Since Cactus has had all of his shots now, I have been taking him to an off leash dog park. It is so fun to be around other animal lovers. Seriously, I feel like I used to when I stayed at home with my daughter- sit there and marvel and the cute things my dog was doing..... anyways, so I am out there yesterday. All the interesting people must've come out.
First of all I had a guy telling me how to train my dog not to jump. Problem is, I did not ask for it and Cactus does not jump already. He knows the few times he tried it I ignore him, which he cannot stand.
Next guy was telling ths couple that their dog was a puggle and totally ruining their fire about their new puppy being a mastiff mix. He needed to just be quiet but clearly could not see what he was doing to the other people.
Lastly, this man with a huge white boxer started talking to me about Cactus. I told him about the seizures. He goes, "Are you going to breed him?" I almost fell over.... but I barely had time to get the look of shock off my face before he goes on to say, "I am getting ready to breed my white boxer. He's got such a great personality. He is going to make a great dad." OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! HIs dog is a good looking dog. Has a nice head and well balanced and muscular, although a bit on the large side at 100lbs. I could not keep my mouth shut and told him that the AKC breed standard says you cannot breed white ones and that he is to be a pet only.
By this time the guy who had been arguing with the couple on if their new puppy was a puggle or not had come over and was encouraging him, saying how great white dogs were (his white dog is deaf!!!). I decided to leave the dog park before I vomitted on someone. I am not a big fan of irresponsible ownershp.
Oh, the other thing I saw out there was a boxer that had a long snout. It really did not even look like a boxer. The man overhead me say that I did not think it was and told me that in fact his dog was a boxer. I recoverd by saying oh she must look more european since her nose is so long. Honestly, its nose was just as long as its head, had no pushed back nostrils or jutting out chin. I swear it had to have been mixed with something.
I think I am turning into a dog snob. Not good. LOL
First of all I had a guy telling me how to train my dog not to jump. Problem is, I did not ask for it and Cactus does not jump already. He knows the few times he tried it I ignore him, which he cannot stand.
Next guy was telling ths couple that their dog was a puggle and totally ruining their fire about their new puppy being a mastiff mix. He needed to just be quiet but clearly could not see what he was doing to the other people.
Lastly, this man with a huge white boxer started talking to me about Cactus. I told him about the seizures. He goes, "Are you going to breed him?" I almost fell over.... but I barely had time to get the look of shock off my face before he goes on to say, "I am getting ready to breed my white boxer. He's got such a great personality. He is going to make a great dad." OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! HIs dog is a good looking dog. Has a nice head and well balanced and muscular, although a bit on the large side at 100lbs. I could not keep my mouth shut and told him that the AKC breed standard says you cannot breed white ones and that he is to be a pet only.
By this time the guy who had been arguing with the couple on if their new puppy was a puggle or not had come over and was encouraging him, saying how great white dogs were (his white dog is deaf!!!). I decided to leave the dog park before I vomitted on someone. I am not a big fan of irresponsible ownershp.
Oh, the other thing I saw out there was a boxer that had a long snout. It really did not even look like a boxer. The man overhead me say that I did not think it was and told me that in fact his dog was a boxer. I recoverd by saying oh she must look more european since her nose is so long. Honestly, its nose was just as long as its head, had no pushed back nostrils or jutting out chin. I swear it had to have been mixed with something.
I think I am turning into a dog snob. Not good. LOL
