistic due to their need for admiration from their dog and for owning a dog. I’m not impressed.
Kathryn • May 9, 2022 at 4:15 pm
I don’t own my dog, he owns me….my horrible Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. What a nightmare. Guess what? He has the unmitigated gall to sleep in my bed on the pillow next to me! What a jerk. It’s weird though, he doesn’t whine ever. There is never random piles of poop in my yard either. Weird! I have a feeling you are being targeted by the neighborhood dogs, they know you’re on to them so they have it out for you. It’s so nice to see there are kind, intelligent selfless ppl out in the world like you Samantha…….LOL.
TheRescueMuttRescuedMe • May 17, 2022 at 10:51 pm
“I don’t own my dog, he owns me…”
Then let it outside, without a leash or fence. If you don’t own it, and it owns you then why do you have to lock it up 24/7?
What will happen when your MASTER is allowed to roam free that’s so terrible?
Pat • Apr 28, 2022 at 5:18 pm
The comments are more negative, rude and downright offensive than the original article! It actually says something about the dog people. And it’s nothing too good. But no wonder! Dogs respect only strength and authority. That’s not a real love and definitely not friendship. It’s cowardice and subservience. Not a surprise, all badly trained dogs are dangerous and aggressive. This maybe say something about dog lovers’ personalities. They mistake servants for friends and want submission, not love. I’m not even speaking about their aggressive barking over different opinion.
Christian Minassian • Apr 27, 2022 at 8:29 am
I feel your pain as well. I’m 100% blind, and I can’t tell you how many people have told me to get a seeing eye dog to help me around. Sorry, I prefer a human hand over a dog harness. They don’t seam to recognize that my lifestyle would not allow dogs, even if I did like them. Worst of all in their eyes is that I can’t stand puppies. I love cats, but I can’t stand dogs, especially puppies and smaller energetic dogs. Seams to me like cat haters are not stigmatized in the same way as us who don’t like dogs, and say that you don’t like puppies, OMG you are Satan himself, worse than Hitler, and need to be exorcised or something like that. But, as Demi Lovato says, Sorry, I’m not sorry. people need to quit demonizing those of us who don’t want a dog. I’m also sad that I would have to put “no dogs please” on a dating profile, and when I do, I get labeled one of those guys to avoid like the plague. That is just sad in my opinion. Rant over.
DogsAreGarbage • May 17, 2022 at 10:36 pm
Cats are relaxing, peaceful and chill. Dogs act like drug addicts, can’t relax around them/. I remember when my childhood cat used to join me on the couch, sit on my lap and purr. The way the cat moved was so fluid, and the body limber and soft.
Tried the same thing with my friend’s dog and it’s body was so hard, heavy and unpleasant. Dog moved in a. very clumsy and clunky way. Smelled awful, DROOLED, fur was bristly and not soft like the cat. I had enough and had to move the dog off the couch.
Lyra • Apr 22, 2022 at 3:19 am
I don’t hate all dogs. I like ones that are ACTUALLY well trained (As in, they don’t charge at me, beg for my sandwiches, lick me uncontrollably if I merely sit down, don’t ask for attention constantly even when I’m carrying plates down stairs and don’t smell like the devil) But I hardly ever meet these well trained dogs. Most dogs end up annoying me, scaring the living crap out of me or both. And it’s not always the dog’s fault. Let me be clear. Owners choose to train their dogs like this. Dogs can be clean, patient and well mannered. But most are not. And I shouldn’t be stabbed over and over just for saying I dislike most of them. I do not condone harming them either. Anyone who does that deserves life in prison without parole. But a lot of dogs urk me. And just because the owner is responsible for that, doesn’t absolve my opinion on disliking the dog too.
Rational Humanoid • May 17, 2022 at 10:42 pm
If dogs supposedly “evolved” with us for tens of thousands of years, why do owners have to constantly train, train, train, train the natural aggression and other awful behaviors out of them?
Professional training didn’t stop Cesar Milan’s dog from killing Queen Latifah’s dog and mauling that teenager who was a future Olympian (not any more).
Agreed • Apr 19, 2022 at 4:42 am
My girlfriend has two dogs. I detest one of them precisely because it’s so needy, sheds, pees on the floor, and it smells. I prefer not to go to her house because the dog does not leave me alone. Some people like/need that but I find it annoying. She lets them get all over the furniture and my gf is “hurt” because I don’t want to care for them the way that she does. I’ve informed her that I do not want to take care of dogs, hers or any others.
Bitty • Apr 18, 2022 at 10:09 pm
Wow, You are soooo NEGATIVE !! I don’t know if you are a bad person or not, seem like u are ! And based on this i would say ur a selfish person who has serious issues !! Dogs may not be for everyone but what ur saying is a reflection of ur own issues in life. I’m not a cat person but I would NEVER say I HATE them. Go to therapy !! You don’t deserve a dog anyway !! Low life !! Ur article just waisted ten minutes of My life !!
Pat • Apr 28, 2022 at 4:29 pm
You remind me of Alexander of Macedon — only difference is he got all upset over horses, not dogs. Once some villagers stolen his horse and he threatened to kill them all if they won’t return it. I can imagine you doing the same if someone steals your dog.
Ella • May 3, 2022 at 5:10 pm
Actually, you wasted 10 minutes of your life. Once you realize the article isn’t for you, whether that be from reading the title or 3 minutes into it. It is ENTIRELY up to you whether or not you want to finish it and “waste your time.” Don’t blame other people for your doing simply because you don’t agree with what they wrote. Grow up.
Your Worst Nightmare • Apr 15, 2022 at 3:26 pm
“You hate dogs? Well I hate cats.”
Funny how the article didn’t even mention cats.
Mutt nutters finding some way to deflect criticism away from their worthless mutts, as usual.
Most of these comments prove this article’s point:
Say one bad thing about Fido and the mutt cult lynches you like you just danced on a relative’s grave.
I hate dogs and dog owners, and I always will.
Their homes stink (something they criticize of cat owners), their mutts defecate everywhere (something they criticize of cat owners), they blame the owner instead of the animal (something they NEVER criticize of cat owners because they want the cat to take all the blame) etc. etc. etc.
Last time I checked, there’s no “list of fatal cat attacks” in wikipedia, but you’ll find quite a lengthy “list of fatal dog attacks”.
Go to a park, or a nature reserve, or ANYWHERE.
Stores, buses, hospitals, trains, etc.
You’ll find these worthless, dander-spreading fart-fans in all of them, but not cats.
How many dog owners compared to cat owners again?
You’re hypocrites, dog owners.
Deflection artists. Narcissists. Anti-social lunatics stuck in a filthy backwards cycle.
Kat-Marie • Apr 16, 2022 at 5:11 pm
So do you want to come over to my house? Because guess what? It’s clean and doesn’t smell. And shock l have a dog. I’m not a slave to her either. I’m just an overall clean person who also likes a clean home. So do you hate me? Even though you don’t know me. I’m a nice person and get along with everybody. I bought my dog for me to live with and not l live with her. Do you have any beef against service dogs? Because they can be everywhere too. I’ve grown up with many cats through out my life and dogs from my childhood. I’m not particularly fond of cats, buts that’s just me. By the way my dog is very well behaved, doesn’t smell and my home doesn’t smell. (Like l said earlier) She doesn’t beg, only barks when someone is at the front door. Like she is suppose to do, but goes and sits and minds her manners. She is only 8lbs and knows her place. I betcha if you were my neighbor we’d be friends. We are not bad people..promise.
J.OY • Apr 26, 2022 at 6:01 pm
Listen no matter what, they have a sent that turns my stomach. We are all different and it’s totally ok. But no matter how much you even bathe your dog, they still smell. I have a dog, my partner insists on having it, and tbh I can’t stand having a dog…it grosses me out, it irritates me, and I can’t stomach the thought that every time he shakes, his fur flies all over like eww!! How do ppl do this. I think Dogs should live outside and or in a different living space. Of course with warmth and as much comfort as possible, but please not in my human space!!!!
Kat-Marie • Apr 30, 2022 at 6:42 am
I’m sorry you feel that way, but you are wrong my dear. My dog does not have a smell if she is clean lol. The only thing she smells like is shampoo. You are so grossed out by your partner dog and the dogs hair…but have you put in any thought about us humans? Do you know we drop dead skin cells every day? And how about eyebrow and eye lash hair..not to mention the hair off your head. What do you think happens when you go to eat at a restraunt? Those people’s skin cells are dropping into your food. And you think dog hair is gross. 😂 Have a nice day hun.
Amber • May 12, 2022 at 10:30 pm
You’re just nose blind. They all smell like the greasy, filthy animals they are. I don’t care how clean you are or how clean you think your mutts are. They all stink.
Kat-Marie • May 17, 2022 at 1:19 pm
@Amber because you live with me and my clean nonsmelling pet?😆😆 No dear, I’m not nose blind. My dog or house does not smell, because l run a very clean house hold. And if she did l would know. And where did you get mutts from? I never said plural. 😆 My dear you’re not just stupid, you’re also dupid. Case closed! Court dismissed.😉
Kathryn • May 11, 2022 at 1:43 pm
Actually all dogs don’t have a scent. But I know what you’re talking about. I’ve petted dogs b4 when walking my dog, and afterwards, my hand reeked of that certain smell. I still love the dog but anyhoo. And no matter how clean, some dogs smell like that. I have a Cavalier and he truly doesn’t smell like a dog, but they have hair not fur which may be why. Thankfully he doesn’t smell like butt bc I’d still let him sleep cuddled up next to me lol.
Boopboopadoop • Apr 14, 2022 at 7:49 pm
Finally, someone else who feels the way I do. Well, maybe not exactly the same. I really don’t hate dogs. There are some dogs (especially puppies) that I love. There are certain dogs I’ve grown quite fond of.
But lately, I have come to the realization that I hate MOST dogs. I don’t find the vast majority of dogs to be cute and appealing– and that includes most of today’s most fashionable breeds; French Bulldogs, Pugs, Poodles, etc. Even the omnipresent Doodle-dogs don’t do much for me. Then there are a few breeds that I find so grotesque, I practically lose my lunch: Yorkshire Terriers, Pit Bulls, Chihuahuas and those hideous Chinese Crested dogs come to mind. But there are many, many more on that list.
I keep asking myself, “How is it that so many people – seemingly everyone on the planet – finds almost ANY dog irresistible? They (the dogs, but maybe even some of the people) smell, they have bulging eyes, they slobber – I don’t get it.
I actually consider myself an animal lover — I’m always glued to “Animal Planet”, “Too Cute” and endless animal videos on YouTube. And yes, I do love cats — but not every cat (those skinny, hairless breeds give me the willies). I haven’t even completely ruled out getting a dog someday.
I know it’s almost sacrilegious to say you don’t like dogs. But please don’t waste your time telling me I’m a bad person. Instead, I just want to know that there are others out there who feel the same way. Because I feel like I must be lacking the Dog Lover gene…or something.
Amber • May 12, 2022 at 10:36 pm
If you think those are ugly, you haven’t seen those “exotic bullies” aka micro bullies, toad line bullies, pocket bullies. It’s like a competition to see who can breed the most unhealthiest, deformed, ugliest miserable looking mutants. It’s animal cruelty to the fullest extent.
DogsAreTrash • May 17, 2022 at 10:45 pm
All bully breeds should be bred to microscopic size, then then the owners can watch them through a microscope and we won’t have to see their ugly, beady-eyed, wide faces and nasty, nasty mouths.
Tracy R • Apr 13, 2022 at 9:43 am
You’re a pretty bad person if you hate another animal species. Merrium-webster writes that “hate implies an emotional aversion coupled with enmity or malice or violent antipathy.” This is now you feel about a non-human animal you can avoid?
Hate is a very strong feeling, and is inappropriate given that the dog doesn’t have the capacity to feel that toward you nor was it it’s choice to be bred by humans. Now if you said you disliked them or didn’t care for them, then you’re not horrible, you have your right to not like things.
Anna • Apr 14, 2022 at 1:55 pm
I can understand your feelings, I like animals, I don’t hate dogs, but, I do feel foe your feelings too because my family hates me for not wanting dogs in my house… I don’t like dogs or cats in the house because they pee and poop because i do not care to train them much less bother with them. I was raised knowing that animals belong outside not indoors….I like a clean house and don’t like feeling that I have to take care of a dog or cat…
I was raised with 7 brothers and sisters my mother was very clean, I grew up to love a clean house…
I do not understand people that don’t understand that….
Your Worst Nightmare • Apr 15, 2022 at 3:15 pm
Oh shut up.
hate
/heɪt/
verb:
feel intense dislike for.
Maybe learn to spell Merriam before quoting from it.
I quoted from Oxford.~
Just because some stupid mutt can’t hate me doesn’t mean I can’t hate it.
That argument is ridiculous, not that I expect a mutt sympathizer to ever make a good argument.
All you’re doing is proving this article’s point.
Someone says bad about Fido and out come the bleeding hearts.
Pathetic.
Amber • May 12, 2022 at 10:42 pm
You can’t avoid these things. They’re literally everywhere. Dog worship and dog culture is one of the main reasons for our disdain for these creatures. Hate means “a strong dislike for something”, it’s not that deep. Just because we don’t want anything to do with these slobbering beast, it doesn’t mean we want to harm them.
Mark • Apr 10, 2022 at 6:03 pm
Some recent comments are so very uptight. I presume that such contributors have lengthy complaints on many subjects….much more than just pets.
Truth is no one gives a whiny rat concerning your appreciation for critters. Let the continued “dog”, “cat”, “fill in the blank” negativity stimulate your mind accordingly. In other words, you be stewing in useless complaint(s).
Josh • Apr 9, 2022 at 3:22 am
Just as not all humans are good
All dogs aren’t good too
How hard is that to accept?
The constant care you have to give them 365 days a year can tire and annoy anyone
My dog will show his puppy eyes and do all the tricks passionately when food is being served to him
But the moment he finishes the food, he will come to rip the flesh out of my bones
They are just a baby that will never grow
Always being stubborn and trying to over smart us
Pat • Apr 28, 2022 at 4:58 pm
The problem is that all untrained dogs are bad and aggressive.
Karma • Apr 7, 2022 at 11:52 am
You have the right to not like something. I despise cats, I hate them with a passion! (I would never hurt one because as you said, I’m not a monster) I can’t stand how they come on my property and destroy my garden, my yard furniture, do their business on the sidewalks and my driveway, scratch up my car with their claws. They stink to high heaven, the smell of a litter box is enough to make you puke. We all have our reasons not to like certain things, even though I do love my dog, I do not condemn you for hating them either, as long as you cause no harm to them, then that’s your right to have your own opinion
Amanda Jane Bruce • Apr 3, 2022 at 9:35 am
Couldn`t agree more. I can`t stand them.
Houston • Apr 6, 2022 at 4:32 pm
You don’t hate dogs. You despise ignorant people who should not own them. Couldn’t agree more.
Chris • Apr 8, 2022 at 8:23 am
No, she does hate dogs. You know you can tell? Cause she said so.
Its not a zero-sum situation, a person can hate dogs and their owners at the same time.
Are you one of those people who claim that dogs are beings of pure love and affection and as such, are incapable of causing someone to hate them all on their own?
And if so, why? Do you feel this way about all animals? Do you believe that tigers, rats, rattlesnakes, etc., are incapable of causing someone to hate them?
Cause I have heard that argument before, I mean, I am sure that most if not all of the people who have commented to this article has heard the phrase “No bad dogs just bad owners”, something that is said even after a dog mauls a baby to death for the crime of taking attention away from the dog. Dog-lovers will bend over backwards trying to prove how the dog’s owners and even the baby itself, is responsible for the baby being killed.
The dog has no responsibility at all, why? Cause it is only capable of giving unconditional love. It didn’t give that to the dead baby, but I guess the dog deserves a pass for that, right?
David • Mar 30, 2022 at 10:28 pm
You’re just a sad person looking for attention. I hope you find decency in your life. I haven’t ever found a decent person who ‘hates dogs’. Just terrible, selfish, snobbish, cruel people. Not preferring dogs to cats is one thing but a whole article about hating them? Definitely glad you’re not in my life. And sorry for all the people in yours.
Chris • Apr 8, 2022 at 8:33 am
If you think she only wants attention, why respond? Why not deny her the attention she believe she craves?
And come on, dogs are the biggest attention whores on the planet. Most dogs today can’t stand to be alone for 5 fucking seconds, separation-anxiety, where dogs whine, bark insanely loud and for extended periods of time, tear up furniture/clothes/shoes, etc., piss and shit all over the place because they literally need to be right up under someone 24/7. And the neighbor of the person with the dog had better not complain about the dog barking because “Dogs bark, its just what they do!!”.
No disrespect, but go fuck yourself, David.
And in my personal experience,
Sasha • Apr 24, 2022 at 9:15 am
“No disrespect but go fuck yourself” – in a comment about hating dogs, of all things. Yeah, you sound super mature and emotionally stable. Exactly the kind of person I would expect to hate an entire species.
I truly can’t fathom investing so much mental energy in hating an animal. I guess you must have a lot of free time, eh?
Chris • Apr 26, 2022 at 2:55 pm
Not as much as you would think, and since you are obviously much more mature than I am, you should have read the comment I was replying too. The person who made that comment showed over-the -top hatred to the author of the article.
I defend the author not because I know her, or care about her, but because the hate she receives is unwarranted in my eyes. Her article displays her feelings about dogs, and while she personally does not like or want a dog(s), she goes out of her way to try and meet dog-lovers halfway by stating how she can see the reason why people love dogs and how they can be good companions, and what does she get for that concession?
Assholes calling her cruel, selfish and a snob, and exclaiming how they are glad that the author is not part of their life. The author is a grown-woman, who put herself out there and wrote a public-article, so people are free to say what they want, but so am I. And I think that anyone who has that much hatred for a person merely because she does not love dogs, can stand to hear what I think about them.
And believe me or not, I don’t hate dogs. I don’t like them, I have no desire to be around one, but in general, like anything else I don’t like, if I don’t have to be around them, my dislike turns to apathy instantly.
But when I am forced to hear barking and walk thru dog-shit and have dog-lovers thrust their dogs on me in places where they are explicitly not-allowed and get indignant when asked to leave, my opinion of dog-lovers and dogs in general goes down the drain. And then I come here.
Chris Jr Sr • May 11, 2022 at 1:23 am
DOGS SUCK!! Fight to the death BRO. DIE ON THIS HILL!!!
100% worth it.
Chris • Apr 8, 2022 at 8:36 am
And in my experience, most owners of attention-needy dogs tend to be emotionally-needy, you might be the exception, but I think you’re are projecting your own insecurities to this author.
Just my honest opinion, I am more than willing to stipulate I may be incorrect.
Phetros • Apr 9, 2022 at 11:59 pm
Speaking about needy Jesus you have replied to every post hoping for attention just to spread hate for no reason other then to feel like you have won an argument against someone who won’t respond %99 of the time because they won’t come back to this site to check.
Chris • Apr 14, 2022 at 9:49 pm
Yes, you got me Phetros, you have exposed my neediness. I am so ashamed now that you have unearthed the hidden me, that I try to hide from everyone.
Oh, oh, please have mercy.
Look holmes, I’m certainly wasting my time, but I will explain to you why I am commenting.
As I have said in my many, many comments that have become my entire life by the way, I am hoping that one of these irrational dog-lovers, the ones who make claims like “never trust people who love dogs”, will explain that to me. I want to know where that mindset comes from. Dog-lovers are full of shit, they claim that you can like what you want and no one judges you for not liking dogs until you don’t want to pet their dog, don’t want to shop in public at places where people bring dogs even though they are explicitly not allowed, you don’t want to hear their fucking dog barking for hours at a time because it loves its owner so much, spending 5 goddamn seconds away is a torture that the dog can only solve by barking non-stop in a high-fever pitch, no mater how many times you yell at it to shut the fuck up because unlike the dog, the human has to get up and go to work so they can maybe one day be able to afford living somewhere, where dogs do not interfere with their personal life.
That is why I am in this site Phetros, believe me or not, my answer is the truth.
Another reason is simply because I enjoy discussing things with people who have a different opinion.
And while I will not claim that I have always been proper, for lack of a better word, and I do admit freely, my written opinion of dogs in general are not pleasant, however, I have not been rude to anyone who has not been rude to either me or the author first.
And I don’t know her, and I am not trying to get into her pants, as one comment suggested, I defend her because simply stating dislike for something should not bring the sort of vitriol and unabashed hate this woman has endured for sharing something with the public.
Make no mistake, people can criticize her all they want, she opened herself up for that when she made a public post, but I am free to criticize those who criticize her.
