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Originally Posted by Teegy  another pet peeve
Just because I have a wee dog, doesn't entitle your children to touch it.
Had my dogs been dobermans I'm sure your kids would not be interested at all in my dogs. So when I say no your kids can't pet my dogs don't draw me dirty looks, do I walk up to you and say oh your kids are cute can I pet them and play with them, you'd be on the phone to the police.
My dogs have plenty of human friends and my neighbours kids to play with, they don't need yours. |
I totally respect that and can see why you wouldn't like it.
We live in a townhouse community with no amenities, and the kids like to come sit in our yard because we have a utility box. I find it highly annoying, they leave trash everywhere, they are loud, and they want to bother me every time i leave the house because i have this adorable puppy. That, and when we come home they bother us too and I'm trying to juggle a dog, and my needs, and my aspergers/ptsd partner who needs to destress after every outing and needs me to help him. It gets on my nerves.
HOWEVER, i appreciate that they swarm my dog even though I hate it. He has become SO much more well behaved and is learning to sit quietly and not jump all over them. They surround him and close him in and he just LOVES it. He gets such a kick out of all the attention. Its good for him-he's learning manners for his CGC test, and it helps reinforce to me that seeking to get him therapy dog tested is not just something I want but he'd want, too.
It stresses me out, but he loves it.