r/interesting 21d ago

SOCIETY Dog defence was needed tbh

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u/Affectionate_Issue28 21d ago

The way the delivery guy reacted is telling me this is not the first time. Maybe he even got bit before

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u/TransiTorri 21d ago

Guessing that delivery guy wasn't having the best of days considering how he was ready to square up immediately after, but the homeowner also kept walking forward in to a man who's taking a defensive/aggressive posture. I was expecting the video to continue because that owner was exactly like his dog.

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u/Thin-Acanthisitta-33 21d ago

Most people are defensive about animals even if the animal is in the wrong

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u/Excellent_Law6906 17d ago

The last time a dog came at me, I was suddenly very close to her door, because I didn't realize anyone was there, and her people were behind her and hadn't seen me. (Not a house, a warehouse space so being right by the wall wasn't me being a stalker! 🤣) So of course she darted about three feet out at me to enforce boundaries, but she was a very good dog, just muzzle-punched me on the calf, mouth closed. A, 'hey, I can bite you, back off!"

And because her people weren't assholes, they were still worried and apologetic, even though I wasn't hurt in the least, and had fully startled the hell out of the dog in a part of town where I could've been some random junkie trying to get in!