The thing people try to tell you about your dog.

Wow the nerve of that lady!
 
I've got "she's definitely got some Chow in her". ummmmm, have you seen a Chow?? Are you seeing my dog?
 
And the usual "you need to rub her face in the pee". Please. Stop. Saying. That.

The lady tells me that “he” is just too skinny.

I'd turn around and tell her that she was too fat, and it was none of her business.

Yeah, I get sick of hearing it[]

Well it is America, land of the obese, why not make our dogs unghealthy as well huh?
 You dont wanan get me started on what people tell me about my dog so i wont bore you withthem all but some of the funniest have been..
 
"You are walking with a deadly weapon"
"Your dog is going to eat your face off in your sleep"
"Dont let it taste blood or it will turn crazy"
and my all time favorite
"Pit Bulls brains swell and when it does there is no stopping the blood lust"-that one was from a police officer, cool huh? Great world we live in today!

What really annoys me is when people tell me my black and white huskies are coyotes or wolves and why would I have them out in public because they#%92re so dangerous.  I#%92ve had people tell me that Babydoo was a nice looking German shepherd lol.    So far with Sky and Gizmo I haven't had the off the wall comments about them yet.
 

Xebby, I get the too think remark all the time. I have a cocker, Monty, who has a terrible skin condition so we keep his hair pretty short so air gets to the skin. Most cockers I see are overweight roly-polies so people assume I'm starving my dog because he doesn't have much fur and you actually see his body. Next time, I think I will tell the person they're too fat. I like that.
 
sheprano, that makes me very sad. I was at a dog fair over the weekend and there was a pitbull rescue. They had a pitbull out greeting people. Most people moved away or pulled their kids away. He looked so sad. After working my booth for two hours, I finally went to see him. He was a big marshmallow whose tail never stopped wagging. He finally rolled over and let me cradle him in my lap. I wonder when his brain will swell and the blood lust begins. I was glad they were there to try to educate people but some people are too resistant and it falls on deaf ears.

Gotta say I love the pitties but I'm so glad I don't have one because seriously, there'd be bloodshed and it would not be caused by my dog. The nerve of some people!!! [:@]
 
People like to tell me how stupid and lazy my dogs are because they are hounds (um, if they're so lazy what the hell am I doing up at this hour walking them?!?). Also, no one understands what Marlowe is at all. People have said he's too skinny, and people are forever saying he must be a puppy. Nope. Full grown. And people are seriously shocked! I don't know what it is about him that just screams "puppy!" to people. He's not goofy or silly, he's actually incredibly serious and sedate. Maybe it's the ears? Still trying to figure this one out.
 
I forgive people the breed mis-identification. He's not a breed common to this area, but it's still amusing. I get doberman, rottweiler, bloodhound, various combos of all three. The last time it was, "Oh, he must be a doberman-bloodhound mix!" And people always ask, "What mix is he?" Nope, not a mix. The funny thing is that Conrad, who is totally muttly always gets mistaken for a pure-bred. People all the time ask "Wow, what breed is he?" And those folks are shocked when I out him as a mutt.
 
It totally warms my heart, though, those few occaisions when people have come running up to me going, "OHMYGODISTHATACOONHOUND??!?! I love them!!!!"  There's a woman at the dog park with a ridgeback (we have a bit of a mutual admiration society because I love rr's) who is constantly talking to me about my dog because she had a b&t growing up and is seriously considering getting another since she's seen me and Mar at the park.  It would totally warm my cockles if I could be responsible for another b&t being adopted into a loving et home.

Um let's see... Some interesting things I've been told or asked about my dogs...
 
