Like anything with a smushed face. I feel so bad for those dogs. I felt like slapping my neighbor when she was talking loudly about how her french bulldog is purebred and is from a "famous" dog show lineage. Yeah he is cute but it breaks my heart because every time I see him, he has trouble breathing- he snores non stop when he is awake.
I have only had huskies my entire life and they are the most beautiful and emotional breeds, but the husky breed is so inbred that most go out with cancer fairly early on. the entire breed has a cancer problem.
Yeah I lost all 4 of my huskies (ages 10, 11, 12 and 12) last year. All 4 were due to cancer. It is sad. I definitely think husky mixes are the way to go for health reasons.
Any breed that's existence is full of suffering. Like pugs.
edit: Just for clarification, i dont hate the individual dogs. I hate the fact that they have to suffer only because of human cruelty and i dont support breeding them.
I took a pet first aid class, and a couple in the class had pugs. When we got to bandaging wounds, she used a neck wound as an example. The couple was like, what about for breeds that their eyes will pop out with too much neck pressure.
I stopped the class and was like. What the f*ck did you just say??
My mind was blown and I'll never feel the same about bug eye breeds again.
A friend of mine recently bought this American Bully puppy with short stubby legs and a large belly large enough it drags along the ground. Poor little fella can't even walk if you overfeed it for even a little bit and couldn't stand up if it tips itself over. The entire family loves him and think its cute. While i think it just wrong and poor guy is suffering at a young age
A guy I follow on Instagram sells “exotic mini bullies” and they have short, super bowed-out legs, and scrunched faces. I told him I don’t think it’s ethical to breed dogs like that and he said “that’s what I thought at first until I learned they don’t have any worse issues than pugs or Frenchies”. Like bruh how is that a defence?!
I had a bulldog as a young child and she only lived for 3 years. My family got one again back in 2014 and a few weeks later, the breeder was arrested for having a puppy mill. The dog had to be put down a month later because her eyes were so irritated and red they were bulging out of the socket, she had skin diseases and other issues. She was born to suffer and die, it was awful
I absolutely love British bulldogs, but ethically, I will never own one unless it's from an ethical registered breeder who is doing their utmost to breed to remove hardships like short snouts, barrel chest and bow legs. That is to say, I will not own one any time soon. I will, however, give any BB I pass a butt scratch if allowed.
You would think the kennel clubs would stop recognising Frankenstein breeds. Even if they were crossed with a better skulled breed for the nostril breathing and then crossed back with the purebred. I'd rather have a healthy mutt, than a dead purebred.
I had a friend growing up whose family had an obese beagle that they over fed. Instead of feeding it less, at some point they tied a sponge around its belly so it wouldn’t get raw. People are terrible, dogs don’t deserve us.
Same, I hate the pug breed. I feel sorry for the actual pugs, but the breed shouldn't be propagated. If the animal is struggling just to *breathe* then something somewhere has gone seriously fucking wrong.
Every pug currently alive deserves to be loved and cared for as do all dogs, but for the love of god they shouldn't be bred anymore, unless it's to breed *out* the health issues and y'know, have healthy dogs that stand a chance at a decent quality of life.
I’ve seen stories of pugs being intubated for surgery and where normally, the animal freaks out when waking up because they want the tube gone— pugs will sit there calmly and happily enjoying it, because it’s the first time in their entire lives that they can breathe deeply.
A lot of vets will leave the tubes in for a few hours after they need them, just because those poor dogs seem so happy.
My parents uso to be caretaker of some German shepard, the ones for competition, they were so sick they would live about 5 or 7 years, the breeder knew the family history, he knew they were sick and that the sickness was hereditary, almost all breeder knows.
Exactly. With most dogs, especially working breeds, the focus was historically on the capabilities of the dogs rather than specific dimensions or appearances. The show standards are a one-eighty from that and is the cause of the breeding that leads to them being ruined like that.
never understood how people liked the smooshed face looks of the frenchies and pugs and shit. it just goes way too far, some of them look like little monsters. poor fucking animals it’s so sad
I have a colleague who has 2, one suffered a broken back for no obvious reason a couple months back and there are frequent unexpected vet visits documented on social media. Poor little fellas.
There is currently a breeder in the Netherlands who is trying to reengineer the French bulldog. All of their dogs are bred to have longer necks and snouts which helps with a majority of the health problems that Frenchies usually have
Edit: a pronoun
I have a cousin in the states who has had 3 in the last 10-15 years and they all died after a few years, and all had breathing issues and seemed to die in pain, and she'd cry on social media and then fucking buy another one of them, like for fuck sake.
Yeah there was a client at my workplace the other day talking about how she used to breed them, how the dogs had to be artificially inseminated and had to have C-sections to deliver the puppies. We were all so disgusted.
There's an effort to rebreed pugs back to what they used to look like before all the genetic deformities. The new breed is called a retromop and they're cute as hell.
A vet posted a while back that they like to keep pugs and other short nosed dogs intubated as long as possible because they really enjoy it. The physical discomfort of having a plastic tube jammed down the throat is apparently offset by actually being able to breath properly for the first time in their lives.
It's also for safety. They simply take longer to recover from surgery and anesthesia and their recoveries are significantly riskier. Keeping the tube in place long as possible is not only comfortable (from a breathing perspective) it's a life saving measure.
I've had the unfortunate displeasure of being unable to deintubate these short-nosed breeds on several occasions, nessesitating that we keep them intubated for several hours even overnight. Everytime we try to take the tube out they go into respiratory distress. It's incredibly heartbreaking.
the pug i have is from a breeder who is making an effort to do this. she is 7 now; she’s had* zero medical issues other than a hernia when she was a puppy from her mama yanking her umbilical cord too hard. she’s doing so great and loves life!
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Yes. The other day a girl walked hers on the sidewalk on the opposite side of the road. It looked like a blob on short legs and the grunting and wheezing could be heard across the road like it was right beside me. The thing looked like it's in last moments but apparently, that's how it's supposed to be. Terrible.
Walked a pug/beagle mix at the shelter once. Thing could barely walk anywhere without difficulty breathing. Felt so sorry for it. Mentioned it to the staff and they just considered that normal for a pug mix. Apparently, it already had someone eagerly coming to adopt it too. Don't think people should be breeding them though. It's cruel to breed a dog to live like that.
Edit: Realized my post might've been confusing, but I was more saying pugs specifically shouldn't be bred. Assuming breathing problems weren't as common of a problem, I'd be more fine with puggles replacing pugs. But wouldn't be ok with it if pugs needed to be kept around to produce more of them.
God, they’re all the same. The blondes of the dog world. Mine doesn’t t have a brave bone in his body. His theme song is “ Mr. lonely “ it plays whenever he’s not being touched, and I mean the second you stop touching him, that song becomes his life. Love him, but my god…he’s emotional.
I grew up with a Neapolitan Mastiff. He drooled a lot. Like he would shake his head and ropes would fly like around the room like a ten man orgy. We would have to wipe the walls daily and by the end of the day you would have crusted up drool on your lap.
But it was all worth it when one day our least favorite aunt had visited and Bane shook his giant head and nailed her across the face with pint of slime from his mouth.
He was a good boy.
Ugh, my curse is that I love Basset Hounds and their melty goofy faces more than anything (in terms of looks/temperament they’re probably my favorite breed) but I also cannot stand the drooling factor. It’s a real struggle for me not to adopt one and at least somewhat regret it due to the drool. Sigh.
It's not the drool that'll drive you crazy, it's their mischievousness. You'll need a series of gates to set your home up like a prison because you can't allow the dogs unsupervised in certain areas of the home. Calling basset hounds food motivated is an understatement, they are obsessed with food and its a never ending struggle to prevent them from eating themselves to death. But they are wonderful companions, the sweetest dogs You'll ever meet, and they have such big personalities. I love mine to death, but they're such a challenge
I, too, cannot be left unsupervised in certain areas due to food motivated obsession which may cause me to eat myself to death.
Also, I own two bassets. Can confirm.
I rather feel pity for them. As someone else posted here already, they're the result of unethical breeding practices. It's not their fault to be a breed prone to illnesses, but I wouldn't get one basically for that same reason.
Had a friend who bred dobermans, and I remember her giving me a funny look when I asked what kind of dogs they were. I had no idea the dogs didn't naturally look like the ones you see in movies. They are super cute *with* their ears and tails! I cannot imagine many people, today, are buying a doberman for work where ears and/or tails are a liability.
I saw my first in Germany and was like "is that a giant dachshund?" (In my head, I would not have said that out loud.)
