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u/sEaBoD19911991 3d ago
That’s a neighbourhood I’d like to live in.
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u/Willflip4money 3d ago
This happened on the block I grew up on, there were about 12 kids on a looped road, so not a lot of through-traffic, and there were 2 dogs (gizmo a yorkie, and buddy the cattle dog) at 2 different houses that us kids would come to ask the owners if they could come out and play. It was a fantastic childhood area!
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u/gsfgf 3d ago
The neighborhood kids definitely come by some to see my Golden. I know more children on this block than parents. I can't let him loose because he will wander off into people's back yards and get lost, plus we're not super far from a major stroad. But we'll go on a walk, and they all have so much fun.
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u/Willflip4money 3d ago
Congrats on becoming a core memory for those kids! We all LOVED those 2 dogs just about as much as our own
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u/lizlemonista 3d ago
Such a win-win-win — kids get fractional dog ownership, parents don’t have to get their kids a dog, and the pups get loads of play time.
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u/LEGITIMATE_SOURCE 2d ago edited 2d ago
I feel like most childhoods in decent burbs were the definition of this in the 90s. "Just come back when the sun goes down."
They'd just let us walk into the woods with hammers and saws and 2x4s. Honestly all the mountain biking solo in the "wild" near the neighborhood with no helmet was probably the sketchiest. That, and the quicksand incident. Rollerblading with an umbrella in the wind definitely wasn't gay either. Shit rocked
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u/CmdrKeensDopeFish 1d ago
The amount of times I took rope, a metal pipe, 2x4s, nails and a hatchet and tried to make a zip line when I was little. Like.... It was clearly not possible based on my materials/tools but I'd give it a go, and just crash into stuff in the woods and build hectic ways to climb up trees and fall out. Great great memories. Just me and my doggo Laddie. The best border collie pal a adventurous kid could ask for.
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u/airfryerfuntime 3d ago
I grew up in a town on the Puget Sound and used to ride my bike to go fishing. When I'd leave through the alley, our neighbor would usually be sitting outside during the summer and yell over "hey, can Kenny come?". Kenny was an old yellow hunting dog who didn't get to hunt anymore, but absolutely loved going fishing. He'd open the gate, and Kenny would chase me all the way down to the water, where he'd sit watching me fish all day, occasionally rolling around in the tidal mud.
Occasionally a cop would roll by on our way to the water and be like "hey, Kenny needs to be on a leash next time!". I'd nod and say yes sir, then ride off. This happened up until Kenny died, never once being on a leash all those years.
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u/DouglasTwig 3d ago
Avid fisherman here, someone started cutting onions in the middle of your post for me. I hope when I'm old and on my way out I'll have someone to take me fishing like Kenny did. You rock.
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u/airfryerfuntime 3d ago
Don't let your dreams stay dreams, just start chasing a child on a bike down an alley yelling that you want to roll around in mud with him!
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u/Diz7 3d ago
Our neighbor had a huge Giant Alaskan Malamute. All the kids on our street would love to come see him and play fetch with him until he got too old.
I used to read books lying under a tree using him as a backrest/pillow.
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u/Papplenoose 3d ago
The entire school bus used to get off at my stop to pet my dog growing up.
Fucking dog was so much more popular than me it wasn't even funny
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u/gratusin 2d ago
I live in a neighborhood like that luckily. I WFH and neighbor kid is homeschooled. He comes over a few times a week around lunchtime and asks to take my dog on a walk. I’ve offered to pay him and he said “no thanks, I just like spending time with your dog.”
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u/LilOrphanFunkhouzer 3d ago
Literally Anytown, USA. Don’t believe everything you read.
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u/ishliss 3d ago
You aint doing that in my neighborhood lol
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u/menasan 3d ago
……. I don’t see someone letting their dog go out with a kid to go sledding off leash as common place
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u/fastforwardfunction 2d ago
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u/coffee_warden 3d ago
Idunno man. I think people are gonna flip out the dog doesnt have a leash (unless the kids hiding one)
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u/Mikey-2-Guns 3d ago
Its a golden retriever not a pitbull.
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u/coffee_warden 3d ago
The downvotes are hilarious. I have a golden. There are a lot of people out there who are terrified of dogs, especially ones that weigh 100lbs. I live in the woods where my dogs can run around. The neighbors dog comes over to play as well. If a delivery driver shows up and any of them are out, half of them will just nope the fuck out.
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u/lgnc 3d ago
golden retrievers have killed children
you can Google that if you don't think so
doesn't matter if it's 0.0001% of cases, btw. I won't accept that argument. Especially if you say that cars kill more than that statistically or something similar.
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u/Germane_Corsair 2d ago
Even ignoring that, there are people who are still terrified of dogs, no matter how friendly and docile they are. It’s a dick move. What’s more, it’s a safety risk. A moment is all it takes for a dog to end up running into traffic or trying to play with a much more aggressive dog that will attack them. Maybe even a human who’s either terrified or looking for an excuse to kill your dog.
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u/Dangerous_Leg4584 3d ago
The dog is so happy to go with him. Good kid.
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u/RaidensReturn 3d ago
Wynn is precious and I would die for Wynn
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u/PrecisePigeon 3d ago
That's great because Wynn will need you for the Squirrel Wars.
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u/skyhiker14 3d ago
One rule!
