My best friend's girlfriend (and eventually wife) had two tiny Chihuahuas. One was pretty cool but the older one was just an asshole.
He'd bark for attention then bark and snap when you gave him attention. He'd bark when he was happy, unhappy, excited, bored...really any state other than eating or sleeping.
There was a narrow window when he was getting sleepy in which he was wonderful, quiet, and wanted a lap and pets...but then you were supposed to know when he was going from that state to "actually ready to nod off for real" and if you missed it, it was back to snarling, snapping, and yapping.
While I'm a dog person, that was too much for me so I just ignored him most times and just let him bark himself to exhaustion.
One day though it just got to me, and idk why, but I just turned and started yapping like him, right back in his face.
Obviously he freaked out and wouldn't be in the same room as me for the rest of the night, but I must have said something right in all my barking because after that, he was WAY more chill with me. Not perfect mind you, but just...normal small dog levels of weird and annoying. And if his mom was already in bed, when he got tired, I was always, oddly, his second choice of human after that, and he'd even zonk out in my lap.
He's been gone for years and years, but man, what a strange fuckin dog.
Sometimes all you need to keep one asshole in line, is a bigger asshole.
Last time this got posted to Lemmy someone posted it to nextdoor and promptly got banned, lol.
That would be me lol
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Salute, soldier.
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Yeah. It's suffering. There have been many studies which show that pets undergo extreme stress when humans decide to set off fireworks.
I'm sorry that you think it's a "little yapping dickhead", but it's still a living being with feelings. I don't think it deserves trauma just because it barks a little too much.
I donāt think anyone is actually enjoying the animalās suffering, itās more meant to be a humorous juxtaposition of the annoying dog yapping and the dogās own dislike of sound. Upon further thought, itās obviously not the same as annoyance because they display fear. Humor often comes in the first beat though, before deeper reflection.
Also, these dogs tend to be poorly trained which is entirely on the owners. This meme would have more gross undertones if I owned a toy breed but I don't. Even my lazy lab mix/oversized catdog hates them if they don't have good manners. š I look at this meme more as a slight on the owners tbh.
I agree with you, I still found the meme funny though
Thereās a big difference between fantasizing about using the little yapping dickhead as a canon wad, and actually putting the yapping dickhead into a canon and firing it at a brick wall. Sure, I might think about poisoning my neighbors neglected dogs that do nothing but bark all day while Iām trying to concentrate, but i wonāt, actually.
No one should ever be put in a place where they fantasize about using poison. I'm sorry that you've reached that point.
Poisoning the owners seem much more appropriate.
Idk being scared doesn't exactly equate to suffering. Once the fireworks stop the dog is fine. It's just scary because it doesn't know what's going on. I have been in that position many times lol I wouldn't say I was suffering. People who make such a big deal about it are usually the same people who are overly attracted to their dogs. They think of their dogs as a human child.
You say "toy breed" I say "rat with delusions of grandeur."
Rat bastard**
My best friend's girlfriend (and eventually wife) had two tiny Chihuahuas. One was pretty cool but the older one was just an asshole.
He'd bark for attention then bark and snap when you gave him attention. He'd bark when he was happy, unhappy, excited, bored...really any state other than eating or sleeping.
There was a narrow window when he was getting sleepy in which he was wonderful, quiet, and wanted a lap and pets...but then you were supposed to know when he was going from that state to "actually ready to nod off for real" and if you missed it, it was back to snarling, snapping, and yapping.
While I'm a dog person, that was too much for me so I just ignored him most times and just let him bark himself to exhaustion.
One day though it just got to me, and idk why, but I just turned and started yapping like him, right back in his face.
Obviously he freaked out and wouldn't be in the same room as me for the rest of the night, but I must have said something right in all my barking because after that, he was WAY more chill with me. Not perfect mind you, but just...normal small dog levels of weird and annoying. And if his mom was already in bed, when he got tired, I was always, oddly, his second choice of human after that, and he'd even zonk out in my lap.
He's been gone for years and years, but man, what a strange fuckin dog.
Sometimes all you need to keep one asshole in line, is a bigger asshole.
(Kidding of course, I'm sure you're lovely!)
https://i.imgur.com/gy5skq7.jpg
Needs more Third Reich motifs.
Last time this got posted to Lemmy someone posted it to nextdoor and promptly got banned, lol.
That would be me lol
Thank you for your sacrifice in service of teh lulz š«”
Salute, soldier.
š«”
Yeah. It's suffering. There have been many studies which show that pets undergo extreme stress when humans decide to set off fireworks.
I'm sorry that you think it's a "little yapping dickhead", but it's still a living being with feelings. I don't think it deserves trauma just because it barks a little too much.
I donāt think anyone is actually enjoying the animalās suffering, itās more meant to be a humorous juxtaposition of the annoying dog yapping and the dogās own dislike of sound. Upon further thought, itās obviously not the same as annoyance because they display fear. Humor often comes in the first beat though, before deeper reflection.
I hate fireworks. They annoy me, but Iām also very aware of the affects of repetitive loud popping sounds. From pets to people/veterans with PTSD, they cause unnecessary suffering en massĆ© every year. They also pollute, from the manufacturing to the smoke that most fireworks (to my knowledge) still emit, all for a pretty minimal gain. I still thought it was funny though, just from the base comparison of undesirable sound vs undesirable sound. That said, Iād run for president on a platform of āban fireworksā either way
Also, these dogs tend to be poorly trained which is entirely on the owners. This meme would have more gross undertones if I owned a toy breed but I don't. Even my lazy lab mix/oversized catdog hates them if they don't have good manners. š I look at this meme more as a slight on the owners tbh.
I agree with you, I still found the meme funny though
Thereās a big difference between fantasizing about using the little yapping dickhead as a canon wad, and actually putting the yapping dickhead into a canon and firing it at a brick wall. Sure, I might think about poisoning my neighbors neglected dogs that do nothing but bark all day while Iām trying to concentrate, but i wonāt, actually.
No one should ever be put in a place where they fantasize about using poison. I'm sorry that you've reached that point.
Poisoning the owners seem much more appropriate.
Idk being scared doesn't exactly equate to suffering. Once the fireworks stop the dog is fine. It's just scary because it doesn't know what's going on. I have been in that position many times lol I wouldn't say I was suffering. People who make such a big deal about it are usually the same people who are overly attracted to their dogs. They think of their dogs as a human child.
Being scared is suffering.
It is if they're a dog.
fuck fireworks rule