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10-20-2013, 02:38 PM | #1 |
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| How do you feel about strangers picking up your dog? I had Leo on a walk, and I'm trying to socialize him with different people and dogs. He loves meeting new people, always wiggles his stub. Anyways, I walked past a guy, and he stopped and went "AWW" and I told him he could pet him if he'd like. Leo ran up to him, the guy picked him up, and started speaking German to him, while making kissy faces. I honestly thought it was the funniest/cutest thing ever..Than I thought, what would Leo think of that situation, as a dog? Perhaps over in Germany that's normal? But I've never seen anyone do that before.
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10-20-2013, 02:44 PM | #2 |
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| I think it is great for a pup to be exposed to strange situations like that. But under no circumstances are random strangers allowed to pick up my dogs. All they have to do is unhook the leash and run.
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10-20-2013, 02:52 PM | #3 |
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| or what if they drop your baby
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10-20-2013, 02:52 PM | #4 |
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| I was shocked when he picked him up. His daughter came up and said how cute he was, while her Dad was holding him. The thought crossed my mind for a brief second "omg, what is he doing?" But then he put Leo down, and walked away. I think it's because he was from another country, that it could be normal over there, compared to over here where most people just ask to pet or hold him. But I guess it's good for him to be held and handled by other people, even those who speak German and make kissy faces
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10-20-2013, 02:56 PM | #5 |
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| Who are you telling? My family members have already dropped him.
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10-20-2013, 03:08 PM | #6 |
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| Nope. Nope. Nope. This allows me to get ugly. I agree. Ask 1st.
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10-20-2013, 03:11 PM | #7 |
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| No one is allowed to run up to my girls and pick them up. I don't trust people. Under no circumstances if I have them out and about is any one allowed to touch them.
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10-20-2013, 03:17 PM | #8 |
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| I do not allow strangers to pick my pups up. Petting is ok and I watch them closely. Any movement to pick them up and I have my hands on them. I actually had a guy quickly grab my Pippi at the dog show about three years ago. He actually started to walk away....I went over to him and told him to give me my pup back and he turned his back to me. I was horrified. The words that I let out of my mouth were not nice and I was in his face...I got her back but I have to say it scared the heck out of me. I take them every year and it is nerve wracking...I am always with one eye on them. I have heard horror stories of people letting others hold their pups...there was one in a store in Houston a few years ago where the people passed the pup to someone else and out the door they went. She had a huge reward out for the pup but I don't think they ever found him/her. Nightmarish.
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10-20-2013, 03:27 PM | #9 |
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| I have been thinking and thinking about the part about it being normal in Germany. I lived there 3 years when I was younger and saw very few dogs in that time. It wasn't normal then but it has been a long time ago. I don't let anyone pick mine up without permission and then even adults have to be sitting. I guess I am a little paranoid but they are my babies now .
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10-20-2013, 03:34 PM | #10 |
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| The same way I would feel about a stranger picking up my child, if I had one.
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10-20-2013, 03:40 PM | #11 |
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| I was at a park with both my girls once, sitting on a blanket on the grass.They were leashed. A group of girls walked up and wanted to take pictures. Kind of annoying, but I said yes...until one of them tried to pick Rosie up. I flipped out on her! Really..who do they think they are? Maybe if they sat down and held her in their lap, but not standing up. Another time I walked into our vet office holding her in my arms and another client came over oohing and ahhing at her size (GRRRRRR...) and then attempted to grab Rosie up out of my arms. I literally slapped her wrist LOL. She's not a plaything...she's an extremely fragile baby and I have a crazy strong sense of protectiveness over her. Luma, she's usually the one trying to scramble onto someone else's lap or sit at their feet. She loves people. She's about 8 lbs with an athletic build, so I don't worry **as much**. Rosie is so little we can blow her over with a gust of our breath (or maybe our breath stinks?? ) Either way, you don't pick up someone else's small breed dog unless you're ready to be liable for dropping them and possibly seriously injuring them. I wouldn't risk that with someone else's dog.
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I just tell people whatever comes to my mind. Usually I say that while I trust them, I cannot allow it because then everyone else sees and wants to hold them and I cannot trust everyone. Or, I just say that it scares my pups.
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