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View submission: Just Unsubbed from r/DogFree
I saw that subreddit a few weeks ago and thought I had found home too. I don’t hate dogs, in fact I grew up with them and there’s one at my parent’s house when I go to visit that I love very much. But I don’t want one for the same reasons I don’t want kids. They’re loud, they’re messy, too many close encounters with shit. I *do* prefer cats, but only because these issues are usually mitigated in their cases.
What I CANNOT stand are dog owners. You nailed it, putting their dogs on a pedestal, valuing any dog’s life above the life of any human. Just being real idiots about just *dogs*. Dogs, dogs, dogs!
“If we see a dog in public there’s a 110% chance I will run up and pet it.”
“If you don’t like dogs we can’t be friends.”
That level of dog culture is what makes me want to puke. And yet I couldn’t stay subbed there for the same reasons you mentioned. It’s just a hateful echo chamber. I don’t hate dogs, just like I don’t hate kids. They’re just not for me.
Comment by [deleted] at 22/03/2019 at 22:17 UTC*
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they’re messy, too many close encounters with shit. I *do* prefer cats
I lived with dogs growing up and we always had one -as far as I could remember. As an adult they were too much for me to handle to own one of my own for several years, however I did try cats -a few times- bc it's less work (not having to walk them several times a day).
Having a cat leaves you more messes and encounters with shit than any dog I have ever cared for! I could leave out 3 cups of food for a dog and not worry about a pile of puke in 30min. Given the opportunity, every cat I've ever known, will eat their entire bowl of food and then upchuck in the most inconvenient places.
As long as you're not still training a puppy that *everything* is not a chew toy, then you have much less mess than owning a cat brings. Even as adults they push things off of counter/table tops all the time.
I'm not saying dogs are superior to cats or that no one should hate dogs/love cats or anything. Love your cats, but don't act like they're that much different than dogs.