And I am not spreading “hate”, I am trying to spread common-sense.
Chris • Apr 15, 2022 at 1:52 pm
If you really believe I am needy, you should have just ignored me, and denied me the attention you think I am desperate for.
Phetros, I engage in these comments for 2 reasons, I want to understand the mindset of maniac dog-lovers who make comments like “Don’t trust people who don’t love dogs”, the other reason is a mostly for my own entertainment. I like engaging with people who disagree with me, I want to learn why they think the way they do. This is just one of the many topics I do this with.
I don’t think I have won any arguments, and the fact that most people don’t reply are why I make so many posts.
And as to your post below, I am not the author. I have no reason to lie about this. We are on the internet, all of this is anonymous.
If I was the author, I have absolutely no incentive or reason to hide that.
Phetros • Apr 10, 2022 at 12:01 am
Also I bet you are the author, right? Who else would pay this much attention to a random article.
Chris • Apr 14, 2022 at 9:58 pm
Phetros,
We don’t know each other, obviously, but if you did know me, you would know that I am not someone who hides. If I was the author, I would say so.
And why would I hide? Why would I care what anonymous people think about me?
No one’s opinion of me is not something I tend to care about, now, there are times when someone’s opinion of me matters, but it only matters because the person this can make decisions about my life.
Then it matters, but personally, I really could give a shit.
Chris • Apr 15, 2022 at 1:53 pm
Are you not replying to this as well?
Tammy • Apr 15, 2022 at 5:10 pm
Oh my God another dog lover. I absolutely hate dogs they’re disgusting I’m watching my neighbor’s dog and on a walk today she stuck her nose in a pile of another dog s*** or vomit then she comes in my house gross. I think people who love dogs are severely impaired
coevolved • Mar 29, 2022 at 10:40 pm
There’s some unhinged responses all over this thread… of course everyone should respect your opinion, I would never let my dogs bother you, or bother your with my dogs. But it cuts both ways, whether I’m shortsighted or on the money to think you’re probably a horrible person, well that would be my opinion. You don’t get to tell other people they can’t or shouldn’t judge you on a choice you made. The appeal to inclusion and diversity of opinion is misguided, you have no grounds to ask that because anyone else do anything from celebrating your opinion to tolerating it without judging you. Your opinion is your right as it is everyone else’s right to judge you, even wrongheadedly or on meager evidence. Or to decide that they wouldn’t want to associate with you out of their own closed mindedness. Personally, but liking dogs is a red flag for me. You can’t have it both ways.. Of it’s OK for you not to like dogs (it absolutely is) it’s OK for others to not like you. You want to have opinions, the consequence are that others get to have their opinions about you.
Chris • Apr 8, 2022 at 8:57 am
I couldn’t agree more. We are all free to think what we want and we are all obligated to deal with the consequences that the decisions we make lead too.
I do not share your opinion that appealing to inclusion and diversity of opinion is misguided, I think that just because someone doesn’t agree with you doesn’t mean you cannot co-exist. I mean, I could care less if someone I meet loves dogs, I don’t see the act of loving dogs as a sign a person definitely has something wrong with them.
You are the opposite of me, you believe that someone not liking dogs is a red-flag, and while I think that is short-sighted, I respect your opinion.
The world today, it is filled with people who think as you do about this subject, and this tends to lead to situations where someone who has no desire to be around dogs has to deal with the intrusion of dogs more than in the past.
So many people view dogs as family, that they are out in public in places where they have not been allowed in the past. And while some businesses have opened their doors to dogs, even businesses that have not, still have people bring their dogs in, and when told to leave or admonished because they are breaking the rules of wherever they are, dog-lovers tend to get indignant, claiming how their dogs are so much cleaner and well-behaved than human-children while not understanding that their opinion is irrelevant. If a place does not allow dogs they don’t allow dogs.
And while I can only speak for myself, I think this is the biggest issue with dog-lovers today. Their insistence on forcing their dog(s) onto people in places that they are not allowed. And then getting upset when told they have to follow the rules like everyone else and just because they treat their dog like it is one of their own children, is not mean the rest of the world has to do the same.
And if another consumer has an issue, dog-lovers of the mindset of “Lighten up, there are bigger problems in the world”, bring the vitriol they and their dogs face on themselves.
That is my issue at least, cause while I genuinely believe that anyone who truly believes I have a personality-defect because dogs don’t appeal to me in anyway are somewhat foolish, the real problem I have is the entitlement.
Adrienne Sanders • Mar 27, 2022 at 12:14 am
I’m 62 yr old female, never married. I have invariably found that men who don’t like dogs are totally jackasses, 100%. I think that people who hate dogs are selfish and egotistical. Sorry, that’s just how I feel. The kindest man I ever dated was super smart, patient, and his first word at 8 months was “dog.” Says it all!
Chris • Mar 29, 2022 at 4:38 pm
You were there at 8 months? Serious question.
Amber • May 13, 2022 at 6:53 am
I’ve found that dog nuts are egotistical. They love that a mindless creature is up their ass 24/7.
DogNuttersSuck • May 17, 2022 at 10:54 pm
@ Amber
And don’t forget all the peanut butter in their cupboards.
DogNuttersStink • May 17, 2022 at 10:55 pm
@ Amber
And don’t forget all the peanut butter in their cupboards.
CaT • Mar 26, 2022 at 5:44 pm
Agree with this statement as a cat owner,
Lisa Kistler • Mar 25, 2022 at 10:44 am
All I could think of was your poor dog. You do not deserve the love, loyalty and honor of having unconditional love in your life. Please never own or engage with any pet – they are way too good for you! I’ll admit that your ugly views made my skin crawl, and I also hope that you never reproduce!!! Stay in your animal free zone – child free too because they definitely would require some of your precious time. Living and protecting the innocent instead off only looking after our own selfish asses is a sign of maturity, evolution and compassion. Go back to your cave – we’ll all be happier!
CaT • Mar 26, 2022 at 7:11 pm
Imagine liking dogs! You sound utterly stupid,to ever think that those little shit of dogs are cute and will ever be,you sound like a white mom complaining about a parking space!
Michael Kelly • Mar 27, 2022 at 8:19 pm
You watch your mouth!! You ever call my dog a little shit again, I’ll knock your ugly fat ass out!!!
Michael Kelly • Mar 28, 2022 at 7:54 am
You fucking racist doghating asshole!!
Emily • Mar 28, 2022 at 12:46 pm
You’re fucking disgusting, go back to eating your cats shit out of it’s litter box you utter waste of space. Have fun with your piss demons Karen!
Michael Kelly • Mar 29, 2022 at 10:14 am
Oh, one more thing: I HATE FUCKIN’ CATS WITH AN EXTREME PASSION!!!
Jayman • Apr 1, 2022 at 2:58 am
Cat’s are dicks
Christian Minassian • Apr 27, 2022 at 9:34 am
Ok then, mr. Einstein, bastian of maturity and dear friend of the great god Fido, tell us again how someone not liking dogs and comparing someone to a Karen makes them racist and means they eat cat shit? Also do you think saying “I HATE CATS!” is going to change their opinion of dogs? Oh, this guy hates cats? Oh no, oh god, what ever shall I do? My whole world has been shattered, I’m now floating aimlessly in the ether because a dog lover said “I hate cats.” God help me, I’m about to die!
Pat • Apr 28, 2022 at 5:21 pm
It’s because he is as intelligent as a dog.
Pat • Apr 28, 2022 at 4:48 pm
So it’s fine to hate cats, but not dogs? Dogs are cowards with slave mentality. They are not real friends. They respect only authority and dominance, they do not respect humans out of their love for them. This is not real love nor friendship.
If they feel someone is afraid of them or someone is a weak link in a chain, they are mean to such person. Badly trained dogs are a real menace and true danger. They simply aren’t able to behave on their own. I avoid such kind of coward creatures no matter whether they are dogs or humans. I prefer these who like someone of their own volition, not these who like some form of one’s power or strength.
Erika Shults • Apr 4, 2022 at 10:29 pm
Amen!! That poor dog wanted to be taken out and this girl just hated it and said it demanded too much attention. She sounds like a total evil brat
Sharron • Mar 25, 2022 at 6:04 am
What a horrible bitter person you are !! Look at what humans are doing to the world ??? Animals don’t ask to be born . God help any animal or child you have .
Chris • Mar 29, 2022 at 4:38 pm
Humans didn’t ask to be born.
Phetros • Apr 10, 2022 at 12:31 am
This is true
Chris • Apr 15, 2022 at 1:55 pm
I appreciate your fulfilling my need for excessive attention.
Now that you have replied, I can die happy.
Sammy • Mar 25, 2022 at 2:02 am
Guaranteed this was written by a boomer who probably has 2-3 crotch goblins running around her house and shows off ‘how clever and thoughtful’ they are for such small children.
What in the world would motivate you to post such drivel, did one of your little brats get bitten by a dog for pulling its tail so you feel the need to lash out?
I guarantee you’re the kind of person that thinks being a ‘stay at home mommy’ is a full time job.
Chris • Mar 29, 2022 at 4:52 pm
You are the inspiration my friend, people like you truly believe that not loving dogs is an indication that someone has something wrong with them.
I wonder how many of you actually read the article? Despite the author’s personal feelings about dogs, she goes out the way to say that she understands why people love dogs and why people value them as companions, she just says that she does not.
Dog-people, y’all take the cake for crazy.
Erika Shults • Apr 4, 2022 at 10:30 pm
Does she, though? The final paragraph? “Out of her way” ?
Chris • Apr 8, 2022 at 9:02 am
“Don’t get me wrong; I get the appeal of dogs. They can be someone’s best friend. They fill an emotional void with genuine unconditional love. As companions, they’re loyal, obedient and kind.”
Literally, the first 3 sentences.
So to answer your question, yes she does go out of the away.
Pat • Apr 28, 2022 at 4:57 pm
It’s interesting how aggressive dog lovers are when someone says sun doesn’t shine out of dog’s posteriors. It reminds me of Alexander of Macedon, but he did drama over horses instead of dogs. Once his horse was stolen by villagers and he threatened to kill them all if they will not return the horse at once. People say, oh, he was bonkers! But they don’t see dog people act in similar fashion when it comes to dogs. If dog lovers were in Alexander’s position (means: have an army) they would respond exactly the same.
We want to fly to space but still have excrements on streets and smelly peed on fences and so on.
Dave • Mar 22, 2022 at 1:33 pm
I would far rather you be honest with yourself, and never “own” a dog, than do like so many others. They acquire living “pets”, and then once realizing that time, work, and expense are required, they then frequently neglect, abuse, and/or abandon them. Those people should be publicly horse whipped!
On the other hand I have no issues with anyone choosing not to have pets. That is an appropriate and responsible choice for those not inclined to want the responsibility of properly caring for living creatures. Whatever their motivation(s)!
Pat • Apr 28, 2022 at 5:07 pm
Wise words! I agree, I strongly dislike these who ignore the pets they got or who get pets without thinking everything over in advance and then realize everything isn’t rainbows and unicorns. Animals have feelings and don’t deserve to be treated badly or neglected.
Mazy • Mar 20, 2022 at 9:31 pm
Ok so you dont like dogs, thats fine
But why oh whyyyyyy are you being so nasty and awful in your article about it
It it doesnt even sound like a i hate dogs article, it sounds like absolute pure and utter hatred beyond belief what im reading, an almost obsession to tell the world just how much you absolutely cannot stand the fact they are on this planet, im not for the life of me sure why you even tried to adopt one if it isnt in your family genes to want them or like them
And as for tinder, instagram accounts of people with pics of their dog, i think you will infact find that people have ones of their children, cats, boy/girl friends, rats, how good they look when theyve altered their pic to make them look 20 years younger, young girls with practically no clothes on n pouting their lips n posing, meals theyve cooked, etc etc etc, everyone has their own thing, and they are all unbelievably passionate about it beyond belief, but im guessing you dont do nothing at all like that, i guessing you post nothing on any of your accounts
Theres things i dont particularly like ive come across on some of my accounts that may pop up rarely now and again, and might go ,yuk, realy realy dont like that and scroll past, but i dont go and post a hatred article about it
But omgg ive never come cross a post so nasty about them
Its amazing how you seem to see so many owners who have accounts of their dog on instagram etc than anything else if you hate them so much
Usually on my instagram, fbook etc account i seem to have recommendations coming up of other groups that i might like of the same things i follow on there, maybe you should have a word with instagram, tinder etc and tell them how you seem to be bombarded with pics n accounts of them
I know a girl who has hate in her life for a particular thing, and it consumes her, everytime she comes across it, sees it, hears about this thing she hates its like she cannot stop going on and on about it for days with a twisted up face, its ridiculous how she goes on, like nothing else in the world matters except this thing
So what you had a dog when you were like 7 yrs old, and am guessing you havent had one since, there you go, over and done with, it will be dead by now im guessing and wow good riddance to it for you, you must have been jumping for joy and dancing on is grave thinking, yey no more smelly poo bags or cold mornings for me
So much hatred for whay you would have to go through in your adult life away from being a little girl and your family and actually having a dog aside from that, abso pure hatred for something youve never experienced in adult life
The worst things on this planet arent horrible smelly, takes up to much of my time dogs
Did you know how exceptionally brainy dogs are and the absolutely amazing things they can do to help people, they have the same emotions as us and their emotions are just as strong as ours, i wonder what it thought of you
Maybe if something absolutely awful happened in your life like blindness, or crippled and had no one to help you, im guessing the answer would be, dont offer me one of those horrible things to help me, or if you were attacked raped etc, an officer with a dog was on hand to help you would refuse it
Lady theres little kids in their lives right now even, who are being, raped, physically seriously abused and emotionally, forced into marriage some girls so young they end up dying bcoz their bodies are to young and not ready for childbirth, some starving to death, dying from cancer etc
Also dogs who are having their bones broken, half beaten to death, left tied up somewhere to starve to death etc etc
But im so sorry what happened to you as a young girl has left you so emotionally scarred for life about dogs, it must have been unbearable
But for what its worth, the worst thing on this planet isnt big smelly i havent got time for cant be bothered in my life with just a chore dogs…its humans
Chris • Mar 21, 2022 at 9:55 pm
All due respect, you don’t have the right to advise anyone about what is the worst thing in the world to them.
To some people, maybe someone who is forced to co-exist with dogs in a manner that disrupts their life, the worst thing in life are dogs. Although, judging by most dog-lovers, I am guessing that you will say “there are no dogs just bad owners”, am I right?
I always wonder, what would a dog have to do to be considered “bad”? I have read stories of dogs killing babies and the parents of the dead baby fight to explain why the dog is not at fault. And who knows? Maybe the dog is not at fault, cause it is a dog, so it has no conscious thought to make decisions like “I want to kill this baby because I hate it”. I have heard from dog-lovers and even those who merely like or stand them, that dogs are not capable of hate, they are only capable of “love”.
Course, if dogs cannot hate, it goes that they cannot love either, Both require conscious thought. If a dog is not capable of hating something/someone, how would they be capable of loving something/someone?
It is only logical to come to that conclusion. But I have no real idea either way, and I have no problem admitting it.
Adrienne Sanders • Mar 27, 2022 at 12:16 am
Couldn’t have said it better! AMEN!!!!
Phetros • Apr 10, 2022 at 1:01 am
It’s for the best that people put this in their tinder for this exact reason. If I were on tinder and a girl showed a pic wither her and her 3 kids I would likely avoid them, sorry just have no interest. So I don’t really understand her complaint.
Unknown • Apr 18, 2022 at 8:36 pm
Calm down it’s just a post. They didn’t even sound that offensive. Is it bothering you? Then don’t read it. Here you are wasting your whole day typing a whole 10 paragraph story just to hate on them. It’s their opinion. You have yours. Do you not have a life? You don’t have to tell them all the bad things they already know. You’re guessing everything in their life. Leave them alone.
BitchUGonnaCry • May 17, 2022 at 10:59 pm
@Mazy TL;DR
U gunna cry?
Nicole • Mar 18, 2022 at 3:04 pm
Are you done deleting comments that paint you in a negative light? It’s been four years since you posted this. You can’t possibly have that much free time.
Chris • Mar 21, 2022 at 1:57 pm
You obviously have not reviewed most of the comments.
So, so, so many of the dog-loving community have taken the time to come here and express their dislike and hatred of this woman.
Why? Cause she dared to say that hating dogs does not make her a horrible person.
The real question you should be asking is why an article like this had to be written in the first place?
Answer is people like you, who truly in your heart believe that not loving dogs is a sign that someone has something wrong with them.
Where does that mindset come from?
Emily • Mar 27, 2022 at 12:24 pm
Probably from memories of watching those awful aspca commercials that show beaten up animals whose owners have done stuff as bad as pouring boiling water on them before throwing them out the window. Now, do you think those people loved dogs? Or that they felt neutral to them, or even just dislike them? No, that kind of violence comes from hate. Disliking and hating are as close to each other as liking and loving.
Would it make her a bad person if she didn’t like dogs? No. But that fact that she doubles down on hating them is concerning.
I think its interesting that you’re concerned over this woman, who has a voice of her own and isn’t confined to whining or barking to show what she means, being disliked and hated, when this whole article is about her hate… very interesting.
Hope your day goes as good as you wish it to be.
Hare Krishna
Chris • Mar 29, 2022 at 5:41 pm
So what she hates them, is she hurting them? Is she beating dogs? Is she starving them? If not, who cares if she hates them?
When bad-things happen to anyone or any animal that does not deserve it, that is not good. I don’t condone torturing dogs anymore than I condone torturing babies. You don’t have to love dogs to not act like a psycho with them.
“I think its interesting that you’re concerned over this woman, who has a voice of her own and isn’t confined to whining or barking to show what she means, being disliked and hated, when this whole article is about her hate… very interesting.”
I don’t even know what you mean by this. I’m being honest.
Yes, this woman has a voice, she is not confined to barking and howling, so we agree on that.
My concern is not for her per se, it is really for you and people like you.
I want to know why simply disliking something garners this much venom?
What dog-lovers either don’t get or choose to ignore is that the very things you love about dogs are typically the things that people who don’t like dogs can’t stand.
The nonstop need for attention, the barking, the separation-anxiety, the hair, the never growing out of toddler-phase, none of that is appealing to me, and for anything else, I would be allowed to feel what I want without judgement, but for dogs, the rules are different. You have to like dogs at least a little, or risk being seen the same way you see this woman.
I had someone tell me once that since dogs were designed to “melt our hearts”, me feeling nothing when I see a dog was absolutely a sign that I have an empathy defect. Needless to say, we stopped talking, and I had assumed that she was a singular person in that mind-set, I had no idea how wrong I was.
This is the attitude I want to understand. I will most likely never will, but that is my concern. That is what I want to know.
I just need a dog-lover to explain their bias honestly.
L • Mar 17, 2022 at 2:10 pm
omg. i love dogs and cats – i have one of each. they’re great. i’m really only here to agree with everything you said but about human offspring. they’re loud, dirty, and annoying. i’m glad i’m not an underage human anymore because i know i, too, was annoying during those years. whenever i remain indifferent around someone’s neonate/infant/toddler offspring and refuse to hold them, i get viewed as a monster. i don’t hate kids, i just really don’t like them. at all. i’m more grossed out by human waste and vomit than an animal’s. it’s kinda how you don’t need a sitter for your six-month-old dog if you leave for a couple of hours but you definitely need a sitter for a six-month-old human for those same couple hours. one (human) is a lot worse than the other (animal).
people get upset over someone not training their animals (dogs, usually) properly, but it’s worse when people don’t teach their offspring how to behave and you can’t say anything because the parents get more offended, instead of correcting bad behavior.
sorry for sounding so judgemental. i’ve just been wanting to get this off my chest, even more now that there are sixteen kids (eleven of those under 10) in our immediate family (between seven couples). our poor planet is really getting pushed to its limits. ☹️
Chris • Mar 21, 2022 at 1:50 pm
You don’t sound judgmental as much as non-sensical.
1) Human offspring grow out of their “loud, dirty and annoying” stage. Dogs never do.
2) People state they hate human-offspring frequently, and while there is some blowback for expressing that opinion, it is much less than saying that you not like dogs, for that, you get branded a cold-hearted psycho.
3) Dog-parents rarely train their dogs because they are not “dogs” to the dog-parent, they are “children”. This is my personal experience, if there are dog-parents who realize their dogs need training, I have never met one.
4) Human-waste rarely is spread over the ground outside, let alone inside a house where there is an active and working toilet. Can’t say the same about dog-waste.
5) You leaving your six-month dog alone for a couple of hours is no problem for you, but probably for your neighbors, unless you have trained your dog not to bark when you are gone, have you?
