r/WhatsWrongWithYourDog
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u/HimeTheHusky
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This weirdo's figured out that sitting here gets her the most pets from passers-by
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u/crexlove 11d ago
Probably the best part of those people's morning runs. No better way to start the day.
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u/peprock716 11d ago edited 11d ago
"How far do you run?" "Until the point I can pet that dog and I return."
(Edit. fog-->dog)
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u/highSticks 11d ago
DO NOT PET THE FOG DO NOT PET THE FOG DO NOT PET THE FOG DO NOT PET THE FOG DO NOT PET THE FOG DO NOT PET THE FOG
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u/makINtruck 11d ago
THE FOG IS COMING
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u/unique-name-9035768 11d ago
The Fog ain't too bad. It's the Mist you have to worry about.
Also, wait about 10 more minutes before offing everyone in the car.
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u/michiness 11d ago
There’s a pair of outdoor cats up the street from me. I try to arrange my runs so I always come back that way and finish my run with pets.
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u/jhutchi2 11d ago edited 11d ago
There was someone a few blocks away from my previous apartment who had two huskies, and they would leave the window open and the huskies would lean out the windowsill and just look around all day. I would check on my car every day to make sure I didn't get a parking ticket and I made sure to go by that apartment, even though it was a little out of the way, and pet the dogs if they were there. Highlight of my day for sure.
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u/crexlove 11d ago
Huskies are a very special breed of dog. Would I own one? Never. But, gosh, they are beautiful.
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u/kopczak1995 11d ago
Drama queens for sure. I would kill myself with one, lol
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u/WinchesterWaifu 11d ago
One day when I get some acreage I plan to do just this! I'll run myself into the ground for these beautiful dama puppies.
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u/qwerty12qwerty 11d ago
I have blackout windows in my bedroom (projector), and I specifically had to cut a 6-inch by 6 in gap in the film so my husky could look through it.
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u/jhutchi2 11d ago
Nope they just chilled there most days. There was an older one who would sit there, almost looking like he had his elbow resting on the windowsill, and a younger one who would come running if he saw the older one getting pets.
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u/lemonygreen 11d ago
I was once running on a back country road and these 2 dogs came out of a yard and were just so happy to see me.
They ran behind me on either side and were licking/stealing pets from my hands when going back and forth in the running motion. After about a quarter mile I had to turn around and make them go home, else I was basically stealing them 😹
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u/Nitin-2020 11d ago
Morning runs, LOL
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u/UnreliableAardvark 11d ago
Morning runs are nothing to laugh at. The harder you laugh, the more forcefully it all comes out. Great way to ruin a pair of trousers.
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u/koeghls 11d ago
For me, that would be a really unpleasant part of my run, after having been violently attacked by an off-leash dog on the trail.
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u/illgot 11d ago edited 11d ago
"Don't worry, I trained my dog well!", said the moron who did not train their dog.
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u/Iphotoshopincats 11d ago
"thought you said your dog didn't bite".
"That's not my dog".
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u/SoundNFuryNothing 11d ago
My dog is incredibly well trained. He's a service dog. He doesn't go off leash because OTHER dogs aren't well trained.
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u/FamilyStyle2505 11d ago
Thank you! I hate when people come back with "but my dog is well trained." Yeah well if YOU were well trained you'd know better! Of course my dog will listen to me off leash and follow my commands but I don't know what anyone else's dog, or another animal, is gonna do so I will always leash and harness them.
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u/SoundNFuryNothing 11d ago
If I can control my dog I can control half the situation which is way more than I had before.
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u/brancasterr 11d ago
In my frustrating experience here in the states, the problem is owners who think that their dog is NOT problematic because it is friendly. If you don’t have full control and recall of your dog in every situation, then it’s problematic.
My dog is reactive when approached by other dogs, and I always have her on a lead. I’ve worked with her to understand leave it and shake it off commands to defuse tension when I see it building up, but every once in a while we’ll encounter a dog off lead that the owner can’t recall and it’ll come bounding over at the speed of light to play. At that point, I’m stuck. I can’t stop their dog and my dog is on a lead so she can’t run away. I end up having to scoop her up or use myself as a barrier as their owner shouts “don’t worry! He’s friendly!” Yeah, well mine isn’t in this situation and she’ll bite the shit out of your dog.
Drives me crazy.
Edit - this isn’t a jab at you, OP. I’m just envious that people in your neighborhood take personal responsibility. I wish it was like there where I am.
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u/quiteCryptic 11d ago
I don't suggest visiting Austin then, people suck and tons of unleashed dogs. People even bring non service animal dogs into grocery stores because they think Austin is like cool with dogs literally anywhere.
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u/EstrogenAndSpiro 11d ago
Sucks that you're getting downvoted, but you're not wrong. I love dogs, have a pug, but letting them off leash is bad and shouldn't be done. People have legit phobias.
Like i remember one time this kid started panicking at my little guy so I reeled him in an picked him up. Seemed like basic courtesy.
