I do not think I have ever had a mean hateful thing said about Jeter when I have had him out. People are alway's nice and he loves the attention they give him.The only thing I get asked is if he is a teacup, wich I will gladly tell them all about a teacup
If someone did say something hateful and stupid like "Oh that is not a dog, it's a rat", I would put my nose up in the air and act as if I hear nothing. Somethings are not worth getting upset about.
When my #2 son was a baby he had to be fed by a tube feeding, it was a Micky button that was in his little belly, he was so small and sickly. At his normal Ped office I had another mother that was their for a well baby visit ask me if I ever feed my baby! this was after she had asked how old he was she was thinking he was 3 or 4 months old instead of being 9 months. I wanted to scream at her or cry, if she only knew the heartache I had over him trying to get his medical situation under control... So instead of yelling or crying, I unbuttoned his outfit and showed her his Micky button and I said, "Be thankful your child is healthy and can take a bottle the normal way!" She felt so bad when she found out how sick my baby was.