6) Training human-offspring is in no way comparable to training dogs. Humans have conscious thought, even children. So you cannot “train” a human, you can teach. If they choose to reject your teaching, nothing can be done about that. Dogs have no conscious thought. You can train a dog if one has the mind too.
Bye dog-lover.
Chris • Mar 21, 2022 at 2:09 pm
You’re not judgmental, you just aren’t making any sense.
1) Human offspring grow out of their “loud, dirty and annoying” stage. Dogs never do.
2) Being indifferent to human-children does have blowback, but nothing like being indifferent to dogs. For that, you get branded a cold-hearted psycho.
3) Human-waste is rarely strewn over the floor, particularly inside a home with an active and working toilet. Can’t say that about dog-waste. And I think we all can agree any type of bodily-waste is gross.
4) Your six-month dog might not need a sitter, but it might bark its head off when you are gone. Which probably pisses your neighbors off, unless you are one of the rare dog-owners who train their dog not to bark.
5) Humans have conscious thought, even children, you can’t train a human-child, you can teach. If they reject the teaching, that is their choice. Dogs do not have conscious thought. One can train dogs if they choose too, so yes, it is much worse when dogs are not trained than children.
16 kids, wow, I do not envy you. I was lucky enough to have my own room my entire childhood. Peace and quiet are sacred, I am sorry that you do not have it.
Bye.
Tammy • Apr 15, 2022 at 5:15 pm
Chris I really and truly hope you’re a man because I want to marry you.
T • Mar 15, 2022 at 7:18 pm
Stupidity, ignorance and a waste of human space comes to mind if any human kind cannot respect animal life as well as their own
Nicole • Mar 18, 2022 at 3:05 pm
Well said!
Chris • Mar 19, 2022 at 12:14 pm
Only dog-lovers equate respect with likability, not liking dogs does not mean one does not respect “animal life”. Do you get that?
Jesus Christ, this is why dog-lovers are insufferable, anything else in the world you can like or not like, but when it comes to dogs, if you don’t like them that automatically means you are “a waste of human space” who “cannot respect animal life”.
Re-read the article genius, she expressed dislike of dogs, not “animal life”, dogs.
And even with dogs, she did take the time express that she can understand the appeal of dogs but just that they don’t appeal to her.
She is being much kinder than I am, because I truly do not understand the fascination with dogs. What is it? The barking? The hair/smell? The nonstop 24-hour need for attention? I can’t wrap my head around the desire for dogs, but even I am more understanding towards dogs and dog-lovers than most of them are towards us who don’t worship their fur-children.
Cause see, I am apathetic towards dogs when I am not forced to be around them for extended periods of time, I have absolutely no thought about them good or bad. It is only when I am forced to live with them, work with them, shop for food with them that I go searching for websites such as this.
So many dog-lovers scoff and say that if you don’t like dogs just stay away from them while at the same time forcing their dogs onto people by bringing them to restaurants, grocery stores, Target, malls, etc., and when confronted in those places where their dogs are explicitly not allowed, they turn indignant, and start claiming how their beloved dogs are cleaner and quieter than children and that those of us who don’t like interacting with their dogs should just get over it. All the while breaking the rules of the establishment they are in.
And that in a nutshell is why dog-lovers are typically hypocritical assholes.
Michael Kelly • Mar 27, 2022 at 8:40 pm
So are you an asshole! Dogs don’t go around killing and shooting people, burning down cities, and killing cops like certain people do such as Antifa who are so filled with hatred and violence and hatred!! Dogs don’t start trouble, people such as these do!! These kind of humans don’t grow out of their loudness and their dirtiness as you said in your comment above, they only get worse and grow to be louder and violent!! I got my family, my dog, and my home protected with my guns just in case these thugs come to my neighborhood to start trouble!!! And what about all the human shit all over the streets of SF, all because of a ruthless greedy power hungry woman named Pelosi, HUH???!!!! Rest my case about dogs vs humans!!!!
Chris • Apr 1, 2022 at 6:38 pm
You are obviously someone who lacks basic reading comprehension skills, responding is probably a waste of time, but I’m bored, so what the hell.
Genius, dogs don’t shoot people, but they do kill people.
You mentioning Antifa really is a sign that you are moron.
“Dogs don’t start trouble”, does attacking someone who is not attacking them or anyone they “care” about something you might consider “starting trouble”? Cause that happens, if you deny it, I’ll go with my first instinct after I read your post, which was to ignore you, as you are a very, very, non-smart person.
Humans may choose to not grow out of their “loudness and dirtiness”, but that is a choice. Dogs, cannot grow out of it. They will always be completely dependent on their owners for everything. There is a difference.
Congratulations on being the toughest-guy on your block, with your family, dogs, and guns, I’m sure everyone is terrified of you.
Why are you bringing Nancy Pelosi into this? Jesus Christ, you really are a moron.
Michael Kelly • Mar 27, 2022 at 11:01 pm
Who The Hell you think you are calling us people who love dogs assholes???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Before you call us that again, maybe you should take a good look in the mirror and see the reflection of the world’s biggest A-HOLE this side of Mars, you heartless P.O.S. I loved my dog Howie who I had for 14 wonderful years and was a God send!! If you hate dogs that’s your business, but don’t you ever call me an asshole again because I loved my dog, don’t you ever fucking say that again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Annapolis • Mar 28, 2022 at 4:42 pm
And what the hell are you gonna do if they do call you a asshole again or call your mutt a piece of shit??
Reach through your phone screen and kick their ass??
Big talk for a unhinged dog licker. You are just proving points with your insanity, asshole
Michael Kelly • Mar 29, 2022 at 1:19 pm
I’ll be the first to admit I’m a little out there and it doesn’t bother me or worry me in the least, but at least I ain’t afraid to post my comments under my actual first and last name unlike you who hides behind your keyboard under a fictious nick name, cuck!!
Michael Kelly • Mar 30, 2022 at 10:51 am
Oh and one more thing. Like American Patriot told you in several comments down below, you’ll never make it as a Marine like he and I did! I doubt you could make it through any Military Boot Camp, “You just don’t pack the gear, boy” as they say in The Corps! ‘Nuff said!!
Michael Kelly • Mar 31, 2022 at 2:56 am
Annapolis, you are a DICKHEAD!!! You’ll be sorry that you called me an asshole and my dog a mutt!! Trust me!!!!
Michael Kelly • Mar 31, 2022 at 9:06 am
You’re a fucking jerkoff, Annapolis! Go eat cat shit and croak!
Michael Kelly • Mar 31, 2022 at 2:30 pm
Hey Annapolis or whatever the hell your real name is: Come to Phila, PA where I live and talk that crap to my face you keyboard warrior troll!!
Michael Kelly • Mar 31, 2022 at 2:35 pm
Ok Annapolis, come to Philadelphia and say what you just commented above to me in person if your man enough which strongly doubt!!
Chris • Apr 1, 2022 at 6:47 pm
I explained why I called dog-lovers assholes, re-read the post, shout out if you need me to explain any big words.
Basing your opinion of me as an asshole because I don’t like dogs is astounding, but not completely incorrect, I am an asshole, but not cause I don’t like dogs. I have many abhorrent personality-traits that absolutely do make me an asshole. So you are half-right.
Yes, wow, scary, your excessive use of exclamation points has me terrified, until of course I realize that you would never anything to me like that in real-life. So save the anger tough-guy, you don’t like me, stop talking to me.
Michael Kelly • Mar 29, 2022 at 2:05 pm
Chris: Please disregard those two comments below, I didn’t mean to say all the stuff. I recently lost my job due to work downsizing and I haven’t been quite myself since it happened. That’s still no excuse for those comments and I tried to delete them but it seems you can’t do that on this site. Sorry about and just ignore them….Mike Kelly
Chris • Apr 1, 2022 at 6:50 pm
Well, I should have read this before, I appreciate the apology, not that you needed too, we are all entitled to our opinion.
And I never took it personal.
Thanks
Chris
Pat • Apr 28, 2022 at 5:33 pm
People who abuse animals are definitely dangerous. To anyone. They should be avoided. But strongly disliking dogs is just personal preference. I dislike dogs because they seem cowardish to me. I’m aware I’m projecting a human style of thinking on them and that’s wrong, but I can’t help it. The antipathy is simply here. It actually and primarily stems from my poor experiences with humans, not dogs. I dislike them only on basis of seeming resemblance in behaviour.
Anna • Mar 15, 2022 at 12:29 am
I fucking hate dogs as well!!
LET'S-GO-BRANDON • Mar 27, 2022 at 9:17 am
Well, they fuckin’ hate you too, Bitch!!! So do I and all like you!!
Annapolis • Mar 28, 2022 at 4:44 pm
Dogs are too stupid to hate anybody or love anyone 4 that matter. You are a food dispenser. That’s it.
Why is it “dog lovers” are always violent and unhinged?
Weird.
American Patriot • Mar 30, 2022 at 3:01 am
Kid, you’re too stupid to know jack about anything in life, let alone cats and dogs. Obviously you weren’t in the Military or in law enforcement like I was where dogs help out both the Armed Forces and all of Law enforcement in crime, war, sniffing out drugs and helping to get the drug criminals arrested, and have given their very lives while doing so. These dogs are heroes in my book. They also help out as Seeing Eye Dogs for the blind, and Service Dogs, so dogs are not stupid but you are. You’ll never make it as a Marine, Kid, you just don’t have the smarts nor the ruggedness to have what it takes to be a Marine!
Kelley • May 10, 2022 at 5:55 pm
My dog hates my DIL lol. She hit him in the face 2 yrs ago and he holds a grudge. Even as a puppy, he never peed in the house. Now on the rare occasions I go over (and I take him bc it’s far away) he will find something with her smell and pee on it. Not my son’s, not my granddaughter’s, not their dogs things. Lol. And he doesn’t need to “go”, bc he goes b4 we go inside. It’s just a few drops, all he can squeeze out, out of spite. FYI, she hit him bc he put his paw on her knee to say hello…
Ingja • Mar 13, 2022 at 12:16 pm
I also hate dogs and yes the reaction to this statement is utter horror. I grew up with dogs and cats so I have experience of both and I absolutely prefer cats. Here are some of the reasons. Dogs need far more attention and looking after than cats. Cats don’t bark at you or chase and bite you when you are out in the park or street. Cats bury their business so you don’t end up stepping in it whilst out on a walk. One of the dogs we had used to dig up and eat the cat’s poo…..and people let them lick their faces… disgusting. I would like to be left in peace when I go for a walk and not have to fear for my life every time I see a dog. The irony in a lot of these nasty comments is that most dog owners have absolutely no respect for other people’s fears and preferences. Letting their potentially dangerous pets run freely. A cat won’t tear out your throat. So who really are the cold hearted monsters?
Emily • Mar 28, 2022 at 12:58 pm
Well I guess thank you for saying most and not all but I’ve gotta tell you, I haven’t come across these situations you’ve laid out, not with dogs anyway. Cats, on the other hand…. yeah. Big mistake walking home at night and turning the corner only for a tabby to jump down from the fence and start scratching and biting at my face. And I’m sure you’ll somehow turn this into being my fault and not the innocent wittle kitty. Cats are just as violent as dogs, it doesn’t do well for your perception of reality to deny that.
LET'S-GO-BRANDON • Apr 1, 2022 at 3:01 am
Cats are dicks!
Jewel Haines • Mar 13, 2022 at 1:23 am
Damn. Even as a child you were incredibly self absorbed and selfish. Most people view caring about and for a pet as a loving exercise..not a chore. You just cannot be bothered with anyone or anything else BUT yourself. I actually pity you.😒
Adrian • Mar 18, 2022 at 2:41 am
This is exactly what she was talking about. Just accept her opinion without hating her for it. I actually pity you. Pathetic.
Emily • Mar 28, 2022 at 1:02 pm
I’m laughing right now, everyone is commenting about accepting her opinion, yet the only reason you say that is because you aren’t accepting the commenter opinion. Gotta love hypocrisy.
Nicole • Mar 18, 2022 at 3:09 pm
An estimated 10-20% of people have severely impaired empathy. The words sociopath and narcissist are often thrown around. A certain person who may or may not be the focus of this article could be afflicted.
Chris • Mar 21, 2022 at 2:25 pm
This must be some of that enhanced compassion and empathy that dog-lovers claim they have.
Your judgement makes no sense, she did not buy the dog she refers to in her childhood, she was not the driving-force for the dog, why would having to take care of the dog be anything else but a chore?
In my childhood, I experienced something similar. I took care of 2 pets that I did not want, did not ask become part of our home. I still took care of them feeding, cleaning and general-maintenance, and I viewed it as a chore in the same way.
If you buy a pet, or ask for the pet to be bought, treating taking care of it like a chore might be wrong, but when it is forced on you, what else would you look at is as?
Course it is a chore. But what does it matter? As long as the animal is taken care of, who cares if someone thinks it is a chore or not. The animal is still being fed, cleaned and maintained, what?
Someone has to like doing it for it to matter?
Jill • Apr 14, 2022 at 10:25 pm
Why in the hell do you even own a dog? You don’t deserve one. I feel sorry for your dog. Probably doesn’t take much to outsmart you.
Corey • Mar 11, 2022 at 10:22 pm
So since they try to make dogs as human as possible, would you be okay, if I jump all over you, lick my on butt, eat trash piss, and lick you, walk around in the muddy dirt and come in and jump all over your couch. Clean my crap up after I crap in front of you. Eat your last meal off your table. Humans would be killed for that). Chew up everything in site. I can go on and on. And the answer is no. So stop subjecting dogs to be on a human level cause their not, Everyone doesn’t have to like these creatures. But I’ll definitely show respect since the dog is god backwards.
Nicole • Mar 18, 2022 at 3:10 pm
Humans know better. Five year olds know this. Either you have severely impaired intellect or empathy. Maybe both?
Annapolis • Mar 28, 2022 at 4:46 pm
Shut up. Seriously.
Joe • Mar 10, 2022 at 4:27 pm
I bet you are a very selfish, right winger. Selfish people don’t like dogs.
Candice • Mar 11, 2022 at 8:39 pm
what does disliking dogs have to do with being right wing you fucking moron
Adrienne Sanders • Mar 27, 2022 at 12:21 am
True, true true!
Salty • Mar 8, 2022 at 11:50 am
So you find your joy letting everyone know your whines? Grow up and get out of your parents basement!
Nicole • Mar 18, 2022 at 3:11 pm
She has been personally moderating the comments for four years now. She will never escape the basement.
Chris • Mar 21, 2022 at 2:36 pm
So you find your joy whining about articles written by people you don’t know? And before you ask, yes, I do find joy commenting to people like you. Joy, but no satisfaction. What I want, is for someone like you to explain why not liking dogs means a person has some sort of defect.
And seriously, why would you think she lives in her parent’s basement? I know it is an insult and not to be taken too seriously, but you could have chosen a number of different things to say and you chose to imply that she lives at home. Why?
Cause anyone who does not love dogs is somehow immature?
And using the internet to find like-minded people to help one understand or endure something is actually very common and frequently helpful.
Again, I know that you probably are just trying to say the most hurtful thing you can think of, but a big part of human growth come from looking outwards towards others who have experienced situations similar to one’s own.
My parents are dead. And I had not lived with them for a very long time before they died.
Sammy • Mar 25, 2022 at 2:06 am
Chris, she isn’t going to let you in her pants, just give it up.
Chris • Apr 8, 2022 at 9:22 am
Hey, you can’t blame me for trying?
Emily • Mar 28, 2022 at 1:05 pm
Poor baby.
Cassandra • Mar 4, 2022 at 12:06 pm
Please help me I had some seizure and heart attacks and stokes I need some too love me more
Al • Mar 2, 2022 at 1:31 am
I have a problem with idiot pet owners who accuse me of not liking animals.
I love animals. But not pets. Especially dogs and cats.
One of the best thing in life is to observe a natural animal in the wilderness.
In Australia, the population and health of most native animals are compromised by the release of pets into the wild. They eat everything.
The wild animal and its environment is my love.
So I say to pet owners “you do not love animals, you just love to control one animal for your benifit”.
Kat • Mar 4, 2022 at 9:08 am
You buddy couldn’t be further from the truth. And havent a clue what you are talking about. You think l got a dog or any other pet to “control” it? I, and many others got a pet for pure joy of having a pet. Grow up and educate yourself. You sound very ignorant.
Nicole • Mar 18, 2022 at 3:12 pm
Australia isn’t the center of the universe, mate.
lmao lmao • Feb 28, 2022 at 10:21 am
YOUR MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Sarah • Feb 27, 2022 at 8:12 am
One thing that I noticed about our society is its somehow Normalized to hate Cats. You cant say you dont like dogs without someone saying its because you’re a shitty person. But when its cats in question, most people would agree. Cats are just as loving and affectionate than any other pet and it’s wrong and unfair they get so much hate.
Jewel Haines • Mar 13, 2022 at 1:24 am
I totally agree 👍
Kati • Feb 25, 2022 at 4:50 pm
I get it if you are not a dog person. I can respect that. No problem. I don’t like dogs who constantly bark. Their owners didn’t teach them manners so they jump all over you, they don’t listen etc. I’m not a dog or cat person myself. Never have been. But guess what? I own a dog! And she is absolutely precious. Manners for day’s. I guess what I’m saying is I’m not a fan of other people’s dogs. Just like I’m not a fan of other people’s kids. I know l will own my little dog for many years to come. She is super spoiled and loved, but after her no more dogs.
Nicole • Mar 18, 2022 at 3:14 pm
You are absolutely correct but the author lacks the intellectual and moral capacity to understand your point.
Chris • Mar 21, 2022 at 3:02 pm
What is the point of this post? You are not a dog-person, but you have a dog that you love and is super-spoiled, but afterwards, you will never get another dog, right?
I am not trying to be a jerk, I just am honestly confused. Is the point that you as a non dog-person have grown to love and appreciate your particular dog so the author can do this as well is she’ll open her heart and bring a dog in?
She has already lived with a dog, she is not expressing an un-informed opinion, she stated how she had a dog as a child and it did not appeal to her.
She also stated that a big part of why she wrote this article was because expressing dislike for dogs is a taboo thing to do in our current society. It is something that has become so polarizing, it can break up friendships, relationships, even blood-relatives will not talk to each other over dogs.
The reactions to this article show why this woman would not feel comfortable talking about this with people who she loves. Cause if they are like the people here, they would at the least have a different opinion about her if she told them her dislike for the 4-legged man’s best-friend.
Do you dog-lovers get how insane that is? Just the mere fact that someone does not like dogs means that they have something wrong with them? It’s absolutely nuts.
Lack of empathy, having a narcissistic personality, inability to have love for other creatures, this woman has been labeled all of that and so much more by the dog-loving psychos who decided to reply to this article. And this woman is being nice, she even stated how she can understand the appeal that some have for dogs she just does not share it.
And she is still labeled as worse than Hitler because the thought of a dog waiting for her to get home so it can just leap into her arms and wag it’s little tail, and just give such an outpouring of unconditional-love that one can barely stand it, does not make her heart go pitter-patter.
Please to God, dog-lovers, explain that. The only reason I am still replying is because I want a dog-lover who can actually state reasons for why not loving dogs means there is something wrong with you.
I don’t want craziness, I don’t need to hear why I am a psycho, I want to have it explained to me. What about dogs makes them so precious that the thought of not loving them or even actively disliking them makes someone a bad person. And let’s live in reality, I am not talking about people who actively hurt dogs cause I think we can all agree that people who hurt any living-thing are bad people.
I want to know what is wrong with the people like the woman who wrote this article, I want to know why her expressing her dislike of dogs has resulted in so much venom from the dog-loving community.
Does everyone have to love dogs or risk being labeled a psycho?
Kati • Mar 29, 2022 at 4:58 pm
Hi Chris, lm replying to you on my thoughts. I can’t speak for how anyone else feels. Everyone feelings are different on the matter. I can only speak for myself. I say l have a dog because she is my service dog. She helps me in my day to day life. I live alone and am disability. I grew up with dogs and cats but l found l was never crazy about them. I’ve had birds and fish too. I took care of all of them, loved them and they all lived long lives. After the laat pet died I was burnt out on any pet. And went many years without one. had them my entire life, but then one day it was recommended to have a service dog. I never said no. I thought maybe at this stage of my life it would be good for me. Because its my pet and she is taught how l think all dogs should behave. I say that after her there will probably not be another one. Because l dont know where l will be in years to come. I don’t hate anyone who doesnt like dogs or cats. Thats their prerogative. Doesn’t effect my life in any way. Hope this helps.
