And here's just one of the problems. Owners who let their dogs off leash around the neighborhood, when the dogs clearly aren't meant to be let off leash, really chew my hide . I'm sorry, but I'm stuck to a 6 foot leash so when your llasa apso comes tearing at me, going for the jugular, I don't really have a lot freedom to 1) fight back or 2) run away (ok, let's be honest, I'd run away). So why don't you take your little vicious mopdog, slap on a collar, and call it a day. Just because their little, doesn't mean they're not nasty. Isn't Mike Tyson only like 5'9"? That guy is still trying to floss out Evander's ear from his back molars.
But you'd be pissed, too, if you looked like this, I guess.Also annoying? Owners who don't discipline their dogs when they get feisty on the street. I've had two bad run-ins with pugs lately and I don't think it's a reflection of the pug (yes, yes, I hear they are a wonderful breed), so much as the pansy ass owners that only pretend to be the alpha.
Like Percy. I go walking by one day, all nice and all, wagging my little tail with the white tip, and Percy goes berserk. Beee-serrk! And I don't know if you've ever heard a pug go berserk before, but it's downright bone-chilling. They make these gasping-gacking-throat noises that will give a pup nightmares for a week. And what did Percy's owner do? Coo. No, I'm serious. "Ohhhhhh Peeeerrrccyyy, nowww you beeeee quiettttt. Peeeeerrrrccyyyy!" Are you kidding me? You think Dina coos at me when I shit on the carpet? That Percy dog needed a poke in the ass, not some owner sing-songing her discipline.
Run-in number 2 with pug. Enjoying the day at Crissy field, and this pug comes and humps my butt. Not once. Not twice. We're talking like double digits people. Now, I didn't enjoy that. I think there are probably very few dogs that enjoy attempted butt-rape. What did his owner do? "Oh my goodness, I don't know what's gotten into him. He's neutered, by the way." I'm sorry, but if I came and humped that owner's butt, I don't think he would been cooing at me to stop. He'd be jerking my collar and heaving me into nowhere-land. I know I'm sexy and all, but just 'cause I don't wear clothes, doesn't mean I'm asking for it.
This little guy looks ready to go, in more ways than one, if you know what I mean...So people, all I'm saying is be aware and beware. You don't like every dog, and every dog doesn't like you. And sometimes, if you're really unlucky, they like you (and your leg) way way way too much.
