The pets forum is not dedicated to cats and the gaming forum is not dedicated to the PS3 so both of those could be valid, non troll comments in my opinion.
I haven't done either of them by the way, just making a point.
Ok, well I still think you'd be percieved as wanting an arguement for the sake of it, certainly on the Pets one.
You might be on the games one too, but you'd get more support from the mainstream for that. You would, after all, be discussing the merits of plastic boxes that make pictures appear on the screen.
I'd say there's less of an emotional connection than there is to Tiddles, but i'm sure that won't be a universally agreed view
While not hating them, they know no different, it's their dopey owners [ doggy's mummy and daddy ] that I despair of.
My niece recently had a baby, and within weeks her partner goes and gets ANOTHER dog.
Two big, incontinent, untrained dogs, a frazzled mother, and new-born Babby aren't a great mix are they ?
You try telling him that.
Another couple I know prefer you to remove your shoes before entering their pristine house, only to find yourself sharing the sofa with a smelly, [ sorry, but dogs SMELL ) hairy, slavering German Shepherd with a severe case of halitosis.
I feel your pain OP. I don't mind dogs but I'm actually quite scared of ones I don't know. In my experience dog owners are very naive and simply won't accept that you could be scared of their pet as it's leaping up at you ("oh, he's only playing"). I'm sure it's not going to bite my face off but it's hardly the most comfortable behaviour, especially if a) you're not used to them and b) you've had bad experiences with dogs in the past (my neighbours used to keep savage alsations and let them run loose in the neighbourhood).
I totally agree, my best friend has 4 out of control labradors and she doesn't seem to understand I don't like them jumping up me over and over again.
While not hating them, they know no different, it's their dopey owners [ doggy's mummy and daddy ] that I despair of.
My niece recently had a baby, andp within weeks her artner goes and gets ANOTHER dog.Two big, incontinent, untrained dogs, a frazzled mother, and new-born Babby aren't a great mix are they ?
You try telling him that.
Another couple I know prefer you to remove your shoes before entering their pristine house, only to find yourself sharing the sofa with a smelly, [ sorry, but dogs SMELL ) hairy, slavering German Shepherd with a severe case of halitosis.
Ohh! That speaks volumes to me...Sounds like a jealous dad, from the new baby attentions and has gone and got another mans best buddy for comfort...
We'll I don't find your dislike unacceptable. I'll tolerate small ones but I strongly dislike big ones, especially the ones that slobber all over you. Yechhh!
Oh no, I wasn't implying that you did. Just showing what my views are.
I would ask though, why do you go to your pal's house if there's 4 out of control labs jumping up? I adore dogs, but that would annoy me after a while
I don't go round that often, she usually puts them in the kitchen when she has guests because they are really naughty. But in that instance she let them out the kitchen, which I have no problem with I mean it's her house I'm a guest. But she wouldn't get them down off me when they were all jumping up, she said they were "Just playing". Since then I don't really go round that often.
I don't go round that often, she usually puts them in the kitchen when she has guests because they are really naughty. But in that instance she let them out the kitchen, which I have no problem with I mean it's her house I'm a guest. But she wouldn't get them down off me when they were all jumping up, she said they were "Just playing". Since then I don't really go round that often.
Hmm well I think that's irresponsible dog ownership. Does she know you don't like them?
Whatever, i'm sure your discomfort was obvious and she should have taken action. Dogs that jump up uninvited are a pain, especially when they've got muddy paws
While not hating them, they know no different, it's their dopey owners [ doggy's mummy and daddy ] that I despair of.
My niece recently had a baby, and within weeks her partner goes and gets ANOTHER dog.
Two big, incontinent, untrained dogs, a frazzled mother, and new-born Babby aren't a great mix are they ?
You try telling him that.
Another couple I know prefer you to remove your shoes before entering their pristine house, only to find yourself sharing the sofa with a smelly, [ sorry, but dogs SMELL ) hairy, slavering German Shepherd with a severe case of halitosis.
That's racist and shepherd-ist! :mad::D
Maybe the shepherd had been out in the field too long and just needed a bath!
Could have been worse: it could have been a dog that sat next to you!
Hmm well I think that's irresponsible dog ownership. Does she know you don't like them?
Whatever, i'm sure your discomfort was obvious and she should have taken action. Dogs that jump up uninvited are a pain, especially when they've got muddy paws
Yeah she knows I don't like them which is why she usually puts them in the kitchen, we had a bit of a falling out a while ago about it actually.
