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Do you know how many dogs I’ve met that get scared or anxious around men because in their previous home men hit them? A lot, and they are very protective of the women who have adopted them now.
Men who are violent towards women are often violent towards animals as well. They think we’re all chattel. If a man wants you to choose between your dog or cat or him, dump the guy. Those animals will love you for the rest of your life, loyal and true.
Actually, I have something to add.
The other day I saw a story where a woman was asking why her dogs had suddenly started growling at her boyfriend whenever he was in the same room as her son.
And my immediate thought was ‘that boyfriend has hurt the kid somehow.’
Spoilers: that was exactly the case.
Trust ur dogs when they say something is off.
The first time my sister came to visit, via plane, after I got my dog, pupper growled at her and wouldn’t go near her for the first day. Next visit was by car (two day drive)and pupper LOVED my sister. They snuggled and played and none of us could figure out why the change. We thought maybe the scent of my sisters cat had lingered on her clothes, making that first visit a rough one. Whereas when she came by car, the scent had had time to wear off. Well that was partially true…
Fast forward about six months when I went north to visit my family. My sister walked into my parents’ house and pupper ran to greet my sister. Stopped dead in her tracks and started growling and barking. Hackles raised, full protection mode. My sisters husband had just walked in behind her.
My precious puppy wanted NOTHING to do with him. She barked, growled, ran away, and sat between him and my sister. Y'all my dog had spent maybe a weekend a half around my sister but protected her like this was her flesh and blood.
Eventually, my sister filed for divorce on grounds of “Extreme and repeated mental, emotional, and sexual abuse.” Divorce was final in less than a month because her claims were substantiated.
Trust the dog, honey. They KNOW.
I’ve never owned dogs, but I used to work with horses (which are a lot like big dogs).
There was this one horse I worked with named Tonto. He was a doll. He followed me like a puppy, snuck treats out of my pocket, he was the sweetest thing. We were practically inseparable.
A guy I was considering dating came to visit me one day, and Tonto wanted NOTHING to do with him. Normally well behaved, he shoved himself between us and would NOT let this guy near me. He was stomping, acting really aggressive, and tried to bite the guy. This horse was practically dragging me back toward the barn. At that moment, despite being like, 17, I knew something was up, and ultimately things didn’t pan out for guy and me.
A year later I found out he had lied about his age (he said he was 18 but he was actually 27) he was arrested for sexually assaulting an 11 year old girl.
TRUST THE ANIMALS.
I truly hate this post, and I‘ve been seeing it a lot recently.
OP has a dog. BF does not like the dog. OP wonders if she should get rid of the dog. BF has said not to, but OP thinks the dog deserves a home where it’s loved completely. OP makes no mention of dog not liking boyfriend.
This is followed by a bunch of replies talking about abusive men and the intuition of animals. Where the fuck is this coming from?
The first reply starts out by claiming they had been in the exact same situation? What? I can only assume they totally misread and misunderstood the original post, because their reply has nothing to do with it.
Why is no one wondering what kind of person would get rid of their dog because their bf doesn’t like it? Why is no one wondering if the OP maybe isn’t the kind of person who should have a dog, if she’s willing to give it away over some guy. Why is everyone assuming the boyfriend, who wants her to KEEP the dog despite him not liking it, is some kind of monster in disguise?
Don’t get me wrong, the stories in the replies are interesting and telling and animal intuition is certainly an interesting thing, but what the hell does any of it have to do with the original post?
If I never see this post on tumblr again, it’ll be too soon.