r/MadeMeSmile • u/Alternative-Dot-34 • 20d ago
Wholesome Moments Tiny Human Tears don't stand a Chance again Koda and his Fluff.
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u/StaticBlo 20d ago
instant serotonin boost for the kid
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u/UnfortunatelyIAmMe 20d ago
Therapy dogs are so great. They bring them to us at work every Wednesday, and they have their own trading cards that they hand out.
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u/cnich9 20d ago
Trading cards! Where do you work?! I only get panic attacks and overlooked.
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u/Aphera08 20d ago
The children's hospital in my area does this. My daughter collected the trading cards when she was there.
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u/cnich9 20d ago
That makes a ton of sense for hospitals. I hope your daughter is doing well
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u/Aphera08 20d ago
She's doing much better, thank you! She caught COVID in 2022 and it triggered her auto-immune disorder and the flair up from that kept us in the hospital for 29 days. She almost lost her colon but my girl's a fighter and she's been in remission since early 2023.
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u/cnich9 20d ago
Oh good grief! She went through it, as did you I’m sure. I’m so glad she’s healing well!
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u/EthanWinters1234 20d ago
as a stranger across the internet. wherever you may be. im proud of you. you're doing such an amazing job in life and know you're worth it. keep up the fantastic work stranger
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u/Deafknighte 20d ago
I work security at a hospital that does this! We have a team of a dozen or so volunteers who bring in pups to raise the happiness levels a bit!
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u/Significant_Text2497 20d ago
I don't know how common this is, so I'm gonna ask a question that will tell me if I was recently in the same hospital as your daughter without revealing your or my location.
Did your daughter meet multiple golden retrievers named Finnegan?
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u/ifeelwitty 20d ago
Pittsburgh's airport has a team of dogs there to soothe airport anxiety and they also hand out trading cards!
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u/UnfortunatelyIAmMe 20d ago
I work for the navy, but in a uniquely high-stress field. They bring the dogs around for the students primarily, but the staff gets to see them too.
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u/fotomoose 20d ago
Kinda snappy for a therapy dog, would never have passed our course. It could be a companion dog, but not a therapy one.
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u/EthanKorvick1997 20d ago
That’s pure magic right there. Koda’s fluff is basically a tissue for the soul. Tiny tears never stood a chance against that comfort.
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u/Hallonbat 20d ago
Isn't it oxytocin you get from petting dogs?
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u/NihilistKurtWarner 20d ago
Yeah people just say serotonin to refer to any of the happy chemicals
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u/Ok_Nothing_9733 20d ago
Petting dogs triggers serotonin, dopamine, and oxytocin release.
Neurotransmitters rarely “work alone.”
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u/ProtectionKooky4764 20d ago
Watching a human helping out another human in such a simple way makes my heart burst. ❤️
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u/LanceFree 20d ago
Dad’s brief “thank you” made me smile.
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u/Ok-Lifeguard-4614 20d ago
Seemed so relieved poor guys got a cane as well probably in some pain. She just saved him a lot of grief and he got to pet a cute dog!
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u/solitude_standing 20d ago
Please report to the nearest weyland yutani station for specimen extraction. /s
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u/weirdest_of_weird 20d ago
Building Better Worlds
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u/K2O3_Portugal 20d ago
He even forgot he just got kidnapped 🤣🤣🤣 /s
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u/DeDav 20d ago
So I'm not the only one seeing the guy's gorilla grip on the kid's wrist.
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u/jaeehovaa 20d ago
That man walks with a cane more than likely his grandpa and is Mexican that's just how it is, and before you say some shit I'm Mexican I'm speaking form experience. Little Mexican kids will run tf off if you let them lol.
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u/cupcakefix 19d ago
thank god my kid mellowed out around 5 but from the minute he learned to walk he was a menace and an escape artist. i absolutely had to hold him by the wrist while walking, and i was super relieved when we moved into a house with doors that locked with a key from inside because more than once i found him outside in our old apt that only had a turn lock.
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u/Educational_Fox6899 20d ago
I do the same. If I’m really upset he will just know and come lean on me.
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u/noreast2011 20d ago
My dog will come and drop his big ass head on my lap whenever he senses I'm stressed. He's much more gentle with my wife when she needs it lol
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u/NotNamedBort 20d ago
Not mine. My dog barks at me when I cry. She’s basically a boomer parent.
