I was in petsmart yesterday and had Chloe with me, I was carrying her in my arms- I was looking at something with one hand and therefore carrying her with only one arm. I was paying attention to what I was looking at and all of sudden this lady had swooped in and taken Chloe out of my hand!
I was raised that you don't even PET an animal without asking first, I couldn't imagine just taking someones dog from their hands with asking.
The first thing that bothers me is this- Chloe is an absolute sweetheart- BUT if this lady had approached and I had Armani instead the result would have been different. He is possessive towards me and if I am holding him and someone touches him or me he will snap. We are working on this A LOT. We are doing really good. He hasn't snapped at anyone in over a year, however, I can't guarantee that result if I have no time to give him direction and someone just grabs him. If I had him and he bit- she would be all over wanting to sue be, right?! Plus- if he did snap, that dumb lady would have set all my work back.
Second- I am not one of these people that doesn't let people touch my dogs ever- but I think it is common courtesy to at least ask first. I was in a bad mood at that particular point and in a rush. I really just wanted to get done what I had to and move on to the next errand. And for those who are going to ask why I dragged my dog along if I was in a rush- one of the things I needed to get done was having Chloe's nails trimmed before we leave tomorrow.
Anyway- I was in such shock that I really didn't say anything- I just kind of took Chloe back and walked off- NOW I wish I had said something to dumb lady BUT since I was already in a bad mood it wouldn't have been nice at all. So instead you all get to hear my rant.
Now has anything similar happened to anyone- and what did you say/do? I will feel better if some of you let people have it
