Ohhh this annoys me but it needs to be shared

((i know its long... but bare with me))

So for those of you who dont know, i own a 4 month old Red and white staff called Romeo. Butter wouldnt melt in his mouth. loves kids, old people.. pretty much all people, realy typical staff right.
Since i have gotten him, i have had this... kind of hate speeches from TOTAL STRANGERS.
I'll admit, before i got romeo, and i told some of my friends that i was going to get a staffordshire bullterrier there was mixed reactions ranging between HELL YAEH THATS GREAT to WHAT ARE YOU * INSANE? But once everyone of my friends met him... it all turned into a hell yeah he is the best puppy ever! So, it some what annoys me, that people walk up to me at cafes... while i'm shopping or just going for a walk and feel the need to stop me and then declare that i have satan on a lead next to me. I will now tell you by far... the most strangest inccident i have had so far.

I live in the capital city, there are lots of malls that allow dogs. So me and Romeo are doing some shoe shopping and toy shopping (for him of cause ) when i am stopped by a sales man trying to sell hair irons. He asks if i can speak english, which i clearly can and then starts telling me how cute my puppy is. This actually happens kinda often in the city. As soon as i tell him that Romeo is a stafford he stops patting him and stands up straight and then starts telling me that this kind of dog should be banned and that they are children killers. tells me how a pitbull puppy ( 3 months apparently) bit himhis friend on the head (scalp) and he needed sitches, to which i have to raise my brow at, a three month old puppy causes stiches to some ones head? I of cause rebuff with that you cant believe everything that you see in the media and that romeo is not a pitbull, not that that matters since i think pitbulls and amstaffs are just as nice as staffs. I tell him he cant judge a whole breed based on an individual. But you cant argue with stupid... after he makes it clear that he is a moron, he then starts to FLIRT with me!!!!! i'm sorry but... WHAAAT?! telling me how prety i am and asking for my number, all the while... saying... oh i have to quote him here "some one like you should have a nice dog, like me, i have a labrador. Not a monster like that" i look at him like he just grew another head, and then walked away.... i mean really.. what an idiot.

BUT it gets better!!!

He happens to have his little store thing set up infront of my fave clothing store... which means me and Romeo pass him often... and everytime he stops me... asks me the same questions and tells me the samethings. Killer dog, your hot, blah blah blah...
So, here is the apex of the situation. i happened to be with a friend of mine one day, who is half Finnish half African, and we are having a great day. when the guy stops us and starts the whole hate speeh again. Now my friend is quiet smart and chatty and so starts talking to him asking him what REAL exsperiance the guy has and what scientific basis he has to judge romeo. The guy insists he is right and then askes where my friend is from, of cause my friend say Finland and then points out that i am not finnish, i'm australian by birth. So now he tells us he is from Iran, and still starts on how they should kill all staffords and that they are monsters. By now... i have had enough of him.
I go to him "why are you such an idiot? you keep hasseling me telling me my dog is a monster. your judging him on HEARSAY! You need to stop bothering me" he then says to me "you cant deny the facts, those dogs have killed people, and he probally will too". This is where my friend pulls what i can only call the race card on him when he says this " Well, if thats is the case, i guess we better all the police and tell them there is a suicide bomber in the mall, since you know cant argue with the facts, your people have killed people, and you probally will too"

I dont support using racial insults. but after having 8 run ins with this guy, me and my friend highfived and walked away. Cant wait to walk past him again when i go shopping next.

By the way, this is what Romeo looked like at the time the guy first started giving me his litlle public notices https://2img.net/h/i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/Cyber_Renegade/6vkoaD-pentue032.jpg what a killer huh? of cause he was juch bigger at that last interaction.

Oh dear what an idiot, unfortunately we all find people like this out there.
Still we know the truth.
Love the picture he looks real cute.

i know. what got me was... it was EVERY time he saw me... like he keeps forgetting i give him the brush off!

Brillient play on words!

It is Friday the 13th, strange people and strange things!

First of all I don't support any type of racial discrimination, discrimination based on sex, etc. I try to respect all humans as people unless they prove to be less than respectful. This guy falls into the latter catagory.

I would have used the same logic as your friend. He wasn't being a racist, he was exposing the hypocracy of this idiot. I did the same with my brother in law who says they are monsters and child biters. He is the kind of guy that will physically shield his children from dogs walking on leash (just in case they have a go at his precious angels - terrors in themselves). I told him he needs to do the same with mexican, africans and any other race that has racial based gangs or stereotypes. I * him off (which was kinda the point I guess). Especially since we both live in a very diverse town with people from all over the world.

We don't speak now, but I think I made my point. Hopefully this guy never speaks to you again. With great dogs like these, you have to be very thick skinned against other people's biases.

yeah. i had never had it happen before until i got romeo. my family has owned so many staffords and in my home town no one ever said * like that, but here, i was just shocked.
Ohh yeah and i totally agree with you though, i'm more worried about protecting my dog from kids then kids from the dog

Maybe if he trys talking to you again, scream BOMB! ok, maybe that is too much.

I would have high 5'ed as well. Your friend only pointed out what an idiot the guy was ... touche.

Thank goodness all of us on this forum know better about these breeds and we are the lucky ones for it. We should hold no more than pity for the fools we encounter with their misconceptions.

i know, poor bast*rd will never know the love and joy. still doesnt mean he doesnt reeally annyoy me. i mean like, ok. i know there have been attacks. but labs have higher bite rates, the fact just stands that staffs are so much mor epowerful. but there are so many idiots out there who just pick up a poor staff and think oh yeah now i'm 'THE MAN' if your not responsable with your dog, and of cause there are going to be accidents, just like if your not responsible about you rdriving your damn car gonna kill some one now isnt it?

So ummm....whens the first date?

yeah i'll date him, right in the face with a shovel

If he hassels you again complain he is a pervert and tell him to bog off

Well, I've just looked at the pic of Romeo, and I'm sorry, but I can see the guy's point of view. I mean, that puppy looks sooo vicious & dangerous; I'd be quaking in my boots if he looked at me like that!

......or maybe not.

i know romeo the terror terrier of HELsinki!

I must say, I LOVE that suicide bomber come back line.
I get this all the time with Junior "ooh, he looks vicious" "That's a man killer you got there." Screw that, I'M the damn man-killer around here, sure Junior has his schutzhund training (god FORBID that I let that slip in public), but I am more likely to rip someone to shreds than the dog is.
But, seriously, if I'm in a trolling mood, I'll go with it, seriously, and then I'll twist it. "Did you here about the 20ft staffie that mugged a man, stopped and train and headbutted a 747 out the sky?!" No..? LOLYES!

Oh some people should be SHOT