So someone I know just came over and told me about how this guy I know who's belgian, whatever attacked another baby animal, were not allowed to say here until it was dead in a public park. When the dog was done with that, it started to go after another smaller dog that it noticed, until the people witnessing all of this went and grabbed the thing to stop it! The dog owner just walked away and left his dog to follow him home since the dog wasn't listening to his commands at all. I asked the dog owner why, and he said simply, "Well, it was the dogs instinct like for a squirrel or whatever. Plus, she's just so fast!" Well, that same dog attacked his boss's other pet, and it cost him 1500 in emergency vet bills. Then, that same dog, (off leash for every attack) ran up to an unsuspecting sleeping smaller dog that was sleeping in the grass at the same previously mentioned park, on its leash next to its owner who was enjoying our 4th of July outdoor concert, and proceeded to start attacking it. When will it stop?! And when will the owner learn to stop letting it off leash, knowing what the dump dog is capable of? Animal control has been contacted, but I'm not sure how much proof was given to them, seeing as how the dog is still around.

Need to rant to others that feel the same way. My husband and I returned home from vacation last week and of course a woman had to bring her "service" dog with her. This was not a seeing eye dog or something along those lines, I have no problem with properly trained dogs who perform a legitimate service to those that are disabled. This was one of those "emotional support" dogs that have the generic vest and are clearly untrained. The dog was seated in an actual human seat and started barking at a toddler who of course started crying. Between the screaming kid and the whining dog I almost lost my mind.

Seriously, I can understand having a genuine service animal who is trained but this was just someone's pet. My mom used to work at an eye clinic and she told me the genuine seeing eye dogs sit quietly and don't cause problems. This was clearly not the case.

Dogs on the roads, dogs on the sidewalks, dogs in the yards, dogs in the windows, dogs at the park, dogs at the beach, dogs in the peoples beach sand, and dogs in the swimmers water... Dogs at the canoe rental, dogs in the canoes, dogs on the docks... Dogs in the cars, dogs hanging out car windows, dogs on drivers laps, dogs sitting in passenger seats, EVERYWHERE. Dogs in all the stores, dogs in the grocery store, dogs in the wal-mart, dogs in the hardware store, dogs in the ice cream shop... dogs at the gas station. dogs at the bank, dogs in the hotel, dogs in the restaurant, dogs in the hospital, dogs in the court house... DOGS ARE AN INVASIVE SPECIES

I brought my baby over to my cousins house, who just had here baby. She had the cutest little girl ever. Short note my cousin is a younger mom. I’ll just leave it she’s younger than 20. Def gets a lot of criticism from her family. She was upstairs with the baby needing help cause she had, some complications during birth so she can’t walk well right now. Of course, I helped her. But what happened was; My cousin’s baby was upstairs crying while everyone was downstairs giving all their attention to her stupid mutt, cause she doesnt want the thing anymore and honestly, watching that made something in me snap because I know exactly what that feeling is like. I deal with the same thing with my husband, who will give his dog all the love, attention, and concern in the world while I’m upstairs alone with a crying newborn, trying to hold everything together.

It’s a special kind of loneliness when you’re struggling with a baby who needs you, exhausted and overwhelmed, and the person who’s supposed to be your partner seems more concerned about an animal than the woman and child who need him. I desperately need my husband to show up for me and our baby. It’s not really about the dog as much as it is about feeling abandoned by the person who should be standing beside me. His dog is an absolute beast, though. Untrained and thinks he runs the house. Apparently I’m a horrible person for not wanting the dog around

We were having a good afternoon. We picked up my granddaughter from school, went for a walk and then to the grocery store. They got my wife's new prescription ready while we did our shopping, and all was good. As we headed for the checkout, there he was, 30 ish male dog nutter with some young, untrained looking idiot dog. It had a vest, but at least it didn't say "service dog " because obviously it wasn't. In my charming way, I looked at the dog and nutter scornfully, and said "Really? It's a damn grocery store! It's illegal to have a dog in a grocery store." nutter tried to tell me that it wasn't illegal . It quickly turned into a shouting, swearing match and I assured him that he was number one, with both of my middle fingers. He left, I don't know if he was asked to leave. Nobody asked me to leave, perhaps because I had $200 worth of groceries in my cart, and my really cute granddaughter in her wheelchair. Fun fact, dogs tend to attack people in wheelchairs! I'm still fired up about it. At first I thought it wasn't my finest moment, but maybe it was.

You hear all about it because they wail about it nonstop. All the time they expect you to care about their mutt having a stomachache or some shit. Adults will literally break down crying and go to the ends of the earth if their shithound is sick.

Yet I never see the same reaction for other humans. I've NEVER seen them shed a single tear over their sick child, parent, spouse, or any other family member. If their family member is sick, they make it seem like an enormous chore to take them to the doctor. Yet these people will speed to the vet and go into debt over their sick mutt.

They will tell everyone nonstop about how sick their dog is. They will miss work, lose their minds, start crying and shit. No reaction when it's for their own family though.

Dogs are the only animal that have to be making extremely loud noises 24/7. All other animals can be quiet. Dogs bark day and night. They don't care if they are annoying. They shit everywhere with no sense of respect for their surroundings. Humans idolize dogs but they are the most self centered obnoxious animals. Im sure all other animals are thinking the same thing while they try to sleep.... SHUUUTTT UPPPP!!!!!!

