Some people I tell you its just frustrating......
Three weeks ago Chili & I were at a dog show.....now picture 10 month old over stimulated puppy who is having the time of her life meeting people, other dogs, you name it.
Anyway we were just heading out of the building for a potty break and there was a man/woman with small child in a stroller. The woman LOUDLY says "oh look honey would you like to pet the puppy?" to her child and then looks at us. I was somewhat surprised as most uneducated people with children cross the street to avoid a rott so I made the special effort of stopping so that the child could pet Chili. I made Chili sit and she rested her head on the stroller's food tray in front of the little one and the little one petted her and she was surprisingly calm and sedate (for once in her life
)....then she noticed that the child wasn't wearing any socks and so started the whole toe licking thing that she LIVES FOR when I come out of the shower. The child was giggling, dad was crouched down petting Chili and telling her what a good girl she was when IT HAPPENED........
THE DREADED QUESTION from mom......."So what breed of dog is this?"...............in a nanosecond it took me to say "rottweiler" ......mom yanked the stroller and child back so hard I thought the child was going to get whiplash.....then started loudly berating her husband for not telling her that Chili had been a rottweiler and screaming "WHAT IF IT HAD BITTEN HER?" at her husband.
All the other dog show people who witnessed the exchange all came up to pet Chili and tell her what a good girl she was.....I simply walked away from the family........I have found you just can't reason with irrational thought.
I think next time Chili is going to be black/tan coonhound
Pretty sad!
Heather