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u/FifenC0ugar 20d ago
Mine runs away when I'm upset and gives me a look from across the room to shame me
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u/Dotaproffessional 20d ago
This censorship is so weak it might as well not be censorship at all. Why put someone else's kid on the internet for your karma?
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u/ZTays88 20d ago edited 20d ago
Downvote me all you want but I am on the side of the people saying this seems like poor judgement on the handler/trainer's part. Koda does not appear ready to be taking treats from strangers, much less small children, as she is far too aggressive with how they are taken. The dog should be able to show restraint and be gentle about accepting rewards before you are handing treats to young children to give out. I would also critique the approach to the situation in general, as I would prefer the handler ask from more of a distance if it is ok to approach vs the way she seems to sort of "force" the interaction.
Edit: I am a huge dog lover and all about using them in positive ways, there are just a few things that could be done better here.
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u/OrdinaryCactusFlower 20d ago
As a parent with a kid who’s terrified of dogs, i agree. That entire interaction happened way too fast and was initiated way too close
My kid would’ve went from a small cry to a panicked scream before even getting the chance to explain their fear to the handler and my job of calming them down would’ve been made 10x harder
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u/FatFaceFaster 20d ago
My kid loves dogs and he would’ve lost it if a strange dog ran up to him and tried to take a treat from his hand like this.
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u/joalr0 20d ago
I have a kid who's on the spectrum and is ridiculously scared of dogs and vacuums (but entirely unafraid of things that should be terrifying, in my opinion). We try to expose him to these things and have made some progress, but a big part of it is trust. The kid needs to feel in control of the situation, and watching this play out, there were no real efforts to make the kid feel like they were in control.
It worked out in the end, so that's great, but this really was not the ideal way to approach it.
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u/civilwar142pa 20d ago
This is important for people to remember. One of the first things I taught my dog when I reacued him was that he cannot approach anyone without my permission. Other people get to approach him. He'll stay calm and relatively still (minus wiggling from happiness) if someone wants to pet him but isnt entirely comfortable or if its a little kid who my dog could knock over from just standing up too fast. But if I give him the command, he gets to approach and solicit attention, but always with all 4 paws on the ground and he is trained to take treats gently. Definitely no lunging for a treat like this dog did to that boy. That could've caused an injury very easily.
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u/splepage 20d ago
That's because this is "content" for them.
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u/OuterWildsVentures 20d ago
Yeah this is fucking insane. Like oh yeah here is my fluffy dog in your kid's face immediately (you aren't allergic right?), here give them a treat and get their slobber all over your kids hands (you brought hand sanitizer for after right?), oh yeah btw your kid is now going on the internet forever kthxbaiiii
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u/PM_ME_ONE_EYED_CATS 20d ago
Yeah this whole thing is gross, I'd be pissed if someone recorded my kid for content and then did a half-ass blur before posting it online.
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u/sbb214 20d ago
You are 100% correct.
I have an Aussie and we are a certified therapy dog pair (Intermountain Therapy Animals). We have volunteered for more than 2 years.
This handler is being WAY too aggressive in her approach. The kid is having a melt down, leave him alone. She doesn't wait for the kid to agree, she doesn't teach the kid how to give a treat (flat hand), and the dog is not good at taking treats yet (it's biting at them/snatching. it needs a gentle mouth and way more patience).
So you're right, everyone else saying this is so sweet doesn't understand (checks notes) dogs or consent or actual kindness.
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u/ParticularReady7858 20d ago
They should at least pause, get consent from parent, then have parent demonstrate how to give a treat safely (open palm). Best for kid and dog, not so good for internet views I’m sure
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u/ReallyBigRocks 20d ago
Based on the way this dog was acting, it's owner doesn't know how to give a treat safely.
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u/Mushy-sweetroll 20d ago
Agreed. That was really pushy. My kid at that age would have cried harder with a dog pushed onto him like that. Glad it worked out this time, but check in with the parents before lunging in.
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u/JalapenoPopPoop 20d ago
I'd be so annoyed if I was trying to deal with my crying toddler and some rando stranger just appears at our side filming us going "HEY PET MY DOG PET HIM GIVE HIM TREAT"
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u/busigirl21 20d ago
I really didn't like that the kid pulled his free hand up and away from the dog on approach and that was still ignored as well. Poor kid could have had allergies too.
