My most favorite comment is 'What a well-behaved dog!' A judge recently said 'She's a bit slow, isn't she?' when Poppy was on the outrun. I think he was joking… My very LEAST favourite thing, which I heard again yesterday evening, is 'What kind of dog is she? Is there a bit of lab in her?' - followed by a disbelieving 'Really????', when I assure them she is 100% labrador…
Re: The things people say I've had "You're a very, very rude dog" at the dog park (for barking at other dogs having a rough game).
Re: The things people say [quote author=Oberon link=topic=6124.msg79954#msg79954 date=1400665214] I've had "You're a very, very rude dog" at the dog park (for barking at other dogs having a rough game). [/quote] Wow! Gosh, did you manage to bite your tongue? Or did you respond with a 'And you're a very, very rude human!!!'??
Re: The things people say She was about 20m distant and was also walking away as she said it (very loudly) so I didn't say anything back. I was pretty annoyed though and got a solid few days' worth of quality fuming out of it ;D
Re: The things people say I had a lady say the other day 'is your pup poorly as she is extremely placid' to which I replied 'no, I've taught her to behave whilst in a shop' to which the lady said to her husband as she walked out 'I don't believe that, all labs are hyper, there must be something wrong' ???
Re: The things people say Best remark : what a lovely obedient calm dog Worst remark : What is he crossed with ? Makes me tempted to carry his pedigree around as some seem to want proof
Re: The things people say [quote author=Naya link=topic=6124.msg79985#msg79985 date=1400671337] I had a lady say the other day 'is your pup poorly as she is extremely placid' to which I replied 'no, I've taught her to behave whilst in a shop' to which the lady said to her husband as she walked out 'I don't believe that, all labs are hyper, there must be something wrong' ??? [/quote] How bizarre ;D People have some flippin' odd opinions sometimes.
Re: The things people say Top of my "rude" list: "Is he supposed to be that fat?" (He was having a podgy 12 week week, when young, he looked lanky the next week but still...) "You need to take your dog to dog school" (Me: I have, I do!) "Clearly isn't working then" Top of my blindingly obvious and not remotely helpful list: "Your dog is over excited and not listening to you" (Women on Wimbledon Common) Nicest - is a little story. Last time we were in the waiting room at the vet, Charlie was being good, sat quietly between me and OH. A little puppy (about 10 weeks) was dancing around on a long lead as the owner waited to pay. Puppy starts barking and dancing right under Charlie's nose. He sits still (with rewards) for about another 20 seconds, then goes mad to go play with the puppy, dragging OH's chair half way across the waiting room, and generally causing a commotion (no barking though, he still doesn't do that, but nearly a bark). At this point, as I'm getting Charlie's attention, and settling him back down, owner of puppy notices that his pup is being a complete pain, and tells it "sit". And it does, without moving another muscle. :-[ Whereas Charlie has another 30 seconds before he is sitting quietly again. :-[ Puppy and owner leaves, and me and my OH have a quiet, but intense, conversation about being totally shown up once again by our outrageously badly behaved dog. The head vet nurse (who knows Charlie well), overhears us, and says "nonsense, you've done an amazing job with Charlie, he is delightful, our favourite dog to have in here - a bit more exercise and he'll be much calmer, but he is still in the top 10% we see in terms of well behaved dogs". I nearly fell off my chair. Could have hugged her!
Re: The things people say "What is HE crossed with?" 1. He is a SHE 2. She's a pedigree Labrador. Grrrrrr
Re: The things people say "What's he crossed with?" Katie and Lauren You should have said "He's/She's not cross with anything - perfectly happy thanks" ;D Just tried to copy and paste the quote in but instead of the quote I got a long pedigree I'd been copying last night - maybe I just don't know how to insert a quote here - pretty poor IT skills!
Re: The things people say A woman in the park asked us the other day if he was thoroughbread as she had dog when she was younger that wasn't and was crossed with something that was a bit of a 'Mut' and he looked exactly the same. I was so mad! I made sure she knew full well that Rocky indeed is a Pedigree! This is coming from a woman who was walking a male chihuahua with a pink 'blingy' collar which she proceeded to tell us was the King in her house and slept on her bed... : :
Re: The things people say Jane - there's a quote button in the top right hand corner of everyone's posts. You just press that and then you can edit it to leave the bit that you wanted to quote and then write your reply underneath
Re: The things people say [quote author=Penny+Me link=topic=6124.msg80073#msg80073 date=1400689554] Jane - there's a quote button in the top right hand corner of everyone's posts. You just press that and then you can edit it to leave the bit that you wanted to quote and then write your reply underneath [/quote] That was useful to learn ;D
Re: The things people say [quote author=Stacia link=topic=6124.msg80161#msg80161 date=1400710883] [quote author=Penny+Me link=topic=6124.msg80073#msg80073 date=1400689554] Jane - there's a quote button in the top right hand corner of everyone's posts. You just press that and then you can edit it to leave the bit that you wanted to quote and then write your reply underneath [/quote] That was useful to learn ;D [/quote] i am a bit slow on the up take
Re: The things people say I usually get, "How old is he?" with a slightly incredulous look as Simba gambols around sniffing everything and is straining at the end of the lead to greet human/dog.....when I say, "Almost two" the incredulous look deepens and they say, rather dubiously, "Still a puppy then...." : :
