When I got home from work yesterday, I asked my fiance how the day had gone and if he had taken Syd for a walk. He told me this story:
About 2 minutes into their walk, a SUV pulled up near them where they were walking on the sidewalk. It had an elderly couple inside. For some reason Syd decided that she didn't like these people and starting barking and flipping out like she does when she sees kids (usually she is pretty good with adults). The lady rolls down her window and asks my fiance what kind of dog she is, so he tells her. Then she asks "does she smile"? We have no idea what that meant...but at this point Syd was REALLY flipping out, so my fiance just gave her a "sure" and then kept walking. The couple then proceeds to pace him slowly down the street, watching Syd (who is of coure still flipping out). Finally after about 5 minutes of this, my fiance turned around and said "you are bothering her! Would you please leave us alone!". He got a dirty look from the lady but they drove away. Poor Sydney was shaken up and didn't really enjoy the rest of her walk.
What was up with that? If they had been younger, I would have worried that they were scoping her out to steal her. But they were an older couple. Did they think that he had stolen her? I know that Syd doesn't look like the kind of dog that an 5' 9", 200 lb, 26 year old guy would own...but that doesn't mean he stole her.
This stuff freaks me out! Screw carrying pepper spray...I'm going to start taking walks with a baseball bat!
I need to move to a nicer neighborhood!