Do people want to interact with your dog?

[crazedACD]

All the time! And 99% of the time it's people who think there's nothing wrong with just touching a dog without permission. Axel loves people and it makes me happy. What makes me unhappy though is people who touch his head/ muzzle while passing by or while we're on the train as well as people who start whistle or make other distracting noises to get his attention. He is full of energy and unfortunately doesn't know how to disregard strangers. He will get all excited as soon as someone shows him attention or speaks directly at him. Most of the time people will immediately come up and I'm rarely prepared for it so Axel jumps on them and it all ends up with "Oh it's ok I love dogs/ I have a dog"

Yeah I get that too, but I get the opposite a lot too... when Fi was a baby, they would take it upon themselves to 'correct her', knock her down if she was 'jumping' at them. They would say to her, loudly so I could hear, "OH, your mom needs to teach you not to jump!" or "Oh, we gotta stop that now before it gets worse!". Ugh. Stop. Honestly, I raised a puppy that ended up HA early on and I pretty much decided with Fi I didn't give two shits how she acted as long as she loved on strangers. FWIW she is calm with strangers now (as long as you are calm...if you high-pitched squeal she gets excited ).

 

[Oko]

Yeah I get that too, but I get the opposite a lot too... when Fi was a baby, they would take it upon themselves to 'correct her', knock her down if she was 'jumping' at them. They would say to her, loudly so I could hear, "OH, your mom needs to teach you not to jump!" or "Oh, we gotta stop that now before it gets worse!". Ugh. Stop. Honestly, I raised a puppy that ended up HA early on and I pretty much decided with Fi I didn't give two shits how she acted as long as she loved on strangers. FWIW she is calm with strangers now (as long as you are calm...if you high-pitched squeal she gets excited ).

What the heck, send me these people. I NEED THEM.

 

[crazedACD]

What the heck, send me these people. I NEED THEM.

Er...mostly this happened at dog stuff (barn hunt, confo show ). So, dog people .

 

[Whisper]

Suzanne Clothier's epic analogy of rude behavior:

Sitting quietly on the mall bench beside my husband, I was minding my own business when the man approached. I glanced up as the man sat next to me. He was a bit close for my comfort, so I edged a little closer to my husband who, busy reading a book, ignored me. Still feeling a bit uncomfortable with the strange man so close, I then turned my head slightly away from him, politely indicating I was not interested in any interaction. To my horror, the man leaned over me and began licking my neck while rudely groping me.

When I screamed and pushed him away, my trouble really began. My husband angrily threw me to the ground, yelling at me "Why did you do that? He was only trying to be friendly and say hi! What a touchy bitch you are! You're going to have to learn to behave better in public."

People all around us stared and shook their heads sadly. I heard a few murmuring that they thought my husband should do something about my behavior; some even mentioned that he shouldn't have such a violent woman out in public until I'd been trained better. As my husband dragged me to the car, I noticed that the man who had groped me had gone a bit further down the mall and was doing the same thing to other women.

Meant to apply to rude dogs, but seems to apply to rude people, too. :wall:

 

[Torch]

Yeah I get that too, but I get the opposite a lot too... when Fi was a baby, they would take it upon themselves to 'correct her', knock her down if she was 'jumping' at them. They would say to her, loudly so I could hear, "OH, your mom needs to teach you not to jump!" or "Oh, we gotta stop that now before it gets worse!". Ugh. Stop. Honestly, I raised a puppy that ended up HA early on and I pretty much decided with Fi I didn't give two shits how she acted as long as she loved on strangers. FWIW she is calm with strangers now (as long as you are calm...if you high-pitched squeal she gets excited ).

SAME exact thing with Rhys! And I felt the exact same way as you. I was more concerned with him being friendly and well socialized. Manners and maturity came later.

 

[sassafras]

The boys, oh god yes. Poor Pip, to be born so adorable and so unliking of strangers. I have to run a lot of interference for him. Squash, on the other hand, is happy to oblige anyone, anywhere which is good because everyone falls in love with him constantly.

Poor Maisy, almost everyone almost always overlooks her. I'm not sure why, I think she's adorable and beautiful and she adores people so much. Must be the black and tan thing.

 

[Dogdragoness]

That's why I am so intolerant of people wanting to pet my dogs, just leave me alone ... ESP if you are going to be a doushe-canoe about it :/