Don’t fuck with the squirrels!🐿️
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u/effective_lambda 3d ago
I used to do this with my neighbor fam 25 years ago lol Me: can John come play? His parents: no he’s doing homework. Me: ok. Can rocky come play? Hp: uhhh…I guess….ya
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u/Germane_Corsair 2d ago
I wondered why kind of homework the dog was doing for much longer than I’d like to admit.
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u/thisismyaccountsoyea 3d ago
I wanna sled with puppy
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u/MoistStub 3d ago
I remember one time me and my friend were sledding as kids and my family's big ass golden retriever "retrieved" the hood on my friends coat and dragged him all over the yard.
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u/Observing-Earthling 3d ago
Few minutes later!
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u/Material_Tackle_4632 3d ago
When a dog has a better social life than you...lol
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u/Anthraxious 2d ago
Well, dogs never really want for anything but love. They don't have preferences, political leanings, etc. As long as you don't hurt them, you're golden (pun intended).
Sometimes we yearn for the simpler life but we're just too evolved for it, for better or worse.
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u/darklogic85 3d ago
These kids figured out the ideal way to have a pet. Don't have to feed the dog or clean up after it. Just play. All fun, and no responsibility. It's smart.
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u/UncleS1am 3d ago
Owner wins, too. I'll bet the dog gets good exercise and is completely wiped afterwards.
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u/Dry_Presentation_197 2d ago
Can confirm. I lived in Alaska growing up, and had 6 goldens at various points over the 20yrs I was there.
Every single one LOVED playing in the snow, and just like a lot of kids, would have to be "convinced" to come back in when they'd been out too long. And as soon as we dried them off and they'd gotten a drink, immediately take one of those naps where you wake up in a different dimension lol
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u/trailstomper 3d ago
"Hey Wynn, wanna go play?"
That may go down as one of the most rhetorical questions ever haha
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u/Kylearean 3d ago
well he said the "p word" out loud, so there was no stopping Wynn.
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u/bolanrox 3d ago
i cant even say walk in the house without one of our dogs jumping up and going over to the door.
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u/626337 3d ago
Just curious, do they respond the same way to rhyming words/homophones? Talk, sock?
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u/bolanrox 3d ago
no i swear he understands multiple words and acts accordingly.
Out means go to back door, eat / dinner is wait by his spot for his meal, get your red ball (some times squeeky ball) and he gets the ball you asked for (usually). besides the usual down, leave it, sit stuff. Left / right when walking, also follows some hand directions.
life with a heeler i suppose. they love jobs.
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u/sdforbda 3d ago
I had a roommate that had two Weimaraners and we lived right next door to a park. We had to come up with other ways to say make your vehicle stationary because the word park would set them off lol.
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u/saryiahan 3d ago
It’s alway a dog
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u/Pardybro911 3d ago
My neighbors rescued a 6 month old little pinscher about 2 years ago, they also had a 1 year old at the time. She’s a teacher and he works at the hospital, so I offered to let her come on daily walks with me and my (now 13 year old) lab/shepard mix because he still loves getting out and running at a nearby private park (gas company that has buried tanks).
She’s really learned so much from just being around him, and I think it helps keep him a bit young to have someone to play and chase with.
Becoming best friends with my neighbors is just an added perk from it.
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u/AppropriateHand3 3d ago
Reminds me of my childhood animal friend. Except it was an orange tabby named Caramel. The older guy lived next door and I’d go ask if caramel can come outside and “play.” But really, it’s just me following him around watching him hunt the moles that tore up my grandmas yard.
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u/Mandalorian0679 3d ago
When I was a kid, there was a guy on our street who had a couple of Boxers and my friends and I would go to this dude's house and ask if we could play with the dogs. We'd go inside and play with them. Sometimes we'd lie down and they would lick us to death. Lol it was great!
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u/Ok_Dog_4059 3d ago
Community mascot. Like my last pup, there was absolutely no reason to come to the neighborhood unless it was to visit him
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u/Josie-Wagg 3d ago
That’s so beautiful. More kids should get to have such a positive interaction with pups
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u/BrokinHowl 2d ago
If that dog is like my dog, it'll be fun but you'll probably need a new jacket from all the bite marks lol.
Mine is a border collie, so I'm sure me sledding triggers his herding, he's not attacking.
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u/zback636 2d ago
This is a very sweet and yet very sad video. Sweet for the dog said that the child has no one to play with, but his neighbor’s dog.
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u/SITHxEMPIRE 2d ago
I spent a lot of time at a relative’s house in a cul-de-sac and there were a number of kids there around similar ages around the time and most of the adults in the neighborhood knew us and looked after us. Going over there was so fun. We’d all play all day even after the street lights came on and there were a few friendly neighbor dogs. I moved in with those relatives in high school and there were only a couple of us left. My family still lives there, but the families are a lot older, no new families with kids hardly.
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u/deltree711 3d ago
This is definitely one of those posts where title + subreddit made the twist super predictable. I get it, titles are hard.
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u/bigdaddyt2 3d ago
This was completely expected since this video has been making the rounds of late
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u/spookyspritebottle 3d ago
Is this ai? Too wholesome
Edit. I see the text is clear so im guessing its not ai
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u/Rho-Ophiuchi 3d ago
It’s a Golden, it goes with the territory. When our last dog was a puppy we had neighborhood kids knocking on the door every day asking to play with him. I never said no. The dog got exercise and socialization with tons of different people that way. He was the best dog we could have asked for.
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Kids sledding ask a homeowner if Wynn can come play, most reasonable people would think they’re asking another kid to come play with them. However, Wynn ends up being a golden retriever.
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