What are you sick of hearing in regards to your dogs?

Yuuuuup I get that with Keeva. Somebody runs towards us while we're doing OB in the park, and I'm all, *traffic cop hand* "She's not friendly with strange dogs. Please don't approach us."

People's jaws drop, I guess because she's small and cute? And because I'm so direct and unabashed. And then it's "Ooooohhh she's a rescue?" Nope. "oooooohhh did you just get her?" Nope. "Awwwww she's not socialized?" Do you know what that word even means?! LOL

Do people ever just not believe you? I've gotten, "She LOOKS friendly..." Like I'm lying. I've actually gotten that about both Blossom and Keeva.

People are regularly sure their dog can fix mine. Like that stupid girl who swears she can fix the self destructive gambler except now she has a dog that can fix any antisocial dog.

I don't need another vet bill when my dog tears your dogs face off.

Given, he's better now than ever and he isn't as fast to react, largely due to carefully orchestrated training and *socializing*, but I still won't take chances and just because he's in a public place doesn't mean he's here to befriend all dogs.

rofl at this entire thread. maybe i exude a bossy aura because iv never had somebody argue things with me. or maybe i catch them off guard when i tell them my dogs are designer mutts

though i did have somebody try to tell me that my 50/50 catahoula x pit cross was a great dane PUPPY

Lol so very familiar. Keeva isn't DA, just reactive and bossy, but I still don't want to let her practice reacting or shake her belief that I won't let dogs approach her therefor there is no need to get nasty with them.

In the city, it seems that the general attitude is if your dog is in an open grassy area, you're there for doggy social hour. I'm not there to make a point or cause trouble, so I avoid crowds and try to go when most people are working...I just wish others would extend some courtesy as well. There are only so many parks and my dogs deserve their fun too, especially since I keep them leashed.

OH, I GOT ANOTHER ONE!

"When are you going to neuter him?"

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LOL "Those GSDs are known snitches!"

Pretty much this.

That is one thing I don't miss about having a popular breed! The GSDs got way more dumb comments then all my current dogs combined. People warning me that my GSD would "turn" on me, not to ever trust a GSD with kids, "Is that a police dawg?", "German Police?", "My uncle/neighbor/friend of my cousin had a German Police who was 160lbs and not fat!", "Hmm your's is really small, is she a miniature?". And that isn't even getting into the random people stopping me and wanting to breed their dog with mine. I came out of the grocery store at 1am once to find Jora extremely agitated in the car and a woman standing right next to my car staring at her. "Is this your dog?...Boy or girl?...Oh! I have a male! If you wanted to breed your dog to him, I'd do it for just a puppy back." She then takes her male out of the car and he's all of 7 months, collie-headed and very scared. I guess it's not so bad having to answer questions about what breed after all LOL

Honestly, I find it kind of funny that almost all non-dog people (and even many dog people) people think Savvy is a mix. It makes me laugh that my ancient breed dog who is AKC pointed and who I sought out for the characteristics unique to his breed looks like an every day Heinz 57 to most people. Even when I say what he is, people think he's a designer dog "Oh...what's that a mix of?".

With the hounds I always get "Wow, is that a beagle?" As popular as beagles are, you would think most people would be aware there is no 28" and under variety. And now with Garnett I get the same question- and he is already way taller than a beagle and obviously a young puppy, what with the clumsies, the extra skin and the oversized feet.

And I was really surprised with Uncle Fred how many people were just outraged that he wasn't neutered. Usually in the dog park, where Uncle Fred was nicely playing with another dog while their neutered male was humping everything in sight. It was worse if I made the mistake of telling them he was a rescue. They never would listen to the part about how the vet declined to neuter the osteoporotic puppy. Evidently they thought I let him run about impregnating every bitch in New Jersey when the moon was full.

One women got downright hostile and started yelling at me about how I was what was wrong with dog owners in general and I was ruining it for responsible people like her. All because my gentlemanly, very well behaved hound had balls.

People ask me this allll the time& then tell me I am crazy because she's 9 months& not spayed& she's going to get pregnant and/or die from breast cancer. Poor thing.

This is the main one for me. No matter how many times I say they are actually their ideal weights.

- Little dogs are stupid. I hate little dogs. Well gee thanks for walking all the way over here to tell me.

- You can't train little dogs. Little dogs are stupider than big dogs. I bet you my dogs know more than your dogs.... just a guess.

- My dog could eat your dog. Congrats?

- Little dogs are useless and can't do anything. ... I will send you Mia for a while.

- What mix are they? Or... So that's poodle and what?

One I got recently was that I was absolutely berated by a person who 1. Doesn't own ANY dogs and 2. HATES dogs and never wants one.... about buying my dogs versus rescuing them. Then he asked me if I saw a mutt on the side of the road would I even stop to help it? .... wtf is this? I have purebred dogs ergo I want all mutts to get hit by cars? I just... don't even...

Yup, we've gotten this one before

Because you totally didn't take in that poor scruffy terrier, whose name totally escapes me right now

Haha I brought that up.

But I really don't get why someone who admittedly hates dogs and will never own one would get on someone else's case for buying a dog. It's not like he's doing anything to help shelter dogs... was weird.

