How often do you see dogwalkers on hiking trails and how does this compare to 2019 and before?
How often do you see dogwalkers on hiking trails and how does this compare to 2019 and before?
How often do you see dogwalkers on hiking trails and how does this compare to 2019 and before?
I'd estimate I see roughly 1 dog for every 4-5 people. My own dog and my gf's brings that average up. Problem?
Where do you live? Here, the percentages have gone from < 10% dogwalkers pre-pandemic to an overwhelming majority in most places.
>Problem?
Where to begin?
>Illegally off-leashed dogs
>Dogshit everywhere
>Noise disruptions
>More crowded trails
>Disruption of wildlife
This has become a problem for normal hikers everywhere post-pandemic.
I live in central PA. And I love dogs, so I just don't share your point of view. Sure, it's annoying if they're out of control, but the vast majority of off leash dogs I encounter are well behaved and appear to be in control of their owner. When that's the case, I don't give a shit if they're breaking the leash rule. I do it all the time myself, but my dogs also have near perfect recall and wear e-collars 100% of the time when on the trail.
If there are enough people and dogs for the shit and noise to even be a noticeable disruption of your experience, I'd suggest you go further PrepHole.
Did you come here from Reddit to complain, homosexual?
No I came from your mom's house after the school bus picked you up
>Oh no muh laws
>Oh no dogshit in nature
>Oh no animals making noise in nature
>Oh no I can't afford to JUST GO BACKCOUNTRY
Literally have a nice day homosexual
I'd much rather kill you and your stupid dog that you're unable to control, you b***h-made homie
You wouldn't do shit Black
>Put your dog on a leash in parks and stay off trails where dogs aren't allowed
Look at all the seething this causes with moronic dog owners.
does your gfs other boyfriend bring his shitbull?
have a nice day homosexual
the last time I saw an unleashed pitbull on the trail was 2019
I don't mind dogs at all as long as you don't have a bully breed
I'm in the same boat. I don't mind dogs on the trail as long as they aren't a nigbull. The problem with this is, that's all people own these days. For some reason, millennials and zoomers go nuts for shelter adoption. They don't believe in purebreds anymore, and they refuse to buy from a breeder. They get their dogs from shelters exclusively, which would be fine, except shelters have only one breed. You can guess what it is. This is made worse by the fact that shelters deliberately try to hide the breed status, and mislabel them as: lab mix, boxer mix, mastiffs, collies, etc. They, and the owners, know full well what they're doing.
This presents a safety issue to you, the hiker. You're walking along trying to enjoy your time in nature when you get mauled by the "lab mix" velvet hippo because you accidentally triggered the prey drive by just existing.
>This presents a safety issue to you, the hiker.
It's mostly going to be a paperwork issue, because I can main or kill any single medium-sized dog with my bare hands (as can most men, even the dweebs; they just don't always know it). For anything more threatening than that, I have bullets.
I've been aware of the problem of Pibble Delusion Syndrome (PDS) for quite a while now. It uses to be that only illiterate hicks, druggies, welfare scroungers, biker LARPers, and darkies kept pibbles, which they absolutely never train unless it's to fight in a pit. Pibbles appeal to pathetic, powerless, illiterate losers who view themselves as action-film badasses. In their minds, a Pibble is just like them: tough, strong, and dangerous, but with a heart of gold.
They're half-right. Pibbles ARE just like them, because pibbles are pitiful, useless, genetically deficient parasites whose biggest claim to badassery will be doing a little damage to a few people or a bit of property as a way to vent their impotent rage before they're put down by their betters. Best-case scenario for a pitbull is to be raised well by an owner who understands they can never be trusted around children, the old, small pets, or ever be let free outside of a fence or cage.
They were deliberately bred to be aggressive without regard for self-preservation, unlike all natural creatures and most domesticated one. They're literal abominations.
As you say, zoomers are now getting dogs from shelters, which are filled with renamed pitbulls. Literally the ol' glasses and moustache gag.
I don't blame the dogs, even though they're the canine equivalent of psychopaths. We did this to them. They're just being what we molded them to be.
2 pussies
Roastie alert
I saw three unleashed pitbulls on a suburban walking trail yesterday. One of them was chasing deer throughout the woods and the owner was just letting him do it. A bit ugly Merle pitbull. Frick these people.
