"Don't pet my dog"....What would you have done? - Page 1

So you guys all remember when that guy previously annoyed Anubis my pup to the point of him growling. Today I went to the fire station. I figured I'd walk around in there, get him use to some of the noises going on, ect ect. I went up to two of the guys standing outside.  I started to ask them if I could walk him around in there, and they were like yeah sure.  Well consider Anubis is a puppy, most puppies his age that are going to do the work most of us on here want them to do aren't that advanced in obedience, nor do they want to just sit there for long periods of time, ect ect as we want to build confidence, focus more on building prey drive and manners at this point. I don't typically mind people petting him at this point, most pet him, he licks them, and I've only had a few people to be rude.  Back to what I was saying though, this guy, caught on his ego trip, gets tries to call Anubis to him, Anubis wouldn't have reached him, but he walked forward, and then Anubis jumps on him to play and he corrected Anubis right in front of me and made him sit down and tried to start petting him.  To me thats pretty much one of those "how dare you do that" kind of things. He had no right to encourage the dog, walk towards it, and then correct it right on the spot.  I moved his hand out of the way with mine, and he lit in on me for doing it, telling me never to do that again. And I told him how we're working on building confidence with things and he should not be corrected from someone else....his response, well he must be pretty confident if he came up to me. Sorry to sound crazy, but are some people this stupid?   I was talking to the other fireman when he started to do this so I didn't even get to "correct" or pull him away.  I refrained from being rude, but I did tell him to never pet my dog if you're going to correct it, and he just kept saying, well I'm not a dog trainer.  We were origionally far away enough that he couldn't reach that guy, but I know a lot of insecure dogs that I have worked with would have probably bit that guy in this case.  What would you guys have done in this case? Keep in mind I DID ask him to stop once before moving his hand out of the way and he just kept doing it.

Get a harness or vest that says "Don't touch my fing dog!" Problem solved. When I took my puppy to the vet, the techs are great but the actual vet lady...bitch always pushes my puppies off of her and tries to make them sit. But this is the same wench that thinks my dog who doesn't like his temperature taken by them shouldn't be bred because he has a vicious temperament. Sure lady, let me slap you down and stick a hard, cold rod up your ass.

I wouldn't worry so much about ruining your pup GSDguy, he sounds solid enough. Just start telling people, before they get near enough to touch your dog, your rules and if they don't want to follow them, they don't get to pet him.

You can pet him if...
you don't correct him for anything, that's my job
you don't mind being mawled by sharp puppy teeth and nails
you don't act like a spastic crackhead or move like your on PCP
add your own rules here...

If they can't agree, move on and away.