r/TikTokCringe • u/GhostofTinky • Aug 25 '26

Discussion This is a disaster waiting to happen.

The dog isn’t allowed to be around a toddler because he growls at her. I don’t get it. A family dog is supposed to get along with the whole family. Why are the parents concerned about why the dog “doesn’t like her”? What about the child’s safety?

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u/MaybeItsTheTism Aug 25 '26

My kids’ grandmother on their dad’s side ended up with a large dog that was usually fine but snapped at my daughter unexpectedly. I told her that the dog cannot be around my kids and she tried explaining to me that he might have just became territorial because she was near his food. I was like lady I don’t give two goddamns why you think it happened but it’s your job to make 100% sure it never happens again. She took that as a challenge and after another close call the dog now wears a muzzle when my kids are over.

I knew a family that took in a pair of very large dogs that were given up because they had been abused, neglected, and were known to have behavioral problems. 10 yr old boy went to pet the dog while it was sleeping and the thing bit his face and nearly took his lip off, lots of stitches.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 25 '26

My cousin adopted an aggressive dog once, and worked hard to rehabilitate the dog. The dog was never aggressive with her and she lived alone. Progress was not linear. The dog was doing really well for a while then out of the blue bit my arm when my cousin opened the door when I was visiting. It was winter so the dog didn't do any damage, but after that, she put the dog up and quit trying to make it work with company.

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u/Rysigler Aug 26 '26

It took me way too long to figure out why winter made a difference. Thankfully I finally crossed the finish line 😂.

It is so unfortunate that sometimes you get a dog that just can't cope with other people. Training that aggression out is so hard and requires multiple people to take a chance on a dog that may do long term damage to them.

I thankfully had the opposite situation while doing pest control. A German Shepard on my route absolutely tried to shred anyone that wasn't family. She was barely a year old, and had tried to get the gardeners, mail carriers, pretty much anyone. She got out while I was there knocking on the door. I didn't know she was aggressive.

I sat down because she seemed a bit scared and just didn't make eye contact. Held still and spoke in a soft, but excited voice indicating I was excited to meet the dog. Owner came whipping out of the house worried I was being assaulted, but by then I was petting the dog. Ever since then that dog had to come out and say hi or she would lose it following me around to every door and window whining.

I got damn lucky that day, but I had a good track record with most dogs on my route. It was the little ones that were the most problematic. Got attacked by 2 chihuahuas and a tiny little terrier. The terrier couldn't get past my boot. I just stuck my toes in the air and pivoted my foot on my heel. It was honestly hilarious.

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u/__wildwing__ Aug 26 '26

In high school, I was visiting a friend at their apartment. Another tenant had their German shepherd chained by the front door. Long chain, but you could get to the door and the dog couldn’t. Never met a pooch I didn’t want to snuggle. So I walked up to him stretched at the end of his lead, talked calmly, let him sniff me. Then walked in a straight line to the door. He walked next to me while I scritched his ears. My friend was standing in the doorway, jaw on the floor.

That I smelled like a farm probably made me pretty interesting too.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

Yeah some dogs can't be trained out of it.

Wow, you got very lucky. It is wild the owner let the dog out knowing all of that. People get big breeds then don't manage them, the same way people don't manage small dogs. The difference is, big dogs can easily do a lot of damage.

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u/Agile_Half3831 Aug 26 '26

I’m sorry I’m a bit slow haha, So how did it being winter help? Is it because you were wearing a puffy jacket because of the cold?

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

Haha no worries. Yes, I had on a very thick and puffy jacket and sweater for the cold so the dog's teeth did not make it through that to break skin. I had a bruise the next day but that was it. If I had no worn a jacket, I think it would have broken the skin.

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u/ThirdOne38 Aug 26 '26

I saw a show about trying to rehabilitate abused dogs. One of the tests was to give it a bowl of food. Then a fake arm was stuck in the cage and pushed the bowl away a few inches. Some of the dogs immediately started tearing the arm to shreds. If they attacked the hand in any way at all, they were put down. The experts said the danger was too much and that some of them will never be completely trustworthy around humans again, but you don't know which. And these were experts

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

I think this is a poor test. Food aggression is usually resource guarding and is common in dogs that were abused or neglected. It can be fixed with patience and training. Obviously the dog needs to be labeled as food aggressive. But of all the quirks, this is the easier one to train out.

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u/NationalCaterpillar6 Aug 26 '26

Was it just if they attacked the hand, or did attacking the fake arm also cause them to be put down? 

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u/ThirdOne38 Aug 26 '26

Attacking any part of this "human" appendage was the nail in the coffin. The dog could be all nice and you could pet it, but if it attacked during feeding they determined it would never be safe.

It was funny looking in a way, just this plastic arm/hand on a stick that they poke at the food bowl in the cage to see what the dog would do. And then all of a sudden there's fingers flying, a thumb gets chewed off, till just the stick was left. I wish I could find a video

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u/tamati_nz Aug 26 '26

My brothers dog had a broken leg in a cast and a family came around and there kids went into the room where it was a stood on its leg by accident. Dog bit his lip off. Surgeons reattached it and used medical leeches to draw the blood though to get it to heal.

Had another mate who had a family friend bring her little snappy dog round to his house and refused to restrain it ("she'd never bite anyone!") 5 mins later it bit his 3 year old on the face requiring surgery. She grabbed the dog and fled because he was about to stomp it to death.

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u/nevertoomanytacos Aug 28 '26

I am a veterinarian. I saw a tech get bit in the face through a baskerville muzzle that was properly fitted. She needed stitches on her lip. My point is, don't trust a muzzle to protect your kids.

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u/MaybeItsTheTism Aug 29 '26

I agree that a muzzle alone is not an acceptable solution. Unfortunately I have no influence over this asshole of a woman. She is my ex’s mom and she’s always been a stubborn… so and so

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u/WarmMarketing9339 Aug 26 '26

You would be surprised how many women got there lips ripped off.

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u/MrHotwire Aug 27 '26

I know of a similarly awful relative. We ended that animal, no second chance.

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u/TallBlueberry4101 Aug 31 '26

My child’s grandma (also on dad’s side) has two dogs. One hasn’t been socialized properly and is terrified of people. My daughter (2yr old) was chasing her around the house and everyone but me thought it was funny. All it takes is for that one to be cornered and scared, and to react by biting. The older dog growls at my baby every time we go to visit. I’m always grabbing my baby away from that dog and no one tries to get the dog away from the baby. I feel like the gma is in denial with how serious this situation is and thinks her dogs are good. Gives me anxiety every time we have to go over there.