Dogs are cute. They are lovable. Their intuition is amazing. I know they bring a lot of joy and comfort to a lot of families. To most, they are already an integral part of your family. You spend years with them like they were your own child or sibling. You nurture them, feed them, take them on walks, play fetch with them, talk to them and I have even seen some of you French kiss them.
Some are guide dogs and they help the blind/less able to live a normal life and move around from place to place. Some are police dogs and they assist the police on their job. They are invaluable and I don't for one moment question their abilities.
Yes, I have been chased by dogs (a year ago my neighbours got two Chihuahuas. Upon leaving my house on my way to work, I stepped out of the door and proceeded to gallantly walk to the train station. My neighbours opened their front door and out came these dogs chasing me half way down my street. It was not funny. I messed up all my hair and make up. Maybe that's why I'm not particularly taken by them in general because they bark and chase you all the time. I had a vdream when I was about 8 and it was about a family dog of ours and his friends who hounded me until I woke up screaming (true story). Other than that, I have warm fuzzy feelings about dogs. I onced owned a dog growing up although this wasn't for long. Even growing up and watching all the Andrex dog adverts, what's not to love? They are as cute as can be.
My problem is not really the dogs. It's with the owners. One day my children and I were happily browsing through a shop. Then came this tattooed man with his vicious looking dog (sorry I can't be more specific as to its breed. A dog is a dog) and my children were petrified despite the chains restraining it. The manager of the shop then asked the owner to take his dog outside. He did this and came back. He then looked at my children and said - " Why are you afraid of my doggy. It's only a doggy not a lion!" You should have seen the look on my face. Flabbergasted as to why he would utter such nonsense. Thank God I'm born again so I consciously control my words and thoughts. But if you could read my mind that minute, I was mumbling things like this "your dog looks scary no offence, dogs bite, they pull out little kids faces (watch the news) and at least people don't walk into shops with their lions so they don't pose as an immediate threat to a little child, etc etc". Honestly, what is wrong with you people? Just so I don't beat around the bush, here is a list of things you need to consider while out and about with your dogs.
1. Just because you are besotted by your dog it doesn't mean that I am or my children are. Control it.
2. It's not by force to love your dog. Don't encourage your dog to follow me or play with me. Don't encourage my children to stroke your dog. I don't know where your dog has been? What if your dog accidentally bites them? Do you think I will listen to your sorry? After my child has ran their fingers through your dog, they are very likely to touch their face with those same hands before washing it at home. Please, I would rather you kept your dog to yourself and my children kept their hands deep in their pockets.
3. This is a serious one. It is so bad I feel like screaming this out loud. IF YOUR DOG POOPS, PICK IT UP AND BIN IT. I have no business dancing around your dog's poop when I'm walking on the road. It's so disgusting seeing your dogs poop on the floor everywhere up and down the place. Be considerate of your fellow human being. The germs in that crap is just too much. I don't need to be breathing in your dog's faeces all the time please.
4. When you are in a public place, be it a park or wherever with your dog, please try and use a leash on it. It will save some of us from having to cross the road every time we see your dog or run out of the park.
5. When you see your excitable dog going close to a child, please call your dog back in your authoritative voice. You know that same voice you use to shout at your boyfriend that I hear? Yes that voice. Not the wimpy voice he never listens to. To your dog, he/she thinks my child is playing "catch me right now" but my child is really scared and I would rather your dog didn't try chasing my little child.
6. It is really inappropriate for me to see your dog humping another dog. It's disgusting and I would rather I protected my children from witnessing such horror. Please keep such behaviour away from the public eye. At least those dogs will appreciate their privacy. Figure it out.
Thank You for reading
xoxo
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