Originally Posted by lulababy (Post 2202949)

:( I dont like when pebbles gets negative attention because of her size.. and I also don't like when people try to say that when you put clothes on an animal they are being abused in some way. :(

These are some of the comments I got today in pebbles new training class by some of the other members, and the clothes one was by the trainer:

She looks like a mop

Is that as big as shes going to get?

The chickens are bigger than she is (then went on about how his dog literally eats live chickens)

I think my dog wants to eat it

From the trainer: He doesn't want to eat it

I'm surprised shes doing so well

:: someone comes over and fusses with pebbles (pretty and expensive) dress and then flips it like its trash or something ::

Don't you think your dog gets hot in those clothes? It's hot

Me: Outside its hot, not indoors, no.. theres airconditioning in here (argh! I know she was trying to get me to take her clothes off! Psh, also, it was a SUMMER dress!)

I know it wasnt very bad but everyone stared at her the entire time really and kept making comments, and the big dog owners kept saying their dog wanted to eat my dog because she "looked like a cake" or something.

Is it wrong of me to want to be treated like every other dog owner and not be antigonized for dressing my dog. I also got picked on because her harness is not standard and plain black or red. It's a pretty one from Glamourdog.com and the trainer almost didn't let me use it--but I proved to her that pebbles walks very well in her harnesses and that they actually work thankyouverymuch. I dunno, I'm just upset. I don't like my baby being compared to a chicken, especially when that chicken is literally being eaten :(

do you get upset by negative comments about your dog or do you just brush it off? I know I shoudn't take it personally, but I do. I'm not going to cancel the class because we did learn stuff and I think the teacher is very good despite her obvious prejudice against dogs wearing clothes