Took Sammy for a walk right before dinner was done - it was duskish out, perhaps a bit closer towards dark out. We take a "lap" around the block of our apartment complex for shorter walks, and we were about 1/3 of the way around. We approach a group of boys, who are all teens and typical of this area since there's a lot of section 8 housing here - swearing all the time, pants down to their knees showing boxers, being loud and obnoxious, etc. They are walking in the same direction as us, but very slowly, so Sammy and I go about 5' to the left of them to pass, Sammy on a short leash. I tend to talk to Sammy as we walk, and his tags jangle, so anyone who can't hear us coming is just deaf.
As we approach, we're under a street light. One kid looks behind him at us and says "Oh, look at the pit bull, man he scared me!" To which I tell him Sammy isn't a pit bull. Then he asks what he is and I tell him boxer & beagle (which is our best guess but who knows). So he says, "Oh, well when he gets older man he will be a big dog!" Of course I say, "He's almost 2 - he's full grown" By now we're already past them and they're nearly talking to my back. They keep up with the pit bull talk and things about fighting and being mean, but we out pace them at this point and are nearly half a block ahead.
I guess what irks me the most is that everyone thinks he is a pit bull - nothing against pitties at all, but we aren't allowed to have them here at the apt complex so I don't want to be known to have one when I don't since obviously people here don't know their breeds from a hole in the ground.
So - honestly, from Sammy's coloring, would you think he's a pit bull? He totally doesn't have the build or face or anything of one, but his coloring might lead people that way, I guess?
Here are some newer pics, btw. Black dog is my parents - Chelsea - something of a black lab with.... something? And that's me that Sammy is sticking his tongue into my mouth... lol.
