I was at a park with both my girls once, sitting on a blanket on the grass.They were leashed. A group of girls walked up and wanted to take pictures. Kind of annoying, but I said yes...until one of them tried to pick Rosie up. I flipped out on her! Really..who do they think they are? Maybe if they sat down and held her in their lap, but not standing up.
Another time I walked into our vet office holding her in my arms and another client came over oohing and ahhing at her size (GRRRRRR...) and then attempted to grab Rosie up out of my arms. I literally slapped her wrist LOL. She's not a plaything...she's an extremely fragile baby and I have a crazy strong sense of protectiveness over her.
Luma, she's usually the one trying to scramble onto someone else's lap or sit at their feet. She loves people. She's about 8 lbs with an athletic build, so I don't worry **as much**. Rosie is so little we can blow her over with a gust of our breath (or maybe our breath stinks??
) Either way, you don't pick up someone else's small breed dog unless you're ready to be liable for dropping them and possibly seriously injuring them. I wouldn't risk that with someone else's dog.