#i'm not a dog person. i never even picked up a dog until the moment i had to keep him from running away during a show.

I hate hate hate hate how dog friendly everything is in the city now. Barring medical necessity, there is no reason to bring your dog to a restaurant, there is no reason to bring your dog to the grocery store, there is no reason to bring your dog to the nail salon. Dogs do not need to go everywhere you go why am I being forced to be around dogs all the time

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The worst part is the degree to which city people will aggressively fearmonger about crime while also bringing their dog everywhere. Bestie you're more than twice as likely to get sent to the hospital by a dog bite than you are by anything a human does the danger is coming from inside the house

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Statistically speaking, homeless people are far less dangerous than dogs but the average city liberal would kill a dozen homeless people to save a single stupid french bulldog it's so bleak I can't stand dog people

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Based on the replies to this post I am now convinced that "keep your damn dog at home" is a very much a silent majority position

#also tell me why all the luxury buildings that popped up in my area over the last decade #constantly have dog poop outside them on the sidewalks. everywhere. why. why.#these people don't care to pick up after their dogs. but they also don't care to keep the street they live on clean?#make it make sense. do you people not have to weave through poop like i do? do they just step in it?!#there's a 2 block stretch of like 3 or 4 'luxury' buildings and it's directly across from a large housing project #guess which side of the street has more poop #no really take a quick guess which side respects the block they live on more.#so add 'people don't know how to pick up after their dogs' to the annoyance of dogs being allowed in places they shouldn't.#shoutout to the toxic costume designer i worked with in january that i keep sprinkling details about in tag rants #because it took almost a full year for me to truly process some of it. but yeah she had an 'emotional support' dog #that was allowed in the theater when normally animals aren't allowed. he was allowed because he supporsedly helped her ptsd and anxiety.#but THIS DOG. did nothing. as far as i could tell he didn't actually serve a purpose. i comforted and calmed her down more than him.#(she legit had gone through a LOT in the prior months. the toxicity came from her taking it out on me and her assistants)#(and yet i still calmed her down through multiple panic attacks and in return i'd get yelled at for other stuff)#in fact. on the last day i ever saw her in person. she popped into the dressing room unannounced to watch part of the show #and said 'i'm gonna leave him here' and closes the door and this dog HAD SEPARATION ANXIETY so he scratched at the door #then an actor came into the dressing room. to change. aka the room's literal purpose. and he TRIED TO BOOK IT through the open door.#i had to grab him before he got out. then when the actor had to go back out to make their entrance i had to keep a hold of him.#i'm not a dog person. i never even picked up a dog until the moment i had to keep him from RUNNING AWAY DURING A SHOW.#and he had a habit of going to places he shouldn't and walking where people were walking and stuff. i almost stepped on him daily.#so i started joking he had a death wish and she chewed me out over that. and i'm like girl. your dog. is not trained.#we LOST him one day. she was literally out on the street calling for him. i don't know where he was but he wandered back in eventually #if he's your emotional support animal why is he not staying with you? why is he wandering? why is he trying to get stepped on?#this was not an emotional support animal that was able to exist in public. i remember describing his behavior to my therapist #during one of many sessions and my therapist was like 'yeah i'm not sure that's an actually certified trained support animal'#so let's add that to it. that people are taking advantage of certifications and even fake service dog harnesses. (not her case at least)#it's 4am i gotta stop before i can't sleep from the memories of the stress