“Why Do You Hate Dogs…!?”
Have your friends ever asked you that?
Today I’m just going to ask for your opinion:
What do you say to your closest friends and family members when they ask:
“Do you hate dogs…? Why...!?”
“Why don't you love dogs?”
“Everybody love dogs! Why don't you?”
“How can you hate dogs!?”
“What caused you to hate dogs!?”
“Nobody dislikes dogs! How can you!?”
“Where does that hatred come from?”
Obviously, I’m looking for answers that could explain our position – quickly and effectively – without being disrespectful to them since we do not want, as far as we can, to lose their friendship. They are nice and educated people but unfortunately brainwashed by all the dog lobby propaganda.
I’m asking this because this weekend I was in a friend’s home for a barbecue and then this question was posed to a member of the group, not me. As usual, the guy told the obvious and some of the reaction was just the denial by most others.
I kept thinking: I could go all ballistic – information-wise – and say anything and everything about the reasons and facts I do not like dogs but my position, since the question was not directed at me, was just to agree with the poor little guy, without going any further, since otherwise I wouldn’t stop and it wouldn’t end well. Needless to say that no-one there knows the biggest dog-hater I am.
So, what do you say?
Please leave your comments at the end.
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Below you may find what other people said about it:
Calling our friends sociopaths, dysfunctional, dependent, needy, uncivil, and delusioned, I think, would not help us much. Perhaps it’s necessary, I’m just not sure.
Please, don’t take me wrong, I agree with everything you said, 100%, but saying that would only alienate us even more as the crazy people, in their utterly manipulated minds.
Back to the subject, I don’t know what to say either. At least not in a quick and effective way, as asked.
You have a great reponse and I think I understand your frustration when dealing with dog lovers, they really shake our nerves to the bone.
Like I said to EF above, your response would be perfect for a second phase or if they have already been overly disrespectful of you, like poking fun of the situation or trying to make you feel bad for yourself or to look like as a retarded weirdo for others. In this case there is really no need to wait to tell them they are the “sociopaths, dysfunctional, dependent, needy, uncivil, and delusioned” ones.
Like PeaceSeeker, I agree 100% with you.
This is a nice and classy way to explain it: tell them how we feel, how we are treated, all the while not getting into any specifics like dog barking, diseases, attacks…
I’m sure many of us will come with other variations of your approach to suit their own personalities and the type of dog nutter.
I’ll practice on it, really enjoyed it.
If doggists don’t understand, well, then we could only move to second phase, like described by MarC below. (They still may not understand or respect but at least they are put on their place, The Stupid’s Place)
*blank stare*
That.makes.no.sense.at.all. I know several extremely trustworthy people who don’t care too much for dogs, and I know some dog lovers who I wouldn’t trust if my life depended on it. Sorry, but I am NOT alienating good friends and close family members simply because they don’t like dogs.
There are not too many people like you, BK.
They were the ones (on separate occasions) who brought up the issue. I didn’t. I didn’t reject them for liking dogs, even though a dog badly hurt me in a lasting way. They were the ones who required a family member to share their opinion in order to have peace and love in the family.
But I’m okay with having nothing to do with them if that’s how they’re going to be. Good riddance.
Dogs are spoiled rotten little princes and princesses. Their owners’ world revolves around them.
They learn to expect every human to adore and swoon over them. It’s what they’re used to.
So when along comes a human who doesn’t, that person must be evil!
I’m speaking from experience, in part. I was out walking along the sidewalk one day, and a tiny dog (thankfully leashed) stood next to its owner. The dog saw me approaching and stood reading for me to pet it, tail wagging in eager anticipation. I walked past without paying my proper respects to the little mutt. It then snarled, growled, barked, and lunged. It would have bitten me if it could have, but again it was thankfully leashed.
Although it was a small dog, the experience was frightening; I had been bitten before. (That too was a small dog but it resulted in a puncture wound which led to infection, and… my health never fully recovered). I felt very much that I had been threatened, and I recoiled with pounding heart and trembling hands, glaring at the idiotic owner who thought a casual “sorry” was sufficient as she scooped the Little Prince up into her loving arms to protect him from the world of mean strangers who didn’t understand that he was to be worshiped.
I don’t hate dogs. Hatred is a very powerful emotion, and I believe should be reserved for those actors that deliberately do evil and can comprehend the harm they do. In other words, you have to understand the outcome of your bad deeds to truly be evil.
