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Comment by Kathie and Tucker on November 11, 2008 at 12:18pm

Grrr. I am not a restrained person, and I would have let her have it with both barrels blazing! I have a cat too, and I dearly love her, and if she were bitten by a dog I would be understandably upset, but I like to think I wouldn't have acted that way toward one totally inoffensive little dog. She should have had her cat in it's cage anyway. And Goddess help any biatch that tries to kick my dog! I would have kicked her back, but I wouldn't have hurt her cat...you don't put animals or children in the line of fire...

Comment by Isabels FayeValentine & Katamari on July 17, 2008 at 9:50pm

I couldn't believe that lady. I'm glad I had the support of everyone in the waiting room and that I didn't just imagine that she almost kicked my dog. Corgis are usually okay with cats, right? Besides, I wasn't going to let Faye too close to her anyway.

Comment by Andrea on July 17, 2008 at 1:34pm

I would have gotten upset at the Cat lady, too. I probably would have said something like, "You kick at me like that again, it won't be the dog that bites you"! Good dog, Faye!

Comment by Cindi on July 17, 2008 at 11:40am

I'm so glad you barked back at the lady with the cat. I get that all the time at work. As a trainer, I can bring one of my dogs each day. Usually, it's Moira, Maddie or Tank as they are the most well-trained. At least once a day someone comes in and freaks. Yell and scream about there being a dog in the store. What the heck do they think is going to be there? UGHH. I so get your venting. And I'm glad you spoke up.

Comment by Geri & Sidney on July 17, 2008 at 11:34am

Poor Faye, she was probably so confused why this woman was mad at her! Do you think she's feeling better from her surgery?

Corgi's are usually really good about cats. We have two cats, one really old and one young one. Both Bruce and Sidney give complete respect to the old one, let his walk right up to them with no response. But let the young one poke his head into the room and it's playtime with a reluctant toy!

Comment by FuzzyButt on July 17, 2008 at 8:14am

I own 3 cats, and unless a dog was lunging at them I would never make a big deal about it. I think the woman was more messed up about it then her cat was.

There was one time at the vet's office that I had to hold Lazarus and a woman was dragged in by her dog. He was constantly trying to jump in my lap at Laz. I was more angry at the woman for not controlling her dog then I was the dog. I can't blame an animal for doing what it does instinctively.

Comment by Sam Tsang on July 17, 2008 at 8:11am

That just goes to show how emotionally attached we are to our pets, sometimes we let that emotion take over and throw all logical sense out the window. I'm sure the lady was traumatized by her ordeal, I would probably give her a break since nothing happened, years ago I've worked in the hospital environment and have seen my fair share of drama, people were in pain most of the time and are not themselves most of the time, so our staff survival strategy was never take things personal.

I'm glad that you stand up for Faye and said something to the lady, let it be a lesson to all our us that we will not react that way when similar situation arise.