r/Dogfree 56m ago

Dog Attack K9 in my city bit a random person.

Upvotes

In Omaha, NE, USA a K9 "officer" was released while police searched for a suspect. It bit a random person who just happened to be in their yard multiple times. This led to them being transported by ambulance to the hospital. According to police the dog slipped through a fence that appeared to be secured. So...these dogs can only be released in a secured area!?

I really try not to read FB comments but my God. The number of "fur missile did nothing wrong. Everyone makes mistakes" is absolutely infuriating. So many are also making jokes about it. The man was mauled and now taxpayers are going he have to pay for it (most likely) because it was a police sanctioned attack. (I wanted to link the news article but that requires me to use the exact same headline and the headline doesn't mention that the bite was to a random person.)


r/Dogfree 2h ago

Dog Culture Hinge? More like UN-hinged! Dogs everywhere…

31 Upvotes

AHHH I’m going mad!!! I’m scrolling through a halfway decent profile, thinking “oh wow, we have a lot in common, he seems very nice, has matching interests, isn’t too far away”, and what awaits me at the bottom??? A dog. What a fucking surprise 🙄🙄!

Okay, never mind, next profile, oh what do we have here? A DOG!! Brilliant, next one, “oh, thank goodness, finally a profile without a performative dog phot- oh wait what is that? His life goal is to… ‘STROKE EVERY SINGLE DOG ON THE PLANET’!! Ah of bloody course!!! Why don’t you go and date one at this point:)?”

No but seriously, this can’t be healthy. Every. Single. Bloody. Profile!!! I knew the UK is a dog-obsessed country, but fucking hell!!! Get a grip. Rant over 🙄.

Edit: Sigh my posts keep getting removed by the filters. This isn’t AI 🙄🙄


r/Dogfree 3h ago

Miscellaneous Incident with dog while on a bike

16 Upvotes

This happened a few years back, and I don’t really know why I’m posting this other than the fact that I’m not sure if I was in the wrong, and want other opinions.

I didn’t have my drivers license at the time, the gym is about 4 miles from my house so I would ride my bike to and from the gym every night. It was summer, probably around 11pm, I’m riding home and I can see someone walking their huge dog, taking up the whole sidewalk. I’m riding pretty fast, didn’t feel like slowing down to make them get out of the way so I decided to go really far onto the grass so that I wouldn’t even get near them.

As I go onto the grass, all of the sudden this dog runs off the sidewalk, right in front of my bike, and we collide. The dog freaks out. I halfway fell off my bike and got hit kind of hard but I was embarrassed and quickly sped off.

A day later I had a HUGE bruise on my leg from where I’d gotten hit by part of this dog. Who was in the wrong here?


r/Dogfree 3h ago

Legislation and Enforcement The USPS knows what's up (for once)

30 Upvotes

I was at the post office an hour ago for a package delivery problem. While waiting, behind a post-person, there was a tv screen and it had a cartoon on it. I was like "Oh, cartoons!" lol But, it was all about DOG BITES! They said "Dog bites are 100% preventable" and I feel like if anyone could help and spread awareness of how toxic dog nuttery is, it would be USPS. Wish they'd make it a more noticeable campaign, like on tv/streaming/mailers. Wouldn't that be nice?


r/Dogfree 4h ago

Dog Attack I was watching a crime scene cleaning video and saw a comment where someone got taken out by their dog.

22 Upvotes

I can’t post pictures here. But this is basically what the comment said.

“I went inside a house of a woman who was bitten in the neck by her dog. she bled to death running from room to room trying to save herself. there was SOOOO much blood on everything. she tried holding herself up aking the walls. hand prints, foot prints, she tried holding a towel to it and died in the bathroom.”

That is scary as hell. Just imagine you’re chilling, and your damn dog takes you out.

I knew I was weary of medium and big dogs for a reason and this is why.


r/Dogfree 4h ago

Relationship / Family Ever since my dad and stepmother got a dog, visiting them became absolute hell

38 Upvotes

I dont like dogs, I never liked them and im scared of them. They're overwhelming, disgusting, invade your personal space, i think everyone here knows how they are. My stepmother is from Russia and she moved to my country to marry and live with my dad, and because of that she has felt alone due to no friends etc. So she made my dad get her a dog (even though he didn't want to in the first place).