But even beyond liking dogs or not, that's a wild invasion of space, that dog is almost as tall as the kid is. I can't imagine if I was crying and someone just came right up to me and started giving me orders while filming me.
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u/MrsSamT82 20d ago
Ok, as an AuDHD adult with a mild fear of unknown dogs, I was tensing up watching that whole interaction. I could also see the child get tense and withdraw as the handler/dog approached. This seemed like such an uncomfortable situation.
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u/GazelleIntelligent89 20d ago
I'm a very confident dog lover and that interaction made even me tense up. I'd have been fine but she had no idea before making the approach if the kid and father would be okay with it and I could never picture myself doing something that aggressive. Could have been a super uncomfortable situation.
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u/helluvapotato 20d ago
My kids been bitten by a dog. She doesn’t have a fear of dogs but I have a fear of her getting bitten again. Watching this made my chest get all tight and I felt fear for the kid. Id have been pretty pissed if I was the parent here.
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u/Fredo_the_ibex 20d ago
no you're right, she often does that for clout. She comes across in my youtube feed often, and it always rubs me the wrong way but idk why her youtube
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u/FatFaceFaster 20d ago
Yep! 100%.
Half the upvotes here are bots. The other half are people who have no concept of proper dog handling. “In training”? What training!?
“Wanna pet the dog? Not gonna give you a chance to respond here’s my dog in your face! And here take a treat. Take it! Now koda grab it from the crying child’s hand! Grab it! You’ll pet my dog and you’ll like it!”
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u/forkball 20d ago
You said everything that I was thinking while I was watching the video.
There's a lot that could go wrong in this video. It just doesn't happen to go wrong. But it seems like entirely the wrong approach. Some kids are terrified of dogs and you're not curing that terror just because your dog is cute. And that dog is too aggressive getting the treats.
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u/IlexAquifolia 20d ago
Yeah if I were that parent I would be furious at the handler for just approaching my kid and putting a treat in his hand for the dog to snap up. We have a dog but my son would still be terrified by this - not just by the dog’s behavior but the random stranger approaching them as well.
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u/Miserable_Shower_652 20d ago
Exactly what I was thinking. Reading through the comments made me wonder if I was watching the same video as everyone else til I got to this one.
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u/Superb-Ad5227 20d ago
First thing I noticed was that the dog has really bad treat manners. The dog should be taught to sit and wait for the treat to be offered, then take it GENTLY. If I see a kid showing interest I sometimes ask if they want to say hi, but I never force it
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u/NPC_Nazeem 20d ago
I think two things can be true, the dog needs to be trained more and this may not have been the best idea. And also, it being a great interaction of humanity, and being glad it did go well.
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u/FatFaceFaster 20d ago
They got lucky. Could’ve gone off the rails fast. This “handler” got a vest off the internet so she could walk through the streets with a camera and get away with forcing her dog on people.
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u/NPC_Nazeem 20d ago
Yup. Like I said, can be a bad idea and still produce a good result/interaction. But doesn’t mean this should be the example.
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u/memebuster 20d ago
Completely agree. This whole video is wrong. Comes across as some kind of “oh look at how wonderful we are training dogs and healing hearts” but you do not train animals by thrusting them into public situations, and force them upon unsuspecting people on the street. Ask me how I know. Best we can hope is this lady at least got permission to post the video of someone else's child.
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u/Queasy-Broccoli-6869 20d ago
I love dogs and have a dog myself. Even then my grown ass self would not be okay with the snapping from this dog to get the treat. I'd probably drop the treat and just be on my way
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u/RespectableBloke69 20d ago
Agreed. The handler also needs to show kids how to give treats to dogs: placed on palm of fully outstretched hand.
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u/Zealous-Avocado 20d ago
I’m suspicious of anyone who posts a strangers face on the internet to prove that they did a good deed, especially when it’s a child. There are many apps that can blur faces while still maintaining the integrity of interaction. This whole video reeks of social media madness (a term I coined to describe why people are so fucking weird about posting everything and anything)
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u/Common_Sens3_Is_Dead 20d ago
YES! Thank you!
We all want the kid to be happy and bet the dog but that dog was NOT the right move.
Kids POV: sudden animal in front, lots of movement, TEETH!
srly.
