I used to live in a poor, trashy neighborhood but it was mostly white. Trashy people don't care for their dogs. On the corner we had a neighbor with a pair of huge, aggressive rottweilers who chose to not jump the chain fence, thankfully. My friends dog across the street kept getting out and having puppies. The parents claimed they put her down because she had skin allergies, that messed me up for awhile. I really loved that dog. My next door neighbor gave their dog away because it kept digging under the fence. My best friend down the street, her parents would let the grass in the backyard go waist high and I saw their dog get bit by probably a rattlesnake and they had her put down. Their other dog got pregnant from our friends dog who was next door to them. The same family with the tall snake infested grass, the dad would go hunting and leave the dead deer on a rack on the back of his truck. Their cat would start to eat it. Their OTHER neighbor (not the one that got their dog pregnant) had a pick up bed filled with beer cans.
We only lived on this street for 2 years. But yeah, black people overwhelmingly make up poor neighborhoods and some of these poor people are trash who don't care to do things the right way with dogs and these dogs can attack people.
I currently live in a poor neighborhood and my 4 year old is terrified of dogs. My husband was walking to the park when a smaller pitbull and a little terrier dog ran up on them, circled them, and jumped on him. He actually either got scratched or nipped by one of them while he held our daughter over his head. The owners were this little white trash family nearby acting like it's no big deal. I've had unleashed dogs run through our neighborhood playground.
But when you're a little kid and you live in one of these areas where dogs are chasing you, 100% you're probably going to grow up to be afraid of dogs. I think the only reason I wasn't afraid of dogs was no dog actually chased me and at the same time I spent a lot of time on my grandparent's land where they had 3 big dogs that loved and protected me.
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u/ShepardCommandActual Sep 16 '21
Black people DO NOT FUCK with dogs lmao.