EXTREMELY well written. I just got back from walking Hummer and had some lady allow her kids to pet my ADORABLE dog. One of the little girls was like "What kind of dog is he?" And I said "A mutt, sweetheart. But he's definitely got some pit bull and probably beagle in him." The mother YANKED her kids from my pup--who was sitting patiently letting the girls love on him and crossed the street. WTF? Way to send a good message to your kids. Especially when it was okay to pet him UNTIL he was a pit bull. (Which I didn't really understand...How could she not tell when they approached him?) On this same walk, I also encountered a man that said I "look like the type of person that would own a happy pit bull." I'm going to go out on a limb and say that was a compliment...a strange one, but a compliment nonetheless.
My mom's Cairn Terrier who's bitten a couple times. Not while eating---but when he awakes from a sleep in a way he's not too impressed with.
Anyways, that was very well put. I'd send it to the newspaper for sure.
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Date: 2008-04-27 09:11 pm (UTC)I just got back from walking Hummer and had some lady allow her kids to pet my ADORABLE dog. One of the little girls was like "What kind of dog is he?" And I said "A mutt, sweetheart. But he's definitely got some pit bull and probably beagle in him." The mother YANKED her kids from my pup--who was sitting patiently letting the girls love on him and crossed the street.
WTF? Way to send a good message to your kids. Especially when it was okay to pet him UNTIL he was a pit bull. (Which I didn't really understand...How could she not tell when they approached him?)
On this same walk, I also encountered a man that said I "look like the type of person that would own a happy pit bull." I'm going to go out on a limb and say that was a compliment...a strange one, but a compliment nonetheless.
My mom's Cairn Terrier who's bitten a couple times. Not while eating---but when he awakes from a sleep in a way he's not too impressed with.
Anyways, that was very well put. I'd send it to the newspaper for sure.