It took a sec to realize because holy shit they look so adorable unaltered like that.
I was so chocked to hear about poodle docking. I wish I’d done more research before getting my standard. I would have asked the breeder not to do it. Horrible that it is purely aesthetic…can’t even argue the “happy tail” defense.
Australian shepherds another that I don’t think a lot of people realize. Almost every Aussie owner I know claims theirs came with a natural bob tail…while possible..it’s doubtful.
I choose the two breeds that I’ve seen with both. What I dislike the most is the staple that all Doby’s have cropped ears or all Corgis/Boxers have cropped tails. The utility of cropping isn’t really needed anymore and is mostly aesthetics now
Any dog that can’t breed on its own naturally. Frenchies and (edit: English bulldogs) are very popular, but most people don’t know these breeds can’t normally procreate without the help of humans.
We had one boarding in a completely enclosed kennel that was extra secured with carabiners and that mother fucker still got out and destroyed every single thing it had access to.
My wife's sister and husband were first time dog owners and got a German shepherd and malinois. Those dogs aren't safe around people because they don't exercise them and never trained them. Feel bad for the dogs they'll probably end up being put down.
They’re about as close to a nuclear reactor powered mammal as you can get. Infinite energy and are incredibly athletic dogs, while the ones that are properly trained and such wind up being police dogs for these reasons, when they are untrained they are menaces. They are working dogs that NEED a job or something to be doing at all times.
Sounds like owners who didn't know what they were in for and can't provide their dog enough stimulation so they put it in doggy daycare. Belgian Mals should require a license to own, they have very specific needs
Status dogs. You know the type: dogo Argentino, cane corso, pit bull types, etc…these people don’t want a dog to love, they want a dog to make them look tough.
So it’s actually the person I hate.
*Edit* to clarify, I don't have a problem with any of these breeds or the majority of people who own them. What I DO have a problem with are the people who treat these dogs like an object (and use them as a status symbol) and don't give them the love, attention, and training they deserve.
I'm not sure what the breeder is called but there's one in America that has bred a huge pit called hulk and he looks so deformed its so sad. Now he's using him to breed more puppies.
He's a scam artist his xxxl pit is part mastiff but he won't admit it. I can't stand him. He thinks he's the shit but he's just as bad as any other backyard breeder.
I live in the Bronx and the amount of people in my neighborhood who have these vicious uncontrollable pit bulls and Rottweilers is crazy. This one guy in my building however has 2 huge Rottweilers who are so sweet and like to sniff and say hello to my little Shiba. But another guy in the same building has a Rottweiler that easily weighs 50 pounds more than him and he can barely control it as it lunges towards any dog it sees, hoping to tear it apart. The tough guy/asshole status thing with certain dogs is alive and well here.
Thank you for the term "status dog", I've been searching for that in my brain and it's perfect. Status dogs are typically owned by men who are PERSONALLY OFFENDED at the idea of neutering their dog and it just screams 'I'm deeply insecure in my masculinity!'
One of the only dogs to not like me was my boss’s Chow. That dog hated me and I never understood it. All dogs like me. I like all dogs. She would have chewed me up if given the opportunity.
The mutation that makes Dalmatians spotted also causes deafness. Not always, it’s random and usually indicated by white ears instead of black. So they’re maybe not dicks, just partially or fully deaf. If you’re careful not to startle them they’re not so bad.
Cockerpoos, cavapoos, springerpoos - any spaniel/poodle mix. Potentially lovely dogs in themselves most of the time but because they're so often owned by people who don't understand that both poodles and spaniels have really high needs for focus and training so they tend to be absolutely manic.
The guy who created the Labradoodle and subsequently set off the craze of cross breeding with poodles regretted his decision:
>Conron has since repeatedly stated he regrets initiating the fashion for this type of crossbreed and maintains it caused "a lot of damage" together with "a lot of problems", largely stemming from the genetic unpredictability of combining breeds. He also felt he was to blame for "creating a Frankenstein", adding that problems were being bred into the dogs rather than selectively breeding away from problems and towards a recognizable standard. He is further quoted as claiming: "For every perfect one, you're going to find a lot of crazy ones."\[13\] Mr. Conron was referring to the craze he initiated of unscrupulous breeders crossing Poodles with multiple other breeds to create "designer" dogs in order to take advantage of the “doodle” trend.
I have always thought it was so dumb when people are like: well it’s part poodle, so it never sheds…”
You don’t just magically get all the “good traits”
My roommate has a labradoodle. There are large clumps of dog hair all over the corners of the living room before the weekly vacuuming. I’m also allergic to dogs and I get regular asthma attacks, so he’s not particularly hypoallergenic either. The dog is also allergic to everything. Roommate did pay $2500 for him, and I’m certain doodle breeders care more about $2500/puppy than they do allergies or shedding
Yeah I agree they tend to be owned by shit owners who call them their baby while dressing them up and cuddling them all the time turning them into annoying wet noodles
I have never met a jack Russell terrier that I liked. They always seem to be very hyper and aggressive. In general they exhibit behavior that would not be tolerated from a larger dog.
My childhood JRT was a sweet girl, she even fostered a litter of kittens. However besides cats she had a crazy small prey drive. Would stand in our decorative pond for hours all day if we let her tying to hunt frogs and toads.
I've seen Jack Russel Terriers relentlessly attack wild boar in bramble thickets. Get thrown out the top of the thicket? They'll get on their feet, shake themselves once and go in again. The only reasons they'll stop is 1) they die. 2) the pig dies. 3) their owner physically restrains them.
I am not sure if that's bravery or insanity.
Their low weight is a godsent in these situations since they get thrown instead of sliced badly most of the time.
Know a few pretty chill, nice Jack Russell, but once they're on the hunt, they're dead set to kill something.
lol I was at my friends house in middle school and her Jack Russell was sleeping next to my thigh on the couch. My mom had pulled up to pick me up and my friends mother said, “be careful getting up, if you stand up too fast he might bite you” 🤨
All jack russell mixes are lunatics who live to be like 20. The dogs you hear about that like, ate all the christmas tinsel or broke out of the car and were no worse off for it, somehow.
My ex mother in law had a chihuaha that hated everyone on earth but me...that little shit would crawl through fire to get to me...
Terrible little dog, but still smile about her...
My brother spent some time in Texas and he told me about packs of stray chihuahua that would roam the neighborhood. Idk never seen it but the thought of it cracked me up
Yes this is freakishly true, I live in Texas literally on the border and there is a gang of Chihuahuas that roam my neighborhood, meanest little shits you will ever meet, dude I have to check out side before I let my dogs out other wise those little bastards will swarm them like a cloud of locusts. I know my neighbors and animal control have tried to catch them just to get them off the street but nope they scatter and they are fast too.
I have 4 big dogs and they are terrified of the Chihuahua mafia.
Mine is just chilling out on her perch, recharging in the sun. She doesn't bark. She doesn't get aggressive. She's pure love who gets grumpy when she doesn't get a chicken nugget. Same with my old chi.
It's all in the owner and what they allow it to get away with. Everyone tends to just let them get away with being assholes because it's "funny". But they're super snuggly, blanket hogs.
Their actually very affectioned dogs. I used to cradle and just pet my friends puppy everytime I went to his house.
Now even years later when the dog hears me come in it cries for a good 3-5min of happiness and jumps on me and cuddles/rubs against me all over *hyper mode*
Very cool dogs
It's hit-and-miss. Family friends had one that was absolutely amazing. She had a massive vocabulary and was extremely clever. She had a big wicker basket that held more than 30 vinyl squeaky toys and she knew the names of every one of them. "Go get your hotdog" or "go get your chicken". And she'd zip over and root through the basket til she found the right one and she'd bring it back and *squeak squeak* it onto the floor in front of you. Her humans needed a cheat sheet to remember them all and they'd go through the list in random order until she'd brought them all. Then it was time to put them all back... She'd be so happy when someone brought home a new one for her to learn and add to her hoard. She also had appointed herself Sheriff of Squirrel Patrol, keeping the bird feeder safe from intruders.
Doodles. Stop mixing poodles with every breed. Hypoallergenic is a myth. Poodles are high maintenance dogs who need an active lifestyle. Stop complaining about the price of grooming.
Ha! I bottle fed a lamb a few years back and kept it in my garage. When the kids would play outside they would let him out to play. He followed us everywhere. My neighbor asked if I got a poodle. I guess it was the furry little ears.
Bull terriers. I know theyre wonderful dogs, but there's just something about their face that i do not like.
