The Rise of Dog Fatigue

[00:00:05]Talk to me, world.

[00:00:09]Really? Never? Come on, what if someone tells you they're going to take you to the park and they keep talking about the park and all the fun you're going to have at the park, but then but then they don't take you to the park.

[00:00:18]I need a second.

[00:00:19]>> We're talking about dog fatigue today, you guys. AREN'T YOU EXCITED? YAY!

[00:00:23][screaming] SO, there's been an uptake of people growing irritated because people keep bringing their dogs everywhere. Anywhere you go, the second you step out of your house, you are just greeted with a big slobbering dog. Before we even get into the video, I just would like to say, I love dogs. I think they're so adorable.

[00:00:44]They're so stinking cute. I do have an issue with pugs, though. I don't really like pugs. I'm sorry. Also, that crusty white dog that's been in your family for years and years and years, looking like a used wad of tissues. Yeah, sorry. I'll pet them, but like I don't like looking at them. I also don't like doodles with human-like eyes.

[00:01:02]>> [groaning and screaming] >> We know there's a man in a suit in there. You're not passing as a dog, dude. We can see your soul. Overall, though, I do really like dogs. I'm a animal fan. I love animals. I love dogs.

[00:01:14]I love cats. I love all I love them all.

[00:01:16]So, this isn't coming from a malicious place, but I do understand people's frustrations with dog fatigue. It's getting a little out of hand, you guys.

[00:01:24]Don't just think. Correction.

[00:01:26][clears throat] Before somebody attacks me for this, um I'm more so talking about dog owner fatigue because it's not the dogs themselves that I am annoyed at uh cuz the dog wouldn't be in those places if somebody didn't bring them there. So, it's more so on the owners being negligent and irresponsible and annoying.

[00:01:49]Uh the dogs are just a symptom of that entitlement. They're everywhere now and it's starting to become bothersome because they're in places that most people just they don't want to deal with the dogs. For example, the grocery store. The grocery store seems to be a big one. There have been a multitude of dogs that have just started popping up at the grocery stores and people are not too happy about that. Why? Because grocery stores have food in them that people consume and eat and people don't want their food to be contaminated by dog hair and pee and poo. I don't know. I feel like that's not a horrible thing to ask of people.

[00:02:23]Hey, don't bring your dog in the grocery store. That sounds like a a normal ask.

[00:02:27]Not understanding why there's a lot of pushback there, especially when there are people who just decide randomly to just put their dogs in the food scales.

[00:02:47]Not even bothering to wipe off the scale after the fact, too. Just put the dog in and take the dog out. Okay, no, that's fine. I didn't want to be alive anyway.

[00:02:55]No, whatever disease was on your dog's ass that is now transferred over to the scale. No, it's totally fine. I want that all over my corn. I don't know, but there are countless videos out there of dogs just sniffing the produce, right?

[00:03:08]Licking whatever they can get their mouths on. And it's not even like small dogs. They're big dogs in the grocery store. Big hairy dogs in the grocery store. Again, shedding everywhere, getting on the food, licking the food.

[00:03:21]And then I'm sorry, but your dog is unsanitary. And again, they're absolutely adorable. I would be happy at first to see the dog at the grocery store and then I think for 2 seconds and I'm like, wait, what is what's your dog doing at the grocery store? Did you have to bring your dog in the grocery store?

[00:03:37]But it's not just the grocery store, it's also restaurants as well. People bringing their dogs around people who again, they're eating and again, the hair flying around, landing in people's foods. I know I'm being like a bit over dramatic. It's not like dogs who just like actively shedding hordes of hair all the time. Some of them do, but you know, I know that you're not literally seeing tufts of hair flying around in the restaurant. Like, I get it's real it's not that much hair. One hair is one too many. And do not get me started.

[00:04:07]There was this one woman who brought her dog through the buffet line. All right, it's one thing if it's a sit-down restaurant and maybe you're outside on the patio with the dog. Fine, whatever.

[00:04:16]I'll let it go, I guess. But, you bringing your dog through the Golden Corral buffet line? Golden Corral is already enough as it is. You don't have to make the food worse. You kidding me?

[00:04:25]Getting Getting the dog hair all over it all inside the the Golden Corral mac and cheese. Not the mac and cheese, bro.

[00:04:32]You know, you're touching your dog and then your hands your grubby little hands are touching the tongs to pick up the fried chicken and the salads.

[00:04:44]Sorry, there was a fly. You're just transferring the germs everywhere. It's gross. I'm sorry, nobody wants to eat with your dog. And when dog owners are confront Some dog owners When some dog owners are confronted with this issue, like, "Hey dude, don't bring your dog in the grocery store."