Nikki and Trey get lots of questions surprisingly, as shelties are one of the more popular breeds in the US (and one of the most popular breeds in the world). Usually she gets called a 'Little Lassie dog'. I also get "Are those miniatures?" And I never know what they're talking about a miniature collie or a miniature sheltie. I usually just respond with "They're shelties." Also, since my two shelties are smaller than most pet shelties, I always get asked if they're a mix of some sort. Nope, AKC registered purebreds, lol. Trey gets the most questions, which is odd, since he's actually out of good show lines and therefore should look more like the standard. (and he does when compared to Nik at least). They always wonder why we "Cutt off his tail" or why "He has no tail". I don't see this one at all, yes the dog holds his tail down, and he has a lot of hair on his bum, but he still has a tail! And you can usually see it. There was one lady with a sheltie puppy that was absolutely convinced Trey was a mutt and our breeder had lied to us. She said he reminded her of a pomeranian and he must have pomeranian in him. That and also the fact that her sheltie puppy was bigger than Trey and only a couple months old. And Trey obviously has too much hair on him to be a sheltie. Trey either gets 'Are you sure that's a sheltie?" or "That's the prettiest Sheltie/dog I've ever seen!" There is no middle ground there lol. No one believes Trey's age either. I say ten, they assume ten months. (Cause all small dogs are puppies, didn't you know) No one can ever tell Nikki and Trey apart. We get asked if they're siblings ALL the time. They look nothing alike. >.<

Beau gets asked if he's a sheltie all the time. Cause apparently if you have two dogs of one breed, all your dogs must be that breed. (Even if it looks nothing like that breed). Now that we have Harry maybe someone will mistake Nikki for a papillon rofl.


I mean, A- Nikki and Trey are easy to tell apart. Trey's nearly black and Nikki is very light. Nikki has a prick ear and a grey face.


And B-

Does this look much like the dogs pictured above? another funny thing is our neighbor just came up to us this summer asking about beau. he thought we got a new dog. Nope, we've had him over two years. It'll probably be another few years before he decides beau and Harry aren't the same dogs.

Papillons are even more fun to explain to people. The most common notion is Chihuahua. I can't count how many times he's been called a chihuahua. We had a couple with three chihuahuas ask us how old our chihuahua was. If you have the breed, you should know what is NOT that breed. He also gets asked why he's so large/fluffy/why his tail curls over his back or people just want to know why our chihuahua doesn't look right. The chi thing gets very old. He's also been called a pomeranian many a time, and a PEKIGNESE once at obedience. I about died. >.<

Then some semi informed people ask us- "Is that a Pa-pill- on?" Well, at least they have the name basically right, but obviously they've only read it. I still give them a lot of credit, at least they didn't call him a peke.

The funniest thing was at the local kid's dog show. My sister handled Beau and he was probably the most unusual breed there. Papillons really aren't that uncommon. There's tons at shows (18 is the smallest ring, and 57 is the largest I've seen) but you still hardly see them around as pets for some reason. Most of the dogs there were mutts or labs or dachshunds, etc. There were these two huge greys that were awesome. Anyways, I was taking pictures on the other side of the ring, standing behind these people. They started arguing about what kind of dog Beau was. So I just listened. Went basically like this:

"What kind of dog is that?" the lady asked.
"I'm not sure." the man answered.
"Is it a chihuahua?" I cringe.
"No, I think I've seen something about these. I think it's called a Papillon."
"I've never heard of that before."
"I swear. I saw one at a dog show on tv."
"Yeah, but have you ever seen one before?"
"No"
"Then why would there be one here?"
"I'm positive it's a papillon."
"It's probably a chihuahua."
"I still think it's a papillon."
"You're stubborn."

And I was cracking up laughing at this point.

I always appreciate the people who just ask me what my dogs are.

ORIGINAL: sheprano

"Pit Bulls brains swell and when it does there is no stopping the blood lust"-that one was from a police officer, cool huh? Great world we live in today!

 
I have heard that about Dalmatians.
 
Everyone likes to point out to me how aggressive, stupid, hyper dalmatians are.
 
 

Just the other day my rescue organization told me that Marvin has "put on quite of few pounds".  If quite a few pounds means 5 pounds then I'm in my teenage years.

I used to walk my black and tan Rottie lookealike GSD x on a gentle leader because she was a puller, and if she saw a squirrel/geese, she would go after it. I had people cross the street to "get away from the dog in the muzzle".  A gentle leader looks nothing like a muzzle (I mean come on, she walked around with her mouth open), and if anyone comes up to my dog while she is on a leash she is so submissive that she will sit down and lower her head or even roll over and go to the bathroom. I really wish people would be willing to learn more about proper dog training techniques and about not badmouthing certain breeds, but of course that would be asking too much.  I no longer walk her on a GL since she no longer pulls, but people still stay away. I don't care, I love her!

