ot: dogs are taking over

[scaredyclassic]

Grrrrrrrrr…..

Ruff…

My wife’s dogs allegedly recently bit a neighbor. That’s why I’m on an anti dog rampage. However I have always disliked dogs. They are just a giant liability. I do not find them cute or amusing. Almost all are very poorly behaved. Loud. Dumb. And spoiled.

Everyone also thinks it’s other people’s dogs that are bad but their dog is good. Nobody b thinks they have a shitty dog News flash…your dog is probably irritating too. Excessive barking. Jumping on people or just sniffing them. Peeing in public places. Running around and making me nervous as I don’t know for sure your dog is cool.

I was once approached by a vicious sounding dog on a country road. I knew that loose dogs were there and had a small hatchet. I raised it to protect myself. The owner was furious that I was prepared to defend myself against their loose Dog barking in my face a few feet from me.

Typical. One step closer and idve brained the dog and the owner probably would’ve shot me. After all their baby was just barking.

[joec]

I actually hate dogs myself as well and you aren’t alone. I agree that the owners are even worst since like a kid, a dog is a dog and will act stupid, kids, you expect to act a bit better. I gotta say I hate owners who “think” their dog can be off leash, but their dogs are always running at me or across the street and I can’t be happier if they got ran over.

Some dogs are super mellow and are very well trained and behaved, but I think the majority are just annoying and is a 20k/ (just checked) 30k lawsuit waiting to happen.

I actually brought data as well!
http://www.iii.org/dog-bite-claims-infographic.html

Nearly 30k per claim avg and you can bet your insurance company will DUMP YOU after you get sued and they pay out.

Good luck trying to get coverage for your larger dog (if you have one of those) afterwards…

Also read some states like NY, a minor can still sue you years after till they are 18 if there is scarring.

For the few people who have super well trained dogs who never misbehave and can be controlled and listen to directions, great! For the 99% others, keep them on a leash!

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=joec]I actually hate dogs myself as well and you aren’t alone. I agree that the owners are even worst since like a kid, a dog is a dog and will act stupid, kids, you expect to act a bit better. I gotta say I hate owners who “think” their dog can be off leash, but their dogs are always running at me or across the street and I can’t be happier if they got ran over.

Some dogs are super mellow and are very well trained and behaved, but I think the majority are just annoying and is a 20k/ (just checked) 30k lawsuit waiting to happen.

I actually brought data as well!
http://www.iii.org/dog-bite-claims-infographic.html

Nearly 30k per claim avg and you can bet your insurance company will DUMP YOU after you get sued and they pay out.

Good luck trying to get coverage for your larger dog (if you have one of those) afterwards…

Also read some states like NY, a minor can still sue you years after till they are 18 if there is scarring.

For the few people who have super well trained dogs who never misbehave and can be controlled and listen to directions, great! For the 99% others, keep them on a leash![/quote]

i guess im ok with an off leash policy if the dog owner is ok with me killing the dog if it comes within4 feet of me. even that’s really too close…

[Coronita]

Cool maybe I can get my prescriptions filled at the vet…..

[outtamojo]

My daughter wanted a dog- I said why don’t we just adopt a homeless person instead.

[scaredyclassic]

Looks like my homeowners policy covers bites. 2500$ deductible tho. Ouch. Course on the bright side I’ll save money on dog food once they’re dead. Not sure where the breakeven point is but probably less than 2 years. So from an investment viewpoint the 2500 is really making a decent return. My wife made me buy this semipremiums dogfood so monthly I don’t know 85 for two dogs? Guessing. Plus it made it harder to get away.

She’s really sad.

I’m so done with ever owning a dog again.

I will never ever consent again.

side note….

Wilfred. TV show . So funny.

It’s the apotheosis is of the anthropomorphization of dogs.

Definitely worth watch for dog lovers and haters alike.

[scaredyclassic]

If you have a dog you really should review insurance.

There’s exclusions on some policies … worth comparing…

I know you think your dog won’t bite.

Ours really don’t sem like biters.

I think the truth is all dogs are biters.

[scaredyclassic]

Dogs eat processed food. Couldn’t we fix their teeth to lower danger????

[CDMA ENG]

[quote=UCGal][quote=FlyerInHi]Raising dogs is like raising kids. Takes effort and dedication. Lots of people ruin it for everybody else.[/quote]
This.

I have more problems with some dog owners, than the dogs. Dogs that are well trained, are not a problem in public. But so few dogs are well trained.

That said – we take our dog for walks around the neighborhood, and sometimes for walks on the beach (before 9am when they must leave) but the dog stays home when we go out to run errands or eat. I don’t understand why you’d bring your dog with you to Lowes or Home Depot… to ask them advice about paint colors?[/quote]

Dogs make terrible home decorators…

For some reason they always suggest gray tones of paint.

I love dogs but really even the best trained ones have no business in places like Home Depot…

Ce

[scaredyclassic]

ifa dog is perceived as a human family member why leave at home?

[UCGal]

[quote=6packscaredy]ifa dog is perceived as a human family member why leave at home?[/quote]

Maybe I’m a bad dog owner (from a dog owner’s perspective). My dog is my pet. And yes- my kids come first before my dog.

My dog does add value to our household – but he’s a secondary family member… not a primary.

Heck – I don’t even let him get on the furniture. He has a perfectly good dog bed- and I don’t like the fur on the couch. He knows he’s not the Alpha in the house… He follows the rules.

We’ve discussed possibly taking him out offleash. And vetoed that idea. If he saw a rabbit, bird, squirrel – he’d take off. Even though he’s very well behaved on leash. He’s a dog. Not a human… dog instincts win out.

I love my dog. Have even nicknamed him “the wonderdog”. But he’s a dog…not a human.

I think too many dog owners forget the idea that dogs are animals with dog-instincts, not human instincts. Love your dog for it’s dogginess… don’t try to make it a human. And deal with the dogginess by using a leash in public, giving it exercise, cleaning up after it if it poops in public, and accepting that your dog might not always be nice.

[zk]

I like our dog. He’s fun. I’m glad we have him.

But he’s just a dog.

From the below-linked article:

“A recent paper by Richard Topolski at George Regents University and colleagues, published in the journal Anthrozoös, demonstrates this human involvement with pets to a startling extent…
40% of respondents, including 46% of women, voted to save their dog over a foreign tourist [when they could only save one].”

That is really quite scary. How messed up do you have to be to save a dog’s life over a person’s? To let somebody’s father or sister or daughter die so that you can still have your dog. Among other things, how outrageously and abominably selfish is that? “Yes, I picked your father to die over my dog.” Or, “I know your daughter is dead. But I still have my dog!” And 40%?

What a horrible commentary on the society we live in.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324085304579008623945193510

[spdrun]

Depends on the dog and the person. You’re telling me you’d choose Bernie Madoff’s, Jeffrey Dahmer’s, or Adolf Eichmann’s life over that of a loyal dog?

[zk]

[quote=spdrun]Depends on the dog and the person. You’re telling me you’d choose Bernie Madoff’s, Jeffrey Dahmer’s, or Adolf Eichmann’s life over that of a loyal dog?[/quote]

Is that really what you think I’m telling you?

The question is about a stranger you know nothing about.

[scaredyclassic]

I sympathize with dahmer

Check out my friend dahmer, a comic book autobio about a guy who went to hs w jeff.

Fascinating.

I’d save dahmer over a dog.

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