[00:05:01]Immediately, they're like, "This is a service animal."

[00:05:07]That dog right there?

[00:05:08]The one that's licking their ass as we speak? That's the service animal. No vest disassociating on the floor? That's That's a service animal. And it doesn't just stop there. Some people go out of their way to purchase a service animal vest so that they can put on their dog and say, "Oh, look, it's a service animal. Therefore, you have to let me take the dog with me." That's not how that works. There's paperwork that has to be filed, I'm pretty sure. I don't know how dogs are certified to be service animals, but I do know that they're trained and have to pass tests and have documentation saying, "Yo, this dog passed all the tests and is officially a service animal." Like, you don't just bibbidi-bobbidi-boo, I deem you service animal. Just cuz you bought the vest does not mean that you you bought the certification. Like anyone can go to Party City. No, they can't.

[00:05:53]Party City's closed. But anybody can go to a costume store, get themselves a graduation gown, but that does not mean that they got their bachelor's degree.

[00:06:00]That's not how that works. And don't get me started with the people who use the term service animal and emotional support animal interchangeably. That's also not how that works. Those are not the same thing, you guys. It's a little easier to get an emotional support animal than it is to get a service dog.

[00:06:14]They're not the same thing. according to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an emotional support animal is used to describe animals that provide comfort just by being with a person.

[00:06:25]Because they have not been trained to perform a specific task or job, they do not qualify as a service animal under the ADA. However, some state or local governments have laws that allow people to take emotional support animals into public places. Talk to your mayor, get that sorted out. But in the meantime, no, your emotional support animal is not the same as a service animal, therefore they are not granted the same benefits.

[00:06:50]Sorry, diva. And there's also been a rising concern with not just people who don't own dogs. I don't own a dog. Um, but there's also been dog owners who have noticed that people who are getting dogs aren't training their dogs anymore.

[00:07:05]Like they're just letting them run wild, do whatever they want, and not correcting the behavior. And I'm not entirely sure where that's coming from.

[00:07:13]And there's like many reasons why this may be the case. Number one, some people genuinely believe that animals are like trophies or prizes or toys. They don't really care to actually take the time to get to know their dog and train their dog to actually coexist with other individuals in society. They like the novelty of a dog. They just let the dog roam free, and hey, dogs will be dogs, am I right? Like no, you can train a dog. Please, train your dog. Like I'm sorry, if your dog is jumping up on every single person that is near them or barking at every living organism that is in their line of vision, you can't act shocked that nobody wants to be around your dog. Like again, I love your dog. I do. I think your dog is sweet, but the second that your dog starts annoying me, it's like it's over. Because I don't have the patience to deal with your dog. I don't own a dog because I don't have the patience to deal with a dog. I like the good parts of the dog, but I know that I'm not built to actually have one in my care 24/7. And also there are some people who think like training their dog is like the equivalent of abusing the dog. I don't even know the mentality there, truthfully.

[00:08:24]I feel ill. I will say that I think the reason why there are so many people who are not really trying to train their dogs is that there are a lot of stories and there's a lot of questionable practices that can be very harmful to your dog. And first and foremost, you know, if you're a dog owner, you want to make sure that your dog is happy, healthy, and loved, of course. And so, I think some people think that like any form of training is a form of abuse because it's not natural and they don't really want to force their dog to fight their instincts in a way. They just think that's just how dogs are and there's no other way around it. That's not always the case. I think you should definitely, if you own a dog, should definitely look into ways to train your dog, right? Your dog isn't pooping and peeing everywhere. Why?

[00:09:18]Because you trained them not to do that.

[00:09:20]And you can train them to not do other things.

[00:09:24]Duh. I'm getting hot. Is it just me? It has been hot as hell. 90° back-to-back-to-back. Oh my god. Satan's breath. He's just >> [snorts and clears throat] >> in the air. I can cut the heat with a knife when I leave my house. This is getting ridiculous. Who do I need to sue? What is Mumdani's plan to deal with this heat? I don't live in New York.

[00:09:46]Mumdani, what is your plan to deal with this heat, man? I can't keep living like this.

[00:09:51]>> The million-dollar question, why do people not like dogs? People think that people who don't want dogs in their lives in any meaningful way, they think that they are these animal hater, animal abusers who absolutely hate everything.

[00:10:04]>> Number one, some people are genuinely just scared of dogs. Like, have we ever considered like people are scared of your dog? Like, this adorable dog that you have, sure. Yeah, I think your dog is cute. There's some people who are scared of dogs for whatever reason, and whether that's due to trauma or literally just because that's just always how it's been for them. For example, me. I actually used to be terrified of dogs when I was a kid.

