Man shares motive his canine sniffs folks in public – it isn’t as a result of she’s pleasant
A man has spilled the beans on why his dog seems extra friendly to strangers during their park outings.
Everyone loves a good walk in the park, and it’s even better when you bump into a friendly dog who’s all too happy for a cuddle or a stroke from people they meet. It leaves dog lovers with a warm and fuzzy feeling inside.
But, as one dog owner has revealed on social media, sometimes a dog’s friendliness might not be just about seeking affection. The popular account, which operates on X/Twitter and Threads, has become a hit with more than a million followers for its anonymous confessions that are put out there for everyone to judge.
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The owner shared: “If you happen to meet my dog behaving ‘friendly’ to you in the park or somewhere by sitting down next and staring at you, she’s not actually being friendly. She can smell your drugs on you. She lives with me, but she’s also my drug detection dog for work at the nearby airport,” reports the Daily Record.
Underneath, commenters poured in their similar tales and personal stories. One user wrote: “My dog is a cancer service animal who works in hospitals. I cringe when he smells people on the street because I don’t want him to detect a positive.
“I wouldn’t know what to say to someone when he gives the signal. It’s only happened once but thankfully they already knew.”
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A different user recounted an extraordinary interaction: “I met a very friendly dog once and she kept sitting so pretty right in front of me. Her handler was so confused why she was so interested in me. Then he said ‘she’s my service dog, she helps me with my diabetes’. It all clicked. I’m diabetic. And had just eaten a dessert, my blood sugar was probably high!”
Another quipped: “My retired drug sniffing dog actually stole some dope from some guy on the street and brought it to me.”
Someone else said: “I think I might [have been] a dog in my past life, drug detection dogs at airport would come wagging to me and dogs with bad temperament would let me pet them. Sorry, hate drugs of any kind”.
One comment jokingly referring to canine loyalty: “Only snitch to not get stitches”, which received a clever retort: “Snitches get scritches”.
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