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Originally posted by Soapie&Buddy'sMom
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to politely ask people NOT to pet your dog on the head? i was going to make this a separate thread, but it really goes along the lines of the question here so maybe someone can respond?
But I wonder, is there a better way to ask people not to pet your dog? I don't want to help feed into the myth that Rottweilers are these terrible aggressive dogs, you know? |
A friend of mine has a cutie-patootie 10 month old male who, unfortunately, has alergies caused by the carpeting in her home (which is being relpaced this weekend - finally!!). If people approach her while she's out, she'll tell them either 'Please do not pet the top of his head, he's got an ear infection that hurts'. or, basically will tell them "No, I'd rather you didn't pet him...he's not feeling well, he has an ear infection and it's quite painful."
DO NOT be afraid to tell people where to pet your dog. People should appreciate your honesty and you can tell them that the next time you see them, you can certainly pet him under the chin...
People try to pet my Ben on the top of his head and each time their hand goes over the head, he looks up to see where it's going, then the hand pulls up, then back over and he looks up again...
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I've started to TELL people to please wait until he is sitting patiently and then ask them to pet him under the chin...'that's his favorite place!' and scratch there to show them how much he likes it (he really does!).
I walk away from or back away from people that randomly walk up to my dog in PetCo to pet him...that aggravates me to no end! I tell people to please ASK before approaching ANY dog.
I recently saw a post somewhere about a question that is ALWAYS asked of me "Will he bite me?" (Why do they ask that after they've started petting him?)...my response will now be
"Only if you bite him first!" :D
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