I guess people dont see a lot of Brittanys here in the 'burbs because I get a lot of people asking what breed Jake is.  Once I had someone ask me at the dog park, and they obviously had some knowledge of gun/hunting dogs.  When I told them he was a brit they asked "and they're used for hunting yeah?"  And I told them yeah they are, but we dont do that.  He responded, "Why do you have him in the dog park?  A hunting dog will kill all the little dogs!"  I tried explaining they are BIRD dogs and they dont actually kill anything and in fact Jake usually runs from small dogs because they yap at him, but he was pretty certain we were dangerous.  [&:]

ORIGINAL: luvmykcdawg

I used to walk my black and tan Rottie lookealike GSD x on a gentle leader because she was a puller, and if she saw a squirrel/geese, she would go after it. I had people cross the street to "get away from the dog in the muzzle".  A gentle leader looks nothing like a muzzle (I mean come on, she walked around with her mouth open), and if anyone comes up to my dog while she is on a leash she is so submissive that she will sit down and lower her head or even roll over and go to the bathroom. I really wish people would be willing to learn more about proper dog training techniques and about not badmouthing certain breeds, but of course that would be asking too much.  I no longer walk her on a GL since she no longer pulls, but people still stay away. I don't care, I love her!

 
 
 
I went through the same thing!  Both our dogs are pullers, plus Draico was rescued with a chain embedded in his neck, so the GL was the only way I could walk him and keep my arm in tact (the harness did nothing to control him!).  He'd be walking with a tennis ball in his mouth & people would ask me why my dogs are wearing a muzzle, do they bite?  Argh!  I'd spend a few minutes expalining it to them, they stared at me like at a blank wall.  But, it was OK for them to yank and pull at their dogs on choke chains! [sm=angry.gif]
 
Scout - my GSD had an upset tummy last week & got the runs, had an accident.  As I'm cleaning up the mess, my friend called and I explained that I'll have call her back, she proceeded to instruct me to take him & rub his nose into it!  I was furious!  My poor dog didn't feel well, had an ACCIDENT, looked at me with apologetic eyes when we went outside and I'm going to soothe him by rubbing his nose in it.  Yeah right! 
 
Sheprano - I've always been told to be leary of Doberman because of the brain swelling.
 
Xebby - I constantly hear that my dogs are too thin because you can see the cuts in their muscles and when you look down as they're standing, you can see an abdominal curve.  Yes, they are lean, but by no means starved!  Having a GSD/Rott mix and a GSD, both rescued so I don't know the breeding, etc.  They began showing signs of joint problems.  I had them X-rayed when I saw a limp, both were going through a bout of panosteitis, and Peanut (mix) was diagnosed with Bursitis.  The ostheopathic vet told me to keep them lean, on a large breed formula food, and easy exercise, no jumping, etc. 
Since I joined this forum, I found some wonerful self help remedies.  Callie suggested, in another post, to try Knox Nutrajoint for arthritis.  I must admit, I was skeptical, as I'd tried glucosamine/chodroitin and really didn't see much change, but had nothing to lose.  She did warn that it would take about three months to see any difference, but it was permanent.  The glucosamine/chondroitin works as long as you take it, once you stop, you're right back where you started.  The Nutrajoint is supposed to help the body rebuild the cartiledge.
I went and bought 2 canister (right next to the Jello) and started giving both dogs a tablespoon nightly, mixed it into their yogurt.  I also started taking a scoop daily.  I am pleased to say that I have noticed a great difference.  Draico (GSD) is not as stiff as he was, and Peanut has stopped limping .  Myself, I thought I was headed for carpal tunnel surgery, turns out it was my wrist joints that hurt, NOT my tendons.  My wrists no longer hurt!! 
The Nutrajoint has truly been a miracle worker for us!  I will maintain my dogs' "skinny" stature and continue giving them the Nutrajoint.  Bonus, it costs a fraction what the glucosamine/chondroitin costs.

Wow, I've never heard any of that crazy stuff. The worst I've had is the ol' "who's walking who?" when my dog is walking on a loose lead a step ahead of me. Well, I'm walking her, as it happens. Penny is quite small and slim these days, but while people often comment that she looks like she's lost a lot of weight, I'm yet to be accused of not feeding her enough. In fact, people usually ask me how I've got her looking so great.

yes we get that also when I walk Abby.  Who is walking who and I bet that dogs eats a 100 pounds of dog food a month.  It gets old fast.