I get a lot of passive aggressive comments on how "skinny" Quinn is. One of the most irritating ones was when my boyfriend's stepmom (who we've had issues with in the past with Quinn - she was banned from the cottage for having fleas, despite a vet note saying she was clean and on preventatives all summer!) petted Quinn and went "Oh Quinn, you're feeling a little skinny!". Thank you for saying that to her - but of course loud enough for me to hear. Really nice.

My mom brought Quinn into my work one day. One of our customers goes "Is she a Toller?". My mom politely corrected her and she replies "Oh, she's skinny for an English Shepherd". Uhhh... 1) do you even know what an ES is supposed to look like/what it is? You thought she was a Toller and 2) she's fit and athletic.

Oh, and then all the suggestions to socialize when I tell people she isn't good with other dogs. Thanks, I'd never thought of that! People almost seem appalled when I say she isn't a rescue and I've had her since she was 8 weeks old.

Went through the Dunkin Donuts drive through with Romeo (and Skye) today. Guy at the window says "Oh, is that a German Shepherd?". Okay, we are in a car, fair enough. So I say "Oh, no, he is a Cattle Dog.". There was another girl at the window saying hi to them and she goes "Oh! A mutt! One of those er...mixes right?" And before I could correct her she turns away.

I forgot about this one, whenever I tell someone Cattle Dog or Australian Cattle Dog, they think it is a mix.

But then, I was in my store with him, and a woman comes up and knew exactly what he was, and said her and her hubby were looking for one a few years back but couldn't find a good breeder. Her hubby was actually Australian. She said they went to the ACD show breeder a few towns over and didn't like how the dogs looked, they were way too 'squat' and looked mixed. Always nice to run into knowledgeable people!

Yeah, I saw a couple ACDs today and they were...fat. Cute, but FAT.

I get 'are the little ones named breakfast and lunch' harharhar, yes yes they are, Gage devours the nightly and they regenerate so that you can say that to me yet again tomorrow...note to self change walking path.

I get color comments a lot. Normally I don't mind, usually it's just "oh I've never seen a boxer that color/didn't know boxers could be black" etc. I understand the confusion.

Today I met a boxer owner while on a walk. We got onto the subject of Juno's color, and I went ahead and called her a reverse brindle. He goes "no no, she (meaning his boxer) is a reverse brindle. You have a seal."

He was a nice guy and afterwards added "sorry, I don't mean to sound like I'm correcting you" and I wasn't offended or anything but.... I know seal is just a "thing," a trendy term and not technically a color. So NYAH lol I am well aware of what color my dog is.

I mainly get annoyed with people just running up and petting my dogs. All of them are nice but it just annoys me.

Avril isn't shy or mean, she's just stuck up. She doesn't want random strangers petting her unless they have a treat or I'm getting her a treat. "Can I pet her?" "Yes but she's stuck up so she might not let you." *Avril backs up or walks away from them petting her* "Oh wow she's so scared! Was she an abused rescue? I hope you are working on socializing her!" Yes clearly extremely abused her whole life. She's not even ducking away or bolting, she's just avoiding some gross dirty hands petting her.

I also get extremely annoyed when people call her little for a Doberman. She is the ideal height and even when she's in good condition she is heavy for a female.

With Fiona:

"Is she blind? Deaf? What makes the eyes that color? Is she a husky? Is she part husky? Is she ever going to get brown eyes? Are those contacts (not kidding you)? Is she old? Is she a puppy? Why are her eyes blue? Border Collies can't have blue eyes, she must be a husky mix. She looks like a ghost! Woah, those eyes are scary! I bet she can read minds with those crazy eyes! ETC ETC ETC." You get the picture.

With Wesley, who is blue (grey):

"What is that? Is that a rare color? Is he dirty? What made his coat like that? Is that a Pit Bull mix? Does he have a skin condition? How do they make them that color?"

General BC things:

"OMG, those dogs have SO much energy, they can't live without a daily 5 mile run! (yeah right, my dogs sleep on the couch for 20 or so hours a day, lazy bums)

Oh, LOOK, an Aussie!

Is that like Lassie?

You must own a bunch of sheep.

How do you ever get any sleep with all of those running around?

Can they herd me/my kids/my dogs?

OMG like from Babe?

Oh yeah, these guys are crazy smart. They know every command! SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT LIE DOWN LIE DOWN SHAKE ROLL OVER PLAY DEAD. *sigh*

Oh, my neighbor has one of them dogs and it herds his kids and bites them. (ok? Not normal or acceptable behavior)

Do they nip at your heels?

Do they ever herd you?

How much exercise a day do you have to give them? (IDK, it varies, OK?)

General dog things:

I have a dog that looks just like that, would you like to breed them?

Oh you breed? How much are your puppies?

Can I have one of your puppies for a discount?

How much do you make off of dog shows?

How much do you make off of breeding?

Why do you have so many dogs? (Idk, why the f do you have so many kids?)

Do they bite? (If you're being an idiot, maybe. How is this a reasonable question?)

How much did you pay for them?

OMG you paid how much? You know they only charge $200 at the pet store.

Oh, they're from breeders? Were rescue dogs just not good enough for you?

You know, mix breeds are cheaper and healthier.

You breed them? I saw a documentary that said breeding was bad.