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Jenna AK · 04-29-2011, 03:27 PM

Oh good grief, I have a hard enough time allowing my own FAMILY to pick up Jenna! 0_o She is my baby! As far as strangers are concerned, I wouldn't let just anyone hold my kids or pick them up when they were little...so there! And kids?? Fergeddaboutit!
I think this is why, although lots of public places allow you to bring your dog in with you it makes me nervous because, even if I am holding her, someone always wants to touch her or pet her. Cooing over her from a distance even annoys me. Sure she's adorable, but someone who coos usually wants to come over and touch. There are few people with restraint or manners out there these days. I find cute pups where I go too, but I know how it bothers me for someone to just reach out and touch my dog, so I always wait for an invite. In our local Petco recently, there was indeed a woman who had a young dog (don't recall the breed, some kind of Australian Shepherd I think) that she wanted socialized, so she was inviting people to pet him and talk to him. Of course, even a situation like that could be a little weird depending on the person, but since it was an invite that she was open to anyone to do, I didn't have as much of a problem with it.
I was walking Jenna down my street and two ladies were coming the other way and of course Jenna tuned up and started growling and giving warning barks as soon as she saw them. I decided to pick her up as I always do, whether someone coming towards me is walking another dog or not, these ladies were not...but one of them chided as she came up to me, "Oooo...got to pick up the fierce little doggy, huh?" I answered, "Yes, unless you want her chewing your ankles off." The hand that was being outstretched suddenly recoiled and this lady said, "Oh really?" and they walked on. I wasn't sure if I was glad I said that or not (don't want everyone to think I've got a vicious dog no matter the size....or do I?) but mostly because it didn't sound particularly clever of me. >.< Speaking of which, if this answer soudns kind of scattered, sorry...stayed up all night watching the royals and I only got about 5 hours of sleep. ~_~

Anyway, I think it's a good poll, if for no other reason than I can see I am not the only person who thinks my dog should have respected boundaries even if she is just a wee thing. *nods*

04-29-2011, 03:27 PM	#61
Jenna AK YT Addict Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Southwest Oregon, heart left in Alaska Posts: 371 Blog Entries: 1	Oh good grief, I have a hard enough time allowing my own FAMILY to pick up Jenna! 0_o She is my baby! As far as strangers are concerned, I wouldn't let just anyone hold my kids or pick them up when they were little...so there! And kids?? Fergeddaboutit! I think this is why, although lots of public places allow you to bring your dog in with you it makes me nervous because, even if I am holding her, someone always wants to touch her or pet her. Cooing over her from a distance even annoys me. Sure she's adorable, but someone who coos usually wants to come over and touch. There are few people with restraint or manners out there these days. I find cute pups where I go too, but I know how it bothers me for someone to just reach out and touch my dog, so I always wait for an invite. In our local Petco recently, there was indeed a woman who had a young dog (don't recall the breed, some kind of Australian Shepherd I think) that she wanted socialized, so she was inviting people to pet him and talk to him. Of course, even a situation like that could be a little weird depending on the person, but since it was an invite that she was open to anyone to do, I didn't have as much of a problem with it. I was walking Jenna down my street and two ladies were coming the other way and of course Jenna tuned up and started growling and giving warning barks as soon as she saw them. I decided to pick her up as I always do, whether someone coming towards me is walking another dog or not, these ladies were not...but one of them chided as she came up to me, "Oooo...got to pick up the fierce little doggy, huh?" I answered, "Yes, unless you want her chewing your ankles off." The hand that was being outstretched suddenly recoiled and this lady said, "Oh really?" and they walked on. I wasn't sure if I was glad I said that or not (don't want everyone to think I've got a vicious dog no matter the size....or do I?) but mostly because it didn't sound particularly clever of me. >.< Speaking of which, if this answer soudns kind of scattered, sorry...stayed up all night watching the royals and I only got about 5 hours of sleep. ~_~ Anyway, I think it's a good poll, if for no other reason than I can see I am not the only person who thinks my dog should have respected boundaries even if she is just a wee thing. nods __________________ Jenna Bean ~ ~ An angel on four legs Sometimes I wonder who rescued who?