Today, I discovered that my 100-pound Rottweiler is absolutely terrified of (drumroll please) orange peels. Yup. A byproduct of my lunch will turn this hulking monolith with teeth into a whimpering puddle of pee. FML
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Today, I learned that my big, tough, strong dog is terrified of spiders when he jumped, knocked over a table, and then peed on the spider to drown it. FML
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Today, my dog got his head stuck in a container, panicked, and shat himself all over the living room. FML
Today, I discovered that one of my dogs has taken a liking to rolling over his own poop. I found out by petting him. FML
Today, my 5-year-old, overweight Siberian Husky tackled me because he thought that my lipstick was food. FML
Today, I finally realized why my 9-week-old puppy was going to the bathroom so much. I went to pick up the food bag and realized she had chewed a hole in the bottom, and eaten half of the bag in the last 4 days. Goodbye 30 pounds of dog food, and 100$ for a vet visit. FML
Today, I went home for lunch. Upon opening the door, I smelled something horrid. My dog had opened his cage, eaten all the dog treats, and had diarrhea all over my bed and bedroom floor. FML
Today, I bought some bitter-apple spray to stop my puppy chewing on everything. Later, I found out how effective it was, when I tried to eat a sandwich, and gagged at the horrifying taste on my hands. My dog seems unaffected, and continues to chew the table legs. FML
Today, my sweet 7-month-old puppy ran up to a big fat dog at the park and did what she always does: roll over on her back to start to play. The big fat dog lifted his leg and peed all over my puppy's belly. After the shock, my soaking wet puppy jumped on me. FML
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sparrowren 10
Lots of dogs dislike citrus from what I've heard. So maybe he was reacting to the smell?
shady914 14
Dogs hate citrus
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Comments (72)
Vinnie500 14
As so many have said, it is not the peel he is reacting to, it is the citrus in the peel. You might want to get rid of the dog, since you can't do simple research and find out small facts like that for yourself. I fear for that dogs life if it actually ever really gets sick.
yukahnn 10
I fed my dog lemon kept licking it too
TheLittleBear 19
Calm down. How was OP to know? That doesn't make them a bad dog owner.
SPN_lover666 27
#12, Not all dogs hate the smell of citrus. None of my dogs hated the smell. Maybe OP had dogs in the past that weren't phased at the smell. That doesn't make OP a bad person
slutfactory 17
I wasn't aware that dogs were sensitive to citrus until now, but that doesn't make me a bad dog owner. It doesn't make OP a bad one either. It's not as if they're shoving the orange peels down their dog's throat. Chill.
MisterEx 28
If you are such an awesome, researcher, know-all dog owner, #12, why don't you remove that giant stick you're sitting on and throw it for the dog to fetsh?
Vinnie500 14
How about you quit being such a bleeding heart little twat, and shut your hole?? It only takes a little bit of research and about 5 minutes time on google and you can find out simple facts, such a percentage of dogs don't like citrus. If the OP can't do the research on the care of his own dog, he doesn't deserve a dog.
MzZombicidal 36
Oh, shut up.
SPN_lover666 27
#56, wow, OP must be a horrible pet owner because they didn't realize that. Call Animal control since OP is clearly abusing him.
obeykaitlyn 25
Okay, so the dog hates the citrus. But that doesn't mean that citrus makes it sick and fatal. And the owner only found this out now, so why be a bitch about it
ThePaperDragon 31
Puppies do not like citrus!
Ichiya 29
Most animals dislike sour and bitter tastes. The reason is acids taste sour and bases taste bitter. Both of those are usually poisonous so evolution has made them avoid those tastes.
herpderp1234 17
My dog is afraid of stairs... It's ok that your dog may be afraid of rather strange things; at least he isn't afraid of strangers, right?
msmedieval 11
My dog is afraid of light poles & squeegees! Dogs can be weird sometimes.
CaroLouWho 10
Dogs are weird. My dog (a 40 pound German Shepherd mix with emotional issues) will run like hell if you come toward her holding clothing for some reason. But I can scream like a banshee and it doesn't phase her.
Lalala579121 28
Orange you glad he's not afraid of bananas?
UserError94 18
But orange you glad it wasn't bananas :D? ...yea I know :(
Lalala579121 28
I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes knock knock jokes.
AirBusDriver 23
Poor puppy dog, now I just wanna hug him
ursuchagenius 8
my boxer was scared of oranges he'd cry, jump, and just freak out
AbortionSurvivor 13
I have a 9 month old Rhodesian Ridgeback cross who absolutely loves oranges. She even has a habit of stealing them (or at least attempting to) out of the fruit bowl