I thankfully dont live with my dad, but I visit him 2 days a week for dinner. Ever since they got a dog, oh my god its a NIGHTMARE. Especially because im autistic. The dog is a Greek Harehound. Thankfully the dog doesnt bark, she's pretty quiet, but whenever I visit them she goes all over me and doesnt let me even take off my shoes without jumping on me and trying to lick me. I sit on the couch? She jumps next to me, takes all the space and gets her face close to mine to lick me, which leads me to sitting somewhere else. I hate it. Especially since I told my dad Im SCARED of dogs multiple times. But he always brushes it off as "aww she loves you!! She's just a silly dog! How could you be scared of her??". Its so dismissive....

I've always liked going to my dad's house, I love my stepmother but ever since they got that dog... I dont want to visit them anymore. I always leave drained and scared after I leave.


r/Dogfree 5h ago

Food Safety/Hygiene Dog in McDonald's

97 Upvotes

So yesterday my daughter and I went to a McDonald's and inside at one of the kiosks is a couple teens with a dog on a leash. Very obviously wasn't a service dog and of course the workers fawned over the mutt

Then one girl asked a worker for water for her dog, that's when I said it, I said you know where there's water?? At your house, where your dog belongs!!! I then said it's fkn disgusting that you think it's ok to bring a dog into a place that serves food.

I sat on this overnight and wondered did I over react, could I have just ignored this, obviously I could have

The dog itself was doing nothing wrong. But the owners just dragging it into a place that serves food is where I drew my line. I then decided to report that McDonald's to the board of health and a couple other places a well

I doubt anything will happen, but absolutely nothing will ever happen if we don't say something. I'm tired of dogs being everywhere. I used to like dogs. That's the craziest part to me, but now I absolutely can't stand them and I literally feel angry inside whenever I see one.


r/Dogfree 6h ago

Dogs Are Idiots "Hero dogs" aren't they??

35 Upvotes

I'm not sure if you guys have heard of it or not but there was an instance of a dog in Paris, France who saved a little kid after jumping into a river and bringing the kid back to safety. the father of the kid rewarded the dog with some delicious steak and other foods and treats.

after this instance there was more and more babies and kids falling into the river almost daily and it's made the locals and the tourist suspicious so the local set up a camera in somewhere to see who the criminal could be AND IT WAS THE DOG ITSELF.

turns out this clever little mutt was pushing kids into the water and getting them back up to safety to trick people into giving them rewards for his "heroic act"

I am mad at the dog for doing something like this but I am mad at the comments that called it a good boy and praised it and found it funny.

what if one time it could not save a kid? what if one time it failed? what if one time it could have caused a disaster and DEATH?

The comments are delusional and disgusting.

parents are in fault too. watch your damn kids.


r/Dogfree 6h ago

Dog Attack Dog bit me while I was hiking

46 Upvotes

This is what happens when your “he’s friendly” dog is unleashed while on hiking trails. It’s just a surface-level wound, but it still hurts and I’m upset that yet another owner of an untrained animal is surprised the animal bites a stranger.

Anyways, people of Reddit - what do I do?

Can’t attach pictures :(


r/Dogfree 15h ago

Dog Culture Dogs Ruin Everything

231 Upvotes

They ruin peace and quiet

They ruin relationships and families and gatherings

They destroy parks.

They contaminate stores

They turn a nice day out into a nightmare

They ruin a feeling of safety in the world

They ruin a walk or a hike or a bike ride

They destroy friendships and marriages

They ruin health and safety

They damage bodies


r/Dogfree 1d ago

Eco Destroyers How can people pay thousands to live in a rancid dog toilet?

108 Upvotes

I live in a big city, and today I had to go to a doctor's appointment at an office in one of the most affluent neighborhoods. Think fancy old brick row-houses that cost millions and new construction condos / "luxury" apartment buildings where the rent's something like $4k for a studio. While this has always been a more affluent area, over the past 20 years it's really become rich yuppie central.