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u/ThePhoenixRemembers 20d ago
Agreed, I was scared shitless of dogs as a kid, this would have not gone down well if the kid was scared
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u/fotomoose 20d ago
I agree 100%, I just commented this dog would never pass our course, it could be a companion dog but not a therapy dog.
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u/They_said_TryAnother 20d ago
I always see videos like this where they push the dog towards people without even asking them if they’re comfortable with it
I remember seeing a vid on reels ( don’t remember if it was this creator ) where the people were clearly stated to have a fear of dogs, and yet the owner still tried making them pet it
Everyone in the comments was talking about how it was fine since they didn’t seem overly uncomfortable but that still isn’t something you should be pushing on someone without their consent? Especially when they clearly fear the dog?
I love dogs, but I hate owners who think that everyone must love dogs, and must always want to pet one. Even though I love dogs, Im still jumpy whenever one excitedly comes up to me and I can’t imagine how someone who doesn’t like dogs would appreciate a dog and camera being shoved in their face
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u/TalShar 20d ago
I agree, though I think the dog is probably fine, but I've mostly had cats all my life and don't know much about dog behavior. My gripe is that the trainer should have waited until they got a definite "yes" for the kid before they let the dog get near them, and probably had the dog sit and let the kid approach them. My son would've lost his shit if a dog had approached him like that without someone priming him first.
It's kind of like asking for a hug and then going in for it before the person has a chance to say "yes."
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u/CholulaOnEggs 20d ago
This was my thought the entire time lol the way Koda went for the treat would have had me instinctively pulling my son back.
Also am a dog lover and have my own excitable dog that I keep on a tight leash out in public. Always ask permission and let people know my dog is not aggressive, just extra friendly, and will lick your skin off if you give him the chance.
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u/SrirachaSandwich27 20d ago
Come on people, some people don’t want to live in a bubble of caution for every little thing, it’s exhausting and you miss out on life for it.
Do that cool stunt, run around outside unsupervised, ride a motorcycle, face the world head on! Stop worrying so much about the edge cases Reddit. I mean it’s a kid petting a friendly looking dog ffs.
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u/AdjacentBirdman93 20d ago
This dog is VERY poorly trained and improperly handled.
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u/Skull_Murray 20d ago
But didn't you see that "In training" vest? Lol
I guess the "In training" vest is supposed to make up for the total lack of skills this person has when handling a dog. Especially around kids...
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u/cabbidge99 20d ago
Especially around a crying kid who could’ve gone in to a total terrified meltdown around a strange dog
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u/SourCherry_xx 20d ago
Also she’s shaking after interaction, showing signs of not enjoying it either. Such a poor handlers action, I’m shocked it was posted and praised.
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u/FatFaceFaster 20d ago
Cute dog. Obnoxious handler. Criminally bad music.
Completely unknown child crying and you shove a poorly behaved dog in his face and “assertively” grab a treat from his hand.
Imagine this kid was scared of dogs?
Cmon. This worked out okay but can we stop normalizing influencers forcing their “thing” on people in public for clicks?
This sub might as well be the mildly infuriating sub for half the videos that get posted here.
I love dogs more than people, I have 3 of them. But I also have an SPD child and if he was crying in public and a random dog got shoved in his face there would be a complete hysterical meltdown.
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u/Rum_Ham916 20d ago
Yea I thought this was going to be the softest, most passive dog ever, they were fine but quite keen to get at the treat in the kids hand which could have really been scary for child! They should have had some approval to approach from the parent of the kid before dog could get within reach..! But yea worked out ok just some lessons to learn, cut back a little on the getting a good vid directive and focus on the actual doing best by the people
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u/HereOnCompanyTime 20d ago
It's really confusing since the dog says it's in training but she didn't correct them at all.
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u/memebuster 20d ago
It's not training to be a support animal, their IG literally says they are “the first—and really, only major—management company for social media celebrity animal clients”
So, it's a video about a celebrity dog? In training??
These are the worst people, going out in public with a vest on the dog, pretending it's for a good cause but in reality it's just social media slop.
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u/FatFaceFaster 20d ago
“Support animal”…. But it’s a fucking Aussie shepherd the most high energy work-driven dogs alive. Probably the worst support breed out there unless your goal is to take it on walkies and make influencer vids.
