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angeldaisy wrote: »When I used to walk Rusty, I used to hear what a beautiful girl - er no he's a boy!!
With Tara, I get oh she's so cute before bending straight down to stroke her, whilst I quickly try to stop them before she snaps at them!
Hate people who don't ask if they can touch!
Just cos she's small and cute doesn't mean she's sweet! To strangers anyway!
I've had this issue with a dog I rescued, especially parents who dont stop their kids. and then try to blame you.
She wasn't vicious but sudden movements startled her, I'd always give out to parents that they should ask the dog owner before assuming its safe to pet.
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These are reactions I used to get to my chihuahua/pom cross.
"She's adorable." I'ts a he... "oh...aint she lovely" -.-'
when he was a puppy. "Can I buy him?"/"Is he for sale?"
"What breed is that?" (asked by every single person who stopped to pet him)
"Whats the temperament? Heard chihuahuas dont make great family pets...." no worries there, he loves children.
Is he a good watchdog. ..well, if you want to know when you're neighbours get home.
ah, such a small dog, bet he's easy to care for. Would he suit an older person? No I wouldn't reckon so, he's very energetic.
and I got alot of, will he grow any bigger? nope adult dog 3 years old now. oh really!! (he was your 'standard' 'handbag' dog ^^)
ah and one more, I used to carry in my bag.. when on the bus/train etc, with his little head sticking out."oh, how calm he is", does he never try to jump?"no, he waits patiently in the bag until it's time to walk. In the train, he just goes to sleep. [I found it easier to take him in a bag than to hold him on my lap as such entire journeys. He learned to associate, being in bag means I have to stay calm and wait ^^], on the lap, he'd often try to go for walks/sniff around/and even bark randomly.
People passing by with dogs, when they see me pull mine away "oh dont worry my dog is gentle" as they proceed to let their dog near mine...it aint your dog I'm worried about. My dog was fine with dogs if given the time to be introduced carefully, but if passing, not so much. He hated other dogs coming to sniff him on walks. (fine at home, but not on his walks ..go figure)
and one person, I'm still shocked at what they said.
oh aint he gorgeous, is a small dog like that good for a family? as our dog is old now,and we're looking at replacing him, I snapped at them on how dogs aren't objects to be replaced because they're no longer "appealing"..and no, no dog would be suitable for their family.
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I miss my dog )':0 -
With Poppy because she's a small Jack Russell we often have children squealing 'look at the puppy, it's so cute!!'.
And the most common is 'Oh, is that a miniature Jack? I've one at home/know someone with one'. (I absolutely detest the term miniature Jack... even the vet called her that the first time I took her in
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Always get told how lovely her colours/markings are as well.
People always seem to think her name is 'Puppy', too, because I've a New Zealand accent and I guess it sounds like that's what I'm saying :P
Also occasionally get scared looks from people because Poppy pulls like a lunatic and is a loud walker.
Roisin's only been out a few times but everyone is besotted with her but she's a bit skittish around people/other dogs (shes only about 15 weeks now). She loves kids though and will always try and pull over to them, where she came from there were 3 young kids who played with her all day. So far though just gotten the standard how old/what breed from people and a few have noticed she's not a full Cocker and correctly guessed there's springer in there too
Very surprised the amount of people getting stopped by the white-van-men! Gotten stopped loads with mine too. I had no idea it's so common 0 -
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fishfoodie wrote: »What you want to do is let them a bit ahead of you & then roar,
"Go get'em boy, KILL, KILL !!"
... and see how fast the ignorant cows run ! I'll bet they'd give Usain Bolt a run for his money until they realise
I'd love to but I know if I did the guards would be called again haha0 -
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i get every reaction known to man i think, ranging from
the bizzare
'feed your dog'
'arent they illegal'
'arent they the ones with the lock jaw' erm.. no.
the nice ones (usually kids)
'she so soft'
'she's so cute'
etc
the downright rude
one local woman (with newborn in pram), who we were walking past in the hallway minding our own business (dolly was on lead), came out with this gem.
her: "keep your dog away from my baby"
me :"excuse me? my dog has zero interest in your baby"
her: "it doesnt matter, the baby is only 6 weeks old"
me: "once again love, my dog has zero interest in your baby and she's on a lead. you should probably tone down the dramatics so your baby doesnt grow up with an irrational fear of dogs"
her: "mutter mutter"
its great fun been an RB owner
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