When people comment on your dog...

Millie2008_2

MIllie2008, I hope you pony is ok.

Aww, thank you, she's fine- causing mayhem, every day, just old. Mind you, I've been worried about her being "old" for the past 10 years

chris_n_tj

catkins wrote: »

My dog who had to be pts 7 weeks ago was quite big so I always got the "I bet he eats a lot/costs a lot to feed" etc and "Whose walking who", "You must have a big house" etc etc. People asked all the time if he was a puppy as he looked young and had tons of energy up to early this year although he was 11. Then suddenly he went downhill, he lost weight and started to walk really slowly. An elderly man who I used to see and talk to sometimes hadn't seen me for a while and when he did he said "Oh what's happened to your dog - he looks really thin and ill". I really tried not to but I burst into tears. I knew he didn't have much time left and it really upset me. The man was very apologetic and very embarrassed that he had upset me

Sorry to hear your news catkins. Its been 11 weeks for us, it does get easier I promise.
I had the same happen last week, an elderly lady asked where my lad was. We both ended up in bits outslde Tesco, by the time we were ready to leave there was 6 of us all sniveling.
He would have been in his element, he loved people, and he was very well known in our village. He was known as the fluffball by many. x

lostinrates

I get mainly positive comments but a couple of months ago a neighbour i was meeting for the first time told me our very old horse (most people nphave not met one as old) reflected badly on me. Now, i know she does not look great, and we almost put her down in spring, and have tentatively set an autumn date. But.....she still goes for a canter with the five year old to play. No one else in the herd dares bully her, and she eats well. The equine dentist says he has seen worse teeth on horses a third of her age, and the worst is she looks dreadful. The vet came out a few days later for another horse...another old one but not as old, and i relayed this to him (the woman had said both reflected badly on me actually). And he started to laugh. He tells many clients looking for livery to consider us, and says if he did not live on the other side of the county his horses would be in my yard. He agrees that very old girl looks, well, not great, but said in his opinion it reflects only well on me that she has reached the age she has, was regularly ridden until she was thirty eight, and only now is looking 'rough'. We only moved two years ago, and the local hunt ride pass our fields on roads half a dozen times a year, and i spoke to them and explained she was really, really, old, and they very politely now ensure nobody goes faster than a trot when passing any edge of her field. (we don't hunt) Which is embarrassing when said old horse is galloping up and down the hedge line upsetting their horses and winding up the rest of ours.


Atm i am looking to get a horse on loan for myself and never know whether to boast about old horse's great age or hide her behind a barn when people come to look round to consider bringing their horses here. .

Welshwoofs

janninew wrote: »

I'm guessing from the 'Fang' comment he is a Neapolitan Mastiff (the dog from the Harry Potter films!)

Spot on - he is! This is him doing his "how could you not cuddle me?" pose:

I was in York with them last week and the amount of comments I got on my white boy was rather odd, like they don't have white boxers there, a Chinese tourist even asked if he could take a picture! Was like having a celeb with us!!

Ha ha - I can relate to that! We have a lot of Japanese tourists coming through our town and I've had hoardes of them lining up to take photos of my lad before now. It's flattering...but at the same time it can be a little irritating if you're in a rush somewhere but don't want to be rude.

Raksha

My parents had a Corgi, Dad looked a little bit like a certain Royal who occasionally inserts foot in mouth, Mum was the same age as the Queen - in Windsor on holiday one year, we couldn't walk around for being stopped by Japanese tourists......
With one of my current dogs I get lots of 'what breed is that then?' Lots of folk who insist he's a Portugese Water Dog, young Afghan, young Irish Wolfhound, Giant Schanuzer, even a Russian Black Terrier (a very rare breed in the UK). When I tell them what he is (Labradoodle) I get 'Oh, one of Those'. I got a bit fed up of that, so now I say he's a Canadian Wolfhound... Most agree with me <G> One chap out for a bike ride with his son simply said 'Now that's what I call a dog'

zaksmum

I'm a bit deaf and once had my dog on the bus with me.

A big shaven headed tattooed guy eyed the dog and asked me "Is he all right?" "Oh yes," I said, thinking he wanted to stroke the dog.

"Should 'ave a f*ckin' muzzle on it then," he snarled, and got off the bus.

I was bewildered, till the woman next to me clarified that the guy had actually said "Does he bite?"

janninew

Welshwoofs wrote: »

Spot on - he is! This is him doing his "how could you not cuddle me?" pose:







Ha ha - I can relate to that! We have a lot of Japanese tourists coming through our town and I've had hoardes of them lining up to take photos of my lad before now. It's flattering...but at the same time it can be a little irritating if you're in a rush somewhere but don't want to be rude.

Aww he is gorgeous!! What's he called? I love big slobbery dogs, they are the best for cuddling up to!

Welshwoofs

janninew wrote: »

Aww he is gorgeous!! What's he called? I love big slobbery dogs, they are the best for cuddling up to!

Well his full name is Beauford T Justice after the very jowly Sheriff in the Smoky and the Bandit films....but I call him Boo.

janninew

Welshwoofs wrote: »

Well his full name is Beauford T Justice after the very jowly Sheriff in the Smoky and the Bandit films....but I call him Boo.

Not surprised you shorten in, that's quite a mouth full to call on the beach!!

catkins

Raksha wrote: »

With one of my current dogs I get lots of 'what breed is that then?' Lots of folk who insist he's a Portugese Water Dog, young Afghan, young Irish Wolfhound, Giant Schanuzer, even a Russian Black Terrier (a very rare breed in the UK). When I tell them what he is (Labradoodle) I get 'Oh, one of Those'. I got a bit fed up of that, so now I say he's a Canadian Wolfhound... Most agree with me <G> One chap out for a bike ride with his son simply said 'Now that's what I call a dog'

Oh yes forgot about this. Loads of people used to ask what my Afghan was as so many have never even seen a picture of one. I got asked was he a Great Dane, a greyhound (what with long fur?), an Irish Wolfhound, Poodle, Russian Black and, most common of all, a labradoodle. In fact people used come up to me and say "oh a labradoodle" and often be very put out when I said "no, he's not". I even had someone tell me that you can't get black Afghans so mine couldn't be one!