I do not allow strangers to pick my pups up. Petting is ok and I watch them closely. Any movement to pick them up and I have my hands on them.
I actually had a guy quickly grab my Pippi at the dog show about three years ago. He actually started to walk away....I went over to him and told him to give me my pup back and he turned his back to me. I was horrified. The words that I let out of my mouth were not nice and I was in his face...I got her back but I have to say it scared the heck out of me. I take them every year and it is nerve wracking...I am always with one eye on them.
I have heard horror stories of people letting others hold their pups...there was one in a store in Houston a few years ago where the people passed the pup to someone else and out the door they went. She had a huge reward out for the pup but I don't think they ever found him/her. Nightmarish. |