With that said, a dog can’t be evil. Dogs are too stupid and worthless to be evil. Therefore, a dog is not worth hating because it falls below the hate-able threshold. I don’t waste emotional capital hating something that is VASTLY inferior to you and I. Moreover, dogs are too stupid to understand that they are hated, so what is the point? They don’t care that you hate them, so that does not matter.
Here is what I DO hate: I hate dog culture. I hate those that worship and elevate dogs above people (and other animals), and run interference for every bad thing dogs do. These punks should know better, yet they pursue their dog worship and other degenerate behaviors.
Consider that this is a HUMAN problem. This issue lies in human society and culture. The BSL folks like to blame everything pit bulls do on the dogs (due to their genetics). So, answer me this: How many pit bulls would there be if no one wanted a pit bull? That would be zero. Pit bulls exist because there are people out there that want a dog that can easily project aggression. A pit bull is a consumer product no different from a microwave oven or lawn mower. Pit bulls became what they are, not due to creation (God) or natural selection, but do to deliberate line breeding by those folks looking for a canine gladiator. This problem exists and persists due in no small part to the societal demand that we consider dogs sacred animals and dog owners a master race of people.
Well, for me, a dog hater is the one who crosses the street, running feverishly, just to kick a silent, leashed and muzzled dog that is being walked civilly and appropriately by its handler. I’m not that one.
That this is a Human problem, absolutely. However, I see it as a dog problem, too. If abandoned and stray dogs just moved to the wild and lived there like normal and regular wild animals, not causing all types of problems in the human society, then and only them it would be Just a human problem. But no, they continue to hang around people (like you said, because they are stupid, in this case dumb enough even to get food in the wild like nature taught them to do).
“This problem exists and persists due in no small part to the societal demand that
wethey consider dogs sacred animals and dog owners a master race of people.”Right again. One aim of this site is to try to enlighten dog lovers that they have been duped by the dog lobby propaganda, but this is almost an insurmountable task. I do what I can, and you all help a lot with your thoughts expressed here, something that I really appreciate, as we all benefit.
One of my next articles is one on “How much is the dog industry worth?” It’s not just the US$70 Billion the pet association says so. It’s much, much more than that and the reason why there is a fabricated demand to buy dogs and everything (un)imaginable about them.
Well, but back to the question of this post, one of the facebook commenters, republished just below, suggested a good one, emphasizing the human, not the canine, as I understand would be your approach.
I share your hatred for dog culture. I wouldn’t mind dogs so much if they weren’t so overrated and shoved down everyone’s throat all the time. And there’s nowhere to get away from them. Dog-free places are few and rapidly disappearing. :(
Nope. At least not in the way everybody want more dog-infested places. If you say that there are more places where dogs are allowed – and those places not boycotted or something – then, yes, I agree.
However, more and more people are looking for residential places with NO dogs at all. I can say that because this subject is one of the most searched for on this site, like these recently:
no dog communities
no pets allowed community
pet free community
dog free community
no dogs allowed communities
dog free communities
pet free retirement community
dog-free communities
“anti-dog” neighborhoods
gated no dog communities
General dog-free places are few, sure, and may be rapidly disappearing, ok, but fully non-dog places seem to be a new trend instead. Let’s hope so.
And those people above, non-doggers, probably are looking for this kind of places also for not having to even think about answering the question “Why Do You Hate Dogs?”.
And maybe the landlord has to pay higher property insurance.
Plus, sadly, some residents will have dogs even if dogs are not allowed. They claim “service dog” or “therapy dog” and even if it’s a lie, the landlords are afraid of lawsuits and would rather take the easy out of rolling over.
I wish, I WISH dog-free apartment complexes still exist. They’re rare nowadays. When I was a child they were the only kind you could find.
By William G.
Fantastic answer! Simple, quick, and to-the-point.“I don’t hate dogs, just irresponsible dog owners.”
Just answer, and leave them with that “question-mark” face. No harm to us.
Problem is that does not solve the matter of street dogs.
Only a heartless asshole would not understand.
Unfortunately, however, there are a great many heartless assholes among the dog-loving community.
Dog-loving heartless assholes for sure.
“Hate dog? Nah. Here is how I like my Dog – Medium rare with a baked potato on the side….what is there not to like?”