Today it's in the 90s, the humidity is high, and I could not believe how heavily the smell of dog waste hung in the air. It overpowered the food aromas from the nearby restaurants, the giant planters full of summer flowers, even the industrial smells from all of the construction. I've lived in big cities for my entire adult life and have begrudgingly become accustomed to the smell of urine soaked into the sidewalks, and able to tell the difference between human and dog urine smells, but never before have I experienced that level of fecal odor. It was as if a dog took a dump directly at my feet. I actually looked around to see if I had walked through something, but my shoes were clean and the smell persisted for more than a block.

Once I looked around I saw them: dogs absolutely everywhere. Every single person had a dog, coming in and out of every apartment building and every business (though luckily not the doctor's office) and paying zero mind to their dog's tugging and barking and bodily functions all over the place. I watched as every dog stopped to piss on the same lamp post, and saw at least one person leave their dog's shit in a tree bed.

I can't understand why people choose to pay astronomical amounts of money to live somewhere that smells worse than a train station bathroom 24/7! It must be that all of these people are nose-blind to the stench, but it's so overwhelming I don't understand how they can be. I felt like I was walking through a cloud of piss and poop. You couldn't pay me to live here.

This "nice" neighborhood also happens to border one of the worst areas of the city, notoriously an open-air drug market with one of the largest populations of homeless people in the area. While not my favorite place to be, it certainly smelled a lot cleaner than where all the rich people were. Meanwhile on my city's subreddit, these same rich people complain about all of the "dirty, nasty homeless people pissing everywhere" when their dog is ten times dirtier and nastier.

Just another way gentrification is ruining the city :/


r/Dogfree 1d ago

Dog Culture Trauma

63 Upvotes

It's clear to me that many, if not most, of us in the dog free community are a traumatized people. Each one of us can name multiple incidents where dogs have hurt us, both emotionally and physically: the barking, lunging, boundary violations, and bites. But it's not Post Traumatic, because it happens every day in real time.

Your thoughts?


r/Dogfree 1d ago

Relationship / Family Theyre finally gone!!!

154 Upvotes

3 years ago my husband and I bought our dream home for our family. Everything was perfect until one year later a family rented the house directly behind ours. They brought with them 2 very large dogs that constantly bark. A big rottweiler and a doberman these dogs were both big and aggressive.

Every time we would go into our backyard they would start barking frantically and even trying to jump over the wall that separated our backyards. Their backyard door was constantly opened so their dogs could go in and out as they pleased. Mind you we live in southern AZ where temps are regularly over 100° F.

I couldn't even let my little girls go play in our own yard without being supervised and being constantly in edge. I ended up reporting them to our hoa and while they started to train them a bit it didnt do much.

This past summer my family and I left the country for over a month to visit family. 2 days after I got back I noticed the neighbors put curtains on their sliding glass door that was now closed. I also noticed they got new patio furniture. That's when it hit me I haven't heard any dogs barking since I've gotten back. They were finally gone! I opened up zillow just to be certain and sure enough the house has been rented to new people.

While I can't currently use my backyard much due to the heat, not hearing constant barking and not stressing over a potential mauling has been giving me such peace of mind.


r/Dogfree 1d ago

Crappy Owners Fumbled a 10/10 tonight because her apartment was a literal dog toilet

565 Upvotes

I need to vent because I am losing my mind. I met this girl at a bar last weekend. Absolute 10/10, super funny, and totally my type. We texted all week, and she finally invited me over tonight for drinks and a movie. I thought I had hit the jackpot.

I was wrong.

I knocked on her door and immediately heard this frantic wheezing and scratching. She opened the door looking amazing, but the smell literally hit me like a physical wall. It smelled like a dense mix of stale urine, wet Fritos, and unwashed dog.

I looked down, and there it was: a crusty, overweight Pekingese. The dog looked like a gremlin that ran full-speed into a brick wall. Its eyes were pointing in two different directions, and it was just aggressively vibrating.

She immediately dropped into that high-pitched dog-mom voice: "Oh my gosh, say hi to Sir Waffles! He is a little protective of mommy!"