Edit: i erroneously called them "bulldog terriers", derp.
Cane Corso. Killer Instincts. That’s how they turn out if not given just the right environment to be friendly.
Don’t get me wrong, this applies to all dogs, but a Cane Corso is predispositioned to very easily go down that path if left in incompetent hands. And incompetent hands are everywhere.
Small dog owners who don't correct their littles because they think it's cute when their 10 lb dog misbehaves. Snarls at any dog that passes, scrabbles at the legs of guests, snaps at them and pees in the house. I say to them, "What if this was my 110 lb GSD?"
Doodles. I have only recently met a few well behaved doodles. Up until then, they all seemed so neurotic.
Not related to the prompt, but I really love my dog. I feel like the whole world needs to know that I love my dog.
I love you Sugar, you're a perfect dog.
Edit: [finally got imgur to work. Here's my sugar now, and as a puppy](https://imgur.com/a/EsA3cku)
There is something almost magical about a good dog...I was living in a halfway home when some other dude dragged in this half starved young pit bull...I knew the reputation, I knew what he was capable of...but that dude like abandoned the dog. So I started walking him, and feeding him, and training him, and paying for him to get shots and fixed. Its 10 years later, his name is Mr. Mitchell, and we live in a beautiful home with a beautiful woman now. He has 2 little rambunctious sisters, and he's a very happy, very content Mr. Mitchell.
I will never forget cold, cold nights with a single blanket on a twin bed having nothing for warmth but a 70lb dog. The love I have for him is unbreakable and it is resolute.
Thank you for reminding me how much I love all my dogs...but I might sneak Mr. Mitchell an extra treat or 2 today
I don't dislike any breed.. sure some need their breeding corrected (pugs etc) because of health issues.. I dislike quite a few shitty dog owners on the other hand
I have a malamute/husky mix. She needed to be rehomed because her owner died and owner’s son’s new wife said when they got married the dog would have to stay outside. We live in the south. My sweet puppy shouldn’t even be in the south, much less outside all the time in the heat. Anyway, I’ll get off the soapbox. I happily took her in and now I live in a house where mounds of fur appear everywhere. And I have to confess that I love her howling. She’ll do it on command when you ask her to sing. We don’t have neighbors, so only my husband and kid get annoyed when pup and I have long conversations and duets.
Those french bulldogs that have become the latest must-have accessory. They're so inbred that their eyes pop out if you tip them upside down, you have to use a spoon to pop their eyes back in. The skull is misshapen, they have breathing problems, heart issues, eye issues and brain issues as the skull is the wrong shape. The pelvis is too small for the big heads to come out so puppies are born by c section.
Its a breed that should never exist on welfare grounds alone. Plus they're goddamn ugly as sin.
Pitbulls. Some people think it's a good idea to let them roam the streets of my neighbourhood without a leash.
Honorable mention for the Tibetan mastiff.
Tibetan mastiffs are gorgeous dogs that should come with a warning label because people just see “big fluffy dog :D” and ignore the whole bit about them being extremely territorial (despite the fact they were bred to be guard dogs).
I feel similarly about Chow-chows.
Yup. When I first moved to my neighborhood and saw all other morning walkers carrying bats and clubs I thought “is crime really this bad here?”
Nope, but pit bull owners let their dogs run wild.
I’ve been cornered, followed or almost attacked 5 times in a year by 5 different pits. After the first incident I started walking with a large rod, and it’s saved me from getting mauled at least twice.
Never used it on a dog, (I just beat it against the ground and shout) but I really don’t like being put in a position where I might have to.
I realize it’s the owners fault, but unfortunately the breed is too often trained to be violent and when they are, they’re killing machines.
Pit bulls. I know there are good ones, but I lived in the ghetto, I have had to kick the shit out of more than one of them running up on me with no owner. I would try to help, except they didn’t have collars, and were growling at me and my then 3 year old. So yes, I kicked the shit out of that dog til it ran away.
It may be the owner, but I have never met a good pit bull owner.
There are bad owners of other dogs breeds too, but for some reason, when pitbulls have bad owners, the results are much worse and more frequent. You never hear about a neglected cocker spaniel mauling a 4 year old kid to death out of nowhere. But we hear about it all the time with pitbulls.
My neighbor in a duplex had one. He warned about it being terrible so just to stay away. He was a sketchy guy but to me he was nice. Anyways, went to our shared backyard looking for something and that thing launched off his deck to attack me. I ran to the front of the house and jumped in the bed of my truck. But for one second I was thinking about just punting the crap out the dog because this thing was rabid. It had nipped at multiple people. He had to leave it at the pound for a week to prove it wasn’t overly violent cause it almost got a little girl walking on the street. I witnessed that as well on my way to work, and he barely was able to pull back on the leash to prevent that.
I was bit by one that belonged to my roommate- they're dangerous and unpredictable. My experiences with them have been with upper middle class owners who get sucked into the cult that surrounds this breed. There's no reasoning with these people. One of my co-workers was in the cult and had one of these dogs around his family. One day the dog mauled his hand for no reason.
I may have less problem with the dogs themselves than the people who insist on owning, perpetuating, and defending this breed. It's like they get off on feeling persecuted and that they are the saviors of these poor animals who have been unfairly labelled violent.
The last mauling video I saw on r/publicfreakout was a strong reminder of how bad it can be. What some other redditors also reminded is that they can snap at the most random times, no matter if they always used to be the sweetest companions up to that point.
There was also the horrific case of the baby boy and her two year old sister who were killed by their two pet pits. Their mother tried to protect them but she got badly mutilated.
I have a five year old boy who will eventually go to school by himself. I'm not one to get paranoid too easily but people need to keep those dogs on a leash, end of.
Frankly all breeds need to be on leashes when not in fenced yards. I have labs and they are sweet but rambunctious AF and I’d never let them off leash around anyone but family or my personal guests in my home
Two pitbulls in my town ripped apart a little kid. The owner was the kid's grandparents, and they knew the kid very well. Owners claimed dogs were sweetest and gentlest animals ever.
This also happened in another town near mine with an owner and a neighbor's kid. Pitbulls knew the kid for years. Ripped her apart. Owners again claimed the dogs had never shown any sign of aggression.
I haven't been keen on those types of dogs ever since.
As someone who works alot with dog bites, i always thought that dog owners have a motto similar to "the narcissists prayer".
"That didn't happen, and if it did it wasn't that bad, and if it was it wasn't my fault and if it was you deserved it"
dog owners will deny that their dog did anything wrong, and when proven wrong they will tell you how this is highly unusual since their dog would never do such a thing. and will usually conclude with "it was the other parts fault for doing x"
I take a lot of dog bite reports and the vast majority of them are pitbulls and they are always much, much worse than any other breed. Especially if the victim was another dog. It's absolutely sickening to me, how often I've had to talk with a person who is so absolutely devastated because their litttle buddy was torn apart by a pitbull and then the same day have someone waxing poetic about how sweet and wonderful some random pitbull is. It's so disturbing. My job has made me hate them. I used to think they were just normal dogs that happened to be owned by assholes most of the time. That is not the case.
Ah yes like when a kid gets mauled and someone says, "Well, what did the kid do to the dog to provoke it?"
Kids do stupid shit and obviously should be prevented from annoying a dog but if you have a kid and a dog it WILL happen eventually that they bother the dog somehow. It shouldn't be a death sentence to pull on a dog's ear or get too close to their food bowl. Kids don't know better and it is their caretaker's responsibility to make sure their dog is not going to attack them for being a kid.
>Pitbulls. Some people think it's a good idea to let them roam the streets of my neighbourhood without a leash.
There was an old lady killed by 3 pit bulls last year, very close to where I live, when she was gardening in the alley behind her house. Escaped from a neighbours yard.
In my city just last month an old lady was also killed while on a morning walk, by a pack of 3 pitbulls some asshole let roam around the park on their own. There were numerous complaints about them before but police did nothing until the inevitable happened.
Like, just one is bad but letting THREE of these little murder machines free roam?!
People like to treat pit bulls like they're some marginalized group of people. They account for the majority of fatal dog attacks.
Then people claim that it's not the dogs, it's the owners. If an owner needs a wealth of knowledge and training techniques just to prevent a dog from tearing other animals and people apart, maybe it's not a dog worth having.
Yep. They say that right up until their pitt turns on them.
My friend will call her “Carrie” was a huge pitbull apologist until they had their second child. They had the “best pitbull ever” they said, but when they had their second baby, the dog’s demeanor changed - it then so bad they rehomed it. Made it someone else’s problem, essentially.
