Anyway, size, colour, breed comments don't bother me. I find it amusing most times and typical the rest. I mean, I'm still waiting for someone to call her a "rat" though I do think she's like a little mouse and named her after as much.
What does bother me are times when I walk by GROWN MEN. This only happens with that particular species. Okay, this was another bus stop incident. A very bored late 40's looking smoker standing at the back part of the glass covered bus stop area sees us coming up the street. I can already see him eyeing my girl. He gets into position. Puffs a few more puffs of his cigarette. And as we approach and walk by with commercial buildings in the way, preventing us from avoiding the guy, he bent down near dog level, holding his cigarette off to the side (to avoid burning his clothes and/or ours, I bet, not so much to show some consideration) then proceeded to go, "Arf, arf, arf. Arf! Arf! Arf!" He KEPT doing that. LOL. And I said clearly to hubby, and hope he heard as he kept GOING even after we passed and gave him an "Are you stupid?! Wacko!" look. I said, "Why would people do that? Do they realize how dumb they come off looking??" I was proud that my girl walked RIGHT BY without once breaking pace. Little did he know, at that time, she would have responded more to, "BARK BARK BARK, BARK BARK BARK" and he'd have to do it with a deeper tone. She thinks "No bark!" = "Look! Doggy friend!" And when you do consective low pitched "Bark Bark Bark"s, she'd come up to you and give the yorkie head tilt. LOL. But we've overused that, so she has since refused to give us the satisfaction of a response.
Well, we weren't so lucky when we were crossing the road one time and there was a skateboarder crossing without getting off of it. She went hysterical on him especially when he bent down as he was boarding by going "bark bark bark! bark bark bark!"
He's such a mean little delinquent.
I've purchased a mini skateboard but have yet to make use of it because of the weather. I have been meaning to desensitize her from the noise it makes. So it's just sitting around for her to look at for the time being.