A pibbie just flew over my house
pibble*
Nature doesn’t exist for the purpose of enjoyment. I’m sure most wildlife would love people to frick off and not stomp down trails, treating it like a free zoo whether or not they have dogs.
Hikers and dog owners can both frick off.
>I’m sure most wildlife would love people to frick off
Not necessarily. Sometimes wild animals walk up to me to see if I have food to spare.
>sometimes wild animals walk up to me to see if I am food
ftfy
I'll shoot back and bury you in a shallow grave 🙂
Post parks you frequent so we can chat.
Am I the only PrepHoleist who actually enjoys when dogs say hello to me on the trail? I'm always more worried that the owner will get upset at me for trying to pet their dog. I can't help it, they're cute and fuzzy
The dog gate is one single autistic sandBlack person. Ignore him.
>hate
I pet all of them unless the dog immediately tries to jump on me because then usually the owner gets into some sort of stupid wrestling match with their beast, kek.
I see people with dogs but I've never seen a "dogwalker" walking others dogs that I can remember.
I like dogs. I got my thigh and arm chomped when I was younger. Was scared of dogs for a long time but exposure therapy mainly with a cute corgie changed it.
might want to consult with a lawyer my larping friend, i think you are dramatically miscalculating the law here.
Reddit is so goddamn unhealthy for these people. It locks them into an echo chamber that validates and amplifies their neuroticism.
Look at how much catastrophizing is taking place over something as benign as a dog on a trail. (I'm aware that a dog attack is another thing entirely, but these people are sperging out over just SEEING dogs).
Some people are truly trapped in a hell created by their own brains.
> It locks them into an echo chamber that validates and amplifies their neuroticism.
glad only reddit has this problem...
PrepHole is obviously shitty for mental health too, but the echo chamber effect is cut down somewhat by the anonymity and anything-goes conversation. If you're being a total fricking pussy people will call you out on it, explicitly and to your face.
>anonymity
>to your face
Pick one
shut the frick up pussy
say that to my face not online and see what happens
>and see what happens
You backing down like a b***h? Followed by me laughing in your face?
How is it benign? Who does it benefit?
An unleashed, friendly dog on a trail is perhaps mildly annoying at best. It may be something that you remark to the owner about.
But if it triggers immense upset in you, to the point where you spend your free time working yourself up with another people online over it, you are emotionally disturbed and need to work on managing your feelings better.
>An unleashed, friendly dog on a trail is perhaps mildly annoying at best
For local wildlife it's a lot more than that: it's a threat and a reason to escape.
When I go out in the mountains I'm investing my time and energy to enjoy local wildlife I wouldn't get to see in my garden.
Do I not have a valid reason to be upset at people who unleash their dogs in the woods?
If your reaction to something upsetting is to obsess over it with a community of like-minded losers online, you are unlikely to lead an enjoyable or productive existence during your brief window on this planet.
>PrepHole isn't the same
That said, agreed. "Oh no there's shit in the woods" and "they're doing MAJOR DAMAGE". Just fricking lol these people are mental and have no grounding or sense whatsoever.
If a dog attacks me, it will get attacked back, worse. Otherwise I don't care.
Wait until these people whinging about all the " damage" dogs do find out about horses. Will that trigger the full mental break?
He's right
>look how unhinged dogtards get when you ask them to put their dog on a leash.
>Its like some people are completely selfish and only care about their own needs while treating their dogs better than actual people
Fixed those for you.
>shoot all spergs who brandish guns when they see your dog
ftfy
I don't like sharing trails at all so I explore in blm desert land and my husky bro goes free at all times. He won't bother you because I don't want to be within 10 miles of you. Also this is reddit tier pussy complaining. Don't go hiking if you are a gigantic pussy about seeing animals, even tame ones, on or around the trail.
>even tame ones
https://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?62135-Dog-1-Spencer-0-(WARNING!-GRAPHIC!)
Based
>Don't go hiking if you are a gigantic pussy about seeing animals
Sadly, I won't get to see any other animals with your moronic mutt barking and chasing anything it sees, scaring away all the wildlife. At least your pathetic replacement for real friendship will get some time outside of your disgusting lair though.
>makes baseless assumptions about anon's living conditions
breasts or gtfo
Take a 5 minute break from your phone each day, female.
Yeah, I think I'll take a step outsi-
>BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK
Ywnbaw
Based.