Jedothek • Feb 25, 2022 at 8:51 am
perhaps the oddest thing about this article is that the writer expects us to accept her assurance “I am not a cold-blooded monster.” i am equally convinced by Richard Nixon’s testimony that he was not a crook.
Sarah • Feb 27, 2022 at 8:14 am
But its okay for people to hate Cats, Right?
Amyjo • Mar 16, 2022 at 5:36 am
Of course! Dogs love their humans, whilst cats disdain their humans and continually plot their demise. I’ve had both, and only one left scars for life!
ST • Feb 25, 2022 at 12:57 am
I just can’t stand when people foist their animals on you. If you say you don’t like animals they can’t handle it.
Steph • Feb 24, 2022 at 12:20 pm
What is ridiculous to me is that people are allowed to hate, enough to the point where people think it’s okay to shoot, cats (and they think this is normal behavior!) but you are a psychopath if you hate dogs. Does anyone see the irony? What kind of person shoots a pet? I have come across so many people that think this way it’s astounding.
I don’t like dogs because of the level of care and the constant barking. I have never met a dog who didn’t constantly bark.
I like cats because they practically take care of themselves. And the litter box? If you clean it daily, you don’t smell it!
Dick • Feb 23, 2022 at 2:05 pm
I own a dog but as I get older I’m starting to like them less and less. People just can’t handle them. Too many dog attacks, mostly from worthless pitbulls. I’ve been listening to my neighbor’s dogs bark all day and night for two years now. Cope won’t do anything can’t wait to move. People don’t pick up their dog shit. And my biggest peave right now is ignorant assholes letting their dogs run unleashed. When I’m at the park with my kids, how do I know if your unleashed mongrel is nice or not? A friend of mine had her dog ripped apart by two assclowns that unleashed their, you guessed it, pitbulls at the park. Most people are incapable of owning a goldfish, and certainly know nothing of dog psychology.
Renee • Mar 14, 2022 at 7:53 pm
Wow, specieism at work here. That pitbull’s life is worth way more than your’s.
Pat • Apr 28, 2022 at 5:45 pm
What the person wrote is true. A poorly trained dog is a serious danger. Many people truly are incapable to train and handle their dogs. Besides, the Pitbull attacks were caused by Pitbulls usually bought from disreputable, shady breeders. Another proof many people aren’t responsible enough to own a pet.
So, no need to bark like an aggressive untrained dog here, the person presented a valid observation.
Erin • Feb 22, 2022 at 2:08 am
I think what’s a real red flag is people who love dogs and hate cats. All I hear is “needs to be in charge of everything, receive excessive adoration and finds the idea of boundaries and reciprocity intolerable.”
Middle of the road opinions – not the enemy
Dick • Feb 23, 2022 at 1:47 pm
Cats stink! Nothing worse than the overpowering smell of cat urine or the stench of a litterbox.
Pat • Apr 28, 2022 at 6:06 pm
And how is it a relevant response to the post? The person just wrote:
I think what’s a real red flag is people who love dogs and hate cats. All I hear is “needs to be in charge of everything, receive excessive adoration and finds the idea of boundaries and reciprocity intolerable.”
Cats stink just isn’t a relevant response. By the way, dogs smell horribly. Especially the big ones…even these who are clean. The litter box can be quickly cleaned and quality litter bought, but what to do about a dog who smells even if it’s clean and properly looked after? And…cats don’t slobber all over you and your clothes…they don’t sniff your crotch…
Sarah • Feb 27, 2022 at 8:16 am
My thoughts exactly. Anyone who hates cats either never had one or doesn’t like the idea of an animal being independent. The litter isnt bad when you actually clean it.
Robert • Mar 15, 2022 at 6:54 pm
I hate cats, but growing up the neighbor across the street owned 41 cats and theyre house smelled! It made the neighborhood smell. And at any given time there were several cats in our yard, which became a litter box my parents made me clean. The cats would hiss at you too, they were not nice. I can’t tell you how many nights I would wake up and hear cats getting in fights in the middle of the night and the cat that loss would literally meow the rest of the night.
Ashton • Feb 21, 2022 at 11:30 am
I love dogos
mathew • Feb 21, 2022 at 7:30 am
i do not love dogs that moch
Ashton • Feb 21, 2022 at 11:32 am
YOU HATE DOGS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Rachael • Feb 19, 2022 at 11:08 am
The amount of people here triggered over someone else’s likes and dislikes is astounding. This might come as a surprise to you, but someone else not liking a particular animal, doesn’t mean you love yours any less. I’m sure a record amount of you dog lovers will openly admit to hating cats, while simultaneously insulting anyone who dislikes dogs. Or better yet, talk about hating children and saying you’ll never have any because of x-y-z, and expecting others to respect your decision. What if I told you everyone’s decisions can and should be respected. If I don’t want a dog, cat, child, lizard, magical sky dragon, whatever for any reason at all…. Whether it’s too much responsibility, inconvenience, or I just down right dislike them, it’s my right to do so. Just like it’s your right to do otherwise. Y’all dog people are wild af, honestly!
Carol Murphy • Feb 18, 2022 at 12:21 pm
Any decent human being knows that anyone who hates dogs or animals is absolutely worthless trash. Not to be heard, listen to, or even acknowledge. Again, worthless trash.
Rachael • Feb 19, 2022 at 10:55 am
Awwwww you’re a special kind of stupid aren’t you… the only worthless I see here is your comment.
Erin • Feb 22, 2022 at 2:06 am
Dude, you sound insane and someone to be much more concerned about than a dog-hater. Get a goddamned grip and stop being around others if you can’t be normal about differences of personality.
Jo-Jo • Feb 17, 2022 at 10:41 pm
I am a “Grounds-Keeper”.
and really enjoy listening to Slipknot while cleaning up other people’s shit.
Friendly neighborhood Vet • Feb 14, 2022 at 5:37 am
As a Vet, I dont mind you hating dogs as long as you are not hurting them or making them feel discomfort. I am not a psychiatrist but it looks to me you do not hate dogs, but rather you are a either a person conscious of their time or a lazy person.
Chris • Feb 11, 2022 at 10:23 am
There are a number of people on this site who are posting for no other reason than to be an assholes, or boredom, but still, I do not have to go to work for another hour, so, I’ll bite.
The level of vitriol aimed at those who are not fans of dogs goes a long way to showing the hypocrisy of many dog-lovers. When and where did love/not-love for dogs become a barometer for being a good-person or not? How does that make sense?
Now, I know a certain amount of people in this comment section who are obviously trolls and they need no more attention than they have already gotten, but there are a number of rational, capable adults, who employ logic an common-sense to probably all other areas in their life, who really believe that liking or not liking dogs in and of itself, can tell you if someone is a “good person”.
These people are the ones I am, talking too, and my question is do none of you see how arrogant that opinion is? Just because the overwhelming majority of people love dogs does not mean that those of who do not have something wrong with us. I do not like dogs because of the barking and constant 24/7 need for attention and affection. That is not appealing to me, that sort of behavior does not make me want to rush out and get a dog because I appreciate my solitude the most when I come home from work or being out in general. I like coming home to a quiet place where I can relax. I do not need to have a dog waiting on baited breath to see me, the thought of a dog running up to me wagging its tail and trying to jump up on me does not warm my heart. Dog-lovers may not understand why the things they love about dogs are the things that make me not want a dog, but going so far as to say no matter what else I have done or am doing in my life, the mere fact that I don’t value the love of a dog enough to overrule my not wanting one means that I am a bad person is insanely arrogant. And again, a lot of the people here are simply just entertaining themselves by trolling this site, but too many people here who I would probably respect if I knew them believe that one singular act is the end-all and be-all in regards to judging my “goodness” as a person, and that is a sad thing.
I don’t judge dog-lovers for enjoying, I don’t think to myself that there is something wrong with them, I don’t think anything about it because we can all like or not like whatever the fuck we want.
And the arguments that dogs are so pure and loving, that not wanting one means that you can’t care for another living thing, Jesus Christ, why don’t dog-lovers just climb up on the cross and get it over with already? Loving a dog does not make any of you better than me, I am not a cold-hearted monster, I am not evil, I don’t like dogs if I am forced to be around them but if I am not, I am apathetic to them.
One last thing I want to touch on is the concept of a dog’s loyalty. And this is a serious question, how can dog-lovers ignore the fact that dogs are incapable of surviving on their own? The average dog will not be able to survive on its own unlike the average cat, who can. Cats as a species are the best hunters on dry-land on the planet, a house-cat has instincts that will emerge if it was ever forced to take care of itself. Wolves, dog’s ancestors, are prolific hunters as well, but not on the same level as tigers or lions, but dogs stopped being wolves a very long time ago, today’s dogs need to be taken care of.
So is that not at least a part of why they are so “loyal”? Maybe the reason why dogs gets separation-anxiety is not because they miss their owners emotionally, as much as it is a survival-instinct? Dogs are not aware that their owner will be returning, so to them, it looks like they have been abandoned, which in turn means, their very survival is at risk.
But even beyond that, regarding loyalty. where else is the dog going to go? It is not like the dog has friends, a job, wife, kid’s, hobbies, etc., they have nowhere to go and no one to be with, they have no responsibilities, no commitments, and combining that fact along with them needing people to survive, is it least possible that the “love and loyalty” dogs show has been misinterpreted by humans? Misunderstood because humans are using human behavior as the model, so, we see dogs acting in a certain way, we attribute the same motivations for said behavior. Human-loyalty is in rare supply, no doubt about that, but that does not change the fact that loyalty is a choice, which is why it is so rare. Loyalty means having the means and ability to leave but making a choice not too. Saying a dog’s never leaving your side is definitive proof of loyalty is same as saying your 6-year-old son is loyal to you because he chooses to come home from school everyday. A 6 year-old is not capable of surviving on it’s own anymore than a dog is, they need assistance, without it they will not survive, doesn’t mean they are not loyal, does not mean they are either.
Does that not make at least a little sense? Is my argument at the least probable? Or am I discounted because I do not love dogs so whatever I say is tainted?
finescc1 • Feb 11, 2022 at 8:13 pm
Hi Chris, I wholeheartedly agree with everything you have stated here. To be judged on whether you are a nice human based on whether you like dogs is absurd and the people who do judge, have more wrong with them than the non-dog lovers.
I myself have a dog, as my children begged for years and I can’t deprive them of something they love, because I don’t. So I’m stuck with my dog, who yes, is cute, can be funny, sometimes loving but at the same time, is extremely needy, messy, smelly and can be very disobedient. If I were to date a man and he listed those behaviours about himself, I’d take a pass. So why is it so bad that we can take a pass on a dog, due to these behaviours? People say, ‘oh but they’re so innocent, they don’t know what they’re doing’, well, if that’s the case, why when my dog chewed my plant to pieces and was having a grand old time on CCTV, cower to the floor and ran to hide in his crate as soon as I walked in? These dog lovers are so blinded by their dogs that they’ve lost all reason and can’t see what the reality is. The dog is very much aware of its behaviour, it knows how to manipulate and it knows how best to survive. So as you said, Chris, the ‘loyalty’ is nothing but, ‘I need you and can’t survive without you’, & nothing more!
Chris • Feb 12, 2022 at 9:47 pm
I appreciate the kind word, but I do want to make sure that I state that I am not definitively saying dogs are not loyal or don’t love their owners. I would never make that statement cause I have no idea, I just wanted to introduce the possibility because over the years, the amount of people who have forced their dogs on me and tried to make me see the benefits of getting one make the loyalty argument, and they refuse to acknowledge that they might be wrong.
You know, 10 years ago, I never thought about dogs at all, but they’re are everywhere now. You can’t escape them. Supermarkets, restaurants, non-dog apartment buildings used to be a refuge from barking, not anymore, now, so many just bring their fucking dog somewhere and expect if not adoration of their dog(s) at least acceptance, which is shown by not complaining to the owner when their dog runs over and tries to lick my face cause I bent down to look at a movie I want to buy while in Target.
And the worst is the attitude of the fucking owners who view not wanting to pet their dog as a sign that you are a psychopath. Dogs getting in the way of me trying to walk, in stores, out on the sidewalk, do the owners call the dog over? No, why? Cause they think that I will wanna pet the dog, and when I step around the dog, the glares from the owners piss me off more than the dog getting in my way does. One time, in a line at the fucking Ralph’s, when the woman behind me’s dog spent the entire 10 minutes of waiting time trying to get me to pet it or show it attention by sniffing my shoes and looking up at me with a sad dog-face that I am sure melts the hearts of dog-lovers everywhere, when I got to the cashier, the fucking owner bent down and said some shit about how “the mean man is leaving now and how sorry she was for the dog cause I did not want to pet it”, I mean seriously, what the fuck is wrong with dog-people?
Larry • Feb 8, 2022 at 3:42 am
I don’t care for dogs. They stink. The neighbor’s dog jumped up and soiled my clothes and the owners don’t even apologize. They see nothing wrong with that! I also don’t like cleaning up dog crap in my yard. I don’t own a dog. You are as bad as your dog!
LET'S-GO-BRANDON • Feb 3, 2022 at 4:31 pm
Hey Gallardo: You are a horrible human being, you only love yourself but dogs, hate everybody and everything else. Go take your hatred somewhere else like Iran or China where you belong, you self centered, self righteous P.O.S. !!!!!!!
Monica • Feb 1, 2022 at 5:04 am
You are not the only dog hater. I don’t want to be forced to live with dogs around me. After all even I don’t force my love of horrorcore on others. I would like to have a choice to say no. No i don’t want to hear barking in my neighbourhood. And no i don’t want to see dogs being dressed up in frocks.
LET'S-GO-BRANDON • Feb 3, 2022 at 4:34 pm
And I don’t want any dog hating liberals like you around me!! Go dogs, go Right Wingers, and Trump 2024!!!
Gay Chiappetta • Feb 7, 2022 at 10:00 pm
yuck. I was with you until your asinine trump crap
teme • Feb 11, 2022 at 3:16 am
teme shut the fuck up you self conceited bullshit ballfucker, let others keep their opinion. you’re probably one of those fuckass 60 yr old trumpers who fuck themselves in the bathtub every day.
LET'S-GO-BRANDON • Mar 7, 2022 at 12:37 pm
Fuck you, Asshole! Come to Upstate Pennsylvania and say that to my face!!!!
LET'S-GO-BRANDON • Mar 7, 2022 at 12:39 pm
Come say that to my face you keyboard warrior punk!
LET'S-GO-BRANDON • Mar 7, 2022 at 12:49 pm
You shut the fuck you asshole cunt!!
LET'S-GO-BRANDON • Mar 8, 2022 at 11:55 am
At least I got a set of balls unlike you, you keyboard warrior little cuck!!!
Farah • Jan 31, 2022 at 8:33 am
I don’t like dogs either. One murdered my cat. The small ones look like big rats or walking dirty carpets. They’re evil cat murderers. Sure if they grow up with a cat they might not kill it but they will kill a different one.
Kat • Jan 29, 2022 at 8:39 pm
Dogs are ok, but I’m not fawning over them nor do I want one. I share your sentiments exactly. I’m simply tired of pretending people’s pets are their children.
American Patriot • Jan 28, 2022 at 9:28 am
ALL DOGS HATERS ARE FUCKIN’ ASSHOLES AND LEFTIST LIBERAL FUCKING PUKES!!!!!!! OH, AND FUCK JOE BIDEN AND COMMIE CAMELTOE TOO!! TRUMP 2024!!!
Roryl • Jan 29, 2022 at 2:47 pm
Don’t have children. If you hate dogs because you feel you lost your independence and freedom then you are going to REALLY hate children.
LET'S-GO-BRANDON • Jan 30, 2022 at 7:44 am
YEP!
MSS • Feb 4, 2022 at 4:47 pm
That’s not true for a lot of people. I love looking after my daughter. Her birth changed my entire world, and it also changed how I feel about my dog. She will always be my number one priority. I still love him, but caring for him has become a chore now that I’m so busy with a baby. I still love him and care for him, but I can’t say I will ever get another one when he passes.
lmao lmao • Feb 1, 2022 at 12:54 pm
YESSSS I AGREE THEY SHOULD ARE BURN AGHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
American Patriot • Feb 3, 2022 at 4:35 pm
So should you, asshole!!!!
American Patriot • Feb 3, 2022 at 4:37 pm
SO SHOULD YOU, ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rebecca • Jan 26, 2022 at 4:37 am
This article and the comments of some of the people who agree with it has clarified for me that, in order to like dogs, a person has to be able to derive joy from the happiness of another being. The author and those who agree with her can’t understand why walking, feeding and caring for another creature would give someone joy because her life revolves around herself. As some others have astutely noted, her lack of enjoyment of dogs reveals a profound lack of empathy. She is not someone I would want to know or be friends with.
Aspen • Jan 29, 2022 at 6:45 pm
Amen. From the first few sentences in, it was grossly clear to me that this author is not someone who I would ever want to know. Terrible. Despicable.
MSS • Feb 4, 2022 at 4:53 pm
Just because someone doesn’t derive pleasure from caring for an animal doesn’t innately make them a selfish person. I much prefer devoting my life to caring for, nurturing, and raising my human children. It’s a matter of preference. I don’t understand people that make snap judgments like that about another person’s character without knowing anything else about them.
Gay Chiappetta • Feb 7, 2022 at 10:04 pm
yeah well, some of us do both. It is my considered opinion that living and caring for another species makes us better human beings.
I will say that I HATE those stupid NO! and BE RESPECTFUL! anti dog signs on people’s lawns in a CITY!
Chris • Feb 11, 2022 at 3:53 pm
Are you really serious? Are you a real person? Or are you killing time till the Super Bowl starts by taking time out of your day to make comments that would sound silly if they came out of a 5 year-old?
Not liking dogs means that “a person cannot derive joy from the happiness of another being”, you sure you want to stand by this statement? Are you certain that you want to have your name attached to something this foolish? Or arrogant?
Dog-lovers are absolutely insane. The author’s joy “revolves around herself”? I’m assuming you know the author very well to make a comment that precise. As you surely cannot say that just because she express displeasure at having to clean up after a dog, yeah that makes her a real monster.
Lack of enjoyment of dogs shows a “lack of empathy”, I am not even sure where to start with this. The only measure to accurately measure empathy is by discerning whether or not someone likes/dislikes dogs? What about raccoons? I had a former Supervisor who loved raccoons, she protested against hunting them and she loved them since she was a kid, she never kept one as a pet but took care of the ones who lived near her, this woman was also one of the best mother’s I’d ever known. She was a genuinely good person, she never grew up with dogs, she never wanted one. She had friends who had them, just like I did, and seeing her friend’s dogs did not make her want a dog anymore than seeing my friends dogs. According to your standard of judgement, nothing else about this woman would matter except that she does not like dogs, and that alone, would negate any of her other qualities.
Dog-lovers claim how owning a dog makes them more compassionate, caring and tolerant, but I guess not with anyone who does not like dogs, right? No, people who don’t like dogs are entitled to all of your hatred and anger, and your superiority.
And that is the worst part about most dog-lovers, that the real reason they love dogs is because the dogs worship the ground you walk on. The dog not being able to stomach being away from you for more than 5 consecutive seconds feeds your ego. It makes you feel special. That dog rushing up to you when you get home from work after probably spending the entire day barking its fucking head off makes you feel loved and needed. It makes you feel like you matter, and most of you fool yourselves into thinking that you love the dog, but you don’t. Be honest dog-lovers, what would happen if the dog’s behavior changed?
What if it stopped running up to you when you got home? What if like children, the dog grew and started to develop a life outside of the one with you? What if when you came home, the dog was happy to see you but otherwise indifferent to your presence because it had its own things going on? How would any of you react?
My guess is that the second your precious Fido stops pissing itself in pleasure every time you come back from the bathroom, your “love” for the dog would be dimmed.
So you dog-lovers please, spare us from the self-righteous nonsense, you want to think that “loving” that dog and the dog “loving” you makes you special, but it doesn’t, not even a little bit.
And most of you already know that.
Vicktheslick • Feb 19, 2022 at 4:32 pm
Nailed it!
finescc1 • Feb 11, 2022 at 8:18 pm
What a load of nonsense. I can’t tolerate dogs so no, I get no pleasure in sharing my space with one. However, do I get pleasure from others having pleasure? Sure, my two children in fact. I feed, care, clothe and love to the death; my children, and take immense pleasure in their happiness. So please, get off your high horse and stop projecting your disillusions on others.
Rachael • Feb 19, 2022 at 11:23 am
False equivalency, mate. Nice try, though. I derive immense joy out of caring for and nurturing the four little human lives I brought into this world. I also do not care for pets, especially dogs. One literally has nothing at all to do with the other.
Steve McNutsack • Jan 25, 2022 at 5:08 pm
You’re a subhuman monster.
