Re: new pups, one of the kids hates them
I just had a thought, and wanted to throw out the possibility of sensory issues? Particularly sensitivity to sounds.
I love dogs, broadly, and I can hang out with friends' dogs generally without issue, but sharing space with dogs for any extended period of time is a whole 'nother thing. It's not rational, but I cannot escape it either: they just make so so so many sounds, with their mouths, SO MUCH. No other animal matches that, for me. Cats are a breeze. Unless I am feeling 100% regulated, though, dog sounds make me want to crawl out of my skin to get away... because otherwise I start feeling ragey *at* the dog (and I know that's not fair). Basically misophonia, and dogs are one of my top triggers, but when I was younger and didn't know how to regulate, it just expressed itself as extreme irritation with the dog's general existence.
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emily
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