Grrrr .. !!

Yesterday there was workmen next door installing double glazing at the back of the property. The banging and drilling was unsettling Taz, so I took her out to the Pet Warehouse.

As I walked into the warehouse, a lanky looking, fluffy haired youth, walking up to us, said "Ahhh - aint she cute!".

Before I could even sit her down, he walked straight up to us, bent down, put his left hand over the top of her snout/mouth and started to roughly scratch her side.

I exclaimed "Oi!" - there was no way to walk away as he cornered us by a stand, to which he said "what's up with your dog? - she's mad!!" - I promptly shouted " She doesn't like being mauled by strangers, especially when they have not had the courtesy to speak to her owner!" - she actually didn't do anything wrong, sat there and took his maul .. he threw his hands in the air and promptly disappeared!!


I think I have "tw@ magnet" printed on my forehead!!

Was it one of the shop assistants ?? you would think they should know better

It's surprising how little people think. Lexi is in no way human agro and has never so much as growled at someone (although my uncles swears she growled at him. To which i replied "oh was that the time you stole her £30 lead from harrods?") but i still don't want people rushing up to her! I met my cousin and his mates down the town once and they literally all pounced on her and were rubbing her belly cause she automatically rolls over, but to a dog that reacts to situations like that with aggression it would have been a disaster!

Dave wrote:Was it one of the shop assistants ?? you would think they should know better

No idea - it all happened so fast -but the shop assistants are forever reaching out to her , encouraging her to jump up - pee's me right off !! ... they must just work there for their peanuts and not actually know anything constructive! or have a sick mission to annoy me ...

Hayley wrote:It's surprising how little people think. Lexi is in no way human agro and has never so much as growled at someone (although my uncles swears she growled at him. To which i replied "oh was that the time you stole her £30 lead from harrods?") but i still don't want people rushing up to her! I met my cousin and his mates down the town once and they literally all pounced on her and were rubbing her belly cause she automatically rolls over, but to a dog that reacts to situations like that with aggression it would have been a disaster!

Agreed.

That is very annoying to say the least. It's a bit like when you are pregnant and people patting your tummy ergghh.

You should never just go and start petting a dog anyway, what if it isn't so friendly and reacts badly to it.

What an idiot. I hate when people try to get Loki to jump up at them. They always do it, hype him up, mess with his outh trying to get him to bite them. If he was bigger, they'd consider it aggressive and impolite if he randomly jumped up and play-bit them, yet because he's still small, it's perfectly acceptable to encourage him to do it. I guess they don't care about teaching bad habits as long as they're not the ones having to take responsibility for it. Anyway, yeah, he's an idiot

People just don't realise how bad mannered it is! Imagine if we went up to each other in the street doing that! Some dogs are so tolerant of this kind of thing. Good job really! I have always taught my children to let a dog have a good sniff of you and wait until the owner tells you it's ok to stroke them, clearly some people weren't taught this etiquette!

This drives me mad!! Charlie LOVES attention, and is in no way aggressive, but it is still so bloody rude! They complain like mad if he gets a little over-excited and jumps up on them (not surprised, he's a big boy) but it's their own fault, just waltxing over and hyping him up.

Unfortunately, some people never learn, but one day they'll get bitten, and the dog will get the blame