• YouJustDidAReddit [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    What is it with them being anti-dog? My dad's like that too and he's fucking miserable. Trump's anti-dog. I see it all the time. Is it because they require a modicum of nurturing to another living being? It's weird because owning a big dog is so integral to like rural chud masculinity and they don't seem to support any measures to actually do anything about dogs. It's like an extension of overpopulation rhetoric extended to other people's pets or something.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      Is it because they require a modicum of nurturing to another living being?

      Dogs are like an emotional mirror. They reflect what they're given ten-fold. Show a dog a bit of kindness and it'll respond with unconditional love. Show your dog enthusiasm and it will follow you to the ends of the earth. Show the dog stoic patience and it will loyally wait at your side forever.

      Of course, the reverse is true. Dogs that are neglected grow neurotic and destructive. Dogs that are abused become vicious in turn. If you treat a dog like you treat "the help", then they become obnoxious, needy, petulant, and mean. You end up with an animal reflecting all the worse characteristics of yourself. Who would want that?