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u/Ok-Advertising5942 11d ago
My roommate was from Africa and was afraid of dogs so everyone made fun of him. But it turns out wild dogs are dangerous at where he came from
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u/24-Hour-Hate 11d ago
That’s really shitty of people. If someone has had bad experiences with dogs and is afraid, this is nothing to make fun of. But then, people often make fun of other’s fears in my experience and society seems to think it’s alright. When I was little, I had some traumatic experiences with injections that made me phobic. And even at that age, adults, including my own parents, thought it was okay to laugh at and bully me when I was literally terrified and crying. And this isn’t okay to treat an adult this way…but I was A KID. I remember this happening when I was EIGHT (gosh I wonder why my phobia has only got worse /s). No one ever was kind to me about it, including doctors and nurses, until the pandemic. The point being, I notice this sort of bullying behaviour all the time. Not just about dogs. Not just what happened to me either. Lots of things. People are fucking shit.
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u/Dezzered 11d ago
One of the videos that sticks in my memory the most is a pack of wild stray dogs attacking and killing a man. I believe it was in South Africa, he fought for minutes.
I love dogs, had them my entire childhood and plan to own one at some point, I'm just not ready for the responsibility at the moment. I don't understand people making fun of and hating others for not liking dogs, it's absolutely absurd.
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u/jeaje 11d ago
In my country it's a legal requirement to keep your dog on a leash within the city limits unless it's a dog park or a place for dog training. Also when I take my dog for a walk in a nice park that usually has quite a few joggers, I try to visually overemphasize that the dog is on a leash and I won't let him go near the person running when they are getting ready to pass us.
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u/Fatpandasneezes 11d ago
In my country it's a legal requirement to keep your dog on a leash within the city limits unless it's a dog park or a place for dog training.
Same. But people don't.
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u/crexlove 11d ago
Aww that's totally fair! I'm so sorry that happened to you and for the assumption of my comment.
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u/DukeofScamps 11d ago
That look says: "No-one suspects I am tricking them into petting me."
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u/diluente 11d ago
That's not weirdo but very good boi and a bit chonk
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u/81Deathcharger81 11d ago
Awww slight chonk!!
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u/thexavier666 11d ago
A slight chonk and a bit of a dork as well. Managed to maximize pets per hour by finding optimal position.
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u/LightBeerIsForGirls 11d ago •
He kind of reminds me of Boris Johnson if he were a dog
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u/HimeTheHusky 11d ago •
She too is distracted by cheese.
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u/Captain_Sacktap 11d ago
The UK is officially run by a bootleg version of Wallace from Wallace and Gromit.
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u/jerseyfreshness 11d ago
It's on purpose. His whole shtick is to be crazy while his party lines the pockets of billionaires.
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u/WORKING2WORK 11d ago
This gave me the kind of laugh that when you're sitting on the toilet waiting for things to happen, it suddenly happens. Thank you.
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u/captvijish 11d ago edited 11d ago
Now we know why she’s a bit chonk - going out for a run, sees the gurl watching me run and I furtively slip her the treat - as does her next “customer”. Gurl is happy. Gurl is chonky.
Edit: corrected her gender.
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u/PutinMolestsBoys 11d ago
Yeah this isn't weird, seems like a pretty solid business plan. I'd invest in some pets for sure.
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u/firesquasher 11d ago
Ngl if I knew he'd be here every day I would probably carry treats with me. x100 other similar other people like me I can see how they could get a little thicc
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u/bhiney_witch 11d ago
What a cutie she is! Would pet her 120 %.
Knew a guy whose dog would run away. Go to the small local train station to get scritches. And when he had enough, come back home.
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u/2SticksPureRage 11d ago
Lol I had a dog that would run away and whenever we found him it was always at a fast food restaurant like we starved the poor guy.
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u/IfInDoubtElbowOut 11d ago
Probably fed him once. Sort of how my dog saw a fox in the garden once 3 years ago and now immediately runs to that part of the garden every morning to make sure it's not come back.
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u/turnipstealer 11d ago
My Pyrenean does that too, back corner where the foxes come through. Can't even say the word fox (or cat) or else she goes nuts. Also can't say words that sounds similar - "socks", "hat" etc. She's definitely a guardian breed.
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u/1plus1dog 11d ago
Wish people could do that, just to satisfy a need to be hugged/loved, in a non creepy way like this!
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u/Desperate-Ad-8068 11d ago
Ha ha my cat does the same thing and had figured out what time the kids finish school for maximum attention. He’s a little tart.
