4chan

4814 readers

7 users here now

Greentexts, memes, everything 4chan.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

175

Anon notices (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

86 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It really sounds like your problems are with dog owners and not the animal itself

A lot of them, yes.

your dog sucks

Yes, he's a Covid puppy who never got socialized until he was like 2.

The majority of them are VERY easy to train

You are on crack

Cats are equally "implicitly aggressive"

Moreso than dogs I would say, but a cat can't bite my fingers off or maul kids to death. There are 5 million reported dog bites in the US per year. Do you know how bad a dog bite has to be for it to actually be reported??

I should let you know that no matter how often you change the litter box, your house smells

When I lived with a cat I always noticed that. Bothered me a lot. If I were to get another cat I would put a lot of money and time into smell reduction, but I don't think that's going to happen because kids are in my future and Toxoplasma is real.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm not on crack. I volunteered at a shelter (cats/dogs) for 6 years and another shelter (cats/dogs/rabbits) for 2 more. I have a lot of experience with animals even outside of having at least one pet in my home for 95% of my life. Very few dogs are untrainable and even fewer from birth... It's usually the result of abuse or years of neglect. (ETA: only having experience with bad neighbors and one dog of your own doesn't really give you "a means to judge")

Likewise, there's very few "bad" cats - though I'd wager the percentage is higher given the prevalence of feral cats. They are MUCH less domesticated and will "revert" to being completely feral in one generation. Not a bad thing, just pointing it out.

The majority of dogs don't need to be trained to not rip a toddler's fade off and those that do are usually from breeds that were bred for aggression. Pitbulls, as much as I love them, are in that category. Golden Retrievers are not.