Her parents went away for the weekend so she was on her own and asked me to stay with her, she's got a double bed so we slept in there. Well her new dog didn't like being on it's own with the other dogs, so she thought she (the dog) could sleep in the same bed as us under the sheets. I mean this wasn't a puppy it was a fully grown black labrador. There were hairs everywhere.
I said there is no way I am sharing a bed with a dog so can I sleep in another bed or on the sofa? She said she didn't want to be alone up stairs and her parents and her sister would get angry if either of us slept in their bed, even if we changed the sheets afterwards.
So she wouldn't let me sleep on the sofa, she wouldn't let me sleep in another bed, she wouldn't take the dog with her and sleep in another bed so I ended up having the spend the whole night sharing the bed with a great big hairy dog.
The worst thing was the dog would often wake up in the night and start licking me or walk over me.
Needless to say that was the last time I ever slept round her house.
Yeah she knows I don't like them which is why she usually puts them in the kitchen, we had a bit of a falling out a while ago about it actually.
Her parents went away for the weekend so she was on her own and asked me to stay with her, she's got a double bed so we slept in there. Well her new dog didn't like being on it's own with the other dogs, so she thought she (the dog) could sleep in the same bed as us under the sheets. I mean this wasn't a puppy it was a fully grown black labrador.
I said there is no way I am sharing a bed with a dog so can I sleep in another bed or on the sofa? She said she didn't want to be alone up stairs and her parents and her sister would get angry if either of us slept in their bed, even if we changed the sheets afterwards.
So she wouldn't let me sleep on the sofa, she wouldn't let me sleep in another bed, she wouldn't take the dog with her and sleep in another bed so I ended up having the spend the whole night sharing the bed with a great big hairy dog.
The worst thing was the dog would often wake up in the night and start licking me or walk over me.
Needless to say that was the last time I ever slept round her house.
Jeez, no wonder you don't like them :eek:
I joke, I realise you didn't before. That's just sooooo wrong though. Giver her a wide berth
I joke, I realise you didn't before. That's just sooooo wrong though. Giver her a wide berth
I mean I blame her for the way the dogs act, my cousin had a yorkie I really actually liked that little dog. She was well behaved, trained, always clean and friendly.
I would never expect anyone to share a bed with any of my pets, esp if they didn't like them already. Just really p*ssed me off, because as if a weekend helping her look after her 4 naughty dogs wasn't bad enough I had to share a bed with one of them as well.
I dont like dogs, but i really dont like bad dog owners and theres a lot of them imo, even the "good" ones are often inconsiderate.
To me dogs are dirty, they leave hair everywhere,they smell and make your house stink contrary to what a lot of dog owners seem to think. Thats the main reasons i wouldnt want to own one, but i dont mind if others do.
-The owners though, plenty of them let their dog crap in public places, which drives me nuts when i go out running or biking.
-Lots of them let their dogs off leads only for them to run at you, bark at you and jump up at you. Most dont apologise when their dog smears mud over your clothes and just laugh and say "hes being friendly" etc. They act like public places are dog territory and you should know better than to go there and not expect dogs to jump up at you or growl and bark at you.
-Then i hate people taking dogs to public places like pub gardens when the dog will sit there barking at you like crazy or will be allowed to roam freely around.
I wish the majority of dog owners would stop assuming other people think their filthy pet is cute and that other people love it or should deal with it being there. Surely people shouldnt have to put up with other peoples dogs harassing them.
While not hating them, they know no different, it's their dopey owners [ doggy's mummy and daddy ] that I despair of.
My niece recently had a baby, and within weeks her partner goes and gets ANOTHER dog.
Two big, incontinent, untrained dogs, a frazzled mother, and new-born Babby aren't a great mix are they ?
You try telling him that.
Another couple I know prefer you to remove your shoes before entering their pristine house, only to find yourself sharing the sofa with a smelly, [ sorry, but dogs SMELL ) hairy, slavering German Shepherd with a severe case of halitosis.
I recently spent a few days with my sister in law, we had to leave our shoes at the door, I had to go outside to smoke. So you'd think the house would be clean wouldn't you but no I couldn't sit on the sofa as it was absolutely rancid. I went out and bought socks as I couldn't bring myself to walk barefoot on her manky carpet.I came home covered in dog hairs and all my things smelling of wet dog. She had one of those godawful jack russells that yap every time someone dares to walk past the house.
Is it mean that I shoved the yappy thing away with my foot whenever it got near?
I love Spaniels and Setters though. I'd love a springer, had a gorgeous one when I was a kid. He'd live in the garden though not in the house. People inside, animals outside, it's why they have coats. I don't get why people treat animals like humans.