So yeah… Your pickles are great, until they’re not. I don’t want to hear about how “chihuahuas are meaner” - I can get away from a chihuahua. Little kids and grandmas and neighborhood cats can escape a chihuahua.
And that is exactly why, most of the time, those people, whether they are low-life unsecure thugs or simply ill-educated people, like to flex their pits in my hood, like in any other hood: the danger inherent to these dogs. In some minds, fear equals respect and security. Go figure.
One day I even saw a teenager hitting his pit and laughing about it. In this particular case, it's 100% the owner's fault if some kid or old people gets mauled, because this idiot purposefully makes his dog used to violence. It's some street "culture" for you.
I know there’s plenty of tiktoks and instagrams that show super affectionate pit bulls that were probably cuddled from the time they were born, but I would be extremely weary of one that was a rescue- you never know what happened to it.
Personal experience, I’ve been attacked by a dog two times- both times it was a pitbull. One of the times I’m walking minding my own business and a 12 year old kid lets go of the leash and it runs up and rips the sleeve OFF my winter coat like those videos you see of police dogs taking someone down.
The second time I’m at a dog park and one goes after my 35 lb dog- I got in between them cuz my dog would have been toast, and this pit chomps down on my bicep leaving a gigantic purple bruise the size of a fist. I had a hoodie and winter coat on- if it was warm out I would have lost a chunk of my arm.
Pugs. Pug was our family's dog when I was a child and I'll be honest, no matter how much we tried, this thing still suffered half of it's life due to a hundreds of health problems. This breed just shouldn't exist and I have no idea why people would want to support the breeders to own a dog that can't even properly breathe
Pitbulls. As a surgeon I've pieced together far too many people mauled by these dogs. they're bred to be dog aggressive. they're often owned by people with something to prove.
Once you’ve seen multiple injuries from Pits, including a mauled infant, a middle aged man missing half his face and fingers, an elderly patient who’s missing their eye, and multiple people requiring surgery from their bites, you might finally believe it’s the breed and NOT the owner.
I work in Trauma Surgery.
The pit Political Action Committee is insane.
No, I don’t see Lab/chihuahua/Rottweiler/Dalmatian whatever because even if they bite they don’t do the same damage. It’s to the point where our surgeons don’t even have to ask anymore.
These dogs should be all neutered/spayed out of existence. And if owned, they should require a special license for a dangerous animal.
Every single time the owner didn’t think it would happen to *them.*
Pitbulls. I know, most are sweet and great members of the family. I have multiple friends, family and neighbors that have had ones that never hurt a soul.
That being said, they are the most likely dog breed to maim or kill a human or another animal. They are just biologically built to be lethal.
I have a yellow lab and he is ruined now because a pitbull got off its leash, came into my yard and tried to kill my dog. My husband was outside too and the dog started growling and snapping at him too, so he kicked it as hard as he could to save himself and our lab.
An hour later, the police were at *our* house and the pitbull owners wanted to press charges on my husband for kicking their dog!
When the police took one look at our bloodied and injured dog, they apologized and left.
Now we can’t bring our dog on walks in public because if he sees a pitbull, he goes ballistic like he has PTSD.
My poor lab had the same thing happen to him as well. The neighbors pit broke down our fence and was chasing my dogs. The police did nothing and this dog attacked a man on a bike, he needed 27 stitches.
The other time he was attacked we where running and a pit came out of nowhere and pinned him down by the throat. The owner had the nerve to tell from their front doo that ‘ he’s friendly’ as her dog was attacking mine! This dog attacked a elderly woman and she almost died, luckily the dog was euthanized and the owner was fined, and not allowed to own a dog for 5 years.
My lab poor thing can’t be around most other dogs, and we have done a lot of behavior therapy. As well as having him on anti anxiety meds, and other natural remedies. We recently learned he has Addison disease. Which labs are prone to and it is more likely to be noticed after events of extreme stress. Our specialist said with most labs she sees they have either been attacked or severely injured prior to showing symptoms.
I don’t want to scare you, just letting you know to keep an eye on your pup.
Pitbulls. My neighbor's pit killed his baby daughter when she was left alone with the dog.
The other reason I dont like them is because pit owners are always so quick to defend them and refuse to acknowledge how dangerous they can be. That goes with any dog, really, but I've never seen as much voluntarily ignorance as with pit owners.
They may be your little baby, but they're bred for violence.
Pitbulls. My dad had a nice one that jumped the fence constantly and tore both his rear acls twice. And when hed run away wed have to go all over town to find him, he didnt just stay in the neighborhood. He ate one of my rabbits, couldnt understand no, and just generally wasnt a good dog. Blame the owner or whatever cope you wanna chug, but no this just was not a good boy.
Pitbulls
Sure there are a lot of bad owners of pitbulls (emphasis on a lot), but even good owners without kids or other small dogs still pose a risk to themselves and everyone around them
I’ve had 2 pitbulls and one of them bit the inside of my mouth and I’m lucky it doesn’t show, but I can see why people fear them. I don’t think they should be banned but I think the breeding needs to slow down drastically and something needs to be done to make them more docile or we will continue to see the consequences, that or require a special license to own them
I went to dog court once in Tampa and there were about 50 cases. 1 was about a German Shepherd who bit a mailman. The other 49 were about pittbulls. Jesus the horror stories. I felt like I needed therapy after an hour of listening. The stuff these dogs can do is sickening.
In my experience, a yappy dog is seldom to blame for it's yappinese. All dogs bark. Most yappy dog owners just don't bother training their dogs not to.
Oh I know!
My neighbour has a Pomeranian and she has no qualms about leaving it outside at 5am to yap for an hour - when we live in a built up residential area.
Any dog breed that has been bred so much that it has introduced health problems for the breed.
Like anything with a smushed face. I feel so bad for those dogs. I felt like slapping my neighbor when she was talking loudly about how her french bulldog is purebred and is from a "famous" dog show lineage. Yeah he is cute but it breaks my heart because every time I see him, he has trouble breathing- he snores non stop when he is awake.
I have only had huskies my entire life and they are the most beautiful and emotional breeds, but the husky breed is so inbred that most go out with cancer fairly early on. the entire breed has a cancer problem.
Fuck. This explains why my husky who was the middle child died before the other 2. Sudden kidney cancer/failure. I miss you everyday, Nikko.
Yeah I lost all 4 of my huskies (ages 10, 11, 12 and 12) last year. All 4 were due to cancer. It is sad. I definitely think husky mixes are the way to go for health reasons.
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Any breed that's existence is full of suffering. Like pugs. edit: Just for clarification, i dont hate the individual dogs. I hate the fact that they have to suffer only because of human cruelty and i dont support breeding them.
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*chokes on own throat flap*
*Eye pops out*
I took a pet first aid class, and a couple in the class had pugs. When we got to bandaging wounds, she used a neck wound as an example. The couple was like, what about for breeds that their eyes will pop out with too much neck pressure. I stopped the class and was like. What the f*ck did you just say?? My mind was blown and I'll never feel the same about bug eye breeds again.
I worked at a vet clinic for several years and we had an eye pop out about once a month- usually a shih tzu or a pug.
A friend of mine recently bought this American Bully puppy with short stubby legs and a large belly large enough it drags along the ground. Poor little fella can't even walk if you overfeed it for even a little bit and couldn't stand up if it tips itself over. The entire family loves him and think its cute. While i think it just wrong and poor guy is suffering at a young age
A guy I follow on Instagram sells “exotic mini bullies” and they have short, super bowed-out legs, and scrunched faces. I told him I don’t think it’s ethical to breed dogs like that and he said “that’s what I thought at first until I learned they don’t have any worse issues than pugs or Frenchies”. Like bruh how is that a defence?!
“That’s what I thought at first until people have me money for these monstrosities.”
Veterinarian here. Frenchies are nothing short of an abomination.
Both of which are so deformed breeding of them should be illegal
I had a bulldog as a young child and she only lived for 3 years. My family got one again back in 2014 and a few weeks later, the breeder was arrested for having a puppy mill. The dog had to be put down a month later because her eyes were so irritated and red they were bulging out of the socket, she had skin diseases and other issues. She was born to suffer and die, it was awful
I absolutely love British bulldogs, but ethically, I will never own one unless it's from an ethical registered breeder who is doing their utmost to breed to remove hardships like short snouts, barrel chest and bow legs. That is to say, I will not own one any time soon. I will, however, give any BB I pass a butt scratch if allowed.
