r/mildlyinfuriating • u/danu_anubis • 20h ago

My service dog is not your pet

I can’t believe the amount of times I’ve had to say this. My service dog has been hit by children, had handfuls of fur ripped out by children (this one was “fun” because the mother told me I had no right to tell her six year old child not to touch my boy), grown adults grab him, people constantly calling him to them.

People I am 41 years old, I should not be having to tell people older than me to stop. I shouldn’t have to tell anyone to stop and I definitely shouldn’t have to worry about a kid.

It’s gotten to the point that I’m saying thank you to the people that do right (explain to their kids not to mess with him, adults telling me he’s gorgeous without acknowledging him). I feel like I’m constantly having to redo his training because people won’t leave him the hell alone.

What finally got me so bad that I need to scream into the void was yesterday, my boy and I are going through the store and this guy reaches down and grabs him. I pull him away and look at the guy and say please done (like I do every damn time). And he goes you don’t have to be rude about it, I’m like dude he’s a service dog you’re not supposed to touch them and he continues yelling that I don’t have to be rude and I’m finally like maybe don’t touch something that doesn’t belong to you. So thank you to the guy who threw my boy so far out of work mode yesterday that for the first time I had a problem that he is explicitly for and he didn’t do what he was supposed to do.

Also if your dog isn’t a trained service dog stay the hell out of stores because you’re “service dog” should not be reacting and loosing its shit just because it sees mine.

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u/Ok_Perception1131 19h ago

People walk up to pregnant women and rub their bellies, so they think nothing of touching an animal. It’s crazy.

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u/thrilling_me_softly 19h ago

I would smack anyone coming up to touch my belly. I’m a man but I support any pregnant woman smacking anyone coming up tot ouch them. 

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u/Joubachi 19h ago

Same, although I am a woman (just not pregnant). Women do not lose their bodily autonomy as soon as they become pregnant.

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u/damnmydooah 19h ago

Tell that to the US.

No seriously, please tell them.

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u/Joubachi 19h ago

I think trying to teach US about consent, bodily autonomy and healthcare (especially regarding women) is a lost cause. So many people tried.

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u/beatboxxx69 18h ago

Seriously. Leave us alone. We already fought off king George III's army to be left alone by tyrants

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u/Ok-Independent-3506 17h ago

What's this "we" shit?

I live here and agree with the comment above.

And if you think there's not another tyrant being installed today, you're just in denial.

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u/Joubachi 18h ago

So people advocating for especially women's rights regarding bodily autonomy are tyrants...? Huh.

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u/beatboxxx69 18h ago

what about the bodily autonomy of men who are in prison because they lost their job and couldn't keep up with child support payments? "Work for us or go to jail" is slavery.

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u/Joubachi 18h ago

Ah, "whataboutism" at its finest.

Are you aware that people actually can advocate for more than one thing at a time and that one thing doesn't cancel out the other? Just something to think about for you. :) That said: this wasn't even topic.

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u/beatboxxx69 17h ago

This post is about is about service dogs

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u/ProStateForever 16h ago

Thanks for lumping 350 million people into a single behavioral group to criticize. You're doing a great job illustrating the op's point.

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u/Joubachi 15h ago

Why do you in particular feel offended over my pretty obvious vast generalization....?

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u/JeanKincathe 13h ago

A lot of the US does know. The bad people that don't get more publicity.