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I have to fill my tank three times a week. And putting 20 gallons in takes some time which is boring, so if I have a dog with me, I let them out and play with them while the tank is filling.
Tonight, Rushie went to class. So we stopped to get gas. He is a big blackish GSD. Nice ears, eighty pounds, dark blanket back and head.
Well this guy comes out and starts walking to his car a few pumps away from me, sees my dog and halts. I see this, and call out that he is ok, he's on a leash.
The guy shook his head and went into the gas station and stared out the window. I thought, what a major wuss. He is going to let an eighty pound leashed, controlled dog stop him from getting into his own car.
Dad tells me that he probably has a phobia, and cannot understand that I cannot understand that.
But it ticked me off. Half the time people do not bother to ask when the try to come up to my girls, who do not care for strangers. But Rushie who loves EVERYONE and has never growled or barked at a person, gets this attitude.
Sorry, guys, but it is the men who are afraid of my Rushie. Women love him and come right up to him. Rushie likes men and will, willingly go up to them, but this reaction I have gotten several times and it is always guys.
Normally, I would be perfectly ok with guys thinking they should be on their toes. But it just rubbed me the wrong way.
Tonight, Rushie went to class. So we stopped to get gas. He is a big blackish GSD. Nice ears, eighty pounds, dark blanket back and head.
Well this guy comes out and starts walking to his car a few pumps away from me, sees my dog and halts. I see this, and call out that he is ok, he's on a leash.
The guy shook his head and went into the gas station and stared out the window. I thought, what a major wuss. He is going to let an eighty pound leashed, controlled dog stop him from getting into his own car.
Dad tells me that he probably has a phobia, and cannot understand that I cannot understand that.
But it ticked me off. Half the time people do not bother to ask when the try to come up to my girls, who do not care for strangers. But Rushie who loves EVERYONE and has never growled or barked at a person, gets this attitude.
Sorry, guys, but it is the men who are afraid of my Rushie. Women love him and come right up to him. Rushie likes men and will, willingly go up to them, but this reaction I have gotten several times and it is always guys.
Normally, I would be perfectly ok with guys thinking they should be on their toes. But it just rubbed me the wrong way.