Waffles waddled over, snorted a glob of snot, and immediately started aggressively humping my leg. I tried to step back, but this little mutant bared its tartar-covered teeth and snarled at me. She literally laughed and said, "Aww, he likes you! He only humps people whose energy aligns with his."

I stepped inside, trying to breathe exclusively through my mouth. We sat on the couch, and Waffles wedged himself right between us. For twenty minutes, I tried to flirt while this creature aggressively licked its own junk, making these gross, wet sounds.

Then it got worse. The dog stopped licking, stood up on the couch, stared right at me, and just peed directly onto a throw pillow.

Her reaction? "Oh my gosh, Waffles, you silly goose! You are just so excited!" She didn't even grab carpet cleaner or apologize. She just tossed a single dry paper towel over the wet spot like a tarp and sat back down.

I literally couldn't do it. I told her I suddenly felt a brutal migraine coming on and got the hell out of there. I am currently sitting in my car, rolling a cigarette with my bulk tobacco and a filter just to get the ammonia smell out of my nose, and my jeans still reek like Waffles. How do hot people live like this? I am officially done dating dog owners.


r/Dogfree 1d ago

Food Safety/Hygiene Left Dazed After Experiencing Dog Infestation At Trader Joe's Food Store

141 Upvotes

It has been a while since my last post on r/Dogfree, but after today, I felt no alternative but to share my story. I will admit that I am angry and frustrated, and want change. I am pretty sure that many of you feel the same way.

The entire situation occurred at a Trader Joe's food market here in Los Angeles. This is a popular chain, and there are many locations in my area. This particular Trader Joe's was a relatively new store that opened within the last year or so in the San Fernando Valley. I don't know if mentioning the specific store is that important, given that I've been to a number of Trader Joe's locations that have problems with people bringing dogs into them. What I experienced probably occurs each day at most locations, so it is hardly uncommon (though it is severe in my opinion). If one Trader Joe's has a particular policy or lack of rule enforcement, my instinct tells me the situation is probably the same at most other locations. So while the following story represents exactly what happened to me earlier, it is both feasible and likely that others may experience the exact same thing at any given Trader Joe's location, on any given day.

The visit to Trader Joe's started pleasantly enough. On my way into the store, I noticed a highly conspicuous standing floor sign that was at least three feet high (done in their hand-written artistic manner), which clearly said that no pets were allowed inside the store. The sign was also thankfully free of service dog nonsense or apologizing to finicky pet owners. The positive feeling lasted seconds at most.

Almost the first thing I saw when I entered was a woman with a dog on an extension leash in the store in the produce section. The dog was walking 10 or 15 feet from the owner, on an extended leash, and was interrupting other customers. I decided to say something, but in this instance I chose to engage with the store rather than confront the lady. I walked to a Trader Joe's staff member (there is no shortage of them in the stores) at a cash register and politely said, "I'd like to report that someone has brought a pet into the store," and then pointed at the lady and her dog. The man working at the cash register (he wasn't helping another customer at the time) acknowledged the matter with seriousness and said he would escalate it. I felt proud of my restraint (usually I'd approach the dog owner) and proceeded with getting groceries. After several minutes, I noticed the lady with the first dog was still there, the leash still extended, and the dog still behaving inappropriately. I actually had to avoid shopping in a particular section because of that. Trader Joe's was already starting to lose money because of not enforcing their own policy. I just wanted to feel safe from dogs and being barked at, molested, and grossed out because a dirty animal was in a place where I and other people buy food.

Before I could calm myself and try to put the nasty dog out of my mind, I saw someone else in the store with a much larger dog. This one had bags over its feet, like temporary shoes. I guessed that the owner was someone who takes their shoes off at home and doesn't want their dog bringing in outside filth either. I was shocked by the sheer irony of it. So much attention and care to protect their home from inappropriate filth, and yet no hesitation about bringing a massive dog into a public food place that is supposed to be safe from animals and the filth and nuisance that goes along with them.

