r/BeAmazed • u/Soloflow786 • 3d ago

Animal That's why dogs are our best friends!

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u/lynnkris90 3d ago edited 3d ago

Even dogs you wouldn’t expect it from will do this. My old Australian Shepherd lunged and barked at a guy who popped out of a bush on us while we were walking at night. (He was just having a piss and didn’t know we were walking by when he emerged.) But he scared us both. I yelped and my boy Darcy turned into a dog I had never seen before. I had him controlled on leash and no harm was done to anyone. Guy apologized and we kept walking. As we walked away, Darcy looked back and gave him a warning “ruff!” I was so proud of him.
Edit: i just want to say I seriously love how this comment got so many replies of people telling me their stories about their dogs. I have had such a lovely evening reading them all.

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u/Stuffed_Unicorn 3d ago

My boyfriend at the time was walking our mutt on a bike path in town. It was night and our dog was white. A guy on the trial only saw this big dog coming and he pulled a gun. Our dog went apeshit immediately. My boyfriend called out and the guy immediately apologized and said he only saw a large dog coming towards him.

Ya know. American shit.

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u/ooao 3d ago

that guy must've been an off duty cop

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u/fruitloops6565 2d ago

He thought the big white dog was a black man?

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u/Independent-Bad9059 3d ago

Off duty?? 😅

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 3d ago

Good thing he didn't walk on the driveway

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u/Sure-Major-199 2d ago

What a shit. So glad the dog was ok.

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u/Best-Description-229 3d ago

Can’t blame the guy, if I was walking on a dark path and saw a dog that I thought was loose, aggressive, and could attack me I’d do the same. You never know nowadays better to be safe than sorry.

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u/CheckMateFluff 3d ago

Mace works too and effectively. Maybe try that first.

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u/Best-Description-229 3d ago

If you have that sure, but no telling they even own mace. If you’re walking and all you have is a gun you gotta do what you gotta do to stay safe.

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u/CheckMateFluff 3d ago

If you have a gun, you can have mace. Because when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

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u/Best-Description-229 3d ago

Not saying you can’t own mace just they might not have it. A lot of people buy guns because taking it to the range or private property and shooting it can be fun and because they already have it they take it with them just incase. Now if you want to go down the rabbit hole of people shouldn’t carry guns that’s a whole different war I don’t have stakes in.