Vincent M

Had my dog at the small park near my house today

Had my 16mo rot on a long line putting him threw a bit of ob and ball retrieve

Middle age lady with a toy poodle off leash enters the park and engages me in conversation

She requests to pet my dog, I tell her, he is not that kind of dog, and that I would not allow interaction between my 140 lib rott and her 5 lib toy, telling her for liability sake I wouldn’t like to see my dog step on hers and break its bones

She scoffs and tells me that would never happen and asks what I meant he wasn’t that type of dog

I told her he was a protection dog and I didn’t want him looking for strange people or other dogs attention as he should be focused on me

She asked protection from what, at that point I began to understand she was a bit off

I told her protection from any threat

She told me that that’s unfortunate because dogs need social interaction with other dogs or ells they get dog aggressive and go unfulfilled in life

I told her he gets plenty of social interaction from me and his lifestyle dose not allow him any contact with other animals so it is unnecessary (he is totally dog neutral and people friendly) and that was her opinion

She insisted that it was fact not opinion and tried to start an argument I thanked her for her opinion 10 more times until she finally left me alone

Any thoughts on this ?

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The first to welcome, foremost to defend,
Whose honest heart is still his master's own
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ToñoA

Hahhaha, the Lady was a sweetie. Protection from what? Haha, she lived a peaceful and wonderful life I guess.


Kudos for the assertivness to stand for your principles. A protection dog is not a pet, and people should understand that. She was a brave lady tho, approaching a 140 lbs Rott fearless and trying to pet him is quite brave Imo.