I just went outside to walk the dogs. Usually I leash the two smallest dogs (Sammy & Marley) and then let the bigger ones (Thunder & Scooter) run to go potty. I never take out extra leashes because I never need to. Before I went out, my "sixth sense" told me I better grab the extra leashes just in case. And I'm so glad I did.
I was walking them when all of a sudden some guy comes wandering into the backyard. We live way out in the country, on 15 acres. I figured maybe it was someone coming to work on the house, but he kept coming towards me. I grabbed Thunder and Scooter and leashed them really quick.
The guy asked if they were friendly. I just said "I really don't know what they'll do". I was a bit nervous. He said "Oh, that's ok. I have 10 dogs, dogs love me." Well, my dogs did NOT love him. Especially Thunder was growling the entire time and he's usually not like that. So what does the guy do? He reaches over and grabs Thunder's face to pet him!
It of course made Thunder angry but I said "No" and Thunder backed up instead of nipping like I know he wanted to.
The dog is already growling, how stupid do you need to be to pet a growling dog? "Oh, but dogs love me." I DON'T CARE if YOUR dogs love you... MY dog clearly DOES NOT love you so please don't try to pet him!
Turns out the guy had a list of stuff and was looking for donations for something or other. I just politely said "As you can see, I'm busy and don't have these things, but good luck."
I was walking them when all of a sudden some guy comes wandering into the backyard. We live way out in the country, on 15 acres. I figured maybe it was someone coming to work on the house, but he kept coming towards me. I grabbed Thunder and Scooter and leashed them really quick.
The guy asked if they were friendly. I just said "I really don't know what they'll do". I was a bit nervous. He said "Oh, that's ok. I have 10 dogs, dogs love me." Well, my dogs did NOT love him. Especially Thunder was growling the entire time and he's usually not like that. So what does the guy do? He reaches over and grabs Thunder's face to pet him!
The dog is already growling, how stupid do you need to be to pet a growling dog? "Oh, but dogs love me." I DON'T CARE if YOUR dogs love you... MY dog clearly DOES NOT love you so please don't try to pet him!
Turns out the guy had a list of stuff and was looking for donations for something or other. I just politely said "As you can see, I'm busy and don't have these things, but good luck."