Smol Dog Owners Get Cursed for Letting Their Yappy-Do, Reactive Doggos Do Whatever They Want, Big Dogs Get Blamed Anyways (THREAD)

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    Dog - COBLIN MODE ACTIVATED
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    Human body - Somehow small reactive dogs are okay because of their size. But my big reactive dog gets dirty looks. Vent
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    Font - Venting here. My 2 y/o dog is leash reactive to other dogs and we've been working to reduce his triggers... keeping him at a distance, getting him to concentrate on us and keep walking, etc. It's slow progress but I feel like a situation always happens that sets him back.
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    Human body - Our next door neighbor has a small dog who is also reactive (barks from behind the door at dogs and people). But because she is old and small I see they let her off leash outside.
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    Font - It's already established that our dogs do not get along, and I do my best to avoid them. But we had an incident where we were both leaving the house to walk our dogs at the same time and they reacted when they saw each other. Growling, barking, lunging. I almost panicked because I thought the small dog was not on a leash
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    Font - Still I get dirty looks from my neighbor because my dog is bigger and has a louder bark. But the small dog was doing the same exact thing. I guess it gets a free pass because it's tiny. I know that situation was an accident and I couldn't have known. It's just frustrating.
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    Font - loveuman 17 hr. ago My small reactive dog gets looks, trust me
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    Human body - movingmouth. 5 hr. ago Mine too. It is embarrassing. I try to dissuade people who think it's cute.
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    Smile - NiamhHill 5 hr. ago Yeah people are just fine shoving their hands in a small dogs face when it's going apes t
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    Font - Odd_Requirement_4933. 38 min. ago Yep, I kinda wish mine wasn't so cute. He's reactive to strangers and to dogs while on leash I try my very best not to put him in scenarios that could end up with him nipping someone, but people do stupid s t sometimes.
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    Font - Puppy-pal242 hr. ago Yes mine does too. Can hardly apologize loud enough over his barks.
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    Rectangle - momn8r81 19 hr. ago It's because of the prospective damage each dog could do. Bigger dog equals bigger damage. Little dogs can be annoying, but they can also be punted.
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    Font - Surfercatgotnolegs 17 hr. ago Yes, this. As a big dog owner, I honestly 100% get it and AGREE with the bias. There SHOULD be bias. It is completely unfair and unreasonable to treat a reactive chihuahua like a reactive German shepherd for example, and I low key hate all big dog owners who don't emphatically get this.
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    Font - When you own a big dog, part of being responsible IMO is to acknowledge your dog can do real damage. Having higher expectations for owner control and dog behavior of big dogs is 100% necessary because the "what could go wrong" factor is so much higher for big dogs.
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    Font - It's like comparing cars and trucks. There's a higher training and testing you need to do to get a license for driving a truck, vs a car. Both are transports with 4 wheels, yet nobody says "it's so unfair that truck driving is held to a higher standard!" In fact most people say the opposite, that it's still not strict ENOUGH.
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    Font - Big dog vs small dog ownership is the same thing and I wish big dog owners would stop complaining about this perceived "injustice". You own an animal that can literally kill people. Of course it's held to higher standard than something you can send flying with your leg and which cats could probably win against, like come on.
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    Font - HopefulTangerine21 15 hr. ago I agree and disagree here. I think it's vital that we as big dog owners recognize the larger degree of damage that can be done by our dogs, just as you've said, and take the appropriate steps to mitigate any issues.
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    Font - Jamie_inLA 15 hr. ago Thank you!!! The amount of owners who allow their small dogs to run off leash despite the fact that they run and bark at larger dogs is beyond frustrating!!! "Oh she's all bark, she won't hurt you!" No but my dog will rip her f ing throat out so can you leash her for gods sake!!!
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    Font - Irresponsible small dog owners are the bane of my existence and the true cause of all my anxiety!! My dog has gotten in 3 dog fights since I've rescued him and they've all been with small dogs who were off leash while mine was leashed and being walked

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