I can't even walk next to a park with ducks or the ocean where seabirds live without some moronic dog (of leash) chasing after absolutely everything that moves.
Look how the dogtards downplay and normalize their mental disorder while sneering at people for recognizing a crazy person who is obsessed with anthropomorphizing a filthy animal.
If your dog stays close enough that I can tell who the owner is, I really don't care. Horses are the fricking worst though.
Tell me about the horses!?!
Most people who dislike dogs have deep psychological problems. They know, that they do not command enough respect and are not strong enough, to control a dog, let alone control other men. They are weak and scared of the world around them, its the same reason, why they retreat into to woods to be alone.
Actually, it's the other way around. The weakest need to take a dog with them to feel safe and secure.
Dogs are awesome, especially capable, well-trained dogs. They're a mental health benefit and do indeed provide protection in some areas, and there is nothing about that worth being ashamed of.
While I tend to obey leash laws in civilization, my beagle is an incredibly valuable hunting companion, and my husky has as much personality (or more) than any human. Especially judgmental idiots like you. If your guy friends aren't inviting you to hike or explore, congrats, you have a shitty personality that's less than an animal.
>mental health benefit
Nature itself is a mental health benefit for most people. Dog nutters like you are trying to ruin that for everyone else. Of course, narcissists like you don't care because it's all about you.
The way to think about the OP screenshot is that it's reddit, which is basically a website dedicated to delicate white women's feelings. When you view it that way, it makes a lot more sense.
I don't dislike dogs just for being dogs, I dislike the owners that can't command their dogs and let them just run wild all over everyone else. Their owners teach them it's okay to jump on people or steal food or just bark 24/7 like a fricking moronic alarm clock you can never turn off.
Yeah, too many dog owners are incapable of controlling their own dogs and ruin it for everybody
Still seething 24 hours later I see. I will continue to take my dogs out with me AND off leash when I deem it appropriate, regardless of signs instructing me otherwise. I will also stay strapped in case of encounters with unhinged nutjobs like you. Stay mad, sweet cheeks
You live in the midwest grandpa--no one cares about you.
I only very occasionally see dogs on the trails I've hiked, and they usually run up to say hi before running back to their owner that they've left in the dust. They have been purebred, well-mannered dogs and their owners pick up after them.
What really chaps my ass is all the people bringing their poorly behaved dogs to climbing spots. I'd say 20-30% of my outings these days involve some kind of puffball dog with an attitude problem getting under belayers' feet and barking for no god damned reason. I hate that shit.
Pro tip carry poisoned treats. The dogs that are out of reach will be solved and you scare off humans and dogs for a long time because day ruined and nature avenged. At least for a while. It's basic and simple to rat poison soak a few treats. Don't even have to be there just drop them on a non dirt part of the trail. The sooner humans and the little frickheads they bring learn that they are not wanted, the better things become. Do your part.
You're a god damn genius
my favorite P-22 rumor is that he killed a couple shitbulls and huskies on the Hollywood sign trail. I think its called Cahuenga Peak trail.
I want to get a dog to bring on my hiking trips.
In my 10 years of outing I've only ever had a dog problem once, and that was two moronic women bringing their 7 dogs to an active shooting range "to let them run" and then calling the cops after being informed that there were people target shooting.
Imagine being afraid of dogs. What a bunch of whining little b***hes. Stay home, there's no dogs in your room homosexuals.
>lemme just ignore all the issues untrained and unrestrained dogs can cause and pretend it's exclusively about fear
Fear? At worst, I'm apprehensive about having to shoot some dumb bimbo's 2-3 untrained dogs which she's physically unable to control that she brings hiking with her as a rape deterrent.
As with so many other PrepHole issues, established, developed, popular trails are where you'll find all the morons and tourists. Avoid these, stay in a woods, and have a better experience.
>as a rape deterrent
Kek that's not what she does that and you know it. Don't make excuses for them.
I see dumb bimbo bawds all the time with hyper-aggressive pitbulls here. And they fricking used to bring them to the farmers market till they finally banned dogs. They are clearly buying them to fend off attackers.
>Kek that's not what she does that and you know it. Don't make excuses for them.
