So angry!!

[Dobiegurl]

I would have slapped that b****.

 

[Doberluv]

When I was about 10 years old, I had a couple of mutts. I had a friend with a supposed purebred Springer Spaniel. She bragged and bragged and made such a fuss over the fact that she had a purebred. (looking back, I don't think it was. lol) Anyhow, my dear older brother, always sticking up for me, always slinging an arm over my shoulder (I not so long ago, sadly lost him to a brain tumor) told me to tell her that Bruno was a purebred Peruvian Pinscher. He just made up that name. I've always thought that was such a riot.

So, you could always make up a really exotic sounding name and tell someone like that that your dog....your "Peruvian Pinscher" is so exotic, so rare that they're almost extinct and you own the only one in this hemisphere. LOL.

 

[wendystar]

I don't give a hoot for purebred dogs. I have always had mutts, have 3 now, and I couldn't love them any more if they were "purebred". I know that purebred dogs are often inbred and have a higher incidence of genetic defects; ie, hip dysplasia. Actually, I understand that mixed breed dogs are healthier.

How ridiculous that someone thinks her dog is better because he/she is "purebred".

WS

 

[Kase]

Thats terrible . A dod is a dog whether it's a mutt or a purebreed. Well done for holding your tongue I doubt I would have .

 

[Dreeza]

wow!! everyone always comments on how beautiful oakley is...maybe its cause my mutt is better than your mutt!???? jk jk jk!! when i go to petco, there are always mixed breeds....not as many purebreds, so i bet that has a lot to do with it....

smkie is SO right though, while its fun to come on here and bash away...dont actually go say that to the person cause all it will do is further prove to herself that mixes are bad - cause i am sure a spastic, bitchy owner is gonna make the dog look worse in that teeny brain of hers, lol

kill with kindness but you should definately do something about it...mention how overjoyed you are to have rescued one of the (insert number here) homeless dogs in the world, who just need love, and are willing to give you unconditional love back in return, be there by your side, and help you through hard times and good times! i know im always proud to mention how i got oakley, it makes me all emotional when i do, lol, knowing he was going to be euthanized, and what a terrible life he had....and now knowing how loved and spoiled he is!!! make that byatch realize how ignorant she was being...not to mention that is some BAD business for the store!!

 

[PFC1]

I like the short blunt response, delivered in a monotone, non-confrontational manner that borders on bewilderment: "Wow. What a rude person you are to insult my dog to my face." Simple and to the point.

 

[sweetbassets]

Mutts or pruebreds it doesn't matter. They are all living breathing beautiful animals. How dare that Lady! I know my dogs are members of the family(as I'm sure yours are too) and would feel like they were insulting my child. I would report that person! Especially since they are supposed to be helping animal shelters! They host adoptions their all the time.

 

[PoodleMommy]

I would not have been as kind as you...

I def. would have said something... Nobody insults my dog!

In the future you should educate these shallow people on the need for more people to rescue dogs.

Enjoy your dog... Love is all that counts... Elissa

 

[casablanca1]

Amazing. My local petstores seem tuned to cute/massive scale of adoration. If you bring in a Yorkie or a Mastiff, the checkers fall over themselves cooing. There's no purebred/mutt discrimination.

I used to have the opposite problem, oddly enough. My first dog was, we thought, a mutt. A beautiful, adorable shaggy mutt who people would actually slow their cars to look at and yell "She's gorgeous!" Which was only her due. But several times, people asked, "Is that a Bearded Collie?" and I'd think, "goofy people, there is no such thing as a Bearded Collie." Which of course there is, and when I finally realized it I saw that it was her to a t.

 

[Renee750il]

here is what i would have said..come on folks you get more flies with honey...."really well i bet you wouldnt' think that way if you just knew my dog a little better.(smile and laff a little) .i tell you she is just a miracle on 4 paws.(beaming look of appriciation of my little dog) .i have never owned such an easy dog to train.(demonstrate latest learned tricks) .etc etc etc ..until the clerk learned something. Then maybe becuase you didn't try to put her down..or make her have a bad day, or punish her for being ignorant, you might have..

1 opened her mind a little
2 she might have enlightened her co workers..u know the neatest little dog
came thru my line today! ANd
to think she adopted it from
a kill sheter.....................
THat is what i would have done..and i bet you two things
one her earlier statement might never be repeated

and she might just spread the word..i can almost totally bet on that.

And that is the way you change the world

 

[PerkyPawsCafe]

I would certainly said something to a manager! Not the right person for that job!!
~Tonya

 

[katt]

You could always act like you didn't hear what she said and make her repeat it... several times... maybe she'll get it.

"i'm sorry, i got distracted, what did you say?"
"blah blah blah...?"
"oops, my bad, what was that again?"
"BLAH BLAH Bllalhh... "

by the third time she might have actually thought about what she said and shut up.

 

[smkie]

katt you are a master of passive aggressive

 

[yoko]

well here's the update. today i took yoshi in and went up to the manager. i told them that i wasn't angry any more i just wanted them to know what happened. i said i just wanted them to atleast inform the person about how i felt so they'd know not to say it in front of someone else again. i said i worked at a restaurant and knew how someone could accidentally say something and have a customer misinterpret them. they thanked me for telling me what happened and gave yoshi a free toy