More of a rant, since there isn’t anything to do except stop supporting the TCG shop.

I frequent a TCG shop in the Portland OR area, it’s a good time and the folks are great there. But then this person with a dog started showing up. This is a late 30s single woman who brings their dog EVERYWHERE. They always bring the dog for TCG nights and board game nights. My friend hangs out with her and quietly complains that the dog is c blocking him and is a nuisance when he goes out with her since it always tags along. At the shop, it’s no different: The dog is incredibly annoying, it smells awful, barks and goes under the tables sniffing around as you would expect from a dog.

Unsurprisingly, the dog owner is unapologetically defensive, her baby is a good dog who always stays by her side and doesn’t bother anyone. Except for the nuisances I described, and the fact that the dog is constantly getting treats and attention in the middle of games. The dog owner is always half tuned in and really breaks the game momentum. It sucks to play with her.

Now it’s no secret I straight up hate dogs, I don’t pretend otherwise. My wife happens to be allergic to dogs, like “she will go into a full asthma attack if she’s around a dog for ten minutes” bad.

Earlier this week, I brought my wife to play mtg commander with me, she was actually enthusiastic and eager to learn. We got her a precon deck and had a pod ready to go. So we’re just minding our business when dog lady strolls in and starts to park herself at a table next to ours. The dog immediately starts sniffing around and I turn over to their table to tell them my wife is allergic. Her response? “So..how allergic is she?” F off, like she is okay with making someone else uncomfortable as long as it doesn’t kill them?

Now, I’ve tolerated the dog lady when I came alone but on this night I was mad, I was rude to her, I made it very clear that her presence was not welcomed. My friends in the shop are nicer than me, they said nothing but the dog is definitely annoying. Since one of my friends wants to date her too (poor sap thinks the dog situation will get better), I couldn’t truly say everything I wanted to say about her dog codependency but I said enough that folks thought I was being the bad guy here.

Then, my wife unsurprisingly starts to react to the nearby dog and we cut our game short, start packing up when the dog lady suddenly decides to leave. As far as the game store goes, problem solved? No. The dander is still in the air.

We leave and barely get home in time for her to use her steroid inhaler and prevent an asthma attack. What a way to spoil the night.

Decided I was tired of this dog situation, I emailed the shop owner. I was very polite and made a reasonable appeal that they should look into excluding non service animals.

The response? “Our shop has an open dog policy, if you have an issue please call ahead and we can make arrangements for you or have the dog patron relocated”

Okay but that doesn’t solve the lingering dander, it also doesn’t make fucking sense because the dog doesn’t add any value to a god damn card game. Why does a dog need to be here, at all? There is no good reason to bring it inside. Yeah yeah there’s service dogs and I know the shop can’t stop them, but I can’t think of a single justification for a card shop to have an open dog policy. The owner must be a dog nutter themselves.

So that’s my rant; my wife says she won’t be attending anymore if there’s any chance dog lady shows up. The shop isn’t going to do anything about it. I’d really enjoy playing with my wife, so I guess we are going to find another TCG play shop that doesn’t allow pet dogs.

That's basically the whole post. I'm so freaking annoyed. We just came home from school and got out of the car in our driveway. Youngest steps in shit almost immediately. Shoes are the worst to clean I had to grab a toothpick to pick the shit out of the grooves manually because a gloved hand and a lysol wipe with my fingernail wasn't doing the trick. IN MY DRIVEWAY. Time to install security cameras. We have no less than 3 dog owners on our block but I already know it's definitely not one of them

I ended up in a nightmare hotel driving home from a trip. I got stuck in traffic & was too tired to complete the trip, so had to make an unplanned hotel stop. I didn’t see dogs while checking in, but the floor of the room was filthy, and I was just too tired to try to switch. Walked around in a pair of socks that I threw away before leaving. When I left the next morning, dogs were everywhere. Got on the elevator - people got in after me & their dogs were fighting. I never want to repeat this mistake… so wondering…. Does anyone know how to avoid this? I’m looking online at hotels and almost every hotel is “pet friendly”. I called a hotel … told them I have allergies to pets & asked if they have rooms that are guaranteed pet free (like no smoking rooms). They said they don’t. This is ridiculous.

Applying to this new place and fingers crossed I get it. I currently live in apartment where there are over 10 giant dogs that shed everywhere, bark non stop for hours, and shit all over the yard unleashed and the owners don’t pick it up or control them. This new place I applied to does allow pets, but it is extremely strict. They do not allow excessive barking, banned large breeds including pit bulls, german shepards, and do not allow unleashed dogs. I am so hoping I get this place because I am genuinely exhausted of sharing an apartment full of disgusting dog nutters. I believe more places should have these rules because this was the only apartment I’ve ever applied to that has these rules.

I thought it would be fun to make a thread with places that are (usually) dog free. I know it may vary from country to country, but please feel free to share your experiences. I'll go first with indoor and outdoor swimming pools. In my country they're public and dogs are not allowed. Also churches, Kindergarten, movie theatres and theaters overall. Can't think of more now, but maybe you have some ideas.