You always greet the pets first. It's only fair, they almost always greet you first.
this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2026
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I go to my friends house and ignore the humans.
Yes. My friends are the dogs. The humans just let me in.
Oh ya! I'm usually more excited to see the dogs tbh...
This used to be me, til my body decided to say fuck you raiderkev, imma make you allergic to dogs now as an adult.
Did you know that might be reversible? Seeing an allergist changed my life
I might have to give it a go. Any time I set foot into my mother's house, my allergies go fucking nuts.
Same for me but with cats. Doggies are still very good, too.
I don't live with a dog at the moment so I make doggy friends whenever and wherever I can.
I love other peoples dogs but unfortunately my wife likes having a dog. I mean not unfortunately but with pets and kids I prefer other people to have them then I can just play with them and leave their care to other folks.
You guys go places where there aren’t dogs?
I want to upvote this more than once.
Those are labs, they generally love people, other dogs might not be so welcoming for a few minutes. Best not to immediately focus too much on dogs that are wary of you.
Sage advice, but I don't think it fits with the intent of this community.
Unfortunately am terrified of dogs. :(
Then why are you in the Dogs community?
I'm not on all setting sorting . Like dogs but am always terrified of interacting.
I am sorry you have to deal with that. I assume there are reasons for it, but I hope you are eventually able to be more comfortable with them. Either way, most dogs will still love you.
That's fair. May I ask why or what happened to make you so scared?
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