Is there anyone else with ASD who doesn't love animals?

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I am NT but my pet hate (if you'll pardon the pun) is people who take their dogs with them when they go visiting (service dogs excluded obviously).

I actually don't mind killing some either because they annoy me or for hunting...

Hmm, well I don't agree with that, either

I am not the biggest fan of animals though.

And I don't hunt animals near extinction, don't worry.

As for those that annoy me, those are flies, mosquitos crickets inside my house, spiders ( I only kill small ones myself) rodents like rats and all that varmint

I don't particularly love animals. I can say I like looking at them from a distance. I relate to cats a lot ( ). I really don't like dogs because they are unpredictable, I don't like being touched by anything supposedly unclean (let alone licked! EW.), and I can't stand the smell (even if minimal).

When I was a kid I wanted to have a pet, but I guess it was only because most of my peers had one. The biggest one I had was a rabbit. I was never able to really take care of the pets, because I get grossed out easily.

I like animals, but animals do not seem to like me. My father's cat hates me. I avoid visiting my father because of the cat.

I am like that too. When a dog owner says "Oh he's very friendly" that makes it worse because "friendly" seems to mean "he won't hurt you" rather than "he's not unpredictable". People sometimes think it's unusual that I don't like the licking, jumping, etc. rather than the biting.

I'm only uncomfortable with dogs - and only sometimes - but I dislike it if a pushy owner leaves their dog around me. I often react like one does if they have an actual phobia, dogs is one thing that can easily overwhelm me.

The opposite here. Myself? Animals tend to be more predictable than humans. Something much to be desired..

Matthew