Get bent you old bag

[portia911]

should have said that but was too gobsmacked to say anything.

I have my little hound at work. She sits in a little bed under the counter and keeps an eye on me and the customers. Sometimes I bring her out if kids want to pat her but mostly she likes to nap. Explaining to one woman that she likes to sleep there and is quite timid but I bring her out anyway and the customer states in a matter of fact manner "Well she's obviously been abused!"

WTF! She has not been abused. She just does'nt like to be manhandled by all and sundry thank you very much.

[Evil Queen]

Oh my god, what a massive bitch!

[NightWatch]

How retarded. A lot of dogs are timid around strangers. My dog has a thing against large men. Any male over 6 foot gets growled out.

[Machero]

It woulda been sweet if your dog barked at the old battleax. And growled lots and lots.

[Bagboy]

Tell 'er to mind her own business. She has no need to know about your dog.

[IEatCustomers4Breakfast]

OMG. I would have let Sparky out to bite the hag.

Speaking of dogs with prejudices, as terrible as it is, when I was still living at home, we had a black lab who would FREAK out if any males of African American skin tone came up near the house. I was like, "DOG! STOP BEING RACIST!!!" (obviously I wouldn't say that when he was freaking out as someone, but it was a bit of a joke in my house)

It was terribly embarrassing.

[TTAZ]

OMG. I would have let Sparky out to bite the hag.

Speaking of dogs with prejudices, as terrible as it is, when I was still living at home, we had a black lab who would FREAK out if any males of African American skin tone came up near the house. I was like, "DOG! STOP BEING RACIST!!!" (obviously I wouldn't say that when he was freaking out as someone, but it was a bit of a joke in my house)

It was terribly embarrassing.

I've heard of this before, believe it or not. I was told that different skin tones have different smells to dogs and some dogs really don't like the smell of darker skin. I have no idea if that's true, but since some dogs are being trained to sniff out skin cancer (saw it on 60 minutes years ago ) it's not impossible.

As for the OP, my dog has never been anything but a blustering windbag. He will bark his ever-loving ASS off at everybody. Always has, always will. He's gotten better with some training (I've got him to stop barking at children on command), but he still barks first (while wagging his tail ferociously), questions later. Here's the thing- he's a COWARD! Anybody that isn't impressed by his "german shepherd in a beagle suit" routine and tries to pet him (he never bites), he will run behind my legs so fast, it's funny. What pisses me off are the assholes that tell me he's a bad dog, or that he's a danger, or that he needs training, or my personal favorite that I should have him "de-barked". I told THAT person "You first, bitch. He's a dog, what kind of sound is he supposed to make? Moo?!"

Some people shouldn't be allowed to speak. Can we get that old bag de-barked?

[Misanthropical]

I had a Shih tzu who was a very sweet little thing, but did not like men at all. He was never abused, since I had him since he was weenied from his mom, but to see him react to men one would think he had been abused.

[jerkface11]

A friend of mine has a dog that HATES black men and anyone in uniform. Anyone else she just wants to play fetch with.

[Tikaysha]

As for the OP, my dog has never been anything but a blustering windbag. He will bark his ever-loving ASS off at everybody. Always has, always will. He's gotten better with some training (I've got him to stop barking at children on command), but he still barks first (while wagging his tail ferociously)

If he's wagging his tail like mad, are you sure he's not saying "play with me!!!11!eleventy!"

Growing up my family had a springer spaniel, and she *loved* attention. The joke was that if we were ever robbed she'd bark, then pee on them and lick their face. Scared the mailman for months, until the day she was outside when he came by. And we got her to sit all nicely while he dropped the mail off, and then asked if she could say hello to him. From then on she was sad if she didn't get to greet the mailman when he came. Small children were the same way. Once they worked up the courage to actually come say hello, she loved them to death.

But yeah. The barking and the jumping could be misconstrued by someone who didn't know her.

[walking with scissors]

I hate when people make stupid assumptions like that. Sheesh.

[QASlave]

I have two miniture weiner dogs and the male barks at everybody, but is a real puss at heart. If my brother comes over, he has to stay on the front steps until the female comes out and says hi because she gets this abused air about her and pees all over. She has never been abused and has acted this way since she was a puppy. Once the initial pee fest is over, she sits on his lap the entire time he's there. (She is coming up on 15 years old. Poor thing can't see or hear very well and has a hell of a time with stairs. I've been trying to prepare my kids that I don't think the old girl will be around all that much longer.) The male is almost 13, but he's in much better health.

[Geek King]

But yeah. The barking and the jumping could be misconstrued by someone who didn't know her.

I'm not much of a dog person, but I can usually tell the difference between vicious and playful. It's in the eyes, I think. Playful dogs have a kind of "so happy I'm stupid" look in their eyes. You can almost hear the voice going through their doggy brains: "Oh boy! Oh boy! Ohboyohboyohboy!!!!!! Peoples! Play! play with meeee! Playplayplayplay!!! Pleeeeeeeeeze!!!!!11!!!"

[Gabrielle Proctor]

I had a Shih tzu who was a very sweet little thing, but did not like men at all. He was never abused, since I had him since he was weenied from his mom, but to see him react to men one would think he had been abused.

I had a rottweiler with the same problem. She just hated men for some reason. It was really funny when a van full of male solicitors would pull into the driveway though. She went berserk! Never bit anyone, but if you didn't know her, you'd never be able to tell.

[Becks]

"You first, bitch. He's a dog, what kind of sound is he supposed to make? Moo?!"

Actually, quack.