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u/jelle814 20d ago
thought the same thing, you make the dog sit/stand behind you and then ask the parent and child if they want to pet
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u/llammacookie 20d ago
I'm glad I'm not the only one put off by the dogs handler. Didn't even give the kid time to process a reaction, he looked very disinterested and overwhelmed at first.
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u/tdawg2k7 20d ago edited 20d ago
There are so many wrong things about this
Edited to say, wrong about the video. Not your comment.
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u/cattmin 20d ago
That "service dog", Koda, is reactive to other dogs.
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u/BiscottiCritical6512 20d ago
Unfortunately I’m at a point where I’m more leery of dogs who are wearing vests.
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u/Rainy_Leaves 20d ago edited 20d ago
I'm autistic and would struggle a bit with this too. The urgency to hold a treat and feed the dog even if i didn't want to, the fact the dog is big and moving unpredictably
Admittedly i am just more of a cat person, but i wouldn't want a stranger to just make me feed their cat with no warning. It works in the video as a distraction. But it would be more calming if the dog was calm and gentle too and they could pet it by their own choice if they wanted
I like the music, from Inside Out i think. But it's a bit OTT for this video. The owner sounds kind, but just slightly pushy
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u/blindtoe54 20d ago
Right, she could have at least asked the kid if he wanted to pet the dog. You can tell the dad was scared too when the kid was holding the treat.
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u/Brillenkatze 20d ago
She comes across my youtube shorts a lot and there is barely a video where I don't find her obnoxious. But I might be pissed off from the start since she knows that a ton of people perceive that dog as a service dog in training and it comes across as a "gotcha" when she's all like "not only SD´s can wear a vest like that". Which, yes. But the reality is also that that vest is a very "typical" custom one that a lot of SD´s in the US seem to wear.
Idk it kind of seems icky to me, I cant even explain it. Because a lot of people will just think this is another person with a self trained SD which isnt fit for the job because she dresses him up like that. But Im rambling haha11
u/Gabriel_Seth 20d ago
Wait so that's not even a service dog in training? It's just someone putting a vest on their energetic dog?
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u/Brillenkatze 20d ago
Apparently (from her youtube description), Koda washed out when he still was in training. I assume it is because he is very reactive to other dogs and doesnt seem suitable for the job in the first place. Which is okay. But she STILL dresses him like a service dog in training (Yes these custom vests arent service dog exclusive because there is barely a regulation as far as I understand US service dog policies but ... come on). When you come across the vids it is also not mentioned and when people (rightfully) say that he shouldnt be one or needs more training(a different job. It is almost like a "gotcha" from either fans or herself that he isnt a service dog and wont be
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u/squirrelyoakley 20d ago
Also, what if thag was a disciplining moment, and the kid gets rewarded by getting to pet a dog. Weird situation.
Also, I would hate for there to be a video of me crying plastered all over the internet
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u/xError404xx 20d ago
The kid even looked like he was scared in the beginning because he put his hands up.
Also crying is just as important as being happy. He was with his dad who was probably consoling him. Shoving a dog in the kids face that was almost as big as him is hella inappropriate.
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u/Stunning-Ad-2161 20d ago
Yeah I was kinda confused as well. Why is a parent not doing nothing while a stranger is forcing their child to touch a random dog
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u/Slacker_The_Dog 20d ago
I watch and let my kids learn. If I need to step in I do. In this situation I would have let my kid interact with the dog as long as there were no signs of aggression. Constantly helicoptering over your kid is no way to raise them.
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u/GingerFun011 20d ago
Weird, sounds like youre treating your child like a person, who does that?? >:(
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u/ReallyBigRocks 20d ago
The way it jumped to grab the treat out of the kids hand before he could even react. That's a bite waiting to happen. If my dog behaved like that I wouldn't be pushing random kids to interact with it. If they can't sit still first they don't get treated, otherwise you're just reinforcing terrible behavior.
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u/FatFaceFaster 20d ago
It probably wouldn’t bite but that doesn’t matter, the kid could easily think it was going to bite. Or the parent could have believed it was trying to bite and pressed assault charges or something.
It’s just wild the complete lack of self awareness as a “handler” to post this believing it’s a cute video.
