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Originally Posted by Turhan's Bey Company
This is a cultural thing which has varied over time, but it's particularly strong these days. The first reaction to seeing any dog, in many people, will be to want to make friends with it.
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This is one of those things that makes no sense to me. I can see dogs as useful things, as guide dogs or sheep dogs, but the idea of making friends with them is just repulsive. There are relatives I have not visited for decades, mainly because they keep dogs.