Ado
Posted : 2/14/2008 9:22:58 PM
How I deal with it depends on the person, but sometimes actions are better than words........
Years ago, I had Petie with me in our small town, standing in front of a store on the main street chatting with a woman that we know. A man and woman approach (they knew the other woman), the man looks down at my dog who is sitting on a loose leash minding his own business and this guy says..'Oh a Jrt, rotten untrainable dogs'. I said, 'Yes they can be a problem for some people but that they are not all like that'. He tells me I am wrong. I said wait here and I'll be right back. We had been standing in the middle of the block, I walked with Petie in a perfect heel to the other end, removed his leash, asked for a down, turned away and ran to the other end of the block, right past that guy. I never looked back, I knew my dog was still there. Once I was at the other end, I gave my recall, Petie flew to me, just after he pasted that guy, I gave my down, Petie dropped, recalled again, did a finish to heel and then walked back to them. That guy says 'ok, so I've met one'. The woman with him, gives him a cuff on the arm and speaks for the first time and says........'Your dog won't do that'. I then informed him that there were countless Jrts out there that were trained far better than my dog...........
But that day still makes me grin.