So, I have two dogs... One boy named Niner and one girl named Philly. They are brother/sister from the same litter. They are fairly good dogs but are in desperate need of some good leash training. They pull and pull and pull. And they DON'T know how to meet other dogs, but that's my opinion.
Well Niner has gotten away from me twice because he sees this big brown dog. The lady who owns this dog is a worse dog parent than I am. Now, yes, I curse and run crazily after Niner, calling his name, with Philly in tow. Usually (ok, that one other time) the dog person will say, "is he friendly?" and be ok with him sniffing out the other dog and usually that's ok. This lady FREAKS out. Screams "NO NO NO NO". Her dog, of course, FREAKS out and starts barking and growling at Niner. He has no idea what to do even if a dog is totally cool to him so this is totally foreign and he goes into defense mode. By this time I'm on him. Leash in hand and walking in the opposite direction. I usually act all pissed off as if the dog is a total nuisance to me for getting away (because, of course, it's all the dogs fault right). In reality, I'M freaking out inside that she's going to report me for having some crazy vicious dog. She just seems the type to do that. OR, even worse, she's going to say something to me about how I handle my dogs. But I really want to tell her to stop freaking out about it. Because if she's calm, her dog should be. Or if you know your dog has some issues, then yell that at me the first time he got away from me because I might respond differently.
I don't know. This post was going to be a rant on the lady because I feel like she shouldn't have a 120 lbs. dog if she can't handle him but I don't think I'm any better since my dogs are a wee crazy around other dogs. And really, the two times she has seen me, Niner has gotten away from me. So who looks like the incapable dog person in this scenario? Me.
But she is annoying. Has the pitchy, makes-you-want-to-punch-her-in-the-face type of voice. And she freaks out for no good reason. Other people, except the pizza guy that one time, have helped us collect the crazy pups and get them back inside and what not. Dam, these dogs have gotten out quite a bit.... AZ was the worst!! We lived next to a fairly busy-ish street and Philly would bolt right for it.
So, in conclusion, I guess I'm ranting on myself because my dogs need more training. But that lady with the big brown dog is super annoying.
Get this!! So the 2nd time this happened, I happened to be coming out of my apartment so now the crazy lady knows where I live. Well, she wrote me a letter!! I wish it was short enough to copy onto a blog but it isn't... Can you believe that?!?! She basically rants on how my dog is so scary and put her dog into defense mode (BS lady, because you freaking out put both dogs into defense mode) and if this happens again she's going to call the cops or management. She informs me that I am just "lucky" she didn't do that already. She said I should be careful because other people would have reported me already and I could lose my home or worse, one of the dogs could do serious damage or harm and I would have to euthanize it. Lady, Get a clue. You are just as guilty as I am here of being a bad dog owner. If you are so smart about training my dogs, then you should know not to freak out in that situation. Dumb b**** award to you for that one. And don't threaten the life of my animal. They aren't vicious, you are just dumb. Don't threaten me either.... Just. Don't.
ReplyDeleteNow I will say that, yes, I am sorry I didn't apologize to you but I don't usually apologize to crazy people for acting crazy. And I was really trying to avoid ever interacting with you again. I'm afraid what I might say to your face if I do see you outside walking dogs. So, thanks for making me hate living in this apartment complex more than I already do.