[oneofakind864]

WHat a doll Penny is! And it is hard to walk that line between being rude and paranoid and possibly allowing your fur baby to get into a non safe situation. I have a teeny tiny little girl and EVERYONE wants to hold her. I allow petting but not holding- especially kids. I have had several children want to hold her. With them, as with anyone I don't know who asks (And it happens almost every time I go out with her) It's better to just be blunt and say.."she is very fragile and squirms a lot. I am not comfortable with taking the risk that she could be unjured- but thanks for asking" I have had a few of the adults insist that they know now to hold a puppy. In those cases I just smile and say " Thank you! I really appreciate that you think she's cute and want to hold her, but I don't know you and I am NOT comfortable allowing you to hold her" And I walk away.....No one has yet, but if they insisted after that, depending on the situation, I would drop all pretense of being polite and tell them to get the hell away from me and my dog.


You were right to get away from the guy. Anyone who doesn't know you from adam who makes a request to take your dog away from you doesn't have even basic social skills, and probably not very good intentions. I'm not sure if I would even bother being polite. I would most likely have looked at him and said "Absolutely NOT! I don't know you at all. If you want your sister to see her then bring your sister here but this dog is not going anywhere!"