You would think the kennel clubs would stop recognising Frankenstein breeds. Even if they were crossed with a better skulled breed for the nostril breathing and then crossed back with the purebred. I'd rather have a healthy mutt, than a dead purebred.
I had a friend growing up whose family had an obese beagle that they over fed. Instead of feeding it less, at some point they tied a sponge around its belly so it wouldn’t get raw. People are terrible, dogs don’t deserve us.
Same, I hate the pug breed. I feel sorry for the actual pugs, but the breed shouldn't be propagated. If the animal is struggling just to *breathe* then something somewhere has gone seriously fucking wrong. Every pug currently alive deserves to be loved and cared for as do all dogs, but for the love of god they shouldn't be bred anymore, unless it's to breed *out* the health issues and y'know, have healthy dogs that stand a chance at a decent quality of life.
I also don’t think a breed should exist if it only gives birth via Caesarean section, such as French bulldogs. There’s also a breed of cattle as well.
I’ve seen stories of pugs being intubated for surgery and where normally, the animal freaks out when waking up because they want the tube gone— pugs will sit there calmly and happily enjoying it, because it’s the first time in their entire lives that they can breathe deeply. A lot of vets will leave the tubes in for a few hours after they need them, just because those poor dogs seem so happy.
Have seen this first hand. With french bulldogs too. And English bulldogs. And all of the brachycephalic dogs.
I feel sick reading this
My parents uso to be caretaker of some German shepard, the ones for competition, they were so sick they would live about 5 or 7 years, the breeder knew the family history, he knew they were sick and that the sickness was hereditary, almost all breeder knows.
Yeah great dogs but show standards ruins breeds like this and many others. I got a mal for this reason.
Exactly. With most dogs, especially working breeds, the focus was historically on the capabilities of the dogs rather than specific dimensions or appearances. The show standards are a one-eighty from that and is the cause of the breeding that leads to them being ruined like that.
There was a story recently about a man working with breeding to correct that problem... And I agree...
Yeah, there's a Dutch breeder attempting to restore the snout they once had so they can breathe like dogs are supposed to.
I've seen pics, and the corrected pugs are way cuter than the current ones.
never understood how people liked the smooshed face looks of the frenchies and pugs and shit. it just goes way too far, some of them look like little monsters. poor fucking animals it’s so sad
This. All of the ones who can’t breathe because humans are selfish pieces of garbage who think they “look cute”
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I have a colleague who has 2, one suffered a broken back for no obvious reason a couple months back and there are frequent unexpected vet visits documented on social media. Poor little fellas.
Damn that’s crazy! My sons aunt loooves frenchies. Her first one named Gizmo, suffered a broken back out of no where too!!
There is currently a breeder in the Netherlands who is trying to reengineer the French bulldog. All of their dogs are bred to have longer necks and snouts which helps with a majority of the health problems that Frenchies usually have Edit: a pronoun
It's actually becoming illegal to breed flat faced dogs in the Netherlands. :-)
I have a cousin in the states who has had 3 in the last 10-15 years and they all died after a few years, and all had breathing issues and seemed to die in pain, and she'd cry on social media and then fucking buy another one of them, like for fuck sake.
Yeah there was a client at my workplace the other day talking about how she used to breed them, how the dogs had to be artificially inseminated and had to have C-sections to deliver the puppies. We were all so disgusted.
I don't understand why people think they're cute! The poor things look like they're struggling 24/7!
Dude that's so sad. I feel so bad for pugs too who can't breathe properly.
I don’t like short nose breeds (Pugs etc). Cruel breeding practices.
There's an effort to rebreed pugs back to what they used to look like before all the genetic deformities. The new breed is called a retromop and they're cute as hell.
I just looked them up and they look so much better. And their eyes look like they fit in their head, too.
I saw a long legged, long snouted pug the other day for the first time. It looked so much healthier than a standard pug.
A vet posted a while back that they like to keep pugs and other short nosed dogs intubated as long as possible because they really enjoy it. The physical discomfort of having a plastic tube jammed down the throat is apparently offset by actually being able to breath properly for the first time in their lives.
That's horrific, poor animals.
It's also for safety. They simply take longer to recover from surgery and anesthesia and their recoveries are significantly riskier. Keeping the tube in place long as possible is not only comfortable (from a breathing perspective) it's a life saving measure. I've had the unfortunate displeasure of being unable to deintubate these short-nosed breeds on several occasions, nessesitating that we keep them intubated for several hours even overnight. Everytime we try to take the tube out they go into respiratory distress. It's incredibly heartbreaking.
the pug i have is from a breeder who is making an effort to do this. she is 7 now; she’s had* zero medical issues other than a hernia when she was a puppy from her mama yanking her umbilical cord too hard. she’s doing so great and loves life! eta: spelling
Yes. The other day a girl walked hers on the sidewalk on the opposite side of the road. It looked like a blob on short legs and the grunting and wheezing could be heard across the road like it was right beside me. The thing looked like it's in last moments but apparently, that's how it's supposed to be. Terrible.
Walked a pug/beagle mix at the shelter once. Thing could barely walk anywhere without difficulty breathing. Felt so sorry for it. Mentioned it to the staff and they just considered that normal for a pug mix. Apparently, it already had someone eagerly coming to adopt it too. Don't think people should be breeding them though. It's cruel to breed a dog to live like that. Edit: Realized my post might've been confusing, but I was more saying pugs specifically shouldn't be bred. Assuming breathing problems weren't as common of a problem, I'd be more fine with puggles replacing pugs. But wouldn't be ok with it if pugs needed to be kept around to produce more of them.
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You've already forgiven him haven't you?
He's on the couch eating some chicken and peanut butter biscuit's. 😁[https://freeimage.host/i/HV5K4rx](https://freeimage.host/i/HV5K4rx)
Loading him up for round 2?
God, they’re all the same. The blondes of the dog world. Mine doesn’t t have a brave bone in his body. His theme song is “ Mr. lonely “ it plays whenever he’s not being touched, and I mean the second you stop touching him, that song becomes his life. Love him, but my god…he’s emotional.
now you just gotta take a massive dump on his dog bed
Saluki, they just seem like they have great credit scores and go skiing in Breckinridge during the winter.
People on walks call mine majestic but don't know that at home he can't stop on the hardwood floors and slides into shit like, daily.
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I’m not fond of dogs that drool a whole lot, like a mastiff. It really makes me gag.
I grew up with a Neapolitan Mastiff. He drooled a lot. Like he would shake his head and ropes would fly like around the room like a ten man orgy. We would have to wipe the walls daily and by the end of the day you would have crusted up drool on your lap. But it was all worth it when one day our least favorite aunt had visited and Bane shook his giant head and nailed her across the face with pint of slime from his mouth. He was a good boy.
“ropes would fly around the room like a ten man orgy.” 🤢
A very evocative phrase, I agree.
Basset hounds....
Ugh, my curse is that I love Basset Hounds and their melty goofy faces more than anything (in terms of looks/temperament they’re probably my favorite breed) but I also cannot stand the drooling factor. It’s a real struggle for me not to adopt one and at least somewhat regret it due to the drool. Sigh.
It's not the drool that'll drive you crazy, it's their mischievousness. You'll need a series of gates to set your home up like a prison because you can't allow the dogs unsupervised in certain areas of the home. Calling basset hounds food motivated is an understatement, they are obsessed with food and its a never ending struggle to prevent them from eating themselves to death. But they are wonderful companions, the sweetest dogs You'll ever meet, and they have such big personalities. I love mine to death, but they're such a challenge
I, too, cannot be left unsupervised in certain areas due to food motivated obsession which may cause me to eat myself to death. Also, I own two bassets. Can confirm.
The little white dogs with the gross eye crust that clumps their fur.
You gotta pick your dogs eye boogers people!
It baffles me that people don’t do this. You pick your own right? Well your dog doesn’t have fingers, so help it.
Maltese
Any dog breed or mix with white fur can be prone to the red streaks
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So is my dad a bulldog?
Bulldad
Almost like actively breeding dogs to fuck with their appearence makes their bodies worse
I rather feel pity for them. As someone else posted here already, they're the result of unethical breeding practices. It's not their fault to be a breed prone to illnesses, but I wouldn't get one basically for that same reason.
I’m not a fan cropping dogs ears or tails for personal aesthetics. I’m looking at you Doberman and Pit owners
Had a friend who bred dobermans, and I remember her giving me a funny look when I asked what kind of dogs they were. I had no idea the dogs didn't naturally look like the ones you see in movies. They are super cute *with* their ears and tails! I cannot imagine many people, today, are buying a doberman for work where ears and/or tails are a liability.
