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It sounds a lot more like you are actually tired of inconsiderate dog owners.
I have a dog. I think he's great. I also realize that not everyone feels the same and I don't bring him to places that are not acceptable for him to be. I also watch him when I am out walking him and do my best to make sure that he doesn't approach people who may not want that kind of attention.
Absolute chad
Yeah I don’t see any actual “dog people” acting the way OP describes. Like in the same way that you wouldn’t consider somebody who thinks they like cars a lot but buys a 4 cylinder Mustang and changes the oil every 30,000 miles a “car guy”.
I know a lot of “dog people” and they look at the people OP is describing as fuckin morons who shouldn’t own dogs. With those people if it wasn’t dogs it would just be something else.
There's no accreditation system for being obsessed with dogs or cars. Different people put in different amounts of thought and effort into their interests. But from my perspective, someone walking 3 dogs and just saying "oh don't worry they are friendly" as they let them do whatever they want with anyone in their path is just as much a dog person as someone who keeps theirs well-trained enough that the leash is mostly for show.
Just like I'd consider someone who constantly talks about their car a car person even if they take it in for service because the washer fluid reservoir is empty.
It's not about competence, it's about how strong the association is been that person and the thing.
Unless you're talking about the other kind of "dog people" who are half dog, half person, like Mr Peanutbutter or dog centaurs.
There sorta is an accreditation system and it is that basic level of competence. A person with a strong association with something WILL pick up the basics of that thing over time, whereas somebody who pretends to have a strong association with something for personality points will not. Somebody who thinks about their car all the time isn’t a car person because to be a car person you have to have a vested interest in cars as a concept. Just like somebody who only eats grilled cheese and dinosaur nuggets isn’t a foodie and somebody who only listens to Linkin Park isn’t a metal head. Attaching your personality to “liking dogs” is a trendy social construct right now due to the last 10 years of doggo, pupper, doge, and cheems memes, there really isn’t much more to it than that. If there was something else that was quirky and whimsical to be “into” then they’d be into that instead.
Yea, the problem I see with trying to argue this with people who don't like dogs for the OPs reasons is that considerate owners don't let their dogs run so rampant that you notice their good behavior.
That's why it always seems to be "Yea you might be that way but every other dog owner I've met wasn't that way" when I myself have only interacted with a small fraction who are like that, because I still notice the good owners because I'm a dog lover.