Know it alls

While she was laying there some people showed up for the party and were like it's too cold for your dog and she will get pneumonia.

 
Next time, you can point out to them that Labrador Retrievers were bred in Newfoundland and the Island of Labrador, both in the north sea. They were bred to jump in the cold waters and retrieve fishnet lead and bring it back. That is why they have waterproof skin and webbed feet and the "otter" tail. That is, they come from a cold climate. So, they have to cool off, even in winter.

ORIGINAL: KCSO

 He likes to gogogo but if he's decided we're stopped (like if I chat with someone) he just zonks out in the grass.  This is proof that he's got heatstroke/exhaustion and I'm mean.

 
Dang! I wish I had a nickel for every time Max decided to just snooze on the grass while I'm gabbing with someone on the bikepath.
 
Joyce

Why do they always change the topic when you're getting into the discussion

 
To control the direction of the debate and "win", since they can never be wrong, ever.
 

You know what gets me?  Is when people argue with me that I had my pup's ears cropped!  She's a Scottie and her ears naturally stand up!  But everyone's a know-it-all....

When Tojo was about ten weeks old, my brother-in-law fed him a huge dinner plate of macaroni without me noticing and then when he threw it up he said, "Well, that's purebreds for you, they have sensitive stomachs." Ugh. I think anyone would throw up if they ate that much food in relation to their body size.

Also, this didn't happen to me, but my husband. He was out walking Tojo and there was a girl walking a shiba inu and some other dog, so they stopped and talked to each other. I've seen her around and her shiba has really short legs and its tail isn't nearly curly enough. It looks more like a shiba/corgi cross. Anyway, Tojo has normal shiba inu legs, and she asked DH, "Oh, is that a shiba mix?" so DH said, "No, he's a purebred shiba inu." and she said, "Oh, that's really hard to believe because his legs are too long." Umm... sure lady. Tojo could have been a showdog except that he was a crytorchid.

Also, my husband's cousin's sister-in-law (who I spend a reasonable amount of time with) is ALWAYS telling me that it's cruel to have a dog in an apartment, regardless of what kind or how much exercise it recieves. She always says one of three things: 1) "If I had a dog, I'd let it run free because it's cruel to keep a dog locked up." 2) "If I had a dog, I'd have a chihuahua because they're small and more like cats." 3) "I don't like dogs. I'd never own a dog." [8|] Her and her sister both *really* hate dogs and every single one of their dogs growing up got run over - by THEM! She's just one of those people who has an opinion about everything and never ever changes her mind.

ORIGINAL: rwbeagles

I know nothing! But I bet I know more nothing than most...LOL....

 
Don't you just love all the teeth marks in your tongue from having to bite it so often...just to avoid saying what you really want to say?
 
 

I luckily don't get that much, but I have had some stupid people moments. My Aussie pulls like crazy, I've taken her to class and she knows heel, she just refuses to do it when not in class. I finally gave up trying to get her to heel on walks because if we go on an hour long walk I'll be telling her to heel every 2 minutes as she'll heel then go ahead, then heel then go ahead. I've tried a choker, just choked the heck out of herself, tried a halti and gentle leader, she pulled so bad the left side was going up and making her squint that eye. Finally went on to a pinch collar and that's the only thing that keeps her from choking herself like crazy. I had a trainer at petsmart try to tell me he could train her not to pull, yeah, right, whatever. I also had Rio with me at this time, he was young and didn't have a pinch collar, yet. The guy asked me if I had him enrolled in a class yet. I said yes because I did, but I would have said yes even if I didn't cause I won't take my dogs to petsmart for training. It's like, "yeah, I really want to bring my dog here and sit in your tiny ring, in the middle of the store, and sit there and clicker train the dog for the whole session."
 
Then, there's my last Doberman who had the pee problem. My vet had a new female vet who I got stuck with. I hated her from the start as she basically told me I knew nothing about housebreaking dogs and that he didn't have a problem. It was like, yeah, a puppy peeing every 5 minutes is normal. A puppy who had just come in from outside and immediately peeing is normal. Now, keep in mind according to her this was just a housebreaking issue, then why did he never poop in my house if I just didn't know how to housebreak him?
 
I've also gotten the "Science Diet is the best food". I feed what my dog will eat. My Aussie very picky and won't eat a lot of foods. We feed natural choice because it's what she'll eat. I'm not going to feed a food she won't eat willingly. So in our case, it may not be the best food out there, but it's the best food for our dogs as they'll actually eat it.
 
And I may not know everything about dogs, but I know a whole heck of a lot more than mose of the people I run into, especially my mom. I have people at work tell me Rio isn't a puppy when I tell them how much he weighs, and it's like, yes he is, a dog is a puppy until they're 2 no matter how big they are. There's a girl at work who wants a dog, she was really wanting a Jack Russel because her husband doesn't want anything big because it would need too much excercise. I constantly told her Jack Russels were energetic little dogs. Now she's wanting a Cocker or a Springer. If she's determined to get one a Springer would be the best of the 2. If they tarin it properly her husband could even take it hunting.
 
Yup, stupid people who try to tell you how to take care of your dog are very annoying.
 
Shiva  

"Oh, is that a shiba mix?" so DH said, "No, he's a purebred shiba inu." and she said, "Oh, that's really hard to believe because his legs are too long."

 
I was getting that sort of thing for a while.  Either my basenjis were too big or too small for the breed.  I'd just look at the person funny and say "well, they're both conformation champions, so they can't be too far off the standard."
 
For some reason lately, I haven't gotten too much unsolicited advice on how to raise/train my dogs.  Of course I do have a great line to fall back on.  "I tell ya what, when you get over 20 titles on an individual sighthound, come back and we'll talk." []  That usually shuts them up.

ORIGINAL: agilebasenji

"Oh, is that a shiba mix?" so DH said, "No, he's a purebred shiba inu." and she said, "Oh, that's really hard to believe because his legs are too long."

I was getting that sort of thing for a while.  Either my basenjis were too big or too small for the breed.  I'd just look at the person funny and say "well, they're both conformation champions, so they can't be too far off the standard."

For some reason lately, I haven't gotten too much unsolicited advice on how to raise/train my dogs.  Of course I do have a great line to fall back on.  "I tell ya what, when you get over 20 titles on an individual sighthound, come back and we'll talk." []  That usually shuts them up.

That's too funny. Someone once asked me if Tojo was a basenji, actually, so I think there may be some confusion as to what a basenji looks like!

That's too funny. Someone once asked me if Tojo was a basenji, actually, so I think there may be some confusion as to what a basenji looks like!

 
Okay, this is a tangent:
When Shibas were first allowed in the AKC, I was at a dogshow with my brindlewonderkid.  I was looking at the shibas without my dog and found an owner to talk to.  I asked about the breed.  She's telling me the usual things to turn off someone from owning an independent brat-ish type dog.
Her:  Well they're xxx
Me: that sounds like my dog
Her: they're also yyy
Me: Okay, a lot like my dog
Her :  they're also zzz
Me: Yea, that sounds like my dog
Her, puzzled, perhaps impatient:  What kind of dog do you have?
Me: Basenji
Her, smiling broadly: Oh, shibas are just basenjis in drag.
 
true story and that last on is a direct quote.