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Originally Posted by canana  I've been pretty lucky so far that no one ever just came up to us and picked up Scottie. Then again, I think he's very weary of people. He usually starts barking at people before they have a chance to even pet him without asking. If anyone even looks at him, he goes crazy. I think he's considers himself royalty and is actually saying to the strangers: 'how dare you look at me!!'...'avert your eyes you unworthy stranger!!'
Casey though, has been picked up for the first time by the manager of a pet store without asking me. I did not like it one bit! Not only did she not ask, she picked her up and then kept holding her like she was hers and was serving other customers. OMG I was so mad. I was worried too, because it was the first time a stranger held her. When I first got Scottie, he jumped when a relative tried to hold him. Luckily, she wasn't a jumper. The stupid lady didn't even realize I was staring at her or how incredibly rude she was. I finally had to say, "can I have my dog back". To which she replies, "oh...haha...you want her back?". NO KIDDING. UGH. Never going back there again.
Over the weekend, we were taking pictures of the two of them on a bench at a tulip festival. People started asking if they could sit down with my dogs and take pictures with them. I had to say no, they're not good with strangers. In my mind I thought, sure, $10 a picture (jk) lol...
On the street, I just say "they're not friendly", "they're very agressive" etc to people. If I see children, I quickly walk away before the kids come running and screaming towards us telling their parents they wanna pet the dogs. My coworker told me he tells other dog owners that his dog has kennel cough to make sure the owners who claim their dogs are really friendly to back off. |
Oooohhh. I'm mad for you, lol. It's the type of laugh that makes me want to jump out of my skin in sympathy. Just because you're a pet store manager, doesn't mean you get special priority.
Your little guy is the reason Chews went into the trainer knowing how to do tricks. As a matter of fact, when she came here to train her to walk privately, She was sitting pretty and speaking for her. She said, she won't get down on all fours! I said, ohh.. oops. Told her her tricks and she laughed, said that explains it, and then just incorporated it into class to teach her the difference.
Your little man is adorable and SO smart. I loved watching your videos!!!