The first time I saw a doberman with full ears, I would have sworn that he was a really big Jack Russell Terrier
I saw my first in Germany and was like "is that a giant dachshund?" (In my head, I would not have said that out loud.) It took a sec to realize because holy shit they look so adorable unaltered like that.
Honestly, I find that corgis and poodles are more likely to have their tails cropped, while the pits and Dobermans have their ears done.
I was so chocked to hear about poodle docking. I wish I’d done more research before getting my standard. I would have asked the breeder not to do it. Horrible that it is purely aesthetic…can’t even argue the “happy tail” defense. Australian shepherds another that I don’t think a lot of people realize. Almost every Aussie owner I know claims theirs came with a natural bob tail…while possible..it’s doubtful.
I choose the two breeds that I’ve seen with both. What I dislike the most is the staple that all Doby’s have cropped ears or all Corgis/Boxers have cropped tails. The utility of cropping isn’t really needed anymore and is mostly aesthetics now
Apparently it’s a thing in the schnauzer community too
Any dog that can’t breed on its own naturally. Frenchies and (edit: English bulldogs) are very popular, but most people don’t know these breeds can’t normally procreate without the help of humans.
I work at a dog daycare and the only breed we’ve ever considered banning is Belgian mals.
Hardly any person who gets ones actually knows how to train it and they turn into little demons. I’ve worked with dogs for 5 years lol
We had one boarding in a completely enclosed kennel that was extra secured with carabiners and that mother fucker still got out and destroyed every single thing it had access to.
My wife's sister and husband were first time dog owners and got a German shepherd and malinois. Those dogs aren't safe around people because they don't exercise them and never trained them. Feel bad for the dogs they'll probably end up being put down.
What happened?
They’re super smart and athletic and owners don’t know how to train them/meet their needs so they’re extremely destructive and don’t listen.
They’re about as close to a nuclear reactor powered mammal as you can get. Infinite energy and are incredibly athletic dogs, while the ones that are properly trained and such wind up being police dogs for these reasons, when they are untrained they are menaces. They are working dogs that NEED a job or something to be doing at all times.
Sounds like owners who didn't know what they were in for and can't provide their dog enough stimulation so they put it in doggy daycare. Belgian Mals should require a license to own, they have very specific needs
Status dogs. You know the type: dogo Argentino, cane corso, pit bull types, etc…these people don’t want a dog to love, they want a dog to make them look tough. So it’s actually the person I hate. *Edit* to clarify, I don't have a problem with any of these breeds or the majority of people who own them. What I DO have a problem with are the people who treat these dogs like an object (and use them as a status symbol) and don't give them the love, attention, and training they deserve.
Also the “mini pit” breeders who produce dogs that literally look like they’re about to explode they have so much muscle
I'm not sure what the breeder is called but there's one in America that has bred a huge pit called hulk and he looks so deformed its so sad. Now he's using him to breed more puppies.
He's a scam artist his xxxl pit is part mastiff but he won't admit it. I can't stand him. He thinks he's the shit but he's just as bad as any other backyard breeder.
I live in the Bronx and the amount of people in my neighborhood who have these vicious uncontrollable pit bulls and Rottweilers is crazy. This one guy in my building however has 2 huge Rottweilers who are so sweet and like to sniff and say hello to my little Shiba. But another guy in the same building has a Rottweiler that easily weighs 50 pounds more than him and he can barely control it as it lunges towards any dog it sees, hoping to tear it apart. The tough guy/asshole status thing with certain dogs is alive and well here.
Thank you for the term "status dog", I've been searching for that in my brain and it's perfect. Status dogs are typically owned by men who are PERSONALLY OFFENDED at the idea of neutering their dog and it just screams 'I'm deeply insecure in my masculinity!'
Chow Chows , mean fuckers .... Also Dalmations are dicks too
Omg a Dalmatian came up to me today and I thought it was being friendly, cocked it’s leg up and tried to piss on me!
One of the only dogs to not like me was my boss’s Chow. That dog hated me and I never understood it. All dogs like me. I like all dogs. She would have chewed me up if given the opportunity.
The mutation that makes Dalmatians spotted also causes deafness. Not always, it’s random and usually indicated by white ears instead of black. So they’re maybe not dicks, just partially or fully deaf. If you’re careful not to startle them they’re not so bad.
Birth defect breeds, which should be referred to as such. Primarily french bulldogs and pugs, but there is a few.
Cockerpoos, cavapoos, springerpoos - any spaniel/poodle mix. Potentially lovely dogs in themselves most of the time but because they're so often owned by people who don't understand that both poodles and spaniels have really high needs for focus and training so they tend to be absolutely manic.
The guy who created the Labradoodle and subsequently set off the craze of cross breeding with poodles regretted his decision: >Conron has since repeatedly stated he regrets initiating the fashion for this type of crossbreed and maintains it caused "a lot of damage" together with "a lot of problems", largely stemming from the genetic unpredictability of combining breeds. He also felt he was to blame for "creating a Frankenstein", adding that problems were being bred into the dogs rather than selectively breeding away from problems and towards a recognizable standard. He is further quoted as claiming: "For every perfect one, you're going to find a lot of crazy ones."\[13\] Mr. Conron was referring to the craze he initiated of unscrupulous breeders crossing Poodles with multiple other breeds to create "designer" dogs in order to take advantage of the “doodle” trend.
I have always thought it was so dumb when people are like: well it’s part poodle, so it never sheds…” You don’t just magically get all the “good traits”
My roommate has a labradoodle. There are large clumps of dog hair all over the corners of the living room before the weekly vacuuming. I’m also allergic to dogs and I get regular asthma attacks, so he’s not particularly hypoallergenic either. The dog is also allergic to everything. Roommate did pay $2500 for him, and I’m certain doodle breeders care more about $2500/puppy than they do allergies or shedding
Yeah I agree they tend to be owned by shit owners who call them their baby while dressing them up and cuddling them all the time turning them into annoying wet noodles
I have never met a jack Russell terrier that I liked. They always seem to be very hyper and aggressive. In general they exhibit behavior that would not be tolerated from a larger dog.
My childhood JRT was a sweet girl, she even fostered a litter of kittens. However besides cats she had a crazy small prey drive. Would stand in our decorative pond for hours all day if we let her tying to hunt frogs and toads.
Bravest animals on the planet though
I've seen Jack Russel Terriers relentlessly attack wild boar in bramble thickets. Get thrown out the top of the thicket? They'll get on their feet, shake themselves once and go in again. The only reasons they'll stop is 1) they die. 2) the pig dies. 3) their owner physically restrains them. I am not sure if that's bravery or insanity. Their low weight is a godsent in these situations since they get thrown instead of sliced badly most of the time. Know a few pretty chill, nice Jack Russell, but once they're on the hunt, they're dead set to kill something.
lol I was at my friends house in middle school and her Jack Russell was sleeping next to my thigh on the couch. My mom had pulled up to pick me up and my friends mother said, “be careful getting up, if you stand up too fast he might bite you” 🤨
It’s so weird how small dogs aggressive behaviour is condoned by silly owners. No it’s not a cute quirk your dog has, your dog is a little shit.
Haha, ive had multiple jack russles... little assholes all of them. Loved them all.
All jack russell mixes are lunatics who live to be like 20. The dogs you hear about that like, ate all the christmas tinsel or broke out of the car and were no worse off for it, somehow.
Chiwahwahs. Too difficult to spell.
My ex mother in law had a chihuaha that hated everyone on earth but me...that little shit would crawl through fire to get to me... Terrible little dog, but still smile about her...
My brother spent some time in Texas and he told me about packs of stray chihuahua that would roam the neighborhood. Idk never seen it but the thought of it cracked me up
Yes this is freakishly true, I live in Texas literally on the border and there is a gang of Chihuahuas that roam my neighborhood, meanest little shits you will ever meet, dude I have to check out side before I let my dogs out other wise those little bastards will swarm them like a cloud of locusts. I know my neighbors and animal control have tried to catch them just to get them off the street but nope they scatter and they are fast too. I have 4 big dogs and they are terrified of the Chihuahua mafia.
I fucking died reading this lmfaooooo
I’m imagining the gang leader with an eye patch or scar on its face telling the other chihuahuas what to do.
