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Originally Posted by ShowGirlLola  This is one of my big concerns and I try to do all I can to keep Lola safe.
If someone bends down to see her, I bend down too and put my hand on her leash over the hook. If she's in her stroller I do the same thing.
If a kid wants to see her I pick her up.
I always have her leash wrapped around my hand.
I decorated her leash with "rhinestone" ribbon, so it would be hard to cut. (It looks like rhinestones but it's just metal)
If I'm holding her and someone wants to pay attention to her I wrap both arms around her.
If I'm distracted I pick her up.
She's never outside alone.
Some people really do lose their minds around a beautiful yorkie, and in my experience middle aged women are the worst offenders and kids (not toddlers) are the most respectful.
A woman who owns a farm stand walked up and tried to take her out of my arms, I told her no and she got really offended, so I told her Lola gets very wiggly when other people hold her and she was a little less offended. It wasn't a lie though, Lola won't even let the pet store employees she's known her entire life hold her.
A lot of middle aged women also do things like grab her face, and get annoyed when I tell them not to so I walk away. This is why Lola prefers kids and men.
Lola is afraid of being stolen too, as soon as someone jokes about it she's like DONE and tried to climb my shoulder. She also gets nervous if I put her in my aunts car if my aunt drops something off or if we're at someone's house and I have my shoes on, she's afraid I'm going to leave her. |
I know these feelings well. Kids watch her on the beach and always approach respectfully, thinking from a distance she's a puppy. Two great chaps with German shepherds and a husky, know I'll pick her up when they approach and the fisherman all give her a pat whilst she's under my arm. We few know each other well by now. However once the privacy of winter recedes and the tourists encroach our lovely little town changes! The middle aged ladies are particularly admiring, although in fairness they are normally limited to admiring looks, smiles, or kind words of appreciation - they are the gentle ones however.
I have a tide table as a start up item in the Mac, accompanied by a sunrise/set chart. These seasonal accoutrements are necessary however, as we seem to attract a particularly ugly set of summer visitors these later years unfortunately. Mainly drunks, who see little dogs as target practice! In the season I wait, until they're all guzzling in the bars as the sun sets.
Alternatively it's a 5am walk, as hues in the east assemble - with the fresh beach and a new day to ourselves - and the blessed peace of seclusion.
'Hell is other people' - John Paul Sarte