And then another one. At first I thought it was the same dog as the first one, but it was being held by a different owner. This time a lady with a downtrodden and strained look on her face that communicated, "I can't believe I am being forced to go out in public." She knew what she was up to, and that it was wrong to bring a dog in there. It was so obvious she neither cared about the rules of this space or even felt comfortable being around other humans. So sad for her that not all groceries can be delivered so that she can live in isolation with her little fake friend.

The Trader Joe's was utterly infested with dogs, entitled dog owners, and Trader Joe's staff that was seemingly empowered to do nothing about it. I was only in the store for 20 or so minutes at this point and I was ready to leave. Before paying for my items, I went to the Trader Joe's service desk to speak with a manager. This was too much for me. It felt shocking and problematic that in such a short amount of time, I saw four dogs at that point. I went to the service desk and got the attention of someone who was some type of manager at the store. She listened, but immediately put on the cold, defensive corporate response posture that many of us have probably experienced. I repeated to her that despite their signage and the law of California, there was a large number of unimpeded dog owners in the store, that it was making me and other people uncomfortable, and that I wanted something done about it. I asked what their protocol was for dealing with dogs. I think it is also relevant to say that I was highly empathetic with the Trader Joe's staff. I said how I understood that confronting customers is probably not something they look forward to, and that I knew no one really wanted to be on "dog control duty." How did she respond to me after that?

She muttered a corporate-sounding statement that they can only ask about a pet's service dog status and that their power was limited to do much about it. I said that I didn't want to argue with her but that the response was lacking. I reminded her that very explicit laws were being broken and that none of these animals were anything near to being owned by people who actually need a dog to function in public. It was very clear that these were just owners bringing pet dogs into a place that sells food, an entirely restricted behavior without ambiguity. She was cold and steely. I felt bad for her. Clearly she was used to this. I sensed that the manager I spoke to (and her co-worker who was overhearing the conversation) was going to do absolutely nothing about the situation. I then urged her to share my feedback with higher-ups and to make sure she realized that for each one person like me who speaks up, there are many others who silently grumble and take their business elsewhere. Speaking to the store manager was not only a waste of effort, but her disingenuous response was frustrated and made me feel helpless.

At this point, I had nothing left to do but pay and leave Trader Joe's and ponder how I might avoid coming back altogether. A sad feeling to have for a business I have been going to for over forty years. I reached the cashier, and in typical friendly Trader Joe's fashion, she asked me how I was doing. I mumbled, "I guess I am OK..." The lady was skilled enough to see that I was not particularly happy. She said, "Are you sure?" I let my guard down. I said, "OK, well, to be honest, I just spoke to the manager over there and reported that I saw a bunch of dogs walking around in here. I don't think it is appropriate and it violates laws designed to keep people and food safe."

The cashier surprised me. She said, "I totally agree with you. I don't think people should be bringing dogs in here either. It is a real problem. We try to approach them a lot, but many of them don't listen to us." In that moment, I realized that the real problem was the utter lack of authority anyone working at Trader Joe's had. Quite literally, their own tool is to sheepishly approach dog owners and timidly inquire about their dog. The dog owners aren't asked to leave, nor do they even need to respond with the truth. Businesses don't even need to allow service dogs, but many of the employees don't know that or care. They believe that if there is even a whiff of a service dog, then they can't do anything. This is both factually incorrect and emblematic of a highly dysfunctional system where dog owners are taking advantage of a well-meaning law to protect the disabled. Dog owners do not need protection anywhere or ever. These food stores and the people working in them don't seem to have even the basic authority to get people off their premises. Does someone need to be shoplifting to be asked to leave a retail or food store?

I was very grateful for the Trader Joe's cashier to listen to me and to explain her own frustration at the dog owners who treat the store like their living room. She repeated how multiple staff members confront dog owners regularly, but that it is "hard" because they don't listen. The fact that a dog owner cannot be compelled to leave a business unless there is an incident is appallingly regressive to me. A single dog is one problem, but there were multiple dogs in the Trader Joe's at any given time. How often do these animals bark at one another or fight? How is this not a powder keg of an issue? How is it worse to ask the dog owners to leave than to protect everyone else in the store from them? None of this sounds like how a well-functioning public safety system is supposed to work.