I genuinely believe it is, and I have no desire to make excuses for them. I'm not referring to shitbulls specifically in this case, but rather women who walk several medium-sized or larger dog breeds on the trail and who don't appear to be professional dog walkers. Could be they're just walking their family dogs, but it is always, inarguably, and definitively irresponsible for any person to bring any canine(s) outside of a controlled space if they're unable to physically restrain them. Doesn't matter how well trained they are. The only exceptions are genuine service dogs.
In my area, we have a lot of bear hunters who drive their trucks down forest access roads and let their dogs roam free to hunt for spoor. These lazy, stupid hicks need to get the duck out of their burgermobiles and only release their dogs when they're properly in the woods.
One time, one of these dumbasses' dogs started chasing my truck. The fat redneck started honking and waving, expecting me to stop so that he could get his dog under control. I kept going. It's not my responsibility to help Cletus control his dog. That fat piece of shit should have been apologetic, but in his mind I'm in "his spot" (on a public National Forest access road).
Different perspective: I'm a girl who goes PrepHole. All my PrepHole friends are guys, when it's a big group of us it's class. When we were teenagers we used to go on trips almost every weekend.
However last week I went on a 4 day excursion with an old friend from my teenage PrepHole days. It was supposed to be a bit of a reunion but the two others who were supposed to be coming had a work emergency (they're business partners) and had to drop out of the trip the first day. So now:
>be me
>show up at start of hike to meet old friend
>he looks like shit. Hair unkempt, unshaven, horrible BO, breath reeks, very clearly hasn't lived properly in a long time.
>picrel
>he tells me he's been doing some "nomad" shit for about a year
>aka squatting
>good for him I guess
>go on first day of hike, it's pleasant enough
>sit round fire, drink whisky, talk about old times, it's nice
>conversation is awkward at times but tolerable
>the trip progresses
>the conversation gets more and more stilted
>I'm walking, looking at the view, chilling etc. and he's spending most of the time staring at me
>set up camp, light up a joint
>I'm trying to relax but he's still silently staring at me, not even fricking blinking
>I tell him to quit it
>he says he's not technically doing anything wrong
>ffs, how am I supposed to enjoy myself when you're being the weirdest mf
>wake up in the morning, last day of trip
>he doesn't say a word the whole day, until we get to the end of the trail
>he tells me he's developed feelings for me
>in fact, he thinks he's in love with me
>literally haven't seen him in years
>and it sounds like he's homeless
>and in a repulsive state
>"I can show you what I have to offer. Let's kiss."
>those exact words passed out of his mouth
>I say no and go home
>he texts me the next day asking if I want to come to the forest he's currently living in, so we can go on a date
>hard pass
So if you're going to take a girl PrepHole please don't do that.
You could have murdered him for sport and gotten away with it. You missed your opportunity.
Don't be creepy.
breasts or GTFO
post bobs
>how can I make this thread about me?
>posts story that has nothing to do with dogs
>extra-tangential because creepy guy was someone she knew, not a lurking rapist
>indignant that he stared at her ass, as though 100% of straight men don't do this on the trail
I know you're actually a woman because 1.) you made this all about you, and 2.) a troony wouldn't complain about a man staring at xis ass.
In fairness though, the topic of "women have to be on guard innawoods" did come up. This is true, and you have my condolences. The wilderness environment favors men, while climate-controlled urban environments favor women. The closer you get to monke, the closer you return to the reality that anything faster, stronger, and more aggressive than you can be and often is bad news.
>pic related
Wouldn't be surprised if your "nomad" set the whole thing up. The other two guys may have been in on it, and it's even possible they bailed deliberately.
You should have known better than to go on an outing alone with some guy you haven't really known for years. I'm not saying a man and a woman can't be friends, but if you saw one man and one woman together hiking or camping, what would you think? I actually have my very own platonic PrepHole buddy, but I know better than to plan anything including her with fewer than three people along. I think in our case we might not stay platonic if we went off hiking for days, though... don't plan to find out, but her husband might not be too keen to hear that she and I were off fishing alone together.
I know you zoomers have been hoodwinked by feminists on TikTok and modern progressive ideas, but here's the deal: If you go off alone for days with a member of the opposite sex, you might as well frick, because everyone will think you did anyway. If you wouldn't frick him for whatever reason, don't go in the first place.
Yeah, anyone complaining about other people problems when PrepHole are tourists themselves that never go more than 2mi from their car on a main trail.
Its a dead giveaway.