Yeah she knows I don't like them which is why she usually puts them in the kitchen, we had a bit of a falling out a while ago about it actually.
Her parents went away for the weekend so she was on her own and asked me to stay with her, she's got a double bed so we slept in there. Well her new dog didn't like being on it's own with the other dogs, so she thought she (the dog) could sleep in the same bed as us under the sheets. I mean this wasn't a puppy it was a fully grown black labrador. There were hairs everywhere.
I said there is no way I am sharing a bed with a dog so can I sleep in another bed or on the sofa? She said she didn't want to be alone up stairs and her parents and her sister would get angry if either of us slept in their bed, even if we changed the sheets afterwards.
So she wouldn't let me sleep on the sofa, she wouldn't let me sleep in another bed, she wouldn't take the dog with her and sleep in another bed so I ended up having the spend the whole night sharing the bed with a great big hairy dog.
The worst thing was the dog would often wake up in the night and start licking me or walk over me.
Needless to say that was the last time I ever slept round her house.
First off I've got to say I like Dogs.
F'ing whoa, you've got one hell of a long fuse there.
That incident would result in one of my catchphrases
'Don't be a C*** all your life' and an immediate exit into car and back home and a permanent falling out.
All that boisterous jumping up at the puppy stage is to be expected, but I wouldn't let the dogs believe it's acceptable.
I wouldn't expect you to put up with it either as a non-dog person.
As a person who likes dogs I wouldn't stand for it for very long either.
I used to really like dogs but my OH is terrified of them, over time this has made me look at dogs differently.
I can see that people have different tastes and each to his own ect, but I really don't understand dog owners who allow their dogs to wander around off the lead.
I live on the edge of a green and people walk their dogs there at all times - some of the local children won't play on there because of fear and bad experiences with these urban super predators.
I'm not talking about crazed owners with psycho dogs, just ordinary people with ordinary dogs, but they cause such problems - and seem to hold a belief that it's their right to terrorize a community.
That's just a localized example but it's my experience of many dog owners all over - 'It's only a dog' - 'He's only playing' - rationalizing their pets aggressive behaviour and not understanding the pain and distress they can cause.
Trying to communicate with a person who is willing to allow their pet free reign is impossible for the most part as the dog is so important to them, If you say you don't like dogs it's akin to an attack on their personality and values.
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Ok, well I still think you'd be percieved as wanting an arguement for the sake of it, certainly on the Pets one.
You might be on the games one too, but you'd get more support from the mainstream for that. You would, after all, be discussing the merits of plastic boxes that make pictures appear on the screen.
I'd say there's less of an emotional connection than there is to Tiddles, but i'm sure that won't be a universally agreed view
While not hating them, they know no different, it's their dopey owners [ doggy's mummy and daddy ] that I despair of.
My niece recently had a baby, and within weeks her partner goes and gets ANOTHER dog.
Two big, incontinent, untrained dogs, a frazzled mother, and new-born Babby aren't a great mix are they ?
You try telling him that.
Another couple I know prefer you to remove your shoes before entering their pristine house, only to find yourself sharing the sofa with a smelly, [ sorry, but dogs SMELL ) hairy, slavering German Shepherd with a severe case of halitosis.
I totally agree, my best friend has 4 out of control labradors and she doesn't seem to understand I don't like them jumping up me over and over again.
Tell me they're disgusting and should be banned or whatever and we'll fall out.
I don't think they should be banned! I think some of the things they are do are disgusting, but I don't think they are disgusting.
Oh no, I wasn't implying that you did. Just showing what my views are.
I would ask though, why do you go to your pal's house if there's 4 out of control labs jumping up? I adore dogs, but that would annoy me after a while
lol no, sorry I should have put a or something to show I wasn't entirely serious in that post!
Makes you as bad as the people the OP was complaining about IMO. Accept that people have different tastes
I don't go round that often, she usually puts them in the kitchen when she has guests because they are really naughty. But in that instance she let them out the kitchen, which I have no problem with I mean it's her house I'm a guest. But she wouldn't get them down off me when they were all jumping up, she said they were "Just playing". Since then I don't really go round that often.
Hmm well I think that's irresponsible dog ownership. Does she know you don't like them?
Whatever, i'm sure your discomfort was obvious and she should have taken action. Dogs that jump up uninvited are a pain, especially when they've got muddy paws
That's racist and shepherd-ist! :mad::D
Maybe the shepherd had been out in the field too long and just needed a bath!