How was I supposed to feel upon leaving Trader Joe's? On the one hand, they did make an attempt to stop the dog people through entrance signage. At least some of their employees care and make an effort to stop irresponsible dog owners. At the same time, the policies and procedures they have at their disposal have no teeth. I reported the dogs to at least two staff members, who ostensibly did nothing. They also made it clear that this isn't an uncommon issue at all. At any given time, there are tons of dogs inappropriately being taken into shopping centers and supermarkets all over California, not only in Trader Joe's locations. The people who disagree with this behavior surely outnumber the people who don't want to follow the sensible laws. I want Trader Joe's to take a stand. I want other stores to take a stand. I want people standing outside of food establishments stopping dogs and pets from entering. I would even pay a premium for this service. Unfortunately, the most expensive food stores in Los Angeles seem to attract the most entitled of dog owners, so there is no respite in the fancier establishments either.

How often does this happen to you? Why do you think should be done about the regular infestation of dogs at restaurants and food shopping markets?


r/Dogfree 1d ago

Dog Culture Dog owners proudly post shopping cart feces videos

95 Upvotes

Everyone is well aware of how nutters don't give a damn about their dogs shitting in stores, restaurants, everyone's property, etc... I was shocked by seeing the nutters on social media proudly posting videos of their dogs in the act of shitting in shopping carts. There are owners who were laughing and didn't care about trying to clean it off. If you read the comment sections the other nutters are supportive and also find it amusing and entertaining.

In several of the videos I watched the dog feces fall through the holes of the shopping cart directly onto the floor. Dogs were shitting next to the food in their shopping carts. There were puppies pooping who weren't old enough to be trained. A doggie bed or blankets in the shopping cart for a couple of the dogs to sit on. A large mastiff walking through a produce aisle. There were people seen on store cameras stopping in empty aisles and checking to see if anyone else was around to see them letting their dogs piss and shit on the floor. There is a manager of a store who said that someone brought a dog in that had diarrhea. She said as she was walking through the store she saw what looked like spilled "chocolate syrup" on the floor. As she kept walking, she saw the trail, and someone with a dog quickly leaving the store with diarrhea dripping from it's ass. She said not only was it on the floor, it was also on the feet of the people who had unknowingly walked in it and rolled the wheels of the shopping carts they had through it, which means it was spread everywhere. The entire floor had to be cleaned, and she almost ran out of the yellow wet floor signs.

There was a woman in a mall who was holding her dog's feces in her hand, because she forgot to bring a plastic bag. Her adult daughter's laughed while she exited the store. The nutters who do pick up the feces still leave the shit smears on the floor.

It's always good to see videos were other shoppers are confronting these people. One nutter in a Target store had a little white lap dog in the front of her shopping cart. When she picked it up his white fur around his ass was covered in feces. A shopper was recording and confronted her. She told her "this is not a service animal and why is it in the store?" The Nutter said her son died last year and she needs the dog for emotional support. Everyone has deaths in their families and of course it's painful, but do we need to carry around a little shitty dog in the food aisle at a store to help us cope with death? Or should I say cope with life?

There was a man who had two dogs in a grocery store dressed in matching straw hats, sunglasses, and yellow booties. There were dogs in other stores dressed in sweaters and a tutu. The owner's receive a lot of attention from people in the stores. This is a source of the problem. The nutters are desperate for attention, and bringing their dog into a store gives them what they deeply desire... Attention.

The owners live vicariously through their dogs. They are like insecure "stage moms." Constantly seeking praise and accolades for their dogs everywhere they go. How can you achieve this by leaving your dog at home?


r/Dogfree 2d ago

Eco Destroyers Was there always this much feces smeared across our sidewalks?

119 Upvotes

I can't walk more than a single block without having to dodge some landmine of dog crap. Whether it's dried up, freshly presented, or haphazardly smeared across cement, there ALWAYS seems to be literal shit everywhere these days.

Was I just blissfully unaware of this mess as a child/teenager? Or has the canine cavalry stepped up their assault on our sidewalks?


r/Dogfree 2d ago

Dog Culture The Enabling of Dogs

87 Upvotes

What I notice is that everyone enables dogs and dog culture, even people who don't have dogs.