And unsurprisingly they tend to be massive neurotic pussies that are upset when anything isn't perfect in their garden museum hourhike and so they need to make even more rules about it and screech.
I am just thankful they all stick together so I can have actual nature mostly to myself.
This certainly checks out on this one, but its also white women + gays + transzoomers + simps on most of the site. Basically all the groups that share the typical white woman's neuroticism, entitlement, rulemaking, and whining. Its a giant therapy session except it just reinforces their worst qualities.
Yes this site does the same for a different group.
I’m a dog owner myself, and I take my dogs for hikes in the woods. That being said, unless it’s a completely empty trail, I will have them on a leash. I have poo bags for their shit, and they get they get swatted for unnecessary barking. If they even think about jumping on someone they get their ass beat, but I always hold them close when someone’s walking by anyway, and they are very sweet dogs.
Point being, if you control your dogs and clean up after them, take them with you and have fun! I’ll even pet your doggo. HOWEVER if you’re that fricking idiot that lets your completely untrained mutt run around shitting everywhere, barking at everything, and jumping on people? Frick you. Get that little shitstain and your pathetic self off the trail. If it barks at me then tries jumping on me I will shoot/stab the fricker and you can deal with its carcass.
Where do these fragile people live? I want to take my dog for a walk, smoke some blunts, blast music on my bluetooth speaker, and let her shit all over their trails.
Maybe I should bring my dirt bike, too. A little BRRAAAPPPPP never hurt anyone.
I bet these are the people that go to designated OFF LEASH dog trails because their are too many "tourists" on the pedestrian trails, then continue to complain anyway.
These people are cancer.
Ban evasion is against the site-wide rules there, fampai.
Pump the brakes there, hot rod. Complaining about the mods is against the site-wide rules as well.
>I'm so scared of dogs that I go onto a peruvian knitting forum to pretend that I kill them for sport
lmao
I don't go hiking, but if loose dogs running up to you is a thing I would probably pull an ATF on whoever's dog it was.
>I don't go hiking
We know.
It's getting worse. People aren't having kids anymore. So, they have their 'fur baby.' And demand you treat them with the same consideration as you would a child.
jesus, didn't know this board was a nest of israelites and arabs
get used to dogs or go back to the dunes
Only non whites seethe at dogs.
I take my dog on all the low level trails I do. No I don't clean up his shit, yes I let him off lead, yes I get him to attack the wildlife, no I don't care. Natural order scares the israelite
People who don't clean up their dog's mess are the reason we can't have nice things. People like this are literally why my city closed three otherwise great trails along the river. Frickers would take their dogs for a shit by the river every day until you could smell it from the bridge. Now it's closed because all the goddamn plants died and an algal bloom started in the river.
Thanks, dog frickers. You ruined three trails and started to ruin a river ecosystem.
the problem isnt with dogs, its literaly "muh owner"
hear me out... 95% of people have ZERO business owning a dog,
how many times when you walk past a dog walker does the dog actually obey its master and heal and not go meddle in other peoples business, like 2 times in my life i have seen dog owners out in public that actually have business owning a dog because they can train it.
Some dumbass moron account manager and his piece of shit wife and their moronic kids have no idea how to train a dog.
What kind of people were those two?
Dogs are cool, I have no problems with them. I have more problems with seeing certain strains of human on trails. I'm there to avoid those creatures, not dogs.
Last overnight I went on there was an extremely reactive dog in the communal area. The idiot owners were standing, blocking the path with their dog jumping at everyone eho tried to pass. Once it finally bit someone they mustered up the brainpower to move out of thr fricking way.
ive use to use some trails where dogs were a problem
little spray bottle works great, doesnt hurt the dog
put it on laser setting, gives you 8 or 10 feet of space
if a dog barks at people or other dogs and gets aggressive it shouldnt be allowed out in public, not even on a leash
keep it on private property
its not cute
Never had issues with dogs here in Finland. Lots of them innawoods sure, useful tools for hunting. Often well trained so they don't cause issues. Idiots who can't train a dog probably don't go PrepHole here that much. City folk and their fricking shelter pieces of garbage are another story. They think dogs are fricking furniture or something, keep them in small apartments and go for a short walk few times a day tops. Makes me mad. I'm not a dog lover or anything, sort of the opposite actually, but urban life is not for dogs, that shit's inhumane.
Never but i never see anyone on the trails/area i hike, i bring my dog with me though.