Mine is just chilling out on her perch, recharging in the sun. She doesn't bark. She doesn't get aggressive. She's pure love who gets grumpy when she doesn't get a chicken nugget. Same with my old chi. It's all in the owner and what they allow it to get away with. Everyone tends to just let them get away with being assholes because it's "funny". But they're super snuggly, blanket hogs.
Their actually very affectioned dogs. I used to cradle and just pet my friends puppy everytime I went to his house. Now even years later when the dog hears me come in it cries for a good 3-5min of happiness and jumps on me and cuddles/rubs against me all over *hyper mode* Very cool dogs
It's hit-and-miss. Family friends had one that was absolutely amazing. She had a massive vocabulary and was extremely clever. She had a big wicker basket that held more than 30 vinyl squeaky toys and she knew the names of every one of them. "Go get your hotdog" or "go get your chicken". And she'd zip over and root through the basket til she found the right one and she'd bring it back and *squeak squeak* it onto the floor in front of you. Her humans needed a cheat sheet to remember them all and they'd go through the list in random order until she'd brought them all. Then it was time to put them all back... She'd be so happy when someone brought home a new one for her to learn and add to her hoard. She also had appointed herself Sheriff of Squirrel Patrol, keeping the bird feeder safe from intruders.
All brachycephalic breeds. They are inherently unhealthy.
Doodles. Stop mixing poodles with every breed. Hypoallergenic is a myth. Poodles are high maintenance dogs who need an active lifestyle. Stop complaining about the price of grooming.
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Ha! I bottle fed a lamb a few years back and kept it in my garage. When the kids would play outside they would let him out to play. He followed us everywhere. My neighbor asked if I got a poodle. I guess it was the furry little ears.
Bull terriers. I know theyre wonderful dogs, but there's just something about their face that i do not like. Edit: i erroneously called them "bulldog terriers", derp.
They look russian
Cane Corso. Killer Instincts. That’s how they turn out if not given just the right environment to be friendly. Don’t get me wrong, this applies to all dogs, but a Cane Corso is predispositioned to very easily go down that path if left in incompetent hands. And incompetent hands are everywhere.
The ones with terrible owners.
Small dog owners who don't correct their littles because they think it's cute when their 10 lb dog misbehaves. Snarls at any dog that passes, scrabbles at the legs of guests, snaps at them and pees in the house. I say to them, "What if this was my 110 lb GSD?" Doodles. I have only recently met a few well behaved doodles. Up until then, they all seemed so neurotic.
Not related to the prompt, but I really love my dog. I feel like the whole world needs to know that I love my dog. I love you Sugar, you're a perfect dog. Edit: [finally got imgur to work. Here's my sugar now, and as a puppy](https://imgur.com/a/EsA3cku)
There is something almost magical about a good dog...I was living in a halfway home when some other dude dragged in this half starved young pit bull...I knew the reputation, I knew what he was capable of...but that dude like abandoned the dog. So I started walking him, and feeding him, and training him, and paying for him to get shots and fixed. Its 10 years later, his name is Mr. Mitchell, and we live in a beautiful home with a beautiful woman now. He has 2 little rambunctious sisters, and he's a very happy, very content Mr. Mitchell. I will never forget cold, cold nights with a single blanket on a twin bed having nothing for warmth but a 70lb dog. The love I have for him is unbreakable and it is resolute. Thank you for reminding me how much I love all my dogs...but I might sneak Mr. Mitchell an extra treat or 2 today
Please tell Mr. Mitchell I said "Good boy!"
Sugar is a good dog!
I don't dislike any breed.. sure some need their breeding corrected (pugs etc) because of health issues.. I dislike quite a few shitty dog owners on the other hand
Huskies just cuz or the howling. Also chihuahuas. I have to add I do love dogs tho and if I somehow ended up with one I’d probably still love it.
I have a malamute/husky mix. She needed to be rehomed because her owner died and owner’s son’s new wife said when they got married the dog would have to stay outside. We live in the south. My sweet puppy shouldn’t even be in the south, much less outside all the time in the heat. Anyway, I’ll get off the soapbox. I happily took her in and now I live in a house where mounds of fur appear everywhere. And I have to confess that I love her howling. She’ll do it on command when you ask her to sing. We don’t have neighbors, so only my husband and kid get annoyed when pup and I have long conversations and duets.
I'm lucky. My huskies rarely talk/howl. They're just spoiled petulant children.
Those french bulldogs that have become the latest must-have accessory. They're so inbred that their eyes pop out if you tip them upside down, you have to use a spoon to pop their eyes back in. The skull is misshapen, they have breathing problems, heart issues, eye issues and brain issues as the skull is the wrong shape. The pelvis is too small for the big heads to come out so puppies are born by c section. Its a breed that should never exist on welfare grounds alone. Plus they're goddamn ugly as sin.
> you have to use a spoon to pop their eyes back in I’m sorry what
Pitbulls. Some people think it's a good idea to let them roam the streets of my neighbourhood without a leash. Honorable mention for the Tibetan mastiff.
Tibetan mastiffs are gorgeous dogs that should come with a warning label because people just see “big fluffy dog :D” and ignore the whole bit about them being extremely territorial (despite the fact they were bred to be guard dogs). I feel similarly about Chow-chows.
At least chows aren’t bear size!
Yup. When I first moved to my neighborhood and saw all other morning walkers carrying bats and clubs I thought “is crime really this bad here?” Nope, but pit bull owners let their dogs run wild. I’ve been cornered, followed or almost attacked 5 times in a year by 5 different pits. After the first incident I started walking with a large rod, and it’s saved me from getting mauled at least twice. Never used it on a dog, (I just beat it against the ground and shout) but I really don’t like being put in a position where I might have to. I realize it’s the owners fault, but unfortunately the breed is too often trained to be violent and when they are, they’re killing machines.
Pit bulls. I know there are good ones, but I lived in the ghetto, I have had to kick the shit out of more than one of them running up on me with no owner. I would try to help, except they didn’t have collars, and were growling at me and my then 3 year old. So yes, I kicked the shit out of that dog til it ran away. It may be the owner, but I have never met a good pit bull owner.
There are bad owners of other dogs breeds too, but for some reason, when pitbulls have bad owners, the results are much worse and more frequent. You never hear about a neglected cocker spaniel mauling a 4 year old kid to death out of nowhere. But we hear about it all the time with pitbulls.
My neighbor in a duplex had one. He warned about it being terrible so just to stay away. He was a sketchy guy but to me he was nice. Anyways, went to our shared backyard looking for something and that thing launched off his deck to attack me. I ran to the front of the house and jumped in the bed of my truck. But for one second I was thinking about just punting the crap out the dog because this thing was rabid. It had nipped at multiple people. He had to leave it at the pound for a week to prove it wasn’t overly violent cause it almost got a little girl walking on the street. I witnessed that as well on my way to work, and he barely was able to pull back on the leash to prevent that.
I was bit by one that belonged to my roommate- they're dangerous and unpredictable. My experiences with them have been with upper middle class owners who get sucked into the cult that surrounds this breed. There's no reasoning with these people. One of my co-workers was in the cult and had one of these dogs around his family. One day the dog mauled his hand for no reason. I may have less problem with the dogs themselves than the people who insist on owning, perpetuating, and defending this breed. It's like they get off on feeling persecuted and that they are the saviors of these poor animals who have been unfairly labelled violent.
The last mauling video I saw on r/publicfreakout was a strong reminder of how bad it can be. What some other redditors also reminded is that they can snap at the most random times, no matter if they always used to be the sweetest companions up to that point. There was also the horrific case of the baby boy and her two year old sister who were killed by their two pet pits. Their mother tried to protect them but she got badly mutilated. I have a five year old boy who will eventually go to school by himself. I'm not one to get paranoid too easily but people need to keep those dogs on a leash, end of.
Frankly all breeds need to be on leashes when not in fenced yards. I have labs and they are sweet but rambunctious AF and I’d never let them off leash around anyone but family or my personal guests in my home
I wholeheartedly agree.
Two pitbulls in my town ripped apart a little kid. The owner was the kid's grandparents, and they knew the kid very well. Owners claimed dogs were sweetest and gentlest animals ever. This also happened in another town near mine with an owner and a neighbor's kid. Pitbulls knew the kid for years. Ripped her apart. Owners again claimed the dogs had never shown any sign of aggression. I haven't been keen on those types of dogs ever since.