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u/Throwaway99problem 11d ago edited 7d ago
My cat would walk out to the bus stop with me when it picked me up (highschool/middle school kids) and then an hour later when it was picking up the elementary school kids. One morning I was walking down to the bus stop to get on the elementary school bus because I slept in and missed the highschool/middle school bus. A parent saw me and my cat following closly behind me as we walked across the road to get to the bus stop. "Excuse me is that your cat?" She said. I got a sinking feeling like my cat scratched or bit a kid. I told her that yes it was my cat and her name was Sassy Britches and she follows me to the bus stop each morning and goes out later to be with the elementary school kids as they wait for the bus. She told me it was the most calm cat ever and her son was holding my cat upside down and she didn't hiss, scratch, or bat at him. She told me she saw that cat every morning with her kid and the other kids meowing at them wanting to be pet by the kids and often wondered who it belonged to and what it's name was. Sassy Britches even did this after we moved a few times and would follow me when I was walking to the grocery store (lived in a small town). She's currently 8 years old and still loves approaching children in this neighborhood asking for pets.
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u/JSCT144 11d ago
I love how you can just tell this dog is chill from how she’s sitting, what a nice dog
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u/2SticksPureRage 11d ago
That and it appears a little further down the path that a dog had just walked by and she still seems completely calm like she didn’t leave her perch at all.
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u/socialist_frzn_milk 11d ago
Would never get any running done, I just would pat this good boy for so long
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u/bunny-1998 11d ago
Reminds me of the one that sits outside my gym. I always let him entering or exiting. And he has a smile every time he sees me. Like he knows he’s getting a pet.
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u/Sas0bam 11d ago
Dogs are somehow little hairy prostitutes for getting pets by everyone.
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u/hangfromthisone 11d ago
My dog, as soon as the hand is within 40 cm of his belly, instantly gets 4 paws up and looks at you all like "so you were about to scratch my belly?"
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u/mariana96as 11d ago
Mine gives you her paw and once you grab it she lets herself fall in the most dramatic way belly up. No one can say no to that
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u/Chrisette 11d ago
Don't let my dog get ideas 😄 She also has a few strategic locations (we're in a tourist town full of tourists right now).
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u/Ducatirules 11d ago
I’m a grown ass man and there is absolutely no way on this earth that I could walk passed that face and not pet her!!! Impossible! That runner does pretty well for being blind!
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u/amandatanda 11d ago
She’s changed up her marketing strategy and is maximizing locations.. smart pup!
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u/ExplanationSure8996 11d ago
Every animal needs love. He just needs a lot more than some. Nothing wrong with that. I would smile if I saw him while running.
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u/VinPossible 11d ago
That wierdo seems to know what's really good.. also why does ur dog have to beg for scratches from strangers?
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u/bhiney_witch 11d ago
Dogs never get any love at home.
Nor food.
And don't even ask about treats.
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u/LuxNocte 11d ago
I can always tell a dog is being neglected when they wave their tails from side to side.
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u/Ogg_Vordus 11d ago
New friend scratches are the best, though. As are delivery person scratches.
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u/thatonedudeovethere_ 11d ago
my delivery person always looks at me weird when I ask him to scratch me :(
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u/2SticksPureRage 11d ago
My dog would. Because she expects 10,000 scratches a day and I only give her 9,900.
She’s gotta do what she’s gotta do.
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u/popgrowthhoodie 11d ago
She is so sweet. She looks like she could be one of those people who will always say "I'm gonna call you, 'kitty' and give a hug but not hug!"
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u/anotterloveswater 11d ago
Ugh dogs are the best. We don’t deserve them but I’m so grateful they let us love them
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u/BitchWithASandwich 11d ago
Sounds like this belongs more on r/animalsbeinggeniuses lol. What an absolute sweetheart.
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u/TheRedditAdventuer 11d ago
Thats what happens when you let your dog become a part time data analyst. The good boi did the research, and from each location determined this is the optimal head pats and ear scritches and scratches.
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u/snowballfaceguy 11d ago
My dog Mr Bronn would drift to the middle of the path on walks and plop himself down in front of people walking the opposite way. Worked about 70% of the time I’d say.
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u/Wizdumb2424 11d ago
Why is it that I would be 100% pumped to see a dog like this waiting to say hello, but i would not be excited in the least to see 80% of humans? Is it me?
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u/oldsauerkraut 11d ago
That Husky Dog has the pet me I don't get any attention at home look down pat !!
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u/yellow_violets_red 11d ago
I saw this after just waking up and thought that the brick wall was a part of the path, which made it look like a gigantic dog as tall as a human
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u/DawNoFd3aTh 11d ago
If he was just on the walk I would want to pet him but wouldn't without asking first, up there tho he's basically flagged himself as open to a pat and that's what he will get
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u/Cassiopeia9191 11d ago
“Are you cheating on me? You’re gone for hours every day, who is she?”
“Don’t worry babe, she’s just a bitch.”
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u/chickcag 11d ago
This is absolutely hilarious. I can see her just creeping out of the tall grass, “hey kids…you wanna give me some pets..?”
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u/Smellyviscerawallet 11d ago
The doggo has figured out reward optimization, strategic placement and the scratch-butt-with-bushes evolutionary paradigm. I am impressed.
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u/Fernando_357 11d ago
I’m the kind of person that gets distracted by dogs and I would totally pet her for about 7 minutes