I’ve got my coat ready before I start this – I am sick of dogs. There, I’ve said it! There are far too many of the bloody things, cr*pping everywhere, jumping up at you with filthy paws, barking constantly. The countryside is full of them. Why do people feel the need to have more than one? I’d bring in much stricter controls on breeding and bring back licences. Any dogs caught fouling would be ……. no, I can’t say that. Well, I’m waiting for the inevitable tirade of abuse …..

You sir, should be banned.

a dog scratched me the other day while resting on my arm to lick me. I killed it, and now I’m on a Charles Bronson-esque mission to rid the world of canines.

Either that or I have rabies. I’ve been sniffling since. Am I going to die?

Me – well mixed really.

I got savaged as a child (blood etc etc), however a mates dad was a shepherd (did one man and his dog) – amazing to see a well trained dog doing something useful

I have now resolved that next time a dog jumps up at me to start leg humping the owner and barking, whilst my gf shouts “It’s allright, he’s only playing’ ………

TJ, that’s who

I don’t like my dog. It follows me round the house, demands walks every evening, wakes me up at quarter to 6, leaves bits of chewed bone around the place…
It’s a pain in the arse.

I simply don’t see the point of them (working dogs excepted). Seems like a lot of hassle for the owners and a lot of unpleasantness inflicted on society – for what?

TBH I’m not a great fan of dogs, I don’t hate them I’m just not comfortable with them around (especially big dogs) unfortunately where I live lots of people have dogs, the shite is bad enough but the barking is like fingernails down a blackboard to me.
I realise that for some people they are a good companion but I just don’t get people who live in towns and have no garden having a dog?

OWG – well put.

OWG Seconded.

Just useless sh*t machines.

I dont have a thing against dogs, more the dog owners who leave their dog’s sh*t everywhere and dont train them enough to have any control when I cycle past. I dont understand the concept of picking up it’s sh*t for it’s entire life, so there must be some return-on-investment I’m missing. I dont understand owners who allow their lives to be ruled a dog, ie going mental everytime someone knocks on your door, yapping all the frickin time, leaving dog hairs everywhere, making your whole house smell of dog and dealing with the poo. Theres something to be said about the environmental impact that our obsession with dogs has, all the meat which is reared just to feed our pooches is also a bit weird to me but hey there you go.

failedengineer earlier:

No death threats yet?

I simply don’t see the point of them (working dogs excepted). Seems like a lot of hassle for the owners and a lot of unpleasantness inflicted on society – for what?

Companionship? Friendship? Love?

My dog only eats eggs.

A well trained dog with a responsible owner who understands that not everyone shares their love of all things canine – absolutely no problem at all.

However my experience suggests that they are very much in the minority.

oh, and don’t get me started on those who treat dogs like little people…

I love dogs, I think they are marvellous creatures and can completely see why they are considered mans best friend. BUT, I accept the fact that I just don’t have enough time to dedicate to a dog – if only other people were as thoughtful instead of buying them and leaving them cooped up indoors and left to run amok when they do get to go walkies. I don’t dislike dogs but I do dislike irresponsable owners.

Companionship? Friendship? Love?

Security?
A reason to get outside – important for a lot of people, I’d say.

I guess you have a point about irresponsible owners, but I still think that there are far too many dogs in the first place. The numbers of dogs bred and sold could be cut down dramatically.

..and all those bags of sh1t hanging from trees

Everyone loves a cute puppy.

CATS on the otherhand eat birds, mice and other cute things and should be eradicated.

and all those bags of sh1t hanging from trees

I don’t think the dogs do that

Hey, leave cats alone! (although there are too many of them, too)

Its not so much the dog but the owner & their lack of ability to train/control/care about what the dog does & who it pi55es off when its running around getting under your front wheel, shiting everywhere & barking at 6am
Its way to easy for morons to obtain a dog & theres little or nothing done when they decide to not care about its actions.
I’ve nothing against good well trained dogs in fact I like the dogs my friends have.

I like dogs.

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Couldn’t eat a whole one, mind…

I am not overly keen on most dogs, I must say. They are a bit too hyper and goofily stupid for me – often. A nice chilled out well trained dog like my Auntie’s was nice tho, a pleasure to be around. No jumping up, licking, pestering, just a good companion for long walks etc (sounds like a personal ad).

I prefer cats. And yes I know there are problems with them too.

Completely agree, bring back the dog license and tag all dogs that way the owners can be made responsible for thier dogs actions. The only useful dogs are working dogs. Cant stand the **** things.

I have 2 cats and a dog…. does that mean you all hate me 🙁

Got the dog mainly to keep me company when working away from home (he comes with me and often sits under a bush watching me work). He is also a good excuse to get out and have some exercise even when the weather is crappy. Being a Border Collie he needs quite a lot of walks too! His poo gets scooped, unless it is out of harms way (he likes to deposit in deep undergrowth, which is fine by me – can rot down naturally without causing any one a problem, and is much better than festering in a black bag in landfill for the next few hundred years). He is very, very rarely on a lead – mainly because Collies are pants on leads, it just isn’t in their nature! He does, however, come to me when I call. Will walk beside me (for a short while, before getting bored cos I go too slow) when told. Will wait when told. Generally is well trained and kind of obedient – not my doing, he used to be a farm dog!

My cats on the other hand are mini-extinction events. They are currently house cats though so the local wildlife populous in these parts is safe. Until we buy a house and put a cat flap back in (though my Maine Coon is rather enjoying being a house cat so may decide not to bother going outside much, and he was the main culpret in the wholesale slaughter of wild animals when we were up in Scotland).

Maine Coons the Terminators of the cat world.

Yawn

You know your getting older when you start questioning the fabric of our society. Posters, you should appear on that old grumpy men program!

Personally I find humans more of a problem than dogs, which tend to take you as they find you. I also quite like the way they greet each other by sniffing eachs others back ends 😉

Our dog is a user. Hangs around until he gets what he wants, tuna etc then disapears to sit at the top of the stairs/landing if he doesnt get it.

This ickle pup

matured into this athlete