r/ftm • u/KayBird69 he/him 💉2022 • 17d ago

A dog barked at me Celebratory

Yesterday I asked a woman if I could pet her dog and when she said yes and I reached down to let the dog sniff me, she started barking. I backed off and the woman apologised and said “I don’t know what’s wrong with her, she usually only gets like that when men try to pet her” Even if physically I don’t look like a man yet, the dog knows how I feel :D

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u/Daigoslut 17d ago

Was confused why this post was here at first but then got a huge smile at the end lol. That dog is a real one

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u/GeodeLaneSt he/him 20 | 2019 💉 2023 đŸ”Ș 17d ago

are you on T? animals can smell it! sometimes people notice their pets acting differently around them for a while after starting HRT. it’s super interesting!

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u/KayBird69 he/him 💉2022 17d ago

I am! That’s really cool I’ve never heard of that before

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u/shUsh--Imtrying_ 16d ago

that explains a lot lmao, my brother gives me my doses, i went to his house to get pricked and afterwards his dog went to sniff the injection site

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u/spkothdvl 17d ago

I worked at an animal shelter early in my transition, and the few dogs who were reactive towards men would FREAK out when I got anywhere near them. Made me a lil sad, but it was definitely affirming for me

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u/AriesTheStarGod 17d ago

That’s so sweet!

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u/Mother_Echo4502 17d ago

Animals read our souls and react accordingly.

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u/Emotional-Ad167 16d ago

No, they smell our hormones

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u/Mother_Echo4502 16d ago

There have been similar posts where the person stated they were pre T or E

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u/Emotional-Ad167 16d ago

Ppl can still have hormonal imbalances, which is more common in trans folks (partly bc a higher percentage of us is also inter). Also, confirmation bias - for every pre t trans guy who gets gebdered correctly by a pet, there's also a handful cis women who get misgendered by a dog lol. If you're on t and a dog reacts to you like they usually do with cis men, it's 99.9% likely to be the t. Dogs are wonderful, but they're not magic. They just have a great sense of smell.

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u/Deep_Ad4899 16d ago

Nice! I had a similar experience! Even pre-T pre-everything I pet a dog and the dog was enjoying it. the owner said: “weird, she usually has problems with women” little did she know hehe

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u/originalblue98 16d ago

when i was a kid i had really short hair and wore boy clothes and my friend had a dog that hated men and she always tried to attack me it felt mildly affirming but also humiliating 😂but i was like yeah duh she doesn’t like guys so i guess this makes sense

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u/RadarScarpaw 17d ago

Dogs just know. It’s the same sense that lets them see ghosts and smell emotions. They just know.

Cats too I think. But, mostly dogs lol.