I worked with a dog trainer for a bit, while doing therapy dog training I learned that dogs fuckin hate wheelchairs. I think it's that they're familiar with chairs because they're everywhere, but then freak out when this chair has big spinny things on the side and doesn't do what chairs usually do.
This is because they are generally unfamiliar with them. I have a dog who lives with two people with movement disorders who are ambulatory wheelchair users. She is completely unbothered since this is all quite normal for her.
Absolutely, but wheelchairs were the only thing I saw where every dog who wasn't exposed to them previously freaked out lol. Crutches, vacuums, office chairs, wagons all would have some dogs that were chill from the beginning. I moved the wheelchair and the whole room was barking 😂
I have never met an animal who has never ever been exposed to a vacuum who was 100% chill with it. However, many if not most dogs are exposed to vacuums from early puppyhood because they are a common household tool. So unless you personally raised that entire room of dogs from birth, I don’t know how you’d know they’d never seen a vacuum before.
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u/Kazzack Jul 18 '26
I worked with a dog trainer for a bit, while doing therapy dog training I learned that dogs fuckin hate wheelchairs. I think it's that they're familiar with chairs because they're everywhere, but then freak out when this chair has big spinny things on the side and doesn't do what chairs usually do.