The correct response to, “Oh, don’t worry! They’re friendly!” is “But I’m not,” accompanied by a death glare.

It’s the “oh, they’re friendly” that really gets me. Every dog is “friendly” until they’re not. Also, everyone’s definition of “friendly” is different. I fucking HATE it when dogs lick me, so I very much don’t appreciate your dog’s “kisses.”

My parents have a friend who does this all the time. They’re like, “lady, we’re glad you’re coming to dinner but please leave Rover at home because we have cats.” And then she brings him anyway, leaves him in the car, and guilt trips about it until she’s allowed to bring him inside. If I wasn’t best friends with her…

The “oh they’re friendly!” excuse is so annoying to me. They may be, but I still don’t want an animal I do not know running toward me!

Those kinds of people piss me off so fucking much. They’re selfish assholes who just want their cute furbaby around them 24/7.

Dogs are fine in theory. They are usually cute and furry. But I don’t care for them, in general. I will pet a dog. I will not live with one. They stink, and are a lot of work to take care of. But people make their choices and that’s their business. I work at a place where people bring their dogs, and I absolutely hate…

I love how when people’s dogs jump on you in public, they just say “Oh! They’re friendly! It’s okay!” And in your head you’re just screaming, “I need to wash these clothes and take my inhaler and Benadryl now!”

What the FUCK. That’s horrifying. I enjoy hiking and have seen people taking dogs off-leash in leashed areas, but jesus christ those people are a whole other kind of asshole.

I think pets bring so much joy and to the lives of their humans. I’ve also been volunteering with animals (mostly cats and livestock) since I was a teenager. I’m definitely a crazy animal lover. BUT! I’m pretty afraid of dogs I don’t know well. I was bitten in the face as a child by an adorable—but volatile—lhaso apso…

Yeah, I’m often told by people that they prefer dogs over cats because they find litter boxes gross. Like, more gross than having to bag up dog poop in the rain? I’ll never understand.

And, if your dog approaches and interacts with me, and I make it clear that I do not want to interact with your dog, do not, under any circumstances say, “Don’t worry, he’s friendly.”

I’m a dog lover here and:

I’ve been in workplaces where people’s dogs have:

I was a lot more dog friendly before my mother turned into one of those people. You know who I mean. They take their dog everywhere but somehow continually fail to notice or correct the completely horrific behavior of said dog. She didn’t used to be like this. She used to criticize people for being so dogcentric.…

There was a woman at a job I was at who had an emotional support dog that she let run RAMPANT all around the office. The building was a pet-free zone, but she’d insisted anyway. She finally gets told to stop bringing in the dog after it pooped on the floor or something, and she threw an absolute fit about it. Lady, if…

I like dogs and have two, yet when will people grasp that dogs aren’t replaceable to children. We can leave a 3 year old dog alone for six hours a day to go to work, you can’t do that with a 3 year old baby. We can teach our dogs fun tricks, but you MUST teach a child and develop them into full functioning adults. Btw…

You know what I hate? The fact that “pet friendly” is usually code for “dog friendly only, no other pets”. Notably for hotels. Thank goodness its been years since I’ve had to travel such distances with a cat that required a hotel stay, but it does happen (especially for moves) and most of the time when a hotel says…

And also most these places as far as I’m aware still have shit policies when it comes to childcare yet now everyone and their mum can bring pets in.

I like dogs. I am also horribly allergic to your dogs. Please stop bringing them on the train. To the laundromat. To the Grocery store. To restaurants. To pretty much everywhere that isn’t outside. if you can’t run errands or eat lunch without your fucking dog, you have a mental problem.

Let’s not pretend that Amazon and other companies are allowing people to bring their dogs into work because they care about employee happiness. They are doing it because employees will work longer hours if they don’t have to go home to take care of their dogs.