LET'S-GO-BRANDON • Feb 3, 2022 at 4:52 pm
Yes she is!!
Leigh Taylor • Jan 24, 2022 at 5:04 pm
All I can say this, this was so healing for me to read. Thank you so much. xxx
Deja • Feb 2, 2022 at 7:29 pm
Same, I have 2 kids and 2 dogs. Well my bf has 2 dogs. I do not like the responsibility of the dogs at all. Love children not a fan of dogs. Not sure why people try to put them in the same category.
JOE MAMA • Feb 20, 2022 at 10:47 am
Literally shut up kids are disgusting like if you like kids you don’t deserve rights.
Charlotte Dier • Jan 20, 2022 at 4:22 am
I empathize with you and you have every right to dislike dogs and dog owners! Nobody deserves to have their private space invaded, whether it be by dogs or human beings!
I am sorry for all the hate these pro dog fanatics give you. It’s their problem, not yours.
Whatever negative things these people think or say about people who are critical toward dogs is their own problem.
When people use emotions or lack sound, logical arguments, they use personal attacks and ad hominems.
What these dog fanatics say negatively about you or any other dog critic, is exactly what is their own flaws and behaviors
KerriAS • Jan 19, 2022 at 10:35 pm
You are are clearly a terrible, self absorbed human being. Like that’s ok but – good to know? I guess? I think this is an honest story and some people who adopt dogs should consider carefully. I do wonder though (without judgement), if you can’t handle a dog – why you consider having children. I found this to be an interesting viewpoint but thankfully we are not friends- LOL. Empathy is needed any dog owner. If this little bit of shared responsibility for a dog was so traumatic, how would you handle a sick family member?
Jinhui • Jan 26, 2022 at 4:31 pm
As the author of this article stated, the fact that a dog is not a being you can have verbal conversations with, the love towards it is not the same. How can you possibly compare having children to having a dog? lmaoooo
Renee willett • Jan 18, 2022 at 3:27 am
Your cold-hearted I’m glad I don’t no you.bitch or bastard
Kiss My Ass • Jan 20, 2022 at 4:06 am
Wow. Resorting to petty name-calling? Lol, grow up
American Patriot • Jan 28, 2022 at 9:29 am
FUCK YOU!!!!!!
Chris • Feb 11, 2022 at 5:46 pm
Ahh, yes, another shining example of the love and compassion that just exudes from dog-lovers, also a testament to the lack of intellectual prowess as well.
Last paragraph of the article, the author makes it a point to recognize that she understands why dogs are appealing, which makes her smarter than me because I can’t figure out what people see in dogs, but I digress.
Author, again, last paragraph, states that dogs give unconditional love, and that as companions, they are loyal, obedient and kind, words I would never use in regards to a dog. And what is your response?
“Your cold-hearted I’m glad I don’t no you.bitch or bastard”.
First, I think you mean “know”, second, you’re a moron.
But you’re probably smarter than your dog.
Chris
tony • Jan 16, 2022 at 2:32 pm
even the grinch had a dog. you are lower beings.
Kiss My Ass • Jan 20, 2022 at 4:08 am
So just because she dislikes your favorite pet, she deserves to be dehumanized? Get over yourself!
Nicole • Mar 18, 2022 at 3:16 pm
Sociopaths aren’t people. I struggle to even admit that they’re homo sapiens.
Pat • Apr 28, 2022 at 6:12 pm
Immaturity of dog lovers is astounding sometimes. But no wonder…they have after all personalities similar to their favourite pet’s personalities. Barking and aggressive if not properly trained. Unable to behave of their own volition. Cowardish, respecting only authority and dominance. Mistaking love for slavish behaviour and uncritical adoration.
Egg fish • Mar 10, 2022 at 4:46 am
And Hitler had a dog so if she hates dogs she has less compassion than Hitler
JE • Jan 15, 2022 at 1:53 am
Thanks fir the courage to say it! lol They deserve there place on earth but not in my home.
Monique M Williams • Jan 14, 2022 at 12:03 am
You’re a insensitive asshole and yes you’re cold hearted and hateful. They are sentient beings who give unconditional love. Which people dint and people who love animals are better humans as more compassionate. Etc.
martin • Jan 19, 2022 at 5:50 am
Dog lovers just look at yourselves. You call someone an insensitive asshole just for admitting the dislike for dogs? What a nice example of how compassionate and sensitive dog lovers are.
W. • Jan 13, 2022 at 2:20 pm
either google the idiot company full of unethical scumployees shares your opinion so much that it has to be shown even when completely irrelevant terms are being searched or you abused seo with dumb tags..so it depends if you are a terrible person…
Rose • Jan 11, 2022 at 8:53 am
Did I write this? LOL Agreed 100% Thank you!
Rose • Jan 11, 2022 at 8:52 am
Did I write this? LOL Agreed 100% Thank you,thank you ,thank you!
Melissa M Sizemore • Jan 8, 2022 at 1:38 pm
I don’t hate animals. I hate the judgemental jerks that make it where you can’t rehome an animal no matter the circumstance. I think it’s great you told the truth, and to hell with those who are judging you.
Monique Williams • Jan 14, 2022 at 12:07 am
Animals don’t deserve to be abandoned or dumped in kill shelters. They have feelings, etc too. Most animals are killed in shelters. So they suffer due to your stupidity. Dint adopt animals then you want need to ” rehome” them and shame on the author. I love animals
Alexander West • Jan 6, 2022 at 10:41 am
You are not alone. I don’t necessarily hate dogs, I am not a pet person at all. What I do hate is that the infinite masses seem to expect me to love their dogs. I don’t to put it simply. So keep them out of restaurants grocery stores, workplaces, and any other public space not specifically meant for dogs.
SSS • Jan 6, 2022 at 8:21 am
I empathize with you. I have to talk myself into dog ownership everyday. I love my Riggs but when he is gone, I am done with dogs. Dogs love me but, like you all I feel is they cause drama, work and agrivation. I never feel joy, peace or get those endorphins everyone talks about. J just feel the burden and responsibility. I guess it doesn’t help that I am stuck dealing with him 95% of the time. I feel like you. No peace or joy, just theft of my independence and freedom and money. He cost 1200 to buy, vet, grooming, expensive food, treats, beds etc. He costs us 2k a year minimum. Oh let’s not forget the cost of the fence. Yes. I feel like you do, over it.
Monique M Williams • Jan 14, 2022 at 12:10 am
Dislike!! Your loss. You’ll never be loved by another being like you will a animal. I hope you never get another as you dislike responsibility
Alexa • Jan 19, 2022 at 10:24 pm
Chill out
Rebecca • Jan 26, 2022 at 4:41 am
I feel sorry for your dog and wish it had had lived it’s life with someone more capable of caring for it.
Zhu Wang • Jan 4, 2022 at 1:44 pm
I cannot agree more. It is understandable that someone people likes dogs. But it doesn’t mean the whole world should like what they like. I just had agreement with an old lady who criticised me for being scared of dogs.
I'm Actually A Robot • Jan 2, 2022 at 5:22 pm
If you also don’t like babies then your opinion is acceptable but if you think baby humans are superior to puppies then get off the internet.
Monique M Williams • Jan 14, 2022 at 12:13 am
Agreed animals are equal to humans and I love them . Not a kid person at all
Pragmatist • Jan 22, 2022 at 12:45 am
Monique, you should seek therapy.
William • Jan 2, 2022 at 4:55 pm
I don’t hate dogs per se,I just hate untrained ones who destroy all of your expensive things and then your roommate/sister and her BF blame you for having them out because they are lazy pet owners.
Unknown • Jan 10, 2022 at 5:30 am
Very specific scenario but agreed. I mean I can’t stand bad dog owners who aren’t responsible for their dogs behavior. If your dog is badly trained, to me that means you aren’t capable of taking care of the dog the right way.
Lauri • Jan 2, 2022 at 3:01 am
Great article. Of course cue the back lash. A different opinion is not tolerated with dog lovers as they believe it is a direct hit on them. Get over yourselves.
Unknown • Jan 10, 2022 at 5:35 am
Again. I’ve already responded to this comment. Yes I guess I’m a stuck up dog lover according to you, huh? No the article was not a direct hit on me but this comment. Implying that every dog lover is a self absorbed jerk-just I can’t. I’m sorry that you’ve had trouble with other dog lovers not supporting the fact that you have free will and you can choose to hate or love who ever you want without being a judged. I respect your opinion. Please don’t assume and respect mine.
Monique M Williams • Jan 14, 2022 at 12:16 am
Agreed! Although I think people who don’t like animals are cold hearted, insensitive asses and Definitely no one I’d be around
kevin • Mar 13, 2022 at 2:24 pm
You are literally the only dog owner in these comments that isn’t attacking the author for being a terrible person incapable of love.
Maybe look at what dog owners are saying here (and in general) before getting upset.
It’s not a generalization or made-up if 70% of the comments are doing the exact thing
Ann • Jan 1, 2022 at 12:07 pm
The more I learn about people, the more I love my dog!
Monique M Williams • Jan 14, 2022 at 12:17 am
Agree 100%
Nancy • Jan 1, 2022 at 11:54 am
It appears you waste your energy on complaining and whine, a lot!
Kiss My Ass • Jan 20, 2022 at 4:12 am
Seems to me like YOU are the one who’s bitching and complaining. Don’t like the opinions? Then too bad for you!
American Patriot • Jan 28, 2022 at 9:31 am
FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!!
Donna • Dec 30, 2021 at 8:58 pm
I am most definitely not a dog person either. I can’t stand the smell
Of them and find them a chore. After having our chocolate lab over the past 10 years I just can’t wait until it hits the bucket. This is the neediest dog and always slobbering all over the place wanting food 24/7. My next dog will be a stuffie.
Sebastian • Jan 17, 2022 at 10:37 am
You sir have a sad life and I hope you die alone in a ditch
martin • Jan 19, 2022 at 5:41 am
What a perfect example of how nice dog person is.
Rebecca • Jan 26, 2022 at 4:42 am
I feel sorry for your lab and wish it had had lived its life with someone more capable of caring for it.
Mazy • Mar 21, 2022 at 5:59 am
‘Im most definitely not a dog person’….’i cant stand the smell, you say,
And ‘i cant wait until it hits the bucket, ‘this is the most neediest dog , slobbering all over the place, wanting food 24/7’
Have you ever thought some of its neediness, may be because your not bothered about it, or because some of the neediness may be the love side wanting to cuddle up to you, be with you
And then you want another one !!!!!!!!!
‘My next dog will be a ‘STUFFIE’, maybe you meant stuffie as in a stuffed dog, taxidermy or a toy stuffed one, like childs toy?????, which would probably be your best choice given the circumstances
If you meant staffie, what if that becomes a chore, slobbering,wantin food 24/7
Ive got news for you lady, ALL DOGS are a chore, not just certain particular breeds, they are a massive part of your life like any dog would be, its like having a 2nd job
But i will say one thing, IF you are treating it right, it gets to run, play, walks, love, toy play, food, water, and a home to live in, no matter how much it annoys you, then the one good thing you have done is not just get rid of it and stick it in a shelter, like alot of people would, if thats what you do do for your dog then maybe consider adopting a one for your next
Because a life in a shelter is no life at all for a dog, they do the best they can in the uk, but there just isnt enough hours in the day for them to be walked, toy play, love, etc they can only give each dog as much time as they can to do those things, but there are so many of them and not enough staff, not enough hours, those poor dogs are stuck in a kennel n its heartbreaking when you see how its broke the spirit of some of them, because their emotions are on a level as much as us and they feel those emotions as strong as us
But if your definitely not a dog person i dont know why you would be even considering another one
Ello • Dec 30, 2021 at 8:03 pm
I really enjoyed reading this. Thank you for writing this. I feel the same with a lot if the things you said. I think I may also not like dogs because of their certain behaviors. I find I can really enjoy the company of a friends dog if they are calm, don’t jump up on you, their breath is not atrocious, and constantly demand your attention in an the annoying ways. Those kinds of dogs are not common. In general yes I don’t have the time nor the attention to give dogs because it seems enough is never enough. Picking up after them and their annoying habits only make things worse. I do find that though I am not a dog person, I am a people person and especially a kid person which doesn’t make me feel like a horrible person. I feel like you would be a worse person to hate people and kids especially and love dogs.
Monique M Williams • Jan 14, 2022 at 12:22 am
I’m not a kid person at all, they annoy me. I love animals and provide unconditional love. You think animals are a responsibility kids are much worse and don’t give back as much
Ro Ma • Dec 30, 2021 at 6:50 am
I’ve never understood why disliking dogs makes you a bad person. I don’t care if others love them and want them in their homes. Conversely, you should respect that I don’t want them in my home and I don’t want them in the dining establishments I frequent or hotels for which I’ve paid a hefty sum. Don’t force your pets on me.
Monique M Williams • Jan 14, 2022 at 12:24 am
Don’t go to those hotels then if you don’t like it. Animals are cleaner and better behaved than kids
Alice, the 1 and only • Dec 29, 2021 at 8:12 pm
okay ya’ll… i see theres kind of an argument about dog lovers vs haters: 🐶❤️
vs 🐶❌. Can we just pretend dogs arent the center of the universe. Like we are seriously being divided by who likes dogs and who doesnt. Dogs out of all things to like and dislike. Just because someone likes a dog and someone does not they can still be friends… there are many other things they could agree on. This fight is overrated, dogs are meh. People can feel however they want about them but please leave me out of it. Alright this is done, imma go now. BYE!
luke patterson • Dec 29, 2021 at 12:08 am
I think that you likely ~are~ a regrettable and typical, modern human being
Enjoy keyboards and coffee and the internet and hospital stays and fast food and locked doors and hand drying fans in bathrooms and being able to go places where all wild life has been removed for your extremely important and unique lifetime
Shruthi • Jan 18, 2022 at 5:20 pm
And where are you living…STONE AGE????
Dani • Dec 28, 2021 at 11:45 pm
I love cats, but I hate dogs. My aunt loves her two tiny pooches, I’m not mean to them or anything but she gets pissed when I won’t cuddle them. I do not want to cuddle a small, weird animal, which I have stepped in it’s pee puddles at least 6 times since we got to her house last week. I hate how I can never get away from them, they want to climb up onto me or against me and I h a t e it! I don’t even cuddle my cat half as much as I’m pressured to cuddle these dogs!
Vanessa Dargain • Dec 27, 2021 at 10:20 pm
Dog shit . Day after day . Dog shit . And the smelly chore of cleaning it up . Ugh ! I’ll pass on that .
Elocin • Jan 2, 2022 at 2:08 pm
After dealing with yet another dog of a neighbor that has done nothing but disrupt my life, I thank you for writing this article, please know despite the ingrates that I see trolling in the comments, there are many who share your feelings and full heartedly support every sentence you’ve listed in this.
Monique M Williams • Jan 14, 2022 at 12:27 am
You’re heartless and uncompassionate
Monique M Williams • Jan 14, 2022 at 12:29 am
Guess what you shit too and I’m sure it stinks even though you think your shit don’t stink!
Monique M Williams • Jan 14, 2022 at 12:39 am
News flash. Your shit smells too. Even if you think it don’t stick it does ( your attitude too)
Sebastian • Jan 17, 2022 at 10:39 am
I hope nobody loves you
reid • Dec 23, 2021 at 12:29 am
Same, which is hilarious because I now own a dog. He was my parents and they couldn’t take him when they moved. So now the running joke is, I hate all dogs except for Beau.
He’s 10, fully housetrained and basically just sleeps all the time. I watched a dog grooming video and bathe him once a week to avoid the “dog” smell. Takes 20 minutes and he doesn’t seem bothered like some dogs might be. Took a little time on my part, but I even let him sleep on the foot of my bed now since he isn’t annoying.
Jess • Dec 22, 2021 at 2:47 pm
I’m right there with you. I’d rather own 20 cats than one dog!
Vanessa Dargain • Dec 27, 2021 at 10:26 pm
20 cats might be a bother for me . I would cut it down to 3 . And maybe take a week vacation to kitty island in Greece .
Monique M Williams • Jan 14, 2022 at 12:32 am
Ate you suggesting she abandon them at kitty island? I hope that’s not what you mean as thats fucking sick and cruel
Phetros • Apr 9, 2022 at 11:41 pm
I can’t believe this is so controversial. I know people who don’t like dogs and people who do, I own 2 rescue dogs and don’t bring them to people’s houses that don’t. I don’t take my dogs to places I know they shouldn’t be and have trained them so when they interact with other people it’s not a problem. I take pride in how I’ve trained them, and have seen the way other people are and hate it. As for a waiting for a dog crossing the street I don’t understand, I mean that person could have going for walk anyway you don’t have to wait any longer?
As for people hating dogs = bad person I’ve heard people say that but not seriously. It’s like saying (insert random celestial symbol here) is bad for (insert random celestial symbol here)
And for cat people vs dog people just fuck off its like coke or pepsi who really gives a shit, it’s your preference and no one cares.
Tina Ussery • Dec 20, 2021 at 8:17 pm
Your a crab ass then cuz what have pets done to u they don’t ask to be brought into this world and alot of them are as so abused they have. Feelings I love dogs more than humans any day of the week of humans can be so mean but a dog will cherish every minute it has with a woman in make sure u put your name soeverybody knows not to everlet u around a pet cuz u sound like u mite would abuse them if u have never owned a dog u havemissed out on alot in life, anything me who goes around saying they hate animals has a pychological problem some where if u don’t like them then stay away from sites that do instead of expressing your crabby ass opinion
The nameless • Dec 23, 2021 at 3:30 pm
Dogs are as revolting as any other human being, That is why I prefer cats .
luke patterson • Dec 29, 2021 at 12:13 am
Cats are just captive,miniature predators that leech from you in absence of being born into a natural life in the world. You likely have the same relationship with the world; self assured, not sure where from or what your wet food really was before it was fed to you and totally happy to shit and piss and have someone take care of that for you
Monique M Williams • Jan 14, 2022 at 12:35 am
Hey both are great but but different. Just need to realize that and see both of their positive traits
The nameless • Dec 23, 2021 at 3:34 pm
You sound like a fun person, do you touch grass much?
Troll • Dec 23, 2021 at 7:13 pm
And you are an ass who can’t look beyond their own experience.
Name • Dec 26, 2021 at 1:40 pm
You know dogs have done bad stuff to humans to right like I once heard a story of 2 bulldogs killing a 3 year old child humans also have feelings dogs aren’t some perfect being nope I don’t think I missed out in life I don’t see a important reason to own a dog this is exactly what the person who posed this was talking about we live in a society where a person not liking dogs is treated like a mad man and they can’t express there opinions you kinda proved his point there and I respect his opinion also please learn proper grammar you misspelled a lot of words and some sentences don’t make any sense
Unknown • Jan 10, 2022 at 5:44 am
Yes dogs are bad sometimes. Yes dogs kill sometimes. Even children. But guess what? Humans are bad every once in a while. They’ve killed. They’ve killed children too. I get that you don’t want to be judged for your opinions about dogs. I am a person with a lot of opinions. I’m a dog lover okay? And I promise I think you are perfectly sane. I get dogs aren’t perfect. Nobody’s perfect. When m6 dog rips up all the remote controls, my books, and shoes, do you think I give him a hug and tell him what a perfect angel is? I’m not stupid. I listened to your thoughts. It’s time you listen to mine.
Monique M Williams • Jan 14, 2022 at 12:41 am
It’s been proven that animal lovers are more compassionate, caring better people not cold hearted
kevin • Mar 13, 2022 at 2:31 pm
Dog lover does not = animal lover.
I love wildlife. But I always see dogs off leash in animal sanctuaries and in areas set aside for wildlife. Land set aside so that animals have a safe place to best and grow. Many dog owners love of animals extends to dogs and no further.
Annapolis • Mar 31, 2022 at 12:56 am
Not true. As we all know, Hitler loved dogs.
