5 Mistakes to my afternoon walk

My walk with cassie was pretty unremarkable,she walked to heel and it was very pleasant,
Now mistake #1 ; Think ooh i will call in the butchers on the way home.
Mistake #2; Let the bag within grabbing distance of Cassie,and me being too slow to stop her.
Mistake #3;trying to walk home with Cassie carrying a bone in her mouth.trying to eat the bone and walk makes her sound like she is snarling while she was trying to breathe
mistake #4; A couple coming the other way,the wife say's "that dog is vicious it should be muzzled or put down"
Mistake #5; I reacted in a way i should be ashamed of,"I said she is not as vicious as her owner say it again and find out" while i was snarling ,drooling and pulling on my invisible leash

We can't win unfortunately sometimes, when Dex carries his ball to and from the fields making all sorts of happy growly sounds he gets some looks that say "aw..look at that dog carrying his own ball" and some looks that say "is that a gag of some kind? that dog must be vicious" Admittedly the ball all squished up looks a bit weird at first glance but at second glance it's obvious what's happening!

Drives me mad!!!

PygmyParrot wrote:We can't win unfortunately sometimes, when Dex carries his ball to and from the fields making all sorts of happy growly sounds he gets some looks that say "aw..look at that dog carrying his own ball" and some looks that say "is that a gag of some kind? that dog must be vicious" Admittedly the ball all squished up looks a bit weird at first glance but at second glance it's obvious what's happening!

Drives me mad!!!

i can't help wondering how they would treat a teenager taking the family staffie for a walk,i am a 44 year old misserable/grumpy old git (victor meldrew wannabe lol) and i still get grief,if the teen reacts and tells them what for they become another nail in the staffords coffin,a hoodie with a staffy and attitude. Sorry for the grump i will get off my soap box now lol

I'm shaven-headed, bulldog-faced, hoodied-up to the eyeballs, and usually walking a couple of foster staffies.

Don't usually hear peoples' comments as they tend to cross the road a good 200 metres ahead.

Working dog wrote:I'm shaven-headed, bulldog-faced, hoodied-up to the eyeballs, and usually walking a couple of foster staffies.

Don't usually hear peoples' comments as they tend to cross the road a good 200 metres ahead.

Loki never carries anything, so I've never had that problem, but people can be stupid, no point even reacting when you know it won't change their opinion.

you should hear romeo when he finds a stick to carry, he sounds like the devil himself

How interesting, I need to ask hubby and son what Pixee sounds like when carrying a stick, water bottle or what ever she can find, oh ever a sock, which she will tear to pieces right there and then, amazing she never does it in our house, she will pick one up run off with it and just drop it anywhere she fancys .

Dave you need thick skin and what I generally do, is smile back, oh boy they hate it. It very rarely happens thou but when it does, grrrrr, just smile

Staffy lover wrote:How interesting, I need to ask hubby and son what Pixee sounds like when carrying a stick, water bottle or what ever she can find, oh ever a sock, which she will tear to pieces right there and then, amazing she never does it in our house, she will pick one up run off with it and just drop it anywhere she fancys .

Dave you need thick skin and what I generally do, is smile back, oh boy they hate it. It very rarely happens thou but when it does, grrrrr, just smile

i am thick skinned and usually ignore people but it annoys me how they can't love that face

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Dave I am in love with Cassie so sweet and those come love me eyes

I totally understand, it does annoys me at times, I just dont show it, but I know just one of those days...........

dave742 wrote:
Mistake #5; I reacted in a way i should be ashamed of,"I said she is not as vicious as her owner say it again and find out" while i was snarling ,drooling and pulling on my invisible leash

This made me crack up my hubby wondered what I was laughing at. The images that go through my mind sometimes