Don't drink and talk dogs

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by GSDtravels on 06 March 2010 - 00:03

I had a bad day. It started on a bus to Pittsburgh---bad idea. It continued to my bank, long story short: I hadn't changed my address since I moved and also needed to order checks. So, I go to the bank with my driver's license and tell them I need to change my address and order checks. I'm told I need a piece of mail at my new address! WHAT? I have legal ID, I am who I am! It's my account, my money, if you need a piece of mail, CLOSE MY ACCOUNT!

I'm just glad I didn't get arrested for causing a scene.
So, I go to the bar (right around the corner from the bank) where my best friend works, I really needed a drink (and I'm not a drinker). After the second drink I'm half kicked (I really am a lightweight) and a "regular" customer comes in and starts talking about her new dog, a Bulldog/Rottie mix. As she's talking her boyfriend says he has a GSD. Okay, he piqued my interest and I ask about his dog. First, the idiot girlfriend starts off talking about how he's the "picture of what a GSD should be, with the LOW HIPS". Now I'm quiet, just listening

. The guy goes on to say he's bitten at least three people, his girlfriend (who confirms this) is afraid of the dog since he sat on the couch with her and growled at her and she now will not go to his house! He weighs 120 lbs. but is "not fat". Can you say...?

My friend is mad at me because I insulted her customer

by VonIsengard on 06 March 2010 - 00:03

You know what they say about the masses...try being in the dog industry.

by beetree on 06 March 2010 - 00:03

UH oh! If he was a big tipper you are in trouble! I'm sure she'll forgive you... eventually and only if you promise never to show up during happy hour again.

Just kidding!

So, what exactly DID you say to the owner of this roached back, overweight, and poorly trained dog? This has got to good!

by LAVK-9 on 06 March 2010 - 00:03

HA!!! That is funny GSDtravels. I agree with you there Kelly...just when you think you've seen it all....some other nut falls from the tree!! I see them all the time in this town!! Clueless beyond reason.

by crhuerta on 06 March 2010 - 00:03

I get all the "local yocals" where I live.....
My co-workers think their doing me a "favor" by telling yocals that I"m a breeder..

......of course...THEN...they tell me all about "pooky & killer"....how they want to stud their 9 week old puppy when he's bigger...and he just cost them $350..a small fortune....yada..yadda..yadda...........I just "stare out into space now".....

OMG

by GSDtravels on 06 March 2010 - 01:03

Well, I started off trying to be kind, but that didn't work. So I went off on the "low hips" first and went into the way the breed has deteriorated and this in not way reflects what a "perfect GSD" was, EVER. The idiot girlfriend was also proud to tell me he was "three generation!" So of course I had to ask, three generation WHAT? "From Germany" was the answer! DUH! They had no idea what titles a dog could earn, let alone any titled dogs in his pedigree. Then I ask him what he knew about the history of GSD...blank stare. I then said that having the "biggest, heaviest" dog was not something to brag about as it was WAY over the standard. Then I went into training and temperament and lost him from there... at least I left without a black eye

by GSDtravels on 06 March 2010 - 01:03

I think the thing that threw me the most was this woman who seemed to be "proud" of a dog she admittedly would not share a room with! HELLO!

by Jenni78 on 06 March 2010 - 02:03

I always shudder when people try to make conversation with me about the dogs. I try to avoid it at all costs now, unless I'm somewhere I feel free to be my true self. ;-)

And I don't drink either. I can't imagine what I'd say if I did.

by afwark15 on 06 March 2010 - 02:03

A week or so ago, I let my new puppy out of his run, and he came speeding out, jumping up and biting me, tugging on my sweatshirt. He got a good piece of skin on one tug, and I walked into the house holding my arm saying "Man, Arko got me good this time." He is being raised for schutzhund so tugging is an everyday occurance around here. My boyfriend's uncle tried to tell me it was love bites. I just smiled and pretended like I had no idea. He then said "no, they really are. He is biting because he loves you." I didn't say a word...just a waste of breath.

Amanda

by Mindhunt on 06 March 2010 - 03:03

I had a similar incident when a woman and her daughters brought their "show GSDs" to class. They were roach backed, walking on their pasterns and hocks, chests like the prow of a ship, collie headed, and looking like they got a kick in the rear they haven't quite recovered from. If you rolled a ball in front of them, they stared at it and you. Showed no interest in any play. The woman's daughter is a veterinarian from a local clinic. They looked at our dogs as said "please tell me those things are neutered, that is the worst example of a GSD that we have ever seen". They went on to explain how wonderful their dogs were and what good examples they were of the proper look of the breed.

One of my friends said ours at least could work without breaking down. These nutcases just looked at her and said "GSDs don't need to work anymore, they are no longer needed as a working breed, just a bunch of people who get their rocks off watching their dogs bite things need a dog that looks like ours"

(my friends were K9 officers).

Yes, we went out to toast our "poor examples" and the joys of getting our "rocks off" watching our dogs bite things.

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