Name • Dec 26, 2021 at 9:57 pm
Having a pet is nice but people get so defensive when a person says they don’t like dogs people are fine if you say you don’t like cats or birds. Humans are also abused to you know the person who wrote this article said they had a dog but they didn’t abuse a dog I don’t think I missed out I’m doing just fine having a dog would probably be more annoying honestly since the amount of attention they need is ridiculous I just dislike dogs but I like other animals like cats birds fish etc and this site isn’t about people who like dogs it can be about anything his opinion isn’t even that bad he has valid points and if you can’t respect or understand his opinion you should leave
Unknown • Jan 10, 2022 at 5:26 am
I am a fellow dog lover and this article really broke my heart. My question is: What have dogs done to you? In many situations hating is okay. If a dog has savagely attacked you or loved ones I get your anger. I would never let anyone hurt my family. Just because your not a dog person does not mean you have to hate them. Dogs are a lot of work. I know because I own (in my mind) a wonderful and beautiful dog of my own, his name is Bullet. Dogs will challenge you with loads and loads of work but in the end it’s all worth it for a loyal forever friend. But, you know what? If you don’t have the patience to wait then fine. Miss out on an opportunity of a lifetime. Another thing that makes me sad for humanity. How can you hate dogs? If you don’t like them because they are not well trained that is completely the owner’s responsibility. It is not the dogs fault. When an owner adopts, he/she is making a promise to take care of the dog. That means to feed, water, exercise, train, and love the dog. So many dogs live terrible lives afraid and scared because of humans. Dogs are abused and harmed every day. Dogs didn’t ask to be here. So don’t blame them. I get that dogs are mean sometimes. Yes dogs have killed kids. But, people have killed helpless puppies and killed and eaten them too. You can’t say it’s different. Unlike everyone else in my family, I think that an animals life has just as much if not more than a humans. I’m respect you for expressing your opinion. But please try to see from a dog lovers point of view. I am not asking you to like them. Just try.
P.S. In response to another message. Just because I am a dog lover does not make me stuck up and full of my self. I’ve already “gotten over myself.”. I cannot believe someone could be that rude to insult a whole community of people you don’t even know. To say that dog lovers become full of themselves is just stupid. How does loving an animal make us selfish? I never did anything to insult you. I don’t think you’re a monster because you don’t like dogs. So please, just don’t assume. Thanks
Chris • Feb 12, 2022 at 9:09 pm
I cannot speak for the person who you are referring too in regards their reasons for describing dog-lovers as selfish and full of themselves, but I will speculate as to why and try to give some general reasons.
1) “Don’t trust people who don’t love dogs”. That phrase is one reason. Maybe you believe this is true, maybe you do not, but way too many dog-lovers do live their lives believing that the mere fact that someone does not love dogs is enough of a stain on their character that they are unworthy of trust is as juvenile as it is stupid. And it shows an incredible amount of condescension and arrogance, if I have to explain to you why that is, you are too far gone.
2) Assuming that there has to be a “reason” to dislike dogs. In your post, you ask “What have dogs done to you?”, and my answer is, why would they have to have done anything? And what makes this question by you truly arrogant is that you asked if after reading the article where the author gave many reasons why they hate dogs. There is no mystery, there is no riddle, you know “what dogs have done” to the author cause they took the time to explain it, but even if the author didn’t explain, why would that matter? The author owes you no explanation.
3) “But please try to see from a dog lovers point of view. I am not asking you to like them. Just try.” Why? What do you care? “Just try”, to like something that they have written an entire article about detailing the reasons why they dislike that certain thing? And this is your response? ‘Yeah, I know you hate this certain thing but I am going to ask you to please try to like it cause it “breaks my heart” that you don’t love this thing so please just love it, it will make me feel better’. Please tell me I don’t have to explain why that train of thought might lead one to believe that dog-lovers and you in particular might be “full of yourselves”.
4) “Miss out on an opportunity of a lifetime” the author stated her hatred of dogs 10 different ways, obviously, it is not the opportunity of a lifetime to the author, “How can you hate dogs?” author answered that many times you just don’t agree, “Dogs didn’t ask to be here. So don’t blame them.”., none of us asked to be here, but since we are here, why would the author spend her time living trying to force herself to love something that she doesn’t? Dog-lovers are so blinded by their love for dogs that they have a blond-spot and cannot see their own arrogance.
You say how does “loving an animal make us selfish”, this is how, an extensive amount of dog-people act like everyone else who does not love dogs has severe things wrong with them, and use their identity as dog-lovers, as a sign of their superiority to those who do not love dogs.
I ride a motorcycle exclusively, what if I went around saying that every man who doesn’t ride a motorcycle is a coward, how stupid would that make me look? How arrogant would I look?
See, you are here, on a anti-dog site for lack of a better phrase, preaching and judging, why? Why did click this site? Why did you respond? You responded because in your head, you are better than people who hate dogs, and you feel it is your right to come here. That attitude is selfish, that attitude is arrogant.
WiLD CHiLD • Dec 18, 2021 at 5:42 am
I don’t hate dogs, I just find them annoying, like kids and people who absolutely love them and won’t shut up about it. This is why I prefer cats. They clean themselves, poop in a box, and sleep 15+ hours a day. Dogs are needy, high maintenance, and expensive. Cats are fine with a box, a plastic bag, and anything they can toss and carry with their mouths. Don’t get me wrong, dogs are awesome, loyal, and cute AF, but at the end of the day, I just want a pet that won’t maul me. The only types of cats that do that are big cats and no one should have those as pets, just like wolves and bears and alligators. All animals are awesome, but I still prefer cats over dogs.
Su Gerla • Dec 20, 2021 at 1:55 pm
Not sure what you mean about a plastic bag. A cat (or any animal or child ) can get their head stuck thru the handles and panic and run stepping on the bag and tightening it around their neck. Some will also chew and eat small pieces of a plastic bag, of course not safe. Unless it was a typo, and you meant a plastic (toy) ball?
Vanessa Dargain • Dec 27, 2021 at 10:28 pm
Same .
Mitch • Dec 16, 2021 at 3:05 am
Wtf? Not cold blooded? You simply explaining yourself is kind of “cold blooded”.
Mitch • Dec 16, 2021 at 3:03 am
Wtf? Not cold blooded? You simply explaining yourself if kind of “cold blooded”. You come from a selfish brood. You seem emotionally stunted.
Derek • Jan 9, 2022 at 4:22 pm
Or maybe he had a bad experience with a dog attack. I know I have before. And I didnt even do anything to deserve it
Dove • Dec 15, 2021 at 9:01 pm
Thank you for this article I’m a very good kind person and I hate dogs too. I have been tortured by them Their seek for attention destruction how they hurt you when they jump on you make me hate them They are also dirty smelly and they actually do not belong inside the home They take away your independence It is like the power of the dogs movie for me Dogs constantly bully and torture me I woii you led not hurt them but they hurt me terribly
Rebecca Schott • Dec 16, 2021 at 12:41 pm
So true so sad
Unknown • Jan 10, 2022 at 5:48 am
Excuse me? You hate dogs because they annoy you? Dogs bully you. I’m just saying your acting like dogs are specifically bullying you. Yes. That’s how dogs act when they are excited. I’m sorry dogs love you and you don’t love them back. Thanks for your opinion. I really appreciate it.
Shut up • Feb 20, 2022 at 10:54 am
I’m glad they did 🙂
Amelia • Dec 14, 2021 at 10:31 pm
Thank you. Seriously, thank you. Although I do love animals, especially cats, birds, and lizards, I do not love dogs at all. They’re loud, invasive, smelly, and in most cases, completely untrained. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been jogging and had anl massive, unleashed dog barreling towards me. I also feel your pain on those dating sites, where every single guy I saw had his dog in his main profile picture. It’s taken 38 years, but I finally found a wonderful boyfriend who’s a cat person!
I know dog nutters love to screech about how anyone who doesn’t blindly worship dogs as they do are objectively bad people, and I’m sick of it. Especially considering how a shockingly large percentage of them tend to be pushy, judgmental, and seemingly see nothing wrong with a dog murdering a child…or even an adult. Sorry, dog lovers, but dogs are still predators, they’re animals, not people, and no, not every single mauling victim “abused the dog” or “deserved it”. Honestly, the only thing worse than dogs are their irresponsible, human-hating owners!
Rebecca Schott • Dec 16, 2021 at 12:39 pm
Beautiful ❤️
Unknown • Jan 10, 2022 at 6:03 am
I can’t even. Sorry. A lot of people can’t control or take care of their dogs ten right way. They think they can own a dog the right way when really they can’t. I’m sorry that you haven’t had good experiences with dogs in your life. What surprises me though is that you would ever find a big dog attacking you. In my community, the big dogs are controlled because adopting a big dog means even more training and discipline. Little dogs are the tiny aggressive little annoying rascals who attack people. It’s a lot more likely to have a little dog attack you than a large one because I feel like most of the time little guys are more ignored and untrained. Please don’t assume that every dog owner doesn’t try to train their dogs. Not every dog owner hates people. I have always been a people person as well as a dog person. Yeah maybe sometimes I’d rather spend time with my dog than my friends. It’s because my friends are always talking. You can the with a dog knowing they won’t judge you. I might trust my dog more than most people but I am not a people hater. Like you said, dogs are still predators. That’s why I love them.
Nicholas • Dec 14, 2021 at 10:24 pm
There is a certain vulnerability dogs have that is very profound. Some people cannot handle that because they secretly hate that trait in themselves. Dogs are loyal and loving and some people are naturally detached and get annoyed. This indicates that these people are actually NOT the best people to be around or trust.
WiLD CHiLD • Dec 18, 2021 at 5:52 am
My cat is loyal and loving. Being loyal and loving has nothing to do with why people don’t like dogs. Why do dog people always try to make themselves seem like they’re so sympathetic when in fact, they’re judgy and somewhat arrogant and full of themselves like you made yourself seem with your comment. It’s not a dog thing, it’s a dog-person thing. Dogs are annoying, but dog-loving people are worse.
Jim • Jan 3, 2022 at 4:47 pm
The only secret vulnerablities going on here is people who have ran out of things todo in their life and they decide to get a dog to spice it up. Dog lovers are so entitled. Not picking up poop. Letting fido off leash and then saying he’s friendly after he jumps or humps you.. Dogs are only loyal to those who feed it. Stop feeding fido and see what happens. Better yet open your front door and see if loyal lovable dog will come back? Problem is most dog lovers don’t get love from a human and need to get it from an animal that shits and pisses everywhere. Just pick up your dog poop and keep it leashed!
Melissa Britton • Dec 12, 2021 at 10:48 am
Get a cat! Perfect for your personality.
Amelia • Dec 14, 2021 at 10:19 pm
I know you’re saying that as a thinly veiled insult, and to that I say, congratulations on exemplifying everything the author has said about dog lovers.
Cats are lovely creatures, very affectionate and for the most part, quiet (although mine would have you thinking cats are as noisy as dogs are, ha!). I will never understand why you people assume they’re cold, antisocial animals. They just don’t slobber all over every single person they come across like dogs do.
WiLD CHiLD • Dec 18, 2021 at 6:00 am
Exactly! My cat is loyal and loving and annoyingly loud when he wants to go outside. It’s not the dogs that I don’t like, it’s the dog owners that are annoying and needy and so full of themselves. Somehow they think that because they have needy, high maintenance, expensive animals, they’re better somehow. And they say cat people are controlled by their cats. Lol! At least we don’t have to get up at the crack of dawn to walk the cat so they don’t shit all over the place. 💁🏻♀️
Frank • Dec 12, 2021 at 9:58 am
Same here. I detest them but wouldn’t hurt them. My wife’s family have several dogs and I refuse to go near them, they stink and are dirty. They even eat their poop. I decided to have real friends instead.
Bea • Dec 12, 2021 at 8:01 am
I’m not a dog lover. I think animals fill an insecurity need for humans. That’s ok. I personally would rather promote human interaction, it’s more valuable for my growth as an emotional, fearful and desirous human. And I don’t eat anything animal in nature. I feel deeply for the abuse we inflict on them. If you wouldn’t eat your dog why would you eat any other animal? I love animals, I just don’t feel the need to possess one to satisfy my ego!
Rich • Dec 9, 2021 at 3:41 pm
I share your opinion on dogs. I love animals but have little desire to have one. It’s a waste of time for me and you summed it up nicely. I don’t have the time, energy, nor money for a pet. I don’t want to be tied to my house due to a dog that is like a child who can’t speak or help itself. No thanks.
I always laugh at the same people who claim to love animals and especially dogs, yet willsipport the torture and killing of animals not much different than dogs, for their food. Makes zero sense.
Idiots.
Vanessa Dargain • Dec 27, 2021 at 10:47 pm
You are right . Training a dog to be a respectful and obedient part of a household takes time and energy . You also have to have a big enough budget to include
the yearly upkeep of a dog ( a cat too if you’re a cat person ) .
The average dog lives about 15 years. The average cat about 18 .
That’s a long time to be buying pet food and veterinarian visits .
Erin • Dec 7, 2021 at 9:08 pm
Thank you, thank you for writing this. I grew up with pets my entire life, they were my parents responsibility and they did an amazing job, and I loved them and enjoyed them very much! I thought I could absolutely own one too, I’m fact I thought it was the way it had to be..kids then dog. I thought you had to own a dog to complete a family, so when my 5 kids were old enough, we got a dog. A re homed anxious pup with colitis (we didn’t know this) it’s been nothing but a chore and picking up her massive amounts of messes, the incessant whining, hair that never ends, the water drinking dear god that sound. She is an acoustic wreck, not very friendly either, just a poor soul and I can’t bear to re home her again. it’s just not for me and I am GOOD PERSON! I love babies and have never ever felt like changing diapers is a chore, in fact I kind of like it. Yes I am a crazy baby person, I do love dogs, I really do, if I visit someone I look forward to playing with their pooch. I just simply do not like owning one and I think it’s ok. I know people who enjoy kids but they choose not to have any. That is 100% ok too! Thank you for writing this, you really hit home.
B • Dec 7, 2021 at 12:07 pm
Has anyone else observed that people who love dogs/pets tend to dislike children/people? Just reading this discussion confirms my hypothesis somewhat as many dog lovers mention they’d rather spend time with their pets than with people. Also, many compare children to pets and say they’d rather have a dog than a child (this also works vice versa). To take this to an extreme, it is a known fact that many killers loved their pets – Hitler being one such example.
Anna Douglas • Dec 29, 2021 at 3:05 pm
Thats not true. I adore dogs, they bring me joy and entertain me. I love people and kids too -.nearly as much. I respect how doga can win me over as i am mo pushover in life but they get to me and I have no problem with that. Their love is honest, loyal and brave and if that bugs someone says more about them frankly. And only.germophobes.find them uncleannand likely.arenthe type ti wash their hands 50 times.with any excuse.
Phetros • Apr 9, 2022 at 11:23 pm
Many serial killers killed animals too. Dahmer, Bundy, Gacy, Boston Strangler….Dexter
Tyler • Dec 5, 2021 at 11:37 pm
I never know what to think of these kinds of self important articles.
I love my dogs. I don’t like YOUR dog. I don’t like most dogs other than mine.
I don’t like anyone’s kids. You commenters talking about how amazing and wonderful and fulfilling your kids are aren’t fooling anyone. We all know you’re just grasping at straws because your life is sad. Your kids are gross, expensive, time consuming, and ultimately disappointing to everyone.
I’d rather spend time with my dogs than most humans. Because most humans are just as gross, annoying, time consuming and expensive as everyone else’s dogs.
People who are gaga obsessed with every dog on the planet are just as fucking weird as people who think having children is, in the long run, any different than getting a pet.
Sam • Dec 11, 2021 at 1:23 am
Ok so what you’re saying is that you don’t like dogs or children, and that anyone who loves them is overcompensating because they have a sad life. Pretty sure you missed the point of this article while you were in the middle of a rude projection storm.
Rachael • Feb 19, 2022 at 11:30 am
Awwwww did your mommy hurt you, bud?
M-chan • Dec 4, 2021 at 10:51 pm
Oh finally someone said it. I hate the very idea of having a pet. It sounds like a cheap trick for me. You are uninteresting and unkind person? Grab a dog and enjoy its unconditional love! Come one, you are just buying love for food! You are keeping a creature in unnatural conditions! And you are calling yourself kind and normal? Disgusting.
P.S. Horses and donkeys are cute. They are more free, and not all horses are “good boys”, they are different enough to call that differences a personality.
Max • Dec 14, 2021 at 5:59 am
You’re a presumptions hypocrite. What if I said: you don’t have a dog and is therefor insecure and need everyone to like you? Just satisfy everyone you meet and enjoy feeling useful. Get off your high horse because you’re no better. Keeping a horse in a stable and saddling it isn’t exactly it’s natural habitat or “more free” either. It’s just like having any other pet.
Dogs do have a personality and are not all the same, anyone who’ve had dogs knows this, and it hurts when they die, it’s a someone that you’ve experienced much with. My dog get a lot more chances to run away than my horse do. They’ve lived with humans for centuries, just like horses have.
Knel • Dec 3, 2021 at 5:54 pm
Thank you! It’s about time someone made a post stating their dislike for dogs.
I too hate dogs, and no I’m not heartless nor am I selfish, I’m actually a mom of 3 so it’s not about being selfish or unloving.
I find dogs extremely irritating/Annoying
Everyone will say “ohh well you haven’t met a good dog then, my dog is different”
No your dog is slobbery and gross just like all the other “good” dogs
I’m not mean to dogs when I’m around them, I just feel grateful I don’t have one!
Does anyone else give a big fat eye roll when they see the bumper stickers that say “dog mom” ??
I seriously rather have 15 kids then one dog!
when I was a kid i saw someone share an ice cream cone with a pug I still cringe when I think about it.
Ccccc • Dec 4, 2021 at 1:18 pm
Yaaa so fu..kin’ cute🙄🙄🙄. I hate kids. All of them. And i love animals. All of them.
Erin • Dec 7, 2021 at 9:11 pm
I hear ya mama! I’d rather have bunches of kids than one dog. I like them I just do not want one of my own.
Vanessa Dargain • Dec 27, 2021 at 10:57 pm
Dogs require more maintenance than a cat . No denying that .
Dog people are just more up for the challenge of keeping one than me .
And more power to them .
Anna Douglas • Dec 29, 2021 at 3:13 pm
Actually i give a bigger eyeroll when i see “baby on board” or parking areas for “mothers and babies” and dont get me started on women whipping out their boods to feed their kid around other diners. Last I looked dog owners dont smugly inflict they dogs on others at oublic restaurants to whine and scream. Also nobody is having to pay for my.dog.via their taxes which I have to when covering the education of other people’s dumb brats. Give me a four legged.tail wagging mutt over a snotty kid any day of the week the dog will certainly be more appreciative for starters!
Marianne • Dec 3, 2021 at 11:48 am
Thank you!!!!!! This article is me to a T! Refreshing to finally hear someone express this and stick up for those who don’t like dogs! I am a house cleaner and all but 2 of my clients have multiple dogs. They are disgusting, destructive and disobedient! I am tired of being told I have no soul because of my dislike for them. Sorry, but when a society puts dogs before people I see this as a serious problem.
Casey Barbara • Dec 3, 2021 at 12:24 am
My B just gave birth to 9 puppies, all thorough bred. One unfortunately passed.
She has rejected them all, I’m still bottle feeding the guys. I love them all. But I know my limits. 😢
Nope • Nov 30, 2021 at 7:54 pm
I hate the mfers too. I can’t stand when people treat them like humans. They are filthy and don’t belong on the furniture….
A • Nov 29, 2021 at 2:17 pm
Thank you for this article.I also hate dogs.Their smell makes me throw up,and also get hives from them.
It’s funny how that most people I know without dogs are so caring for their fellow people,donating money for the poor,sponsoring children and volunteering for the homeless.Well,none of the dog owners I know do that.Too busy to buy their dogs grass fed food,while they eat crap,and the endless trips to the vets.I have 3 kids and love them dearly, and we also do the monthly donations,kids sponsoring and help with the homeless,so the kids can grow up into selfless human beings.There are so many poor and homeless people,orphans that need our help,but these dog lovers think they are better than others by turning their backs to their fellow humans,and go spend their money on dogs.Just think how many people could be saved out there with the money are spent on pets alone.
“According to projections from APPA, by the end of the last year, the amount Americans spend on their pets grew to reach $99 billion – that is nearly $9 billion more than two years ago. Pet food and treats make up the biggest portion of the market at $38.4 billion, followed by vet care and products at $30.2 billion.”
99 billion dollars in US alone?!!!How does this sounds?
You dog lovers are the most selfish ones.Shame on you!
Sebastian • Jan 17, 2022 at 10:49 am
Stfu, so every person should use all there money to saving people? I bet you havent donatet a single dollar.
You just want to complain about something
You have a sad life, and I hope nobody ever wants to show you love
A. • Jan 19, 2022 at 11:17 pm
I didn’t say that you should use all your money,but as much as you can.Looking at your language, you really sound like a miserable and hateful person.You wouldn’t be like this if at at end of every month you would look at the pictures of your sponsored kids that were able to get their needed surgeries, be able to go to school,have food on the table,have some clothes and shoes on.You don’t know the feeling when homeless people hold your hands,and while in tears,they thank you for the food,clothes and some pocket money.
