Grapes can quickly cause kidney failure in dogs. Smart dog.
FYI
Per the Merck Veterinary Manual: " In general, more than one grape or raisin per 4.5 kg (10 pounds) of body weight may contain enough tartaric acid to pose a risk for kidney injury in dogs."
East and southeast Asians. He has cataracts and is nearly completely deaf, literally walking off with anyone with features even vaguely resembling mine, and frequently walking into things at home. Everyone looks and sounds the same, but this racist little bag of shit can still tell someone’s ethnicity by smell alone.
No problems with native Americans, Indians, Russians, Mexicans, etc.. He just hates east and southeast Asians. Mind you, he has no reason to have developed an aversion, anyway. He’d only known 3 when I noticed it, and all of them are kind people. I call him Cotton Hill when we have guests
Some Asians don't have the gene that makes sweat smell. This probably makes them smell strange to a dog's nose. My dog is just very cautious with smokers; he treats them with extreme prejudice.
That's crazy I didn't know that
My dog has PTSD, or as I call it poop and toots stress disorder. Will get up and walk out of the room looking dejected when anyone farts. If someone is on the toilet, she is scared for her life
That is hilarious
Not when you have to poop around her
You fool
Now I know how to get past your dog
For years I have been trying to steal your most prized posessions, only to be foiled by that beast over and over again
No longer, for now I have grapes!
Nooooooooo!!!
I'm gonna go with balloons. not because they pop, but because she was a puppy and got he nose zapped by from static electricity.
The balloon thing is probably common, at least every dog I’ve lived with has been scared of them. I think it has to do with the way they move around, unnaturally floating, bobbing with the breeze. It’s unlike any creature found in nature. It’s almost ghostly.
Without an understanding that it’s just some latex filled with air, I get why they’d set off an animals “spooky” alarm.
And they pop!
Though she was cool with it until image went for a sniff and got zapped. I wouldn’t say it was all that strong (loud enough to be heard but it was still a balloon, right?)
After that there was no trusting it.
Things that move and things that don't move
Semi-reflective floors in big pet supply stores, I can only guess he sees the reflections of the ceiling lighting in the floor and mistakes it for being very high up on, like, a glass floor or something?
My giant breed dog is afraid of everything. Everything. She still barks at us when we come home and hides behind the couch. If we're home and she hears something she hides behind us. It's hilarious to see a 100lb dog behave this way.
My dog is scared of the wind. Specifically the draft, so when it’s windy outside he pushes up against me.
He’s also scared of things in the home that can be moved. Like if he loses a toy behind a box and he tries to fetch it, and the box shifts a little, he jumps back and looks at me all pathetically, like the box just scolded him.
Could be anything really, a chair, an aerial root from my monstera, a shoe horn. If it moves when he interacts with it, and it isn’t a door, it’s spooky!
Men taller than me. He equates height with threat. He has no problem with short dudes and women or kids.
Not sure why but he is a rescue from a puppy mill, so he has more than a few weird habits due to his trauma.
Huh, that might explain why some dogs seem to hate me in particular...
Any human who walks funny.
Lady with a crutch? Guy with a limp? Old people? Terrifying.
Other dog i knew was terrified of anyone in florescent yellow jackets
Ablist dog
Dogs hate grapes.
eh, we had goldie-mix that loved grapes. had to be careful with them.
Anything with goldie doesn’t count, especially if it’s all goldie :). Ours ate anything we would eat plus grass, horse manure, compost, ring-pulls, socks, money, rat poison, and a football (whole). Those last two were a trip to the vet.
Goldie hearts are so pure, it bleeds out into their coats…. But no one ever accused them of being overly clever.
Snickers didn’t look much like a Goldie, but her mom was one. (And she was one of the best dogs ever!)
Also it’s important to note most kids will eat all of that and more, given an opportunity, Goldie’s were bred to be eternal puppies (retrievers in general. Wouldn’t want the retriever to eat the duck or whatever.) so it’s really not their fault!
Not sure about scared, but strongly dislikes stepping on metal. Will walk around or jump over manhole covers when on a walk for example.
Metal hot
My wife loves having her dog for protection when I'm not home. The dog that is afraid of beeps and squeaks, clacks and cracks, bumps and thumps, and most importantly, toots.
At least they're in it together, though!
Perhaps they are grapes of wrath!
A little rock shaped hide-a-key. We had it in the house and she went crazy barking at it. Wouldn’t get near it. Not sure if she thought it shouldn’t be in the house because it’s a rock or that it was a funny smelling rock.
Old people.
Same.
The puppy that lives with me, a yellow lab, is the property of a guide dog org. I host and do basic training for a year.
She's 3 1/2 months old, and I haven't seen anything that terrifies her. Startle? Yes, but actual fear? Not really. She doesn't enjoy thunder, but doesn't cower in a corner. She hasn't experienced fireworks yet, but I'm planning to go to the next event with fireworks nearby, and stay at a distance, do that she can acclimate herself.
The org breeds for intelligence and even temperament, which doesn't hurt.
Also, I make a point of exposing her to as many stimuli as possible while being extremely and obviously, to her, protective, so that she is introduced to things while feeling safe.
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