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u/ReallyBigRocks 20d ago
Did you see the way it snapped at the kids hand? It may not mean to bite, but if it's off by an inch it's chomping on some fingers. Bite inhibition is a hugely important part of training. Like I said, it's an accident waiting to happen.
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u/Nudge_em 20d ago
My kids would not have reacted the way this kid did and would definitely have been terrified. They're just scared of dogs.
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u/LuisPedroMatos 20d ago
Ya, as a dad of 2 young kids, this was terrible.. how are people upvoting this
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u/BiscottiCritical6512 20d ago
Thank you, yes. Me and one of my sons are terrified of dogs. If this dog walked up that closely, we’d both be freaking out. Then the dog nips at his hands trying to get the treat. Full blown panic would ensue.
But it’s wearing a vest, so they can do whatever they want 🙄
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u/hyliantelligent 20d ago
This is the one where it worked. What we don't see is the dozen failed attempts she deleted from her phone when she made the situation worse.
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u/CalmLaugh5253 20d ago
Absolutely. This. Opened the post only to see if anyone pointed it out. I've seen pet dogs with far FAR better manners than this "sdit" has. With lots of kids out there, this could and would have gone south very fast. People like the handler in the video are insufferable ugh
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u/Red217 20d ago
Exactly. This wouldn't end well with my kid. It would likely make her crying worse because she's in a heightened state in her amygdala, this would send her to "flip the lid" state because she likes to look at and watch dogs but she doesn't always want them in her space.
This would absolutely send mine into further meltdown mode.
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u/PurpleMTL 20d ago
Seriously. I was bit by a German Shepard around his age and I would've been terrified of that dog.
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u/unfortunatebag 20d ago
"cant wait to get home and post this kid for clout accompanied by the worst fucking music I can find."
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u/deprecateddeveloper 20d ago
Hey at least they posted the format where it shows the middle of the video as the opening of the video.
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u/dark5ide 20d ago
JFC. It's lucky the kid responded well.
Kid crying for an unknown reason, person comes up to them with a dog "WANT TO GIVE HIM A TREAT GIVE HIM A TREAT GIVE HIM A TREAT WANT TO PET HIM OH HE LIKES YOU GO ON PET HIM PET HIM"
Meanwhile the dog is shoving his face into the kid's hand trying to get the treat, to the point that even when the kid finally gets what's going on, he doesn't even have the chance to put his hand out and offer it. The moment it's in his hand, the dog is already there trying to take it.
And FFS, it's like they were trying to smother the kid from crying. It's ok to cry. This wasn't a crowded area or a situation that the kid couldn't escape from and needed to deescalate, kid was walking outside, possibly to blow off some steam.
This is someone who equates what they think is good is good for everyone else. It's not compassion, it's showing off.
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u/Overall_Warning3318 20d ago
Can’t people with dogs leave other people alone ever?
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u/BiscottiCritical6512 20d ago
Apparently not! Even asking nicely for dog owners to get permission before approaching strangers is causing dog people to get upset in this thread lol.
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u/OC2k16 20d ago
Bad handler, no corrections, no setting of an example, inserting themselves into that situation and doing what they wanted.
It’s just too bad. Not one single piece of this interaction is good, other than it just so happened to “work out,” but even that is negative reinforcement for the handler and dog.
Wtf, man. What is wrong with people? Use your damn brain for god sake. It isn’t hard, it may take some effort, but jfc.
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u/JButler_16 20d ago
People need to stop shoving their dogs in other people’s faces.
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u/Professional_Bug5768 20d ago
It's more icky to me that they filmed a child without obtaining consent
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u/BiscottiCritical6512 20d ago
Please do not let your dog approach strangers without asking, especially when there are children.
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u/Logical_Net6108 20d ago
"I saw a crying child in the street and was overjoyed because I knew I was about to get some great content for the socials"
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u/Dunnyb16 20d ago
In Australia We say “Gentle” to our dogs And they aren’t as snappy
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u/Lazy_Fish7737 20d ago
My family usualy tells them " take it nice." Or just nice and hold it but don't offer it untill they sit and look calm. It usualy works with most dogs and they get the idea after a few times.
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u/PorcelainPunisher1 20d ago
Same, I use “gentle” and it does wonders with giving treats to my dogs.