Btw,I have a wonderful life.I have 3 kids that I love more than anything else in this life.
Also,do you think the 99 billion dollars spent on pets make any sense to you?Not to me honestly. Think about how many lives these money would have saved,how many kids would still be alive today.Breaks my heart thinking about it.
Paola • Nov 28, 2021 at 10:00 pm
I Love dogs and people that don’t like them is because they are selfish and they want all the attention on them.
Plus if you found boring or hard having to take care of your dog hygiene it means that it is hard for you taking care or your own hygiene in general.
Usually only people that are clean by nature can keep a dog because they don’t mind to keep the house clean, them selves and the dog as well.
I hate people that hate dogs I am a 100% dog lover always had dogs and they are the best companion ship you can have.
Kevin • Dec 3, 2021 at 5:28 pm
Fuck you get off your high and mighty chair bitch
Andrew • Dec 4, 2021 at 3:05 am
Shut the fuck up Paola. Why can’t you accept some people don’t like dogs? The poster was respectful with his views, and you come here acting a like a total bitch. Quite frankly, I’d rather put up with a terrible dog than someone like you. Grow up.
Erin • Dec 7, 2021 at 9:14 pm
I do like dogs, I do not want to own one. Does that make me awful?! Since when are people awful if they choose not to have dogs or kids? Both require lots of time and money. I respect Both.
Larry Haynes • Nov 24, 2021 at 9:36 pm
I have had too many experiences where someone played out too much leash and their dog leaped up and soiled my trousers. And the owner sees nothing wrong with it. “Oh he likes you!” Nor do I relish cleaning up their droppings in my yard. If you want to be seen as responsible pet owners, restrain them clean up after them. They stink, they’re usually unrestrained, barking in your face and trying to knock over your young children.
Some motels now allow dogs to sleep in the beds. I ask first and if they do, I move on to the next place.
Owning a dog is a private matter. Keep it that way, keep it off my property and off of my clothes.
Caro • Nov 24, 2021 at 6:53 am
This was a good laugh. The author’s extrapolation of her experience as a selfish child with one dog to all introverted adults and all dogs is completely illogical. And then she thinks people who make broad sweeping generalizations about her based on her lack of logic are illogical. It’s a spiral of stupidity.
JAP • Dec 4, 2021 at 9:19 pm
You are not right. Dog lovers are the people who will “cancel” anybody who not share their affection. Dog lovers like that are truly bad people.
Natalie Davis • Nov 23, 2021 at 10:16 pm
Right!! How is it wrong because you don’t want dog hair all over EVERYTHING you own, or how is it wrong to not treat a dog like a human….they’re not HUMAN!! Love this artical because people really do make you feel like your a horrible person because you don’t prefer to french kiss a dog……..ughhhh…….
Michelle • Nov 20, 2021 at 10:15 pm
I love this article. Dogs are extremely disgusting.
Sebastian • Jan 17, 2022 at 10:50 am
You are a sad person
Gigi • Nov 19, 2021 at 2:43 pm
I feel the exact same way!!! they are so annoying, they never leave you alone, they are obnoxious when they want attention, you schedule your entire life after them. they stink, they lick themselves on your furniture, ugh disgusting. I’ve never owned a dog and I’ve dog sat – that is when I realized I hate dogs – I never in my life would want to be in a house with one of them. good on you if you change your entire life to revolve it around when your dog needs to go shit. not thanks! I will enjoy the sanctuary that is my home and enjoy actual meaningful interaction with humans. I said what I said!
SueSue2020 • Nov 18, 2021 at 7:00 pm
What a lazy self-centered person! At least she has the good sense not to have a dog. I feel for their family dog years ago. She well knew she was unloved and must have suffered greatly at their self-centered hands.
Spike • Nov 18, 2021 at 2:22 am
Love this article! I agree with it 100%! My disdain for dogs stems from a young age as well. Growing up, we had dogs and none of them were well trained. Naturally, over the years, the dogs would pass on of old age. But my mom would end up replacing a deceased dog with, not one, but two or THREE!! Again, they were NOT well trained and ended up taking over the entire house! She now lives in a kennel and neither my brother or myself can even stand to go visit, there’s so many f***ing dogs. Always jumping up and crawling all over the place with no discipline. The dirt, the drool, the hair- makes me insane! I watch the movie, “Beethoven,” now as an adult and I totally agree with and have sympathy for the dad.
To say you hate dogs is an unpopular opinion, to say the least. But that’s how it is. You are treated like an alien from another planet. 👽
SueSue2020 • Nov 18, 2021 at 7:03 pm
No one should “live” in a kennel. Imagine living in your bathroom for the rest of your life. At least have the decency to take her to a no-kill shelter.
Vanessa Dargain • Dec 27, 2021 at 11:05 pm
You can finally chart your own course as an adult , dog free . Congratulations from a cat person .
Brian • Nov 17, 2021 at 1:23 pm
Couldn’t agree more with this article. Used to love dogs. But now days they are just to needy. Had dogs my whole life, but in the last 20 years having them. They all had some type of food sensitivity. Sick of the puking, anal gland problems, and teeth problems. Most which I never had an issue before owning a dog. Not to mention every time I bring in these sensitive losers they need some pointless shot. And your lame bumper sticker annoys me even more. Don’t care you are a grandmother to a French Bulldog.
Sara • Nov 17, 2021 at 10:45 am
Every person I’ve ever known who didnt like dogs ended up having a distasteful, dickish personality and that was before I found out they didn’t like dogs or in some cases animals in general.
Gigi • Nov 19, 2021 at 2:48 pm
I’d like to think I am a very pleasant, loving, fun person – well that’s what my friends and anybody I ever met have said to me – at least to my face. I will never care that someone likes dogs, good on them! but, don’t ostracize me for not liking them and not wanting to be around them. likeableness and pleasantry don’t correlate to liking dogs. Maybe you’re too judgemental?
Jessica • Nov 15, 2021 at 7:25 pm
Reading this gave me life 👏🙌 I am not alone.
Rob L • Nov 15, 2021 at 6:07 pm
Head scratch over the people equating owning a dog to a child.
I have 2 dogs and 2 kids and there is a stark material difference between the two.
I would gladly give up my 2 dogs if I could. I’m akin to the author in ways. Although I like dogs, just when they aren’t mine.
My kids – you would have to pry them from my cold dead hands. They have my heart, devotion and admiration.
Kaiye Lee • Nov 14, 2021 at 8:51 pm
Why do you people get so upset if someone doesnt like dogs? Its a pet just like any other and plenty of people have no problem saying they dislike cats or snakes etc. So what is the big deal if someone says they don’t like dogs? Just respect their opinion, respect their space, and leave it at that.
Chellie Sweet • Nov 13, 2021 at 11:53 pm
The cold hard truth is you should never be a mother your children will suffer – sorry but it’s just seems that this is going to not appeal to you either after a time. I’m sure you will be able to find much better things to do, you are too fast pace and children take time and patience just like animals but the reward is greater than anything you will find in your fast-paced world… I actually feel sorry for you. 😶
Paige • Nov 17, 2021 at 8:38 am
There you people go again, equating dogs to human beings
Kaylee • Nov 17, 2021 at 10:20 am
Where in this article did she say she wanted children? Please enlighten me.
Jon • Nov 18, 2021 at 10:16 am
Right here is the problem with you dog lovers. You THINK that dogs are like kids and that somehow owning a dog prepares you for such responsibility. Perhaps YOU are the one who should never have kids. Lets compare. Kids: Initially are completely dependent upon their parents but eventually can be taught to walk, communicate through speech, feed themselves, drive a car, learn complex abstract theories such as mathematics, and eventually, grow up to become an adult, work, support themselves, pay taxes and maybe even take care of you someday. Dogs: Are left home by themselves in a crate for several hours while you work, requires INTENSIVE, constant interaction and training when you are home to mold them into their owner’s image, an investment that some of us who don’t care for smelly, slobbery beasts don’t want to make, require medical attention that can run in the thousands of dollars each year that isn’t covered by insurance. And despite this investment will never talk, will never have comprehension beyond that of a two-year- old, poops outside (at least cat instinctively know what a litter box is and how to use it), lives for about 15 years or so then dies. I’m sorry, no comparison. BTW, I have three kids. Two are now productive adults, one has somehow, despite my dislike of dogs, has managed to make it to 16 and is still thriving.
Gigi • Nov 19, 2021 at 2:53 pm
I’m sorry but, this is outlandish and downright stupid. a DOG is not a PERSON. they will NEVER have the intellectual connection to you the way a human being does. I have no children but I have a nephew and he is the best thing that has ever happened to our family and I will love him until my very last breathe. I will bathe him, change his diapers, clean up his spit-up, care for him and I HATE DOGS! My nephew is sometimes annoying a needy but he is learning to be independent. Dogs will forever be a nuisance and a chore, yuck. I feel sorry that you actually think people who hate dogs are not good people. seems to me that you’re missing out on a lot of fun my friend, we actually feel sorry for you.
Eric • Nov 21, 2021 at 12:57 am
As someone with both kids and a dog, no, you can not possibly equate them. Kids take more effort but that effort actually pays off. Dogs never grow or learn or improve or turn into their own person. They’re just dogs, for better or worse that’s all they’ll ever be. And my kids are worth all the work they take many times over. The dog I can barely justify.
Casey • Nov 13, 2021 at 7:28 pm
Meanwhile, you can say you hate cats and people will support you no questions asked.
I agree with you. My preferences in a pet are much different than what a dog provides. People absolutely cannot accept that it doesn’t make you an evil person to not appreciate the overbearing nature of dogs.
Dog hater • Nov 13, 2021 at 1:25 pm
I feel the same. All my friends with dogs expect me to pet them and love them as much as they do. When they come over they think it’s ok for their dog to walk around my house and even jump on the sofa (god knows where its paws have been). It’s unsanitary. Don’t even let me get started on their smelly farts which are the definition of nastiness. When they jump on you the owners tend to laugh and say their four legged best friend is just showing you some love… by ruining your new coat and making you scared. I don’t want their love. Leave me alone, keep your dog on a leash far away from me and don’t expect me to love them.
Vanessa Dargain • Dec 27, 2021 at 11:10 pm
LOL !
Pay • Dec 28, 2021 at 4:01 pm
I agree with you. Dogs are nasty but I don’t hate them. I grew up in a warm climate on a farm and our dogs spent all of their time outside. When I see people kissing dogs and letting them lick their face it turns my stomach. There is a reason dogs are not allowed in food establishments that’s why I will not eat that food that was prepared in your kitchen while your dog is watching you. A dog will lick its private parts then you let it lick your face???
Anyway to each his own.
Sheena • Nov 13, 2021 at 11:40 am
Wow so many people throwing shade on you for your article. What is up with this cultural obsession with not being allowed to dislike dogs? Your comment section is like a case and point of the whole purpose of your article. But also, why is it okay for people to say, “I don’t like cats”. I hear this all the time! But dogs?? God forbid!
Name Withheld • Nov 7, 2021 at 8:06 am
Um, no? Wolves were called dogs back then because the term “wolf” didn’t exist at the time.
And as a pug owner, shame on you. My dog is well trained and helpful so he isn’t useless.
Daniel Okpara • Nov 16, 2021 at 4:36 pm
I really love dogs, but first of all, condemning them for sharing their opinion, SMH. Second, owning a pug isn’t something to be proud about because pugs have too many health problems but people still chose to breed them because they look “cute”.
Kaylee • Nov 17, 2021 at 10:22 am
I have a puggle. I’m stuck in hell for another 12 years til he dies.
SueSue2020 • Nov 18, 2021 at 7:08 pm
I’m sure the poor dog has already sensed your resentment. My sympathies go to him/her. No one should have to live in a resentful environment where they are not cared for/loved.
Name Withheld • Nov 7, 2021 at 7:59 am
Do you hate wolves too just because they evolved into dogs at one point?
E • Nov 30, 2021 at 4:17 pm
Wolves are different as they will never look to humans for affection or guidance—they’re far too independent for that,unlike dumb,needy dogs that can’t survive on their own.Even cats can,but dogs are too stupid.
Jamie • Nov 6, 2021 at 11:03 pm
I TRULY hope that you never have children. It’s okay to have a preference and dislike dogs, that’s fine. But what you clearly describe hating is the responsibility of caring for a living creature other than yourself. I don’t know if you realize that what you’ve described is that you are self-centered.
You have no interest in caring for another living being unless you feel it benefits (rewards) you. This is concerning, mostly because I hope you don’t expect caring for a child to be magically a more “rewarding”, “motivating”, or “enticing” experience just because they are capable of speech. It absolutely won’t be.
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Sydney Haines • Nov 11, 2021 at 5:31 pm
You are so wrong here. Plenty of families that don’t have dogs because they are too much work. As a lifelong pet owner, raising children IS more rewarding than dogs for most people. If you feel differently, that is your opinion and not fact. It is NOT selfish to be aware that you don’t want a certain responsibility. Go shame childless and petless people elsewhere.
Thisarticleme • Nov 5, 2021 at 5:54 pm
It’s funny how the dog haters are complaining about single. It’s obviously not the dog. You’re probably ugly and have a disgusting personality. A lot of you on here that hate dogs act like it’s normal. You guys need help and a therapist. Especially the article writer. Unhappy pieces of crap
Kiss My Ass • Jan 20, 2022 at 4:05 am
No you dog nutters are the ones who need professional help. Grow the hell up!
+*MuGeN*+ • Nov 5, 2021 at 11:48 am
I really don’t like dogs. My family has a dog currently and he is annoying as hell. He comes into my room pisses on the floor, rips up important papers and drawings. then leaves.
Im also forced to take him on a walk. All the time. He’s not even my pet and drags me the whole way. He barks at every freaking leaf and its annoying .
Once I was walking home from school, and this woman’s ugly dog jumps out her door and chases me down the street. All the way home. I wanted to stand there and let it bite me. You know what would happen to the dog after that.
Karma
dalia • Nov 12, 2021 at 7:42 am
DAMN YOU DONT HAVE TO BE SO CRUEL ITS JUST A DOG
August Ridder • Nov 30, 2021 at 9:16 am
This comment proves the articiles entire point, if I said “Cats are evil bastards and only care about themselves” you would agree with me, but as soon as someone criticises dogs you break out the caps lock and curse words, this is just plain embarrising
Vanessa Dargain • Dec 27, 2021 at 11:25 pm
Don’t take the comments so literally . Most of them are just expressing an opinion ( or their experiences with a dogs ) and not reciting public law . Dogs are a too high maintenance pet for me .
Most of the hate comments are complaints about the time and energy required to keep them healthy . You don’t seem to have a problem with it .
eboni • Nov 13, 2021 at 4:56 pm
if you know dogs you should know he probably was only chasing you because you were running. i can almost guarantee he wouldnt have bit you if you had stood there, and talking about wanting him to die is disturbing as hell. There is def something wrong with some of yall
jiggly puff • Dec 3, 2021 at 9:48 am
just because you think it won’t bite dosen’t give anyone the right to impose their piece of shit pet on another person. Also we have better things to do than learn to translate “dog”. Keep your beastality kink imbred bag of crap in your space not mine.
Leigh Taylor • Jan 24, 2022 at 5:03 pm
All I can say, is this was so healing for me to read. Thank you so much. xxx
Grace • Nov 5, 2021 at 9:04 am
Gabriel, listen to yourself. This is exactly why people see red flags around people who say they hate dogs. Yikes! Dismemberment is not a proportionate nor appropriate reaction to anything. You probably scare a number of in your life. Maybe this is a cry for help? Are you doing ok there, buddy?
Gabriel D'Amato • Nov 4, 2021 at 3:49 pm
I hate dogs. They attack you and jump on you for no reason. I’ll tell you what if one comes to do that to me, i will fucking dismember the furry piece of trash.
HeatherTC • Nov 9, 2021 at 10:00 pm
Your dog is likely a herding breed and is bored! They need jobs! Bored dogs are caused by lazy owners!!!
olive • Nov 4, 2021 at 2:56 pm
okay i have 2 reasons i do’nt like this
1. just cuz they are more popular does NOT mean you have to spread hate
2. dogs are just like kids (though in my opinion dogs are better) if you don’t teach them right from wrong they turn to brats and if you abusive them they will grow to abuse others.
just because their dogs does not mean we are better than them. do you see the out doors in California? its literally full of litter and garbage because of humans i’m sorry but dogs are just minding their own business and we also are to busy to put down are phones to play fetch or pet them. these poor puppies are born and then used for science sometimes and these puppy mills don’t care what happens as long as they get money. i have a big dog with sharp teeth but he was raised right so he does not use them and his bark is pretty scary but deep down he is a little sweet heart (oh wait that was like 5 reasons oop) oh wait one more thing without dogs we would probably just sit on the couch all day until we die. also what did a dog do to you?
Skye • Nov 19, 2021 at 6:30 am
Did you really just say dogs are like kids? You’re delusional. A dog is an ANIMAL And they can’t learn right from wrong. They’re dumb and they can’t love you back.
Grace • Nov 3, 2021 at 2:14 pm
I can see not wanting the responsibility of a dog and I know some people have trauma issues around dogs, but to just say you hate them is kind of a red flag to me. It seems weird to hate them. They make people happier more often than not and they have incredible abilities that help us a human race in a number of compacities. The world is simply a better place because of them. If you aren’t into them fine but hate is a strong word. I don’t particularly find myself impressed by babies, yet it seems like on almost a daily basis, I have to smile as someone shows me a picture of some newborn that inevitably looks like a bright red, boiled gargoyle, while I feel forced to say the obligatory “Oh, how sweet!” for fear of being labeled a frigid monster. Don’t even get me started on how often the workplace decides parental priorities are so much more important than mine just because I don’t have kids. Still, I wouldn’t say I “hate” babies or parents. So, I guess what I’m saying is that if you have to look at a few fluffy pictures of a creature you just don’t understand, I don’t think that is any reason to hate them or the owners. Also, sorry you don’t like to “mitigate the intensity of your feelings” about a certain subject but… welcome to civilization. Emphasis on civil. That’s just how it’s done.
Eh • Dec 28, 2021 at 5:25 pm
This response is *exactly* why people say they hate dogs. We can’t stand people who don’t understand the difference between “I can’t stand being around these things” and “I literally want to murder dogs”. Bye the end of the article they literally explain that they understand why some people like dogs and say that they really just don’t want a pet in general. People get frustrated and they say that they hate things, it doesn’t need to be some Mein Kamph level stuff. Have some emotional intelligence.
Richard Haines • Nov 2, 2021 at 3:21 pm
Speaking as a dog lover with a German shepherd who is very much a let of the family – I’d say given the end of your post there that dogs aren’t your thing. Speaking as a dog lover, that is cool, you don’t do dogs, not for you, no worries. But, identifying as a dog hater, perhaps that’s a bit strong – hate is a very powerful word. So, I’d go with that, just say dogs aren’t your thing and you have no interest – people can get with that.
Sydney Haines • Nov 11, 2021 at 5:35 pm
Agree and feel the same way about people who identify as cat haters. Just as demented and for some reason not as socially stigmatizing??? Why?
eboni • Nov 13, 2021 at 5:00 pm
i love cats but people probably feel this way because they aren’t blindly loyal and affectionate (a lot of the time) like dogs. how they love is very different and a lot of people don’t want to put in the effort.
Vanessa Dargain • Dec 27, 2021 at 11:29 pm
Same .
Lily • Nov 1, 2021 at 1:48 pm
Yes, I like cats better.
Dogs are wild and disgusting, also kind of stupid.
While cats are calm and clean and very intelligent.
olive • Nov 4, 2021 at 3:37 pm
i dont hate cats but dogs are NOT stupid my dog litterally was so close to saying my name when he barked lol disgusting is a little bit harsh and wild is not a very acurate word unless their puppies but hey i respect cats.
August Ridder • Nov 30, 2021 at 9:20 am
bruh, dogs aren’t intelligent, thats either made up or a coincidence or maybe, just maybe you tried to listen to your name and did a olympic gold winning leap in logic
Doozer • Oct 31, 2021 at 6:50 pm
If you don’t like dogs you are a horrible person. Only straight pieces of $#!t can’t love something smaller than them. It’s not hard to find me. Please come tell me how much you hate dogs and I will show you how I treat you scumbags.
Michael • Nov 14, 2021 at 8:39 am
What the hell are you on about? The idiocy here is astounding.
