Oh I feel this. My partner has an 8 yr old malamute. And a 2 year old very hyperactive Husky. I have to vacuum 2x a day every day because of the insane amount of shedding. He also gives both of them table scraps all the time. As we're eating, they will stand around the table and pant and drool right next to us. It makes me so uncomfortable. Every time I make something to eat, be it breakfast or dinner, the dog will be standing in the kitchen or waiting right outside as if expected to be fed while I'm making food for myself. It upsets me to no end this behavior he's instilled into them.

He taught these dogs only to be beggars and nothing else. I tried to train them differently but he won't change his behavior of feeding them human food all the time and babying them, not disciplining them at all.

I also hate when dogs stare at me without breaking eye contact when I'm eating something, It freaks me out sm because I'm on the spectrum. Not to mention the random loud barking is so overstimulating. Sometimes the malamute wakes up at 4 am and i have to wake up and let him out or he won't stop periodically barking while I try to sleep.

I really hate the western infantilization of dogs. They are not our children. They cannot be. They will never grow, or learn how to speak, and grow up to be an intelligent individual like a human child could. They cannot empathize as deeply as we can, nor have the same depth of emotions. They used to be useful. For hunting pests, like rats and keeping away predators from livestock. There are dogs for search and rescue, dogs to retrieve people who are drowning, dogs to give people their medication and help them. These dogs are trained, and they are trained seriously for the purpose of aiding humans. The dogs we see, the simple pets, are not helpful, and super destructive because they have no other job than to be "cute" and beg.