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Originally Posted by curves2000
I am still not sure how we got to the point where bringing in your dogs anywhere and everywhere became culturally appropriate. People think it's their right to just bring dogs to car dealerships, the bank, shopping at clothing stores, airplanes, every patio known to man and more.
People get pissy when told at the front desk of hotels that no pets are allowed now too. People thinking they can now sleep in everybody else's bed with their muts is wild in 2024
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I could rant endlessly on this, but a good chunk of these "bad behaved dogs" simply have different neurochemistry, and it is LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE for them to exist comfortably within our neurotypical societal expectations (many many many of which are ####ing stupid and none of us like, anyways). And it can be essentially impossible to teach/discipline/etc them in a way that makes any sense to our neurotypical brains. Science/medicine is barely beginning to understand this; diagnosis is difficult and subjective, and it isn't something that can be 'fixed' any more than the colour of one's fur or wet/dry food orientation.
Peace and quiet is not an unreasonable expectation. Good chance those dogs live in a state of constant dysregulation, despite their owners best efforts (that may well have evaporated at some point out of lack of understanding and the futility of it all, because holy #### it can be incredibly ####ing hard). So as much as they may disrupt dozens of moments of your day, imagine what they might be feeling most of the time.
None of us can really imagine what it's like to live in a world that is constantly hostile to you (but doesn't seem to bother most others). 3 years ago I probably would have been a judgmental prick about loud dogs and 'bad owners'. Not anymore.