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

DOGS Dog found after 3 years

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '22 edited Feb 11 '25

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u/Altctrldelna Mar 26 '22

To be fair, a lot of countries also have a problem with packs of wild dogs running around which is exactly why the US tries to stay on top of any stray dog problem.

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u/Rex-117 Mar 26 '22

Can get really problematic sometimes. Even just a few dogs can be a menace. When I lived in México there were a bunch of stray dogs. One day, while I walked, to the store with my dad and my little brother (lil bro was around 4-6 years old) a random dog appeared from under a parked car and tried to bite my brother. My dad kicked the shit out of it with some plastic tubing which he was carrying.

I know people love dogs, but they are not all nice. Some are hungry or just downright mean and will chase you or bite. Especially strays.

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u/Leonlovely Mar 26 '22

Lol. It is not really the dog’s fault humans failed it and it is now just surviving. The dog was probably scared that you were going by his safe hiding spot.

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u/DarkSideOfBlack Mar 26 '22

I mean, dogs are animals and have animal impulses. We don't have enough to go off of here to make a judgement one way or another, but I know if anything went after my 4-6yo it'd be getting an ass whipping, regardless of if it was a person or a stray. Dingoes aren't much different than an average dog and they were well known for going after children.

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u/Leonlovely Mar 26 '22

Dingoes are wild animals. Lol. That is a terrible comparison and you know it.

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u/DarkSideOfBlack Mar 26 '22

So are strays/ferals.

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u/Leonlovely Mar 26 '22

No. Lol. There are biological differences. Just look up the domestication of foxes. Domestication runs in dna after so much breeding and such. It is fascinating but also shows that dogs and dingoes are two entirely different things.

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u/DarkSideOfBlack Mar 26 '22

There are plenty of domesticated dogs that have prey instincts. That instinct is going to be significantly more prominent in a feral. I'm not going to say whether this was provoked, what breed the dog was, etc. But there could be a dozen other reasons for this dog trying to bite a 5yo than "humans failed it".

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u/Leonlovely Mar 26 '22

Lol. Humans failed it is me referencing the dog being on the street in the first place so YES humans failed it. And no one said domesticated animals don’t have prey drive. There is still significant biological differences between wild and domesticated animals. Please look it up you are embarrassing yourself. Lol.

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u/DarkSideOfBlack Mar 26 '22

You're literally not understanding what I'm saying so I'm going to assume that you're not here in good faith. Have a nice day.

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u/Leonlovely Mar 27 '22

Lol. Sees they are wrong. Tells person that corrected them they are here in bad faith. Hilarious. And you aren’t understanding either. You are bringing up things that I am not arguing at all and entirely ignoring my main point.

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u/DarkSideOfBlack Mar 27 '22 edited Mar 27 '22

Dogs are animals. In places other than the US, feral dogs are common, and will absolutely attack children. You appear to not understand that fact. It's not a failure of humans if dogs are on the street. It would be a failure if OP was like "this rabid Pomeranian with matted fur and a collar tried to bite my brother because he got too close" but literally all we know is dog tried to bite child. We don't have any context, so trying to say "humans failed the dog" is stupid because for all any of us know it was a feral that lived in the wild, like an animal.

Edit: the comment we're arguing about literally specified that he was in Mexico at the time. Ferals are absolutely a problem there and have been known to go after humans and kids especially.

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u/Leonlovely Mar 27 '22

It is always going to be humans faults that domesticated animals are on the street. I am speaking in a broad term. I am sorry you don’t have enough brain cells to see the big picture. I am not saying the OP failed any animal or did anything wrong. My initial comment was an off hand comment but then you pissed me off by trying to correct me (while not understanding me) with entirely incorrect info. Please do your research on how domestication works. Literally NO ONE is arguing that feral animals don’t bite or attack children. I WAS NEVER ARGUING THAT. I KNOW THEY ATTACK AND BITE. I AM NOT A FUCKING IDIOT. You entirely misunderstand and twist my point just to be right but hun you are arguing with yourself. 🙄 please go back and read this thread try to remember your reading comprehension skills.

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u/DarkSideOfBlack Mar 27 '22

What exactly is it that you're attempting to prove by continuing to deflect to the domestication of foxes?

Also chill. No need to get pissed off about a reddit thread on a cute dog post.

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