[Doodlebug]

Originally Posted by MarkFromSea

Here's sort of, only sort of, a funny story to lighten the mood some. Last Summer I was walking 4 1/2 pound Gucci in a park, a pit was with it's owners at the water's edge, I walked as far away from them as the shoreline, lawn and bushes allowed in order to pass them. An ample distance. As we passed, the pit, with this big stick in it's mouth, started walking our way, I moved between the pit and Gucci, Gucci is usually on my left, the pit was still 10 feet away. I didn't say a word. The woman owner spouted out, "he's not vicious", I responded with "it sorta looks it".... and we continued walking on our way when she yelled "your dog looks like the vicious one"... I stopped, looked down at this 4 1/2 pound elderly dog that hardly ever barks and certainly didn't bark today, then looked back at her and her boyfriend, he looked mortified and embarrassed, even the pit looked embarrassed what it's owner had just said, I just shook my head and kept walking... I was sorta pissed and sorta laughing at the same time.... Hey, that sounds good enough for a thread of it's very own.

Lol. My girl gets upset and gets aggressive if we pass by too close to another dog on the walking trail so I started picking her up when we pass just to spare everyone the headache. People with big dogs usually get offended, I guess because they assume I am trying to save my precious little dog from their monster dog....when the truth is that my dog is the monster and I know it. I get offended myself when the big dog owner shakes their head and mutters unkind remarks about little dogs. So I say something like....I got a killer here who would love to challenge your dog to a fight today but we decided to spare your dog today and let him go on to live another day. Usually everyone has a laugh and no one is offended. Most of the time we can just swing a wider path around the other dog, but not always.