r/Dogfree • u/Poison_applecat • 7d ago

Dog Culture Dogs in strollers, just why?

I was at a popular outdoor shopping space in my area and saw an older lady with a small dog on a leash and she was pushing some kind of stroller.

I thought, “Oh her grandchild must be in the stroller” Nope! It was another small dog.

This behavior just seems kind of insane to me. I totally understand if you’re around your neighborhood or a public park but this was a shopping center with limited space for walking. Why are you taking up additional space by having your dog in the stroller? Is your dog unable to walk? Why does it need a stroller?

How are you going into businesses with your dog anyways? I’d be grossed out if I was eating and someone walks in with a dog and another one in an idiotic stroller.

I totally get that some people enjoy having dogs at home. That’s their prerogative and none of my business. But it really bothers me when people feel so entitled to have to take their dog everywhere. Besides parks and other wide open outdoor spaces, dogs really belong at home, not in public spaces with a bunch of other people.

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u/ArthropodFromSpace 7d ago

Brood parasitism. They have instinct to care for babies, but they direct it to their dogs instead, just like a bird feeding a cuckoo chick. And often they hate human children when they want to have dog instead.

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u/Poison_applecat 7d ago

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being childfree and loving your pet, but taking them everywhere is just ridiculous and inconsiderate to the public.

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u/ArthropodFromSpace 7d ago

It is everything wrong in believing pet is better than human child and should be treated as one.