Killalldogs • Dec 3, 2021 at 5:38 pm
Where you at drop an addrsss I’ll gladly come find you and beat you to death with a dog carcass
Jeremy Washington • Oct 30, 2021 at 12:54 pm
I don’t understand why people who own dogs have to act like I can’t have an opinion. I’m a longboarder and I don’t know how many times I’ve been just rolling past someone and their dog just jumps in front of me trying to bark at me for no reason. THEN THEY GET MAD AT ME? Dog owners are delusional. Their dog is a reflection of them. That dog does something wrong it’s someone or something else’s fault and if not, the DOGS A DOG. It’s supposed to be dumb. NO, YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO TRAIN IT. But you don’t, and you blame people like me for doing the harmless every day and causing your dog to lose control. You’re supposed to be the one that’s training and controlling it. It’s a sign of your lack of discipline and your dog sees that and reflects it. Because dogs follow the actions of the pack leader YOU. On top of that everything in this article is on point. It’s a simple opinion I agree with.
Doozer • Oct 31, 2021 at 6:52 pm
Your mother is and raised a horrible person.
August Ridder • Nov 30, 2021 at 9:23 am
As soon as someone has a good argument you go for a your mom insult, i almost want to laugh
SueSue2020 • Nov 18, 2021 at 7:11 pm
And I detest longboarders who harm innocent people by whizzing past and/or bumping into them, then bolting while the person lays on the concrete injured.
Michelle Post • Oct 27, 2021 at 11:12 am
I do not hate dogs in general but agree with the opinion report that was written. I am now 60, and happily married since 1980, and we never had a dog or cat, and never a kid, and we are very content. I never wanted to be bothered with any pet, even as a child. Now days they are as expensive as a child, concerning medical care and food. People who have no pet or children are as loving and compassionate as those who want several pets and kids.
Vanessa Dargain • Dec 27, 2021 at 11:39 pm
Truth . There are numerous of reasons why households are dogless , catless or childless . Hate is probably only one of them .
Gordon • Oct 27, 2021 at 2:24 am
And here the mental illness and derangement of dog lovers are laid bare in this comment thread. Behold people wishing DEATH upon their fellow man because they don’t like dogs. Wishing death and injury on someone simply because they don’t like a particular animal. Amazing just amazing.
matthew • Oct 24, 2021 at 2:41 pm
i don’t hate dogs, per se, but i do have a particular contempt for inconsiderate and immature owners of them.
Nicole • Oct 24, 2021 at 4:03 am
Uhhhhh, okay you would have had me with “I don’t like dogs”, I would never judge someone for not being a dog person. I had a friend once who was terrified of them because she grew up in an underdeveloped neighborhood where stray dogs were extremely aggressive. But to hate them? Hate? Please go on justifying how you hate a creature that doesn’t even have the capacity to feel such a hideous feeling as hate. Sorry but this entire article reads as extremely bitter with strong pick me energy. Lol if you want to say you’re superior and unique for hating dogs then just say it. Also yeah I’m a little triggered not because you don’t adore dogs, but because this is not the article I was hoping to stumble across while looking for support while I grieve my furry best friend / emotional support companion. I don’t distrust people who dislike dogs, I do however distrust anyone who casually admits to hating any creature that has done them no wrong.
Eh • Dec 28, 2021 at 5:27 pm
And I don’t trust people who don’t understand the concept of over-exaggeration.
Laura • Oct 23, 2021 at 10:40 pm
Bill Murray said it best, “I’m suspicious of a person who doesn’t like dogs, but I trust s as dog who doesn’t like a person”.
Gabe • Oct 23, 2021 at 7:28 pm
Yes! Absolutely agree. I don’t really think it’s the dog but the owners that @^#&#*^. It’s quite similar to the feeling of how children these days are behaving and their parents (50/50) are to blame. We all have our own beliefs and views but it’s so hard for people to respect them. Thanks for speaking your mind.
Human • Oct 23, 2021 at 3:09 pm
Everyone has the right to their own opinion. Stop threatening and hating on people who hate dogs jeez
Dogs suck • Oct 22, 2021 at 8:10 pm
Humans are animals, are they not? Also you sound like an idiot. You keep your pets for constant, consistent, and unearned adoration simply because YOU are the malignant narcissist. Loser.
JAP • Dec 4, 2021 at 10:00 pm
You may have a point. There is something with pet owners which they get out of those poor animals. They are leeching on their obedience. Have some sort of fulfillment of being superior to them and having full control over the lives of their pets. Personally I trust much less dog/pet owners then people who openly admit that they have no need for inferior beings in their lives. They are hiding they psychopathic needs under banner of “love” to the animals. Unfortunately that is majority of society. Sometimes feel like in front of zombie apocalypse when looking at those masses of pet “lovers” looking to bite whoever is not complying with them. Scary stuff. Best to hide, otherwise they will destroy you, just to prove they are right. They are merciless. Look what they do to their animals. Cages, leashes, dry food from the bag, lockups in their houses/apartments for days, sterilization surgeries, and then if animal is not complying with their needs – shelter and death. Yes, those are animal “lovers”. I bet Hitler had dogs. Want proof? Just watch what is going to happen to this post…
Cynthia Campbell • Oct 21, 2021 at 8:42 pm
Only a self-absorbed Malignant Narcissist with the inability to love anything other than herself would write this. I am a cat person, but I understand the precious love of animals. This woman is a complete sociopath.
Leandro Doerksen • Oct 18, 2021 at 6:59 pm
If you don’t like dogs. GO TO HELL 🙂
Me • Oct 11, 2021 at 9:50 am
The people agreeing with this article are just as big a nutcase as the writer. You sound like a bunch of hateful weirdos that should play in traffic more often than not. Yuck.
Me • Nov 14, 2021 at 8:58 am
So you want people to die because they don’t like dogs? But you’re not a nutcase? Okay…
The guest • Oct 8, 2021 at 9:26 am
@Simon falla, that’s a lie. We would be alive without dogs JUST FINE. Besides, it was WOLVES back then. Now we have useless things like pugs. There. Is. No. Use. To. A. Pug.
Guest • Oct 8, 2021 at 9:20 am
I hate dogs. They are dumb, disgusting creatures. They wake me up at 3:00 am with their stupid barking. I’m an animal person, but I HATE dogs. I’ve never felt connected with this “dog trend”. I mean, seriously! There are so many other animals that are better than a stupid dog! Horses? They can recognize themselves in a mirror and have complex emotions! Pigs? PIGS CAN PLAY LITERAL VIDEO GAMES! What can a dog do? NOTHING. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. IT WAKES YOU UP AT THREE AM HOWLING LIKE SOME MANIAC. I’ve looked up smartest animals in the world and dogs are there because of bias, but animals like horses and pigs are missing. Yes, I get that some dogs look nice, I personally like German shepherds. But there are so many UGLY and KILLER dogs, like pit bulls, bulldogs, bull terriers and some dogs used specifically for aggression.. And don’t even get me STARTED about pugs. Whenever a a dog tries to smell me, I move away. People complain, and say things like: “LeT hiM sMeLL yOu!!!” but I don’t want some animal touching the area around my butt! There are so many nice pets out there: African grey parrots, a relatively cheap and smart pet. The classic goldfish, the independent cat- but no one cares. All people care about are disgusting dogs. I can’t even tell my best friend I hate dogs, because she likes them. Whenever I see one of those useless dogs (I get guard dog and guide dog. But some dogs are absolutely useless, like pugs, Yorkshire terriers, etc.) I want to kick it. I don’t fear them. I HATE them. And I’m definitely human. I have a soul, it just hates those useless creatures! I’m glad this article exists.
Me • Oct 11, 2021 at 9:36 am
Something is wrong with you. Prove me right.
Crystal • Oct 18, 2021 at 5:56 am
Wow! This person is a nut!
Dee • Oct 18, 2021 at 12:46 pm
Fuck off asshole
Dee • Oct 18, 2021 at 12:50 pm
I don’t like people like you- in fact I despise them. Too bad covid couldn’t target human animals such as you and Titiana I hope one day u might not need a dog or dog lover assistance – I hope they walk right over you hurt body.
eboni • Nov 13, 2021 at 5:08 pm
you want to kick it?! do you really not understand how sick of a thing that is to say??? i love dogs and have my moments with mine where I totally understand some of your perspectives…. but just wanting to kick an animal because you don’t like them??? huge cause for concern. maybe the others arent a red flag but you definitely are
A • Nov 17, 2021 at 11:26 am
I 100% agree with you. Dogs are the new kids; if you don’t “OMG LOVVVEEEEE” them, you are evil and void of any feelings.
Simon Falla • Oct 7, 2021 at 4:38 pm
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading all these comments, and it has proved to me that I genuinely look forward to the demise of humankind with open arms.
The thought of you sad pustules burning…gives me a massive erection.
You wouldn’t even be on this planet without dogs…your pathetic ancestors (all 2,000 of them in the Ice Age) would have perished…So yes…I hate dogs too
JJ • Oct 6, 2021 at 11:52 pm
I started a job in a facility where the supervisor brings her disgusting, poorly trained golden retriever to work every day. I didn’t think it would be a big deal because I’ve always liked dogs. I hate this dog. I hate the way people oooh and ahhh over him constantly. He took a liking to me immediately and wouldn’t leave me alone. I am expected to dress in business attire and meet with members of the public. This dog would rub up against me and drool on me while I’m trying to conduct business. He likes to wedge his nose in people’s butts and crotches and cannot be pulled away. I just resigned myself that I’m stuck with the idiot and his owner until I can find another job. For one meeting I had to take the client into a room with a door and shut the door so the dog couldn’t come in (client stated he didn’t care for dogs). That dog cried and howled at the door the entire time. The supervisor came to her dumpling’s aid and opened the door to let him in. I immediately called out to not let the dog in, which she ignored. So I grabbed the dog’s collar and had to drag him out of the room and shut the door again. I went to my boss and told her why the dog couldn’t come in. The dog started his howling and yelping again, but this time was ignored. I think one of his worshippers finally convinced him to come back to the main office. After the meeting I opened up the door and the client and I walked out. The dog came tearing out of the office, bounced like Tigger from Winnie the Pooh, and landed all 80 pounds of himself on my foot and broke one of my toes. Do you know what my supervisor’s response to that was? It’s my fault because I give him attention. I decided then and there to begin ignoring him and shooing him out of my office. It’s taken about a year for it to sink in, but he is finally beginning to leave me alone. My supervisor laments that it’s “so sad” that I don’t give the dog any attention. I tell her he gets enough attention. It’s absolutely sickening. He is not a friendly dog with strangers. He barks at them or ignores them and I sit in my office and hear people PLEAD with this dog to come to them. My supervisor has created this ridiculous background story about him being an abused puppymill survivor and people just fall all over him then, almost weeping for the pitiful little mite. She got the dog as a puppy and the whole story is completely a figment of her imagination. Because of this animal I can’t stand the sight of a golden retriever, and now it seems like I see them everywhere, especially in advertising. Like I said before, I’ve always liked dogs and have a couple myself, but that golden retriever I absolutely despise. I’m still trying to find another job so I can leave that idiot dog and his worshippers to their own devices.
Eboni • Nov 13, 2021 at 5:25 pm
dog lover here! your boss is an inconsiderate asshole who shouldn’t own a dog. The fact that she doesn’t even care that actual clients may have an issue with it, and just lets the dog run rampant…. my black lab would absolutely never. this whole story pissed me off, I cannot believe you got blamed for that effing dog breaking your toe. Your boss should have paid that hospital bill. I don’t even let my dog within 10 ft of people who don’t know her because I never know how they may feel. Untrained goldens are a mess— I was at the dog park trying to leave and one kept jumping on me trying to hump (I was holding an untrained smaller dog who was becoming aggressive with the big ones 🙄🙄). I literally pushed him off like 15 times, made eye contact with his owner who was having conversation across the park, and continued to struggle with him until her husband came and yanked him away. When I tell you I was pushing and commanding with all my strength and this damn dog just kept coming back!! Owners who don’t control their dogs are the absolute worst. Hope you can find a new job soon if you haven’t already!!
SueSue2020 • Nov 18, 2021 at 7:17 pm
Despise the idiot owner who has created the behavior problems, not the dog! She is lucky that none of the people who work there have allergies otherwise she could be reported and be forced to either leave her dog at home or provide a dogwalker, or provide daycare while at her job. She does NOT have the right to inconvenience others at work. I love all animals but even I know that one has to draw the line when it impacts others. The dog is HER responsibility, not anyone else’s!
Earl • Oct 5, 2021 at 11:17 am
its just another one of those things to get people riled up and has no benefit or productive energy for anyone who prefers a positive life and who can find beauty and happiness in just about any being, well p, except for haters or hate because hating is us and we like to breed hatred in our hate groups…..i joined the group that hates haters:) Ive got a new perspective on dogs…live and let live then there is the hate for elders, hate for blacks, hate for jews, hate for gays, hate for overweight, hate for everything and it follows then hate begets hate, violence begets violence, eradicate hate, long live dogs!
Shelly • Oct 5, 2021 at 12:14 am
I am a dog lover and animal lover in general, but this post and these SPOKE to me. Honestly, it’s the OWNER that is the problem, not the dog. My dog is like me, very clean, not annoying, and very intelligent. He sleeps on the floor and only comes up when I say. He also hates to be dirty. My dog doesn’t like to go places with me either, he’d rather be at home or walking respectfully to the dog park to socialize with OTHER DOGS. All of my dogs have been this way. Now I never thought I could have such a bad taste in my mouth for animal, especially a dog until I met my boyfriends p.o.s. dogs! These two b*tches run his life, and this dude does not mange them at all! They get 0 walks, yet he takes their psycho amped up asses with him EVERYWHERE. I’ve rode 8 hours with his smelly little rat one in my lap. They get in between us and push me off of the bed, so I refuse to sleep with him. They’re jealous of me when I’m with him, growl at me for attention, jump on me, and bite me. They are terrible with kids and pummel them, and the little one has bit his niece!!!! I saw comment that said “the house is smelly and dirty, I’d rather live in a prison”…. Well, I feel the same way about these two bitches. I hate them and I really hope they just go away forever however that may be. If nothing else, these two will be the end of my relationship with this guy. End of story, just don’t get a dog to have a dog! Take care of yourself and your dog so both of you aren’t nasty! It’s disgusting and so annoying to deal with, ESPECIALLY for us dog owners that give a shit.
Shelly • Oct 5, 2021 at 12:06 am
I am a dog lover and animal lover in general, but this post and these SPOKE to me. Honestly, it’s the OWNER that is the problem, not the dog. My dog is like me, very clean, not annoying, and very intelligent. My dog doesn’t like to go places with me either, he’d rather be at home or walking respectfully to the dog park to socialize with OTHER DOGS. All of my dogs have been this way.
Stef • Nov 13, 2021 at 9:18 pm
Your dog could never be clean – If you walked naked/barefoot everywhere including parks and pavement, and just came home and licked the dirt off your feet…would you consider yourself clean?
Prof • Oct 4, 2021 at 7:09 pm
Omg! It took forever to scroll to the bottom of the page. Thank god I’m not alone in this.
Stinking, vile, in your face, slobbering creatures. The more you don’t want to interact with a dog, the more they get in your face, right up in your face, tongue out aiming for your face yuk yuk yuk! Fucking can’t take no for an answer. These people who refer to themselves as mummy and daddy to their fur babies are unhinged and why are they even in our gene pool?
8 years I’ve had to put up with my selfish wanker of a neighbour’s barking bloody dog, I can’t tell you how much I hate it. I hate dogs with a passion now. Everywhere you go you hear them and see what they leave behind, it’s disgusting. I swear if I climbed the highest deserted mountain, there would be a bloody dog barking somewhere on it. You just can’t escape them.
Vern • Oct 1, 2021 at 4:46 am
My neighbor’s dog has been non stop barking all day every day the past few weeks and now just woke me up at 3am. I don’t think it’s possible to hate something any more than I do right now.
Mohammed • Sep 28, 2021 at 2:42 pm
I was born in a Muslim country and moved to a North American metropolitan area a few years ago. No one around me and my wife had ever had dogs. Once, I decided to adopt a dog back home as I thought it would help my two little kids (they are young adults now) grow more normally/naturally (they demanded too!) but it turned out almost impossible. Every single one of our extended family members who heard about it advised us that they would stop coming to our place as every where would become “Najes” in our house. Furthermore, friends advised us that the provincial Islamic government agents confiscate the dog should you take your dog outside in public.
So, you can see my family and I were positive about dogs. Here is what nobody speaks about: We had shameful behaviors when passing by or getting close to a dog on a pedestrian road here, up until 3 and a half months ago, when we adopted a 3 month puppy. Even our kids who always loved dogs (but from far) would avoid, would become scared or bewildered when approaching a dog. They would even jaywalk to other side to avoid an awkward moment with the owner. This 3.5 months dog ownership made us different human beings and definitely opened a new world for us. Other 3 members of my family also agree that we now have no problem when walking by a dog whatsoever. When with the puppy, nothing happens but smiles, nice greetings, and very often happy conversations. In fact, we never had this much and sometimes long conversations with strangers in our entire life.
Dog never existed without a mutual reliance with human being. However, suddenly became “najes” by human being (about 1400 years ago) after 60 thousand years of symbiosis. People who follow this rule, know no animal more “najes” as they must wash any object in touch with dog’s saliva in seven different occasions before they can use it.
Performing a more civilized manner when encountering a dog was probably the least blessing out of it. We are now more than ever exercising, exploring outdoors, using patios and dog friendly shops and avoiding indoor restaurants, enjoying sunshine, communicating with our neighbors, etc. And no, we don’t mind picking his poo. He introduced us a world very much different from the confinement we had made in our “urban” life.
AnimalsRcool • Sep 28, 2021 at 6:39 am
My goodness what’s wrong with you obsessive dog owners who put your dog or dog’s life above your own. Don’t you realize that it makes you appear disturbed and unbalanced? Think of Gollum and his Precious. Your pet is a pet and not a person, child, or baby. Some dog lovers will reject their children and grandchildren over their 4-legged beasts. Maybe so-called dog ‘haters’ do not hate dogs so much as they do psychopathic owners (what else would you call it?), who seem to worship their pets above all else. Please, before you condemn others for not liking your dog, take a long, hard look at yourself.
Annonymous • Sep 28, 2021 at 4:12 am
Well, I COMPLETELY agree with the article. Dogs are not just trouble makers- They are brainless idiots who snigger around humans and act all ‘cute’ and be something stupid on the other side. A lot of stray dogs hurt wild lives! Killing off otters, leopard cats, BREAKING A CAR, with all their mauling and biting and pea-sized brain, there’s NOTHING that limits their stupidity stretch!
On the other hand, cats are much more sensible and leave you alone and at least bury their own poops instead of leaving them flying around waiting for YOU to clean up!
Krista • Jan 8, 2022 at 7:04 am
Covering its own poop is the least a cat can do, otherwise they don’t do shit! Jump on counters after being in their litter and drop half their coat on everything they rub against or sit on. I don’t hate them like the dog haters but cats are pretty gross and honestly should be outside where they actually can explore and do tasks rather than lay around and be miserable.
Greg sam • Sep 24, 2021 at 11:14 pm
Actually yes you are. There’s a difference between not being a dog person and hating dogs. You’re just a bad person
Vanessa Dargain • Dec 27, 2021 at 11:58 pm
True . The dog haters have unresolved issues with dogs from their pasts .
Their dislike is more profound than casual annoyance with a dog habits .
youwackadooodle • Sep 22, 2021 at 1:49 pm
did not read article, just seen title. conclusion yes, yes you are a nut. IN other perspective at the least you should be look at with suspicion and apprehension . You know who else doesn’t like dogs and drinks with both hands, Satan. have a good day sir or madam.
sincerely sir barks woof-stein
David Babich • Sep 21, 2021 at 3:17 am
Thank you!! Yes, dating is almost impossible at this point and dogs are EVERYWHERE!
I found your article by searching “dogs are everywhere — please help!”
Susana Roberts • Sep 21, 2021 at 1:24 am
I’m not trying to put everyone in the same basket, but I feel that alot of people prefer a dog or cat to another human being, is because animals will not argue or tell you how wrong your decision was and why. Animals will not tell us how wrong we are living our lives, how wrong our thinking is, or how deviant our feelings are, another human being will tell us this. Many of us guard our lives, no matter how wrong we know that we are, thru the silence of animals. Hence the preference that so many of us have to animals, versus having the companionship of a human being.
lou • Sep 18, 2021 at 9:37 pm
This is all nice to hear. I have no problems with dogs per se, but I’m really tired of being growled and barked at, and having the same done to my young child while we are hiking. If you can’t train a dog to function in society don’t get one, entitled dog owners are the worst. No surprise, they are mostly white people!
I also have to wonder about people whose only friends are dogs…what does that say about someone who is incapable of having loving and meaningful relationships with their fellow humans?
Anyway, great article