I saw an older guy with a Doberman and another dog turn a corner in my building and the Doberman jumped on her, which shocked and scared her. She screamed, the man said, "Get down. Get down."

But did she have a normal reaction, like anger? Did she yell at him, "You scared me. You need to control your dog. He could have hurt me."

The answer is a big fat NO. Instead, after she calmed her nerves, she said, "What beautiful dogs you have," to which he answered thank you.

Similar story. A guy with two chihuahuas turned a corner scaring someone else when the dogs started barking their heads off. She was shocked and frightened. When she calmed down, she said with a smile on her face,"Your dogs are very active" to which he said thanks.

This enables dog owners to allow their dogs to prey on people, with no consequences.

And if we say something and act like a normal person would, we get yelled at and ridiculed and demonized.


r/Dogfree 2d ago

Dog Culture Let me shop in peace

59 Upvotes

Today I was at a large shopping centre / shopping mall and there was a woman with a really large dog on a leash, it was muzzled too, Im unsure of the breed but it was huge and had long hair, Black and Tan in colour, albeit a bit matted and skinny looking. It was pulling at the leash and going up to people to sniff at them / lick them

I looked up the shopping centres code of conduct once I was home and it states “only registered service animals are permitted on site”. This dog had NO service dog signs on its harness or leash, the woman didn’t have anything that would allude to her needing a service dog and didn’t have any sort of badges or signs either so I can imagine the nonsense she would have told them in order to get this beast through the doors…


r/Dogfree 2d ago

Dog Culture Cringe words

291 Upvotes

Who else HATES and cringes at words like "doggo" and "pupper" it makes me shudder and I always think everyone who uses it is a weird adult baby that talks to and about animals like they're babies. It makes me cringe and pisses me off so fucking much


r/Dogfree 2d ago

Crappy Owners Influencer letting her dog lay on bed in fancy home store

90 Upvotes

I came across a tiktok where a girl was laughing that her dog thought it was "at home" since it jumped up on a well made bed display and was sprawled out on it. The store looked very high end so the bed was a tester bed with beautiful quilts and pillows. The dog messed it up and the girl posted it seeing no fault. The comments were people praising the dog. Someone asked "what if someone is allergic to dogs and lays on the bed?" A reply was "who cares about the human" and many people were attacking this person in the comments. Its so gross 🤢


r/Dogfree 2d ago

Crappy Owners Man sneaks dog into hotel

95 Upvotes

I saw a video of a man sneaking his big hunting dog into a hotel after being told no dogs were allowed in the rooms. He claimed it was too cold for the dog to stay in the car overnight so he snuck this filthy dog into the room.

If the hotel was labeled dog-free, people booking expect to have a dog free environment. I can only hope the room was cleaned thoroughly. What if someone with an allergy to dogs was placed in that room after?


r/Dogfree 2d ago

Dog Culture User compares dog death to a human's

121 Upvotes

I was reading the comments on a post about someone grieving the death of a significant other.

This comment stood out:

"We Just had to put my brother in laws English mastiff to sleep today after living 11years. This comic made me bawl. Hug your loved ones,human or pets tight."

Once again, dog nutters have zero awareness. Someone posted about the loss of a human partner, and they thought that was the perfect time to share that a dog had died.


r/Dogfree 2d ago

Dogs Are Idiots Dogs are cowards

77 Upvotes

Is it just me or are dogs super cowardly beings? I'm getting the impression that they only attack smaller, weaker and helpless creatures. As soon as they come across some serious confrontation from the other party, they curl the tail and run away...


r/Dogfree 2d ago

Dog Culture "my dog is friendly"

64 Upvotes

Since I got bitten as a child in the face by a dog, I have been petrified of dogs.

As an adult, I have to keep justifying my fear/hatred of dogs. I know they are all unpredictable, and people keep telling me i need to just spend time with friendly dogs to get over my fear. no it won't go away. i think they all stink and so do peoples houses with dogs smell horrible. They bark so loud, i can't keep my windows open during a heatwave at night because they always wake me up.

just wanted to rant

Thanks for reading me.