[00:10:27]Yeah, it was really bad. I like I my best friend, she had this dog at the time, and I just refused to be anywhere near that thing. Like, baby. Mind you, I think it was like a golden retriever. I don't remember. But, I used to be terrified of her dog. And I remember one day No, I don't remember this. My mom remembers this, and she told me this.

[00:10:44]But, my mom was telling me what She was like, "Yeah, one day you saw this dog while we were out and about, and you said that you wanted to pet the dog. So, I guess just like one day I woke up and I decided actually I'm over it."

[00:10:58]I have a theory as to what made me change my mind about dogs. Blue's Clues.

[00:11:04]Blue's Clues?

[00:11:09]>> We just got a letter. We just [music] got a letter. We just got a letter.

[00:11:14]Wonder who it's from.

[00:11:17]>> [bell] >> It was probably Blue's Clues. That's truly the only way that I can conceptualize it in my mind. I'm like, I don't know why I switched up on my day ones like that, but I have a feeling it's because of Blue's Clues. I love Blue's Clues. Who knows? Maybe I watched an episode of Dora. There was a dog in it. There's also that one movie Sorry, I'm getting so off track. But there's this one movie What was it called?

[00:11:41]Superdog? What was it? Underdog?

[00:11:44]Yeah, it was called Underdog. It came out in 2007. But no, the point is is that there are people who are scared of dogs. But for the most part, dogs are pretty unpredictable. You don't know how the dog is going to react, right? If you see a dog out in the wild, you're not entirely sure how that dog behaves.

[00:11:59]Whether that dog is domesticated or socialized to be around certain individuals, right? Like if you're going to adopt a dog, there are notes under the adoption page for the dog that'll specify whether or not the dog's good with kids, good with other dogs, good with cats, etc., etc., right? It's like you don't know how that dog will treat certain people. And dogs are animals at the end of the day, which I think not enough people are understanding. And animals have instincts. Just like we don't know how the dog is going to react. And some people don't like that unpredictability when it comes to dogs.

[00:12:31]At the end of the day, they could easily switch up on you. I've talked about this book before, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? One of the biggest takeaways I took from that book was that if you were deading your house and you had a dog and a cat and there was no food except for your dead corpse, your dog would eat you first. And also, some people are just allergic to dogs. Have you ever considered that maybe somebody doesn't want to be around your dog because they're allergic? Like my mom, for example, she's allergic to animals, allegedly. I don't believe her. All my life, she said she's allergic to animals, specifically pet dander. I mean I guess, bro. I've never seen her once sneeze in the presence of an animal.

[00:13:04]Though she can be sneezing all the time at our house that's animal-free. I don't know. I think she might just be allergic to my father.

[00:13:10]>> [laughter] >> Like we'd be at our my aunt's house and she has a lot of animals at her house. I will not hear her sneeze the entire time we're at my aunt's house, but I hear her sneezing all the time when we're at at home. I don't know. I think she's lying.

[00:13:22]But that's not the point. The point is not everyone's like my mother who may or may not be lying about being allergic to animals. Some people are actually allergic and it's like, do you expect people to take allergy medicine just to be around your dog, you random stranger?

[00:13:33]But I think my biggest issue when it comes to this conversation about dogs being in public spaces, especially with other human beings, is that a lot of people compare dogs to kids because a lot of the issues that people have with dogs existing in places like the grocery store, the restaurant, etc., etc. People throw that same argument back and say that, well, kids are the same way. They do the same exact thing.

[00:14:02]I don't like that. I don't like dehumanizing children, putting them to the same level as dogs. Weird hill to die on, especially since kids need to be around other people so that way they can grow up to be functioning adults in society. Do you expect people to lock their children up in a cage and leave them at home? And then when they turn 18, let them free and loosen out in the wild and expect them to be well-adjusted individuals? And listen, some people be bringing their kids to places where it's definitely not child-friendly, okay? I'm not saying that kids need to be absolutely everywhere, right? Like the bar or a winery or a beer place. B- What is it? A brewery? B- brewery? Brewery? I don't know. Beer's disgusting. Yeah, obviously don't bring your kids to like places that are not child-friendly, obviously. Duh. But like kids being at the grocery store, for example, kids being at restaurants, we can have a whole separate conversation about parents not parenting their children. That could be a whole separate video in of itself. That's not what I'm talking about here. Putting all children in the category of, if I can't bring my dog, then you shouldn't be able to bring your child, that's disgusting. I'm sorry. It's just At the end of the day, kids are learning, right? I have a neighbor who I share a wall with. Their kid screams all the time. But it's okay because I know know that kid is learning. Is it annoying? Sure, of course it is. It can be annoying. But like I understand that this kid is learning and they're not going to be like that forever. At the end of the day, these children grow up to be people. If you cannot recognize their humanity at 6 years old, do you seriously expect me to believe that you would recognize their humanity when they're 26, 36? I find it very disturbing when people dismiss children.

