I have been posting a lot recently, but something happened today that I just had to come and share here! It was really rather irritating ....
I have just recently taken up bicycle riding as a hobby. I always hated seeing the look on Clyde's face as I would walk out the door to leave to go on rides without him, and so I came up with a solution to the problem until I could afford one of those dog bike trailers (which I will be getting for christmas!)
Anyways! I came up with a solution to leaving Clyde at home by biking with him in a backpack. I would set a pillow at the bottom of the bag for comfort, and let his head come out where the zipper was. I also lined the area that his head would be resting on with soft stuff so that it wasn't chocking him or anything. The moment that Clyde was in the bag I thought he loved it because it is a very similar experience to riding in the car with windows open for dogs (and Clyde loves that).
I was biking through the park on my way to the dog park when I stopped for water. I women with her children approached me to tell me how cute Dexter was (he rides in a small basket in the front of the bike because he is still a puppy). She then noticed Clyde and in the back and said "seriously, you have a dog in your backpack?"
I didn't really know how to respond when she went off on me saying things like: "That is really abusive" "I feel really bad for your dog look at him he is miserable" ... "People shouldn't be allowed to treat animals like that". "I can't believe you would put your dog in an abusive situation for attention" ...
I just stared at her because I was in such disbelief of what she was saying!!! She then picked up her small white dog and said "I LOVE my dog and I would never treat him like that" .... and started to walk away still talking to the people around her about how sad my dog looked and how someone should really "help" him.
I decided it would be better to just ride away and forget about her than to get into a shouting match in the park with a total stranger!
The situation was so ridiculous. Clyde would be more miserable being at him alone while I went to the park. My sister wanted to carry Clyde for awhile to see what it felt like and this is a picture of him riding around in the backpack that I decided to take and share with you guys. I mean sure ... he kinda looks really peculiar and funny like this .... but .....
Honestly, does he look miserable to you?
(I posted a picture of Dexter in the basket just for fun, too)