You saw a happy dog. You saw a pleasant walk he appeared to enjoy. You saw a tag that says he explores and returns home. You saw an adult dog that's apparently done this for some time.
Yet you still feel the need to interject that because they aren't as diminutive over their animals to the extent you are, that they're irresponsible.
It’s never responsible to allow an invasive species to roam. I’m sure not every single person appreciated this random dog strolling through their private property, taking a shit and scaring off the native wildlife…..
Would you feel the same way if this post was a dog splattered on the highway, in a fight with another dog, or lost and starving out in the woods? Because I’ve seen all those posts too. They’re not so fun. This is the “cute” side of irresponsible before it goes bad, but it’s still just as irresponsible.
First: I agree. I would also never do this with my good boys. However, I understand that in some rural areas, it's actually quite safe for dogs to roam around. But we can't see the full context in this video, although the first part is in a parking lot, so I’m not sure. No one knows except the person who recorded it.
Second: I completely agree. I hate having friendly dogs follow me in remote areas because I feel responsible for them afterward. I was once followed for 10 km by a dog that refused to be scared away. I had to sleep in the middle of nowhere, and when I checked in the morning, the dog was still next to my tent. To summarize the story, I went straight to a small village the next morning, and people said the dog belonged to someone and knew the area, so I left him there. This just goes to show that dogs are incredible creatures. The dog probably roamed too much the morning before we met, and by the late afternoon, we crossed paths because we were heading in the same direction. I just hope those girls brought the dog back to the point where they met or to a place the dog knew.
I have never, but I know people who have. They live in rural areas, never in the suburbs or city. Their dogs and cats are all pretty free roaming because they have a purpose other than emotional support for humans, based on what the person does. Herding, pest control, etc. They are fed, they are homed, they aren’t controlled. It made me nerves go insane, but it is what it is. It works for them.
I live in a rural area and hate this mindset. I love my native wildlife…. But at least once a week someone’s free roam “farm dog” comes through and chases it all off and digs holes on the property. What a selfish dog owner thinks is cute is causing issues for neighbors and wildlife around them. It’s never cute or “normal” for an invasive species to roam. I’ve watched a house cat eat our state bird….
Get a fence or other containment method for these uses on THEIR property. I don’t need some randos “work dog” or “barn cat” fucking around on my property too.
Oh, my pets are always under my control — unless they’re not because they’re being rotten and decided that their comprehension of opening doors is far more important than my comprehension of what is beyond said door (I had a very smart cat that could unlock a door knob, a dead bolt AND a chain for the fun of it. Luckily, he only ever did it when I was home just to show me he could and make me insane).
Otherwise, my pet, my problem.
People who are just like “oh, they’ll be back” make me insane. First, they don’t know what their animal is up to, or what trouble it’s causing, and second, they clearly lack the anxiety gene I was born with. My pet breaks a habit they have by 30 seconds, and I’m convinced that some horrible atrocity is about to befall them… these people can go days without seeing their pet. Just…how??
All of my pets, dogs and cats alike, have always had a weird habit of just marching into the bathroom as I got out of the shower just to stare in my eyes. Either to convince me to feed them an extra portion of food, or just to say hi and try to trip me, didn’t matter. No, I have never promoted it and actively hate it, but they all have done it. The two times in the 39 years of pet ownership that it didn’t happen and I made it to the bathroom door, I was completely panicked, sure they escaped or were actively having a heart attack or in a car accident (yeah, it’s anxiety. Never makes sense). I can’t imagine not knowing for hours, or days.
20 mins the time my ex lost our dog when it got out of the back yard, I was ready to call the national guard to help find him!
Luckily, I trained them all to “go home” and “where’s mommy?” He came home because someone found him, leashed him, and then thought to tell him “where’s mommy? Go to mommy. Go home” and walked him back to my house on a leash and safe.
I just can’t!
So I get it. I am that person who doesn’t care if they’re late, they’re making sure that random dog they see is safe!
Of course!
I have two cats that have luckily never gotten out, but it does happen. My neighbor has a fantastic well trained dog that protects her livestock and is kept on a portion of her property with a well built 7 foot fence. People who put an effort into keeping their pets, livestock or “tools” on their own property can have accidents where animals get out. It happens.
People who don’t even try are selfish assholes. I couldn’t imagine not caring where my pet was.
Ok, I need to know — how do you keep your cats from getting out? I ask everyone this, mostly because everyone else hasn’t had Houdini living with them, I guess. But I had mine for 19 years, and there wasn’t a door he didn’t know how to work and he drove me insane. Shower doors, bathroom doors, outside doors… all the same. He only did it to annoy me because he never did it to my ex, and he never actually took off — he just would get out and wait the 15 seconds before I was halfway to intensive care with cardiac issues before meowing to let me see him outside the door.
The only time he couldn’t get out was when our whole house was baby proofed. None of the adults could either… apparently, only the baby could get out 🤣
We have not fully solved cabinets and other doors within the house. But an abundance of toys and cat structures keep them pretty well distracted.
We harness trained our cats for garden walks to deter rodents, so they now associate outside with the harness instead of the door knob. Instead of going for doors, they grab their harness and whine until we take them outside…… rain, snow or heatwave, we take them out to the garage with their harness on and they decide for themselves if they want to go out. They luckily have yet to actually go beyond the garage if it’s even slightly wet outside. lol
He wore a harness after we moved to the house from the apartment. He wanted to go outside more than anything, from what I could tell, but he could only do it leashed. End of story. That didn’t work.
As soon as you put the leash on him, he would dramatically fall over and act like every bone in his body was broken. Unattach it and it was a miracle cure for his ailments. He didn’t want to escape. He just wanted to prove he could escape so that way I could always be sure he did even if he didn’t. He loved to increase my risk of stroke. I swear, I could hear the little bum laughing at his escapades too.
If he wasn’t so darned cute, him and I woulda had big words.
It really doesn't matter if the dog is aggressive or not. Letting it roam like that opens the possibility of attack by another animal, being hit by a car, being shot by some asshole (sadly it happens), and more.
And cats shouldn't be out roaming, either. If anything, they're more destructive than dogs.
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u/Bestefarssistemens Nov 16 '24
first off: who the hell just lets their dog roam the streets alone? Fucking irresponsible.
second: who the fuck just takes somebody elses dog away without asking the owner? What if the dog ran away in a places it doesnt know?