[00:15:47]I just that like it it bothers me so badly. If you want to piss me off, I'm talking like the clean off the bone. Compare kids to dogs. And again, I don't have kids. I don't have dogs. I don't have kids. But what we're not going to do is start dehumanizing children in the name of having your dog at the grocery store. And it just goes to show that people have more sympathy in general for animals than they do for human beings. And I'm not saying this from a place of oh, animals deserve nothing. Humans are the only creatures that matter on planet Earth. Absolutely not. I'm not saying don't care about animals. I'm saying, can you please care about human beings at least equally as much? Because it really really bothers me when there are more tears for an animal than there is for a human being.

[00:16:32]And I've seen videos in the past of people going up to homeless people who have animals and only helping the animal and not the human. That's disgusting.

[00:16:43]Going out of your way to do that. And I remember Oh, this was years ago. I remember there was this one woman who went in, took a homeless person's dog away because they didn't want the dog to be out on the streets, but they let the the person I think it was a man. They let the man just stay on the on the streets. Did not help the man whatsoever. Permission to be too woke? I hate that phrase. Too woke? We're not woke enough. Let's get woke. I'm black.

[00:17:08]I know, shocking, right? It feels like every single day I hear so many stories of people, my people, specifically losing their lives over minuscule things. Like that Rick Chow case, rest in peace to Cyrus first and foremost on that one. But people were quick to heat to dehumanize Cyrus. He was Was he like 13, 14? He was just a teenager. Quick to flip the script saying he must have done something wrong. I'm not going to get into I'm not going to get into that cuz I'm going to get I'm going to get I'm going to get I'm getting heated. But it's not just Cyrus. There are so many stories of black people losing their lives over crimes they did not even commit. Or if they did commit a crime, the punishment clearly did not match the crime. And people are quick to demonize the victims because surely they must have done something wrong. But like that example with the homeless person and their dog, the dog is innocent. The dog can literally do no wrong. It can do It can It can do nothing wrong. Therefore, they're always be innocent and they always deserve the help. But human beings are capable of harm and violence. And because of that, that same grace isn't given because they're a human being, surely they must have done something wrong. Bad things don't just happen to people for no reason. Surely you must have done something wrong. I'm sorry that nobody wants your dumb ass dog at the grocery store. I'm sorry. I can't feel too bad for people asking you to leave your dog at home because when I'm out and about, I see the social hierarchy clear as day and for some reason, my life is below your Labradoodles. And I know for a fact that if somebody had to either save me or save a Saint Bernard, they would pick the Saint Bernard in a heartbeat. With me, they would have to ask a bunch of questions. What's their criminal history? What's your background? This and that and they're asking a bunch of questions to gauge my worth in society.

[00:18:56]Meanwhile, Saint Bernard, easy. Puppy can do no wrong. Sorry I I I ended it on such a somber note there, but like I got to keep it real with you guys. Don't love it. Just leave your dog at home.

[00:19:06]God damn it, your dog can stay home for just a couple of hours. You You need to bring your dog to brunch. Thanks for watching the video. If you liked it, give it a like, subscribe, do whatever you want. I don't really care. All the links to my social media are down in the description. I have a book club on Fable. We are reading Dungeon Crawler Carl. I've had a bunch of people tell me from my last video, begging me to listen to the audiobook because it's a thousand times better and I've been hearing this about Dungeon Crawler Carl, but homegirl don't got Audible. Sorry, babes, but I'm sure that audiobook is fire. Maybe one day in the future I'll get my hands on it, but for right now, I'm not paying the twenty something dollars to have the audiobook. But no, seriously, join the book club. Look, Jillian and Rachel G just joined. This could be you. Also, I have a second channel where I post videos and stuff. I also stream on twitch.tv/westcoastavenger2. It's not my choice. No need to be in streaming university, baby. Thank you, Team Brennedy. Yes, I'm watching Love Island.

[00:19:58]Trinity, you will be getting that money, babes. Mark my words. Regardless of how this plays out, she's winning it. So, whoever's right next to her, they they just going to get the money. I don't care if it's some new bombshell that showed up twenty seconds prior to the voting. Trinity's taking the money. Bye.

[00:20:13]>> Bye.