posted 02-04-2004 05:10 AM         

I took the dogs out yesterday to town to get the mail, go to the feed store, ect....

I let them ride in the back because it was such pretty weather yesterday, and I thought they'd enjoy that alot more. Of course they were both harnessed into the bed of the truck, so they cant jump on the sides or out of the truck and whatnot...

Well they loved it. Smokey thought it was a new sport to lunge and bark at the passing cars...NOw, he NEVER chases cars, but I guess he thought he was "hot stuff" cuz he could go faster int he truck.....
Well that was ok, funny and he was doing no harm other than making us laugh so hard I almost wet my pants...

Well we made our stops and made an extra one to the county tax office. WE bought some property and needed to have it surveyed, ect...

WEll, this lady was sitting in her car and waited for me to come out to my truck and approached me and ranted that I'm a horrible person for letting my dogs ride in the back of the truck, tied in and its just awful. Then she wailes at me that the "dark dog" was growling at her when she approached him.

Ok. Heres what threw me. 1, why on earth would you approach a dog, tied safely in the back of the truck, growling at you?
2, what is wrong with them riding in the back, enjoying the beatiful day???? They were harnessed and attached to the "truck bed harnesses"...so they wouldn' fall out, jump out exc....
3. The dog did no harm. He was scared of the lady, and protecting his "woman" (CHarllotte) and the truck. Whats wrong with that? I do have a sticker on the back glass of my truck that came from the ACDCA. IT READS: "ACD, SECURITY"

Ijust think she was having a bad day, and needed to rant, that or she was upset the dogs didn't want to play with her.

Granted, they never bit her or showed teeth, and backed away from her....That should have been her first friggin clue to leave them alone and not approach!!
Then the comment that those dogs are awful, no one should have a dog like that! Its like the pit bull thing, A dog is the way it is from how it's raised!!!! My dogs have never intentionally bitten or growled. The one time Smokey bit, my mother in law was trying to get the new born puppies out of the box and move them, she kept pushing Smokey away from the bedroom door to get to them and he didn't bite her but put his mouth on her arm to show her he could. Of course he was repremended and such, but he was pushed and backed into a corner when trying to protect his "woman and babies". AAAHHHHH!! That just totally ruined a beatiful day!
Sorry so long, I just had to vent a little.

posted 02-04-2004 06:08 AM         

My husband and I adopted a puppy from the Humane Society, Mushka, who was the runt of the litter. She has very submissive characteristics and is quite shy at times. One day, when she was about 7-months old my husband and I took her up to the bagel shop. We were all enjoying our breakfast and a snooty woman approached. Mushka snuggled into me, away from the woman. Well to keep the story short, the woman accused us of beating our dog! The look on her face was disgust towards my husband and I as she walked off scowling. My husband and I were speechless from her comment jaws dropped open.
What did she say? She just accused us of beating our puppy!?!?!
Mushka is our little princess; we would never lay a hand on her. I am against violence towards animals, support PETA, and would never even think of buying a choke collar!

posted 02-04-2004 09:49 AM         

I try to not go off on people, but sometimes "you just can't help yourself"

It amazes me that people think they have a right to tell you how to raise your pets, now if they were being hurt in some way, that would be different, but they just didn't like the lady (using that term loosly) she should have just backed off.

I would never approach an animal in someone's truck or car, most dogs are very protective, even little ones.

Don't let her get to you, this is her problem, not yours.

posted 02-04-2004 10:02 AM         

I swear...I could have smacked her yesterday.

posted 02-04-2004 01:52 PM         

The grocery story happens to be a Whole Foods, which gets an interesting clientel.

Went into the store and left the sunroof open. Since the dog was in a crate, I could lock the doors.

Sure enough when I got out, there was someone waiting for me and proceeded to lecture me on leaving dogs unattended in cars in the sun. It took ALL of my composure to try to explain to this person that, despite their good intentions, if anything my dog might have been a little cool.

When I opened up the back of the vehicle, the individual saw that the dog had water. So much for that complaint.

After about 10 minutes of waiting for the police to show up, the individual decided to call the police and withdraw their complaint. Maybe they finally got some common sense.