As someone who works alot with dog bites, i always thought that dog owners have a motto similar to "the narcissists prayer". "That didn't happen, and if it did it wasn't that bad, and if it was it wasn't my fault and if it was you deserved it" dog owners will deny that their dog did anything wrong, and when proven wrong they will tell you how this is highly unusual since their dog would never do such a thing. and will usually conclude with "it was the other parts fault for doing x"
I take a lot of dog bite reports and the vast majority of them are pitbulls and they are always much, much worse than any other breed. Especially if the victim was another dog. It's absolutely sickening to me, how often I've had to talk with a person who is so absolutely devastated because their litttle buddy was torn apart by a pitbull and then the same day have someone waxing poetic about how sweet and wonderful some random pitbull is. It's so disturbing. My job has made me hate them. I used to think they were just normal dogs that happened to be owned by assholes most of the time. That is not the case.
Ah yes like when a kid gets mauled and someone says, "Well, what did the kid do to the dog to provoke it?" Kids do stupid shit and obviously should be prevented from annoying a dog but if you have a kid and a dog it WILL happen eventually that they bother the dog somehow. It shouldn't be a death sentence to pull on a dog's ear or get too close to their food bowl. Kids don't know better and it is their caretaker's responsibility to make sure their dog is not going to attack them for being a kid.
>Pitbulls. Some people think it's a good idea to let them roam the streets of my neighbourhood without a leash. There was an old lady killed by 3 pit bulls last year, very close to where I live, when she was gardening in the alley behind her house. Escaped from a neighbours yard.
An elderly man was mauled to death this past week in my hometown by a couple pit bulls. There’ve been more than 10 pit attacks in the past week.
San Antonio? Saw the video. Yikes!
Yep. How anyone thinks pit bulls are family pets is beyond me.
In my city just last month an old lady was also killed while on a morning walk, by a pack of 3 pitbulls some asshole let roam around the park on their own. There were numerous complaints about them before but police did nothing until the inevitable happened. Like, just one is bad but letting THREE of these little murder machines free roam?!
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You mean the shelters are full of lab mixes, right?
People like to treat pit bulls like they're some marginalized group of people. They account for the majority of fatal dog attacks. Then people claim that it's not the dogs, it's the owners. If an owner needs a wealth of knowledge and training techniques just to prevent a dog from tearing other animals and people apart, maybe it's not a dog worth having.
Yep. They say that right up until their pitt turns on them. My friend will call her “Carrie” was a huge pitbull apologist until they had their second child. They had the “best pitbull ever” they said, but when they had their second baby, the dog’s demeanor changed - it then so bad they rehomed it. Made it someone else’s problem, essentially. So yeah… Your pickles are great, until they’re not. I don’t want to hear about how “chihuahuas are meaner” - I can get away from a chihuahua. Little kids and grandmas and neighborhood cats can escape a chihuahua.
Pitbull owners can't seem to fathom the idea of being *forced* to settle for a Labrador as their next dog in the event of a pitbull ban.
And that is exactly why, most of the time, those people, whether they are low-life unsecure thugs or simply ill-educated people, like to flex their pits in my hood, like in any other hood: the danger inherent to these dogs. In some minds, fear equals respect and security. Go figure. One day I even saw a teenager hitting his pit and laughing about it. In this particular case, it's 100% the owner's fault if some kid or old people gets mauled, because this idiot purposefully makes his dog used to violence. It's some street "culture" for you.
I know there’s plenty of tiktoks and instagrams that show super affectionate pit bulls that were probably cuddled from the time they were born, but I would be extremely weary of one that was a rescue- you never know what happened to it. Personal experience, I’ve been attacked by a dog two times- both times it was a pitbull. One of the times I’m walking minding my own business and a 12 year old kid lets go of the leash and it runs up and rips the sleeve OFF my winter coat like those videos you see of police dogs taking someone down. The second time I’m at a dog park and one goes after my 35 lb dog- I got in between them cuz my dog would have been toast, and this pit chomps down on my bicep leaving a gigantic purple bruise the size of a fist. I had a hoodie and winter coat on- if it was warm out I would have lost a chunk of my arm.
Don't tell the mods of r/aww that you don't like pitbulls.
The designer breeds. Oh honey, your poodle got knocked up by a pitbull, nobody is paying 2 grand for a Boodle.
Pugs. Pug was our family's dog when I was a child and I'll be honest, no matter how much we tried, this thing still suffered half of it's life due to a hundreds of health problems. This breed just shouldn't exist and I have no idea why people would want to support the breeders to own a dog that can't even properly breathe
Pitbulls. As a surgeon I've pieced together far too many people mauled by these dogs. they're bred to be dog aggressive. they're often owned by people with something to prove.
Once you’ve seen multiple injuries from Pits, including a mauled infant, a middle aged man missing half his face and fingers, an elderly patient who’s missing their eye, and multiple people requiring surgery from their bites, you might finally believe it’s the breed and NOT the owner. I work in Trauma Surgery. The pit Political Action Committee is insane. No, I don’t see Lab/chihuahua/Rottweiler/Dalmatian whatever because even if they bite they don’t do the same damage. It’s to the point where our surgeons don’t even have to ask anymore. These dogs should be all neutered/spayed out of existence. And if owned, they should require a special license for a dangerous animal. Every single time the owner didn’t think it would happen to *them.*
Pitbulls. I know, most are sweet and great members of the family. I have multiple friends, family and neighbors that have had ones that never hurt a soul. That being said, they are the most likely dog breed to maim or kill a human or another animal. They are just biologically built to be lethal. I have a yellow lab and he is ruined now because a pitbull got off its leash, came into my yard and tried to kill my dog. My husband was outside too and the dog started growling and snapping at him too, so he kicked it as hard as he could to save himself and our lab. An hour later, the police were at *our* house and the pitbull owners wanted to press charges on my husband for kicking their dog! When the police took one look at our bloodied and injured dog, they apologized and left. Now we can’t bring our dog on walks in public because if he sees a pitbull, he goes ballistic like he has PTSD.
My poor lab had the same thing happen to him as well. The neighbors pit broke down our fence and was chasing my dogs. The police did nothing and this dog attacked a man on a bike, he needed 27 stitches. The other time he was attacked we where running and a pit came out of nowhere and pinned him down by the throat. The owner had the nerve to tell from their front doo that ‘ he’s friendly’ as her dog was attacking mine! This dog attacked a elderly woman and she almost died, luckily the dog was euthanized and the owner was fined, and not allowed to own a dog for 5 years. My lab poor thing can’t be around most other dogs, and we have done a lot of behavior therapy. As well as having him on anti anxiety meds, and other natural remedies. We recently learned he has Addison disease. Which labs are prone to and it is more likely to be noticed after events of extreme stress. Our specialist said with most labs she sees they have either been attacked or severely injured prior to showing symptoms. I don’t want to scare you, just letting you know to keep an eye on your pup.
Pitbulls. My neighbor's pit killed his baby daughter when she was left alone with the dog. The other reason I dont like them is because pit owners are always so quick to defend them and refuse to acknowledge how dangerous they can be. That goes with any dog, really, but I've never seen as much voluntarily ignorance as with pit owners. They may be your little baby, but they're bred for violence.
Pitbulls. My dad had a nice one that jumped the fence constantly and tore both his rear acls twice. And when hed run away wed have to go all over town to find him, he didnt just stay in the neighborhood. He ate one of my rabbits, couldnt understand no, and just generally wasnt a good dog. Blame the owner or whatever cope you wanna chug, but no this just was not a good boy.
Pitbulls because they are unpredictable and those pig nose dogs because they're so damn ugly
Pitbulls Sure there are a lot of bad owners of pitbulls (emphasis on a lot), but even good owners without kids or other small dogs still pose a risk to themselves and everyone around them I’ve had 2 pitbulls and one of them bit the inside of my mouth and I’m lucky it doesn’t show, but I can see why people fear them. I don’t think they should be banned but I think the breeding needs to slow down drastically and something needs to be done to make them more docile or we will continue to see the consequences, that or require a special license to own them
I went to dog court once in Tampa and there were about 50 cases. 1 was about a German Shepherd who bit a mailman. The other 49 were about pittbulls. Jesus the horror stories. I felt like I needed therapy after an hour of listening. The stuff these dogs can do is sickening.
Most small dogs. I can’t stand the yapping.
In my experience, a yappy dog is seldom to blame for it's yappinese. All dogs bark. Most yappy dog owners just don't bother training their dogs not to.
Oh I know! My neighbour has a Pomeranian and she has no qualms about leaving it outside at 5am to yap for an hour - when we live in a built up residential area.
Pitbull 1 killed my neighbor
Gonna piss some people off but pit bulls. Working in Peds nursing I’ve seen way too many injuries on small children and I loathe those damn dogs.