People love dogs. They will defend them to the death and never own up to what awful creatures canines can be. Dog owners are passionate about their pups. Dog products are big business. So everyone must love dogs. Very wrong assumption and those disliking dogs with a passion are not necessarily nut cases who dare question the value of “Man’s Best Friend.” There are compelling reasons why dogs are useless and destructive creatures and the world would be a better place if every canine in existence was eradicated.

The claims dogs perform great services benefiting mankind are gross exaggerations. What did a chihuahua ever do except sell Taco Bell products. The blind can survive without seeing eye dogs. White canes are a low maintenance alternative. Our privacy does not need to be violated by drug sniffing dogs. Bombs can be detected without using dogs. Taxpayer dollars should not be squandered on K-9 squads. The problem of puppy mills would be eliminated. Is there anything more pointless than greyhound races and abusing Rottweilers and pit bulls for fighting? Who raises sheep these days? No one should be hunting or chasing foxes anyway. Kids these days prefer playing playing video games. What exactly is the purpose of Chihuahuas and Dachshunds? For every useful dog, there are a million dogs barking their heads off and fouling the environment with endless piles of excrement.

A sound rebuttal are humans are responsible for bad dog behavior. For the most part, that is true but it is not man who taught dogs to eat their own excrement. No dog lover can ever deny dogs perform that disgusting act. Dog lovers love it when Rover displays affection with big wet doggie kisses and never give thought that Rover may have just chowed down on his own poop. Honestly, should children be licked by Fido who has a habit of licking his own anus? People will never change and the aforementioned issues will continue perpetuating themselves. Eliminate dogs, eliminate the problems.

Dog owners fail to comprehend the vehemence of those disliking dogs or understand the reasons. Obviously, they are deaf in more ways than one. How come they are never disturbed by relentless all night barking causing endless hours of lost sleep for their neighbors yet become irate when receiving complaints against their howling pooches. How about the stench of excrement? The appalling spectacle of dogs gulping food, slobbering, farting and stinking? The endless walking of dogs and retrieving their droppings is not good enough when their urine is left all over including places where children play. How about dogs being vicious pack animals at heart that will kill innocent smaller victims. So called docile dogs will maul children and attack without provocation. There is absolutely no denying dogs are dangerous.

Those same dog owners are guilty for much bad dog behavior not to mention downright animal abuse. Failure to train and discipline. Not bathing them. Leaving the pooper scooper behind. Allowing their pets to run loose and wild at night causing disturbance and destruction. Chaining them up when ignoring which prompts howling. Locking them up in small apartments while their owners are at work. To be blunt, dog owners tend to be jerks exhibiting a complete lack of neighborly manners. Their dogs disrupt sleep, leave messes, and destroy property. Dog owners rarely offer sincere apologies, cure the problem or display consideration.

The standard response when politely requesting something be done about barking or other errant behavior is “F!@$ Off!.” That certainly gives credence to the adage dogs take on the personality of their masters. Ordinances and laws pertain to excessive barking and other acts but law enforcement is not going to respond to what they consider trivial. Nothing short of a violent mauling of a child will elicit immediate response. An attack on an adult will result in a civil suit with the victim vilified as somehow provoking the dog’s actions. That is a major problem in a dog loving world where dog haters are viewed with disdain. Animal rights groups are strong and they along with animal control and the law are more concerned with animal abuse thus sympathy always rests with the dog. Complaints about barking are met with “That is what dogs do” and a silent “shut up.”

Dogs can literally get away with murder. Killing a dog is breaking the law. For example during this writer’s childhood, the neighbor’s big dogs dug a hole under the fence, invaded and slaughtered a child’s pet turtles. A hopeless situation. They got away with the killings. Apologies were pointless in that instance. Dog owners will be the first to state pets cannot be replaced. Had those dogs been killed on the spot, this writer’s father would have been arrested and charged while the dogs’ trespassing and dead turtles would have been tossed out as a defense. It is a doggy loving world symbolized by Lassie.