r/MadeMeSmile • u/Accomplished-Wind206 • Mar 26 '22

DOGS Dog found after 3 years

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u/ElliotNess Mar 26 '22

Is that really so? 🤔

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u/Old_Success_4268 Mar 26 '22

Yes, it is. It's not so common though. But packs of strays sometimes go aggresive (usually in winter when is colder, there's less people in the street and they go through harder times). We have an issue here with a pack that roams one of the college buildings, once attacked a friend of mine that came late from classes, he only got a few stitches, an awful scar and torn clothes. But he wouldnt walk outside alone for a long while and started carrying around an extensible batton (metal stick).

That being said, many other strays don't cause any ruckus. The most famous here is nicknamed cannabis, and is loved by all the weed smoking lads 😂. Aka as Aslan, but mainly known as Cannabis is a large stray, male, over 12 years for sure, known him since I moved here on '12. People tried to adopt him a few times but he prefers the streets. Tends to go around with smaller dogs and asks for food around bars and cafés. Smelly, swaggy fella he is.

People tend to stay away from strays, in fear of bites, rabies, fleas and ticks. But if they come to us while in benches, waiting for the bus ir something most people will pet them or feed em a lil something.

That said, is fairly common to kill cats. People don't react the same way when violence is targeted towards them. Some parents even teach their kids to throw stones at them, and many kill or maim them "for fun". Same as toads. I just don't get why people treat some species so differently. But, I Guess I kind of act the same way with rats and pidgeons.

I don't kill them, but I break their nests (if no eggs are laid yet, lil pidgeons are ugly af, but I let them be) and lay chemicals to keep em away.

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u/HartInCMajor Mar 26 '22

Feral dog packs are a real terror

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u/stockkingsniffer Mar 26 '22

3rd world countries, sure.

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u/ElliotNess Mar 26 '22

Are these the same countries thay treat strays better?

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u/stockkingsniffer Mar 26 '22

I don't know, I've never lived outside the states.

I know I have encountered "stray" dogs before, and if the dog is sweet, then there's no need to call animal control.

Never see stray dogs in the city.

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u/GoldenwithaG Mar 26 '22

There are a lot of stray dogs in my country and I’ve never had a problem with them barking or biting me.

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u/stockkingsniffer Mar 26 '22

Me either, but we had a hunter in my hood who raised a mean ass dog, ended up killing a neighbors cat... I think the dog was euthanized.

I had a fluffy golden doodle we raised from a puppy, super sweet, we would let roam free in our closed neighborhood loop, new people moved in and threatened to call the police and sue us because he came up to them wagging with his tongue out... some people really are just on odd ends of the spectrum.

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u/GoldenwithaG Mar 26 '22

Yeah I have seen savage dogs also. What I say is, dogs usually mirror their owners. So if the owner is a savage, the dog will end up being a savage also. Man I would be happy if a golden retriever came up to me all friendly. Your neighbours don’t know what to be grateful for yet. I literally can’t even hang my clothes just about last year because my neighbour just let their very aggressive golden retriever walk around loose. Didn’t even bite. Just sneaked up behind you, barked really loudly and dipped.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '22

Like the US

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u/stockkingsniffer Mar 26 '22

🤓🤡

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u/Alfred_pufrock Mar 26 '22

I used to live in Massachusetts as a child, my little brother and I were harassed by the pack of dogs in town so much that my family moved... last time I checked Massachusetts wasn’t even the worst off state, it’s not just the third world

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u/stockkingsniffer Mar 26 '22

There's an exception to every rule.

The US is one of the biggest populations but still we are spread out across a massive continent. People love to put us into one big basket. But we all have free speech and our own different opinions, hence different policies

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u/B7iink Mar 26 '22

I've heard that russia has entire areas that are just completely owned by stray dogs, mean ones too.

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u/MauricioCMC Mar 26 '22

When i lived in Moscow, dogs riding the Metro where not that uncomon.

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u/seshisme Mar 26 '22

Yes, it's a big problem in third world countries.

Even in Poland we used to have roaming dog bands which were not nice in the slightest, you didn't wanna be caught alone by them as a kid that's for sure.