Could have been worse: it could have been a dog that sat next to you!
Yeah she knows I don't like them which is why she usually puts them in the kitchen, we had a bit of a falling out a while ago about it actually.
Her parents went away for the weekend so she was on her own and asked me to stay with her, she's got a double bed so we slept in there. Well her new dog didn't like being on it's own with the other dogs, so she thought she (the dog) could sleep in the same bed as us under the sheets. I mean this wasn't a puppy it was a fully grown black labrador. There were hairs everywhere.
I said there is no way I am sharing a bed with a dog so can I sleep in another bed or on the sofa? She said she didn't want to be alone up stairs and her parents and her sister would get angry if either of us slept in their bed, even if we changed the sheets afterwards.
So she wouldn't let me sleep on the sofa, she wouldn't let me sleep in another bed, she wouldn't take the dog with her and sleep in another bed so I ended up having the spend the whole night sharing the bed with a great big hairy dog.
The worst thing was the dog would often wake up in the night and start licking me or walk over me.
Needless to say that was the last time I ever slept round her house.
Jeez, no wonder you don't like them :eek:
I joke, I realise you didn't before. That's just sooooo wrong though. Giver her a wide berth
I mean I blame her for the way the dogs act, my cousin had a yorkie I really actually liked that little dog. She was well behaved, trained, always clean and friendly.
I would never expect anyone to share a bed with any of my pets, esp if they didn't like them already. Just really p*ssed me off, because as if a weekend helping her look after her 4 naughty dogs wasn't bad enough I had to share a bed with one of them as well.
Ditto.
I love dogs, but I appreciate that some people don't. I'm sure there's things they're passionate about which I don't care for.
It's people who look down on dog owners that I've got a problem with.
I don't like kids
To me dogs are dirty, they leave hair everywhere,they smell and make your house stink contrary to what a lot of dog owners seem to think. Thats the main reasons i wouldnt want to own one, but i dont mind if others do.
-The owners though, plenty of them let their dog crap in public places, which drives me nuts when i go out running or biking.
-Lots of them let their dogs off leads only for them to run at you, bark at you and jump up at you. Most dont apologise when their dog smears mud over your clothes and just laugh and say "hes being friendly" etc. They act like public places are dog territory and you should know better than to go there and not expect dogs to jump up at you or growl and bark at you.
-Then i hate people taking dogs to public places like pub gardens when the dog will sit there barking at you like crazy or will be allowed to roam freely around.
I wish the majority of dog owners would stop assuming other people think their filthy pet is cute and that other people love it or should deal with it being there. Surely people shouldnt have to put up with other peoples dogs harassing them.
I recently spent a few days with my sister in law, we had to leave our shoes at the door, I had to go outside to smoke. So you'd think the house would be clean wouldn't you but no I couldn't sit on the sofa as it was absolutely rancid. I went out and bought socks as I couldn't bring myself to walk barefoot on her manky carpet.I came home covered in dog hairs and all my things smelling of wet dog. She had one of those godawful jack russells that yap every time someone dares to walk past the house.
Is it mean that I shoved the yappy thing away with my foot whenever it got near?
I love Spaniels and Setters though. I'd love a springer, had a gorgeous one when I was a kid. He'd live in the garden though not in the house. People inside, animals outside, it's why they have coats. I don't get why people treat animals like humans.
First off I've got to say I like Dogs.
F'ing whoa, you've got one hell of a long fuse there.
That incident would result in one of my catchphrases
'Don't be a C*** all your life' and an immediate exit into car and back home and a permanent falling out.
All that boisterous jumping up at the puppy stage is to be expected, but I wouldn't let the dogs believe it's acceptable.
I wouldn't expect you to put up with it either as a non-dog person.
As a person who likes dogs I wouldn't stand for it for very long either.
I can see that people have different tastes and each to his own ect, but I really don't understand dog owners who allow their dogs to wander around off the lead.
I live on the edge of a green and people walk their dogs there at all times - some of the local children won't play on there because of fear and bad experiences with these urban super predators.
I'm not talking about crazed owners with psycho dogs, just ordinary people with ordinary dogs, but they cause such problems - and seem to hold a belief that it's their right to terrorize a community.
That's just a localized example but it's my experience of many dog owners all over - 'It's only a dog' - 'He's only playing' - rationalizing their pets aggressive behaviour and not understanding the pain and distress they can cause.
Trying to communicate with a person who is willing to allow their pet free reign is impossible for the most part as the dog is so important to them, If you say you don't like dogs it's akin to an attack on their personality and values.