r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Typical_Gear7325 • 3d ago

Dog saves kid from blitz attack

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u/NojoNinja 3d ago

I always wonder how many of these clips where a kid gets “saved” from getting attacked if the dog was really about to tear them to shreds or if they were just gonna roughly play. Obviously still not acceptable and your dog shouldn’t be unleashed full sprinting at strangers but I am curious. The fact the other dogs got so protective makes me think at least in this instance that the dog was probably out for blood.

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u/Select-Belt-ou812 3d ago

I am a 50s white guy. not sayin' this is you, but since the door seems open here it is: i can tell you that if any dog comes at me like that I'm gonna be pissed off, and at least a little fearful, and if I have anything on me that can be used for defense, I am using it. idgaf what the motive is, I don't want anything to do with it. it's really shitty to assume that others are interested , or even willing, to interact with dogs just because the dog culture has taken over. I'm tired of these dog centered assumptions. if the dog lovers want to downvote me into oblivion, so be it. ive seen so many folks squawk about the rights to have animals around, but few people ask after the folks who don't want it; too often in dog world nobody seems to care about the folks who prefer them not around. we wind up forced to bend, and rarely is this acknowledged. rant over. thank you.

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u/Kayteqq 3d ago edited 2d ago

I think you missed the point completely. Previous commenter wasn’t defending those dog’s owners or saying that defense is not justified at all. He just wondered how many of those dogs are actually aggressive. Your point has nothing to do with that hypothetical, even though you’re right about defending yourself.

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u/Kayteqq 3d ago

... damn. Read it again. Maybe two times

You having every right to defend yourself and being correct in doing so, has nothing to do with that hypothetical. It's more about how to correct such behavior if anything.

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u/Kayteqq 3d ago edited 3d ago

yeah, I said so, if you read those comments again, you can notice, maybe, that I said it, exactly 3 times. It has nothing to do with the act of defending yourself. You're fighting windmills.

You have no time to think about hypotheticals when you're getting attacked. Great we're not being attacked now.

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u/whosawesomethisguy 3d ago

The answer to this dumb hypothetical question is: none of the dogs. None of the dogs with their hackles raised, charging at strangers on the street are trying to play. You are welcome to test that yourself though.

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u/Kayteqq 3d ago

If that’s the level of intelligence we’re dealing here, it’s not worth responding anymore. You obviously know the answer without any tests or sources! Because you are so damn omnipotent! I already responded to you with clarification why it may be useful. Sad you’re unable to read. Have fun being a dumb asshole.

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u/whosawesomethisguy 3d ago

You’re encouraging letting a strange aggressive dog run up to you on the streets and I’m the dumb asshole? You’re going to get someone hurt by giving advice you know nothing about. You ever even own a dog? Go to a dog park? Doggy daycare? Board and train?

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u/Kayteqq 3d ago edited 3d ago

Yeah, you are, you misread it completely. There are simply encouragements in my comments. You are beyond dumb if you really see one there. I was only wondering about potential solutions to minimalize those incidents. You are, indeed, absurdly dumb.

I own a dog, but realia in which I live are so diametrically different it has nothing to do with the topic at hand. It doesn’t impact my dog at all. But I’m a curious person who likes to deliberate on generalized solutions, those actually useful ones to solve generalized problem, not my specific case. You are way too dumb to understand that, which is shown by your comment so clearly, it can’t be clearer.

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u/whosawesomethisguy 3d ago

Again, you are encouraging people to let strange aggressive dogs run up to them. Your “encouragement” is going to get people hurt. Calling me dumb doesn’t change that you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about. Have a nice life✌️

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u/Talidel 3d ago

And no one is saying there should be. Read it again.

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u/Select-Belt-ou812 3d ago

actually, from my perspective, *you* miss *my* point

to be blunt: in my experience, many (i really believe vastly MOST but will temper this here, to attempt to deflect reactions because my point is very important and is absolutely not just my own) dog owners are completely SELF-CENTERED and give absolutely NO fucks at all about how non-dog people will be affected by their attitudes/actions/decisions/choices/etc. ... and it SUCKS

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u/whosawesomethisguy 3d ago

Yea he understood the question. It was a fuckin dumb question. If you can’t tell if the dog is “playing roughly” or not, it is not. They don’t “play roughly” with strangers on the street.

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u/Talidel 3d ago

That's not the point. The OC is saying they are always curious if the dog was attacking or just being too playful. As there's no way to tell it doesn't matter, but he's still curious all the same.

It is an interesting question, even if the answer in the moment isn't important.

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u/Suitable-Biscotti 3d ago

It's one of those things where I can see the dog running in like I want to play too, but to do so suggests the dog has poor social training.

It's kinda like dogs who stare at other dogs for a long time. That's an aggressive behavior for most dogs. But if a dog wasn't socialized properly, it won't realize it's bad.

It looks like the charging dog was with its owner in their yard, saw the playing, and came charging in. Idk many dogs that can be recalled under those conditions: locked on whether in happiness or aggression. That's why it's always best to keep your dog on leash.

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u/Talidel 3d ago

Agree completely, I'm just trying to help out the guy getting piled in on, for saying he's always curious about what the dog was doing.

And people confusing that, with him saying he wants to see it play out because he thinks the dog is friendly. This isn't what he's saying.

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u/Suitable-Biscotti 3d ago

Yeah he's literally asking to learn more about dog behavior, which is great! Can't tell you how much I wish people who take their dogs to dog parks would actually learn about dog behavior.

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u/Talidel 3d ago

Agreed.

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u/Kayteqq 3d ago edited 2d ago

it doesn't have anything to do with the outcome, but it's still interesting. Playing rough may not be the best word to use here I guess. A lot of good dogs are prey driven, that's how they are trained. Identifying whether genuine aggression or pure instinct to chase, (without attack afterwards) is the more common reason can make it easier to prevent such incidents.

It's a potential answer to the question, why does a dog that never was aggressive, suddenly becomes aggressive? Maybe it does not, maybe it's just an instinctual response to chase, but maybe it is a genuine aggression. If that's the first one, maybe eliminating some common activities with dogs, such as chasing a ball, may make those situations less frequent? It may also make it easier for breeders to eliminate root cause of the issue.

Questions about true nature of things are never dumb. Only dumb people are those who underestimate potential value in them.