Dogs hate me.

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I've always gotten along well with dogs. When I'm at my parents' house the dog won't leave my side for at least the first 30 minutes I'm there. They used to foster dogs for AZ Rescue when I was in HS. Some of the ones we worked with had been abused and were terrified of men but they always seemed to warm up to me faster than my stepdad and I'm bigger than he is. A lot of so called experts say to not put yourself on the same level as a dog but it has always worked well for me.

Most dogs hate me too and I don't really like them either. I'm scared of them. I have encountered a few dogs in my life that have taken a liking to me though, let me pet them and been wagging their tail in my presence. It's usually the little dogs that like me and I'm okay with the little ones. It's the bigger more aggressive type of dogs that don't like me, they usually bark at me viciously or jump up at me. When I walked home from school many years ago there was a house I always passed on my way home that had a dog who would stare out of the gate and every single time I passed by it it would start barking savagely. But someone else could pass and the dog wouldn't make a noise. I've always felt most of the time "unwelcomed" by dogs. I think they can sense I'm different, or my fear, or my body language and they don't like it. It will explain why I'm a huge cat person

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But I do have something to add on the subject that might help some folks.

If you like to go on walks but have a problem with dogs while you are out walking, don't carry just a stick. Also carry a dustbuster. Those are the little battery powered hand held vacuums. Dogs hate vacuums and all you have to do for MOST of them is point it at them and turn it on and walk toward them. It's lower but it sounds enough like the big vacuum to make them go away. The louder the dustbuster the better. Older ones are louder than new ones. Buy an old used one that doesn't suck anymore and that is loud. It will usually do the job.

CAUTION, this doesn't work on every dog, like crazy ones that bite or bad dogs that have escaped the yard. This will work on yappers and those that just annoy you and maybe on smaller biters but have the stick for bigger ones as well.

If you want a spray but can't get pepper spray or mace, then a can of Pam cooking spray or any oil aerosol spray in a can will work to f**k somebody up for a minute or two because it will stick in their eyes. Dogs won't automatically close theirs like people will so you have a better chance getting it in there and it also won't harm them either like spray. It washes out with natural tears but will bother them for a good little bit.

One more thing to do for dogs is get a cheap bag of balloons. Blow a couple up and keep some more in your pocket. If a little dog is jumping at your ankles and being a menace and wanting to attack something, mainly you, then drop a blown up balloon down there and the popping will make him run away. If this happens a lot to you, then tie some on your ankles before the walk and he will pop them when he gets too close. He will learn after a couple days and leave you alone and then you can stop walking around with balloons tied to your ankles.

Those are my dog tips. I hope they help somebody.

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