'Men LOVE telling women what to do': Entitled man yells at female dog owner for carrying her 12-week-old puppy home during 101 degree heat

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Jul 29, 2025 9:00 AM EDT

Doesn't it feel like this summer is hotter than others, animal fam? Even the wind is hot now. Walking outside feels like walking into a sauna with no way out - and if we feel that way, imagine how our poor doggos feel! They don't have nice, supportive shoes to help them walk on the sidewealk, their bare toe beans are pressed against the pavement the whole time! This is why we only walk our doggos in the shade during the summer months, and even then, for very short periods of time. 

But people always have an opinion on what you're doing. Sometimes it seems like people will go out of their way to tell you that you're doing something wrong, even if you didn't ask them. A 50-year-old entitled man scolded the female dog owner in this post for carrying her 12-week-old puppy home after getting too tired to finish his walk. Necessary? Absolutely not. 

Do us a favor, please keep your opinions to yourself. Thanks.

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    I carried my dog home during a walk. A man yelled at me for it

    "Put that dog down and make her walk"
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    So my (32f) dog is 12 weeks old. A 12 week old puppy shouldn't have long walks as it can cause pain and joint issues in the future. My dog takes forever to so unfortunately, while her walks shouldn't be more than 10 minutes, she takes like 20
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  • 12 weeks old is still a baby. Like, a real baby. They have short bursts of energy and then need to sleep for about 5-6 hours. It totally makes sense that this poor pupper got too hot and needed to be carried. If we had the option of someone carrying us, we would also take it!

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    minutes, she takes like 20 minutes. That's already over the recommendation. The temperature was 90 feels like 101. She started laying down so I picked her up (13 pounds) and started to carry her home. A man outside, definitely in his
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    50s, started yelling at me. Him- "So your dog doesn't want to walk? Put her down" Me-"yeah she is just a puppy so she can't walk to long" Him aggressively- "put that dog down and make her walk" and he started walking closer Me starting to get
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    uncomfortable but I have pepper spray lol-"she'll walk more and more as she gets older' Then I just walked quickly away as he started getting closer.
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    It's been 3 days and I can't stop thinking about it? Should I not have picked my puppy up? It literally felt like 101 degrees out. She walks home by herself all the time so I figured she hit her limit. Or am I just being overprotective and crazy?
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    . z_mommy 12h ago What a weirdo. (The man not you) hold your puppy as much as you want!
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  • We actually carried our puppy everywhere when she was that young. At least, until she got her required vaccinations. She also used to give up when she got too tired - she would just lie down and look at us like “Daddy, please carry me!”. And carry her we did. Happily.

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    AssistantOk1481 12h ago . Absolute nutjob. Ignore people like this, literally f all to do with him unless you're abusing the dog which you clearly weren't.
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    WifeofBath1984 • 12h ago That guy was totally out of line. You're fine. Your dog told you what it needed and you listened. Don't listen to some crotchety old man who clearly needs to spend less time spying on people from his porch.
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    CoryW1961 • 12h ago . He's an a hle and it was none of his business.
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    BigF... 12h ago Edited 9h ago • Men LOVE LOVEEE to tell women what to do, stranger or not. They have no qualms whatsoever. They believe their way of doing things is the right and only way. They cannot conceive of a woman having knowledge that they don't. It happens all the time.
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    Just the other day I was putting my garbage cans on the street for pickup, and a man walking by calling out instructions for me. Thanks, dude. But no thanks.
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    . Okay DokeyDo • 12h ago It's hard to let odd interactions go, but hopefully you will never see that guy again. He was messing with you and not cool. I'd try to forget about it. If you run into him again don't be afraid to firmly tell him to mind his own business.
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    JustUgh2323 • 12h ago . Don't let him live in your head. You did what was best for your puppy, esp in the heat. My husband (a licensed marriage & family therapist) gave me great advice years ago when I had problems
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    worrying about something. He told me to imagine an old fashioned tape recorder in my head. And when I would think of this incident, to imagine myself reaching out and deliberately turning off the tape recorder. If I continued to do this, those thoughts would eventually stop, and they did.
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    The man was wrong, plain and simple.
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    natoned1 12h ago . If a dog lies down and doesn't want to continue the walk, especially a puppy, you should carry them. I was a military dog handler back in the day, and I would carry my 98 lb. dog under those conditions. That man is a moron.
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    EffieSilver · 12h ago • I hope that man doesn't or never owns a dog. Geez.
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    allislost77. 12h ago No, he's out of line and good thing for carrying pepper gel. The world is on fire right now and the crazy is on display. Don't engage, just ignore but keep your head on a swivel. I do want to add, try to bring enough water for the both of
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    you. When my lil guy was here still and it was hot, I'd pour room temp water along his "mane" down to his tail to help cool him down. He LOVED it.
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    Lynyrd1234 • 12h ago You did the right thing. Don't listen to random strangers, go with your gut
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