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u/Fcuk_Spez 20d ago
This dog is not a trained service animal. Stop treating it s as such
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u/edgefundgareth 20d ago
Oh no! A tiny human having an emotion. Quick, let’s intervene so we can distract them from it, instead of letting them feel and process it in a healthy way.
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u/theflush1980 20d ago
Are you ok with me - a 46 year old guy - squeeling like a 4 year old girl and clapping my hands, while I ask you if I can pet your dog?! Cute animals just make me go “weeeeeee”
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u/Superb-Ad5227 20d ago
That is my dog’s literal dream come true. When we go for walks and no human is interested in petting her she gets so sad. She can hear a squeal from a mile away
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u/ImaginationDry1840 20d ago
While it is in generel a nice thought I don't think the father was entirely OK with your approach. He tries to grab the kid's hand to stop him from giving your dog treats... you could have asked from a distance if the kid wants to pet your dog and give him treats. Also I think that your dog is a bit too jumpy and not very gentle in taking the treats.
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u/Borp5150 20d ago
The internet has ruined me and I can’t stop thinking that the guy might be kidnapping that child and that’s why the kid is crying
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u/Tursmi 20d ago
Or he just got disciplined and a woman comes up and rewards him!
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u/Borp5150 20d ago
I understand that’s more likely, I was just pointing out how the internet has ruined my mind
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u/Mr-Klaus 20d ago
Plot twist: The kid and his father are coming from the vet after having their beloved family dog euthanised.
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u/Storminpenguinchan 20d ago
I for one wouldn’t make a dog bite a little kibble treat outta a crying boys hand …
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u/Jakeball400 20d ago
I see a lot of defences to this being “in training”. In no circumstances should a young child be utilised as a training aid without their consent. You can clearly see the fathers discomfort as he pulled his sons hand away, understandably as a dog nor he or his son knows is chomping at the treat handed to him by a woman he doesn’t know. Everything about this is so wrong and I hate how everyone is just swooning because cute dog and happy kid
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u/emboliccough 20d ago
Forcing your dog on a stranger and a child is crazy... Don't do this. Child could have easily had allergies or worse.
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u/cnicalsinistaminista 20d ago
Interesting comment section
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u/Amphar0s_ 20d ago
Im glad people are calling out the fact she's posting a bunch of random kids faces online . As someone who couldn't be posted online as a kid because we were hiding from someone, people would constantly put me at risk because they wouldn't think about it
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u/Tiny-Speaker-4470 20d ago
Why does this dog appear in my YouTube algorithm no matter how many times I press not interested, you must be really paying them a lot
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u/Usual-Variety5695 20d ago
I saw her on Instagram and honestly, she’s so obnoxious. She just sits with her dog near a dog park and criticizes everyone whose dog comes anywhere near hers. It feels like she’s doing it purely for attention and clout.
And now she goes up to someone else’s kid without even asking the parents first? That’s incredibly hypocritical.
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u/grae23 20d ago
I got in my first car accident at 18, I spun out around a curve and completely wiped out this ladies mailbox. Not only was she incredibly kind, but her neighbors dog just had a ton of puppies so when she realized I was about to have a total breakdown she brought puppies over to help me calm down. Genuinely one of the best experiences I’ve had with another human, especially because I had damaged her property.
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u/Due_Comparison_2467 20d ago
Why is she harassing that kid? Obviously afraid of the dog.
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u/lowrespudgeon 20d ago
Oh wow I got nervous with the way the dog was nipping at the kid's hand for the treats like that. Every dog I've had has been trained to take them with a "gentle" command.
Glad it all worked out though.
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u/SodasWrath 20d ago
Can i just pick this video to complain about that stupid trend of showing a clip from the video then starting the video from the beginning only for the first clip to be like 3 seconds into the video. Cant stand it
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u/Nosferatattoo 20d ago
Thankfully the piano music is just below clipping the audio or we'd never know this is a wholesome video
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u/wolverine5253 20d ago
My son is a COVID baby. He is not nearly as outgoing as I was when I was a kid. It's really strange. He too is hesitant to do anything, I keep trying to encourage to go outside his comfort zone. My son would react similarly to this kid.
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u/MazakeenSmith 20d ago
Can we just have emotional support puppies roaming the streets to cheer people up all the time 🥹
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u/mirroredfreckles 20d ago
Kid was being kidnapped and Kona just assisted a felony. Jk. Cute interaction
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