To those with friends who "don't like dogs"
Whats your attitude towards that?
My girlfriend and I are lucky in that all our friends like dogs, as Atlas will jump up in your lap to say hello, invited or not.
We had some friends over two weekends ago, and he was literally making rounds at greeting people, jumping up on the couch and going from lap to lap, making sure everyone was very aware of his presence.
I think if we did ever have a friend that didn't like dogs, our attitude would be "too bad." Our dogs are not our children, but they are our family members.
Just my thoughts on that subject...
My girlfriend and I are lucky in that all our friends like dogs, as Atlas will jump up in your lap to say hello, invited or not.
We had some friends over two weekends ago, and he was literally making rounds at greeting people, jumping up on the couch and going from lap to lap, making sure everyone was very aware of his presence.
I think if we did ever have a friend that didn't like dogs, our attitude would be "too bad." Our dogs are not our children, but they are our family members.
Just my thoughts on that subject...
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Permalink Reply by Sylvia on
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Its your house and the dog was there first. If your dog is well behaved and does not make a nusance of himself then your "Friends" can either accept that the dog is a part of family and house or they can show themselves the door. I have been very straightforward with people who come over to visit my house with this. Especially if they take it upon themselves to try to "discipline" my puppy for being a puppy. That really rankles my fur.
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Permalink Reply by mosesbotbol on
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Depends their reason for not liking dogs I suppose? Camber is very quiet and I can't imagine anyone being scared of her.
I wouldn't make too many concessions for someone coming over, but if they are my guest, I should accomodate them as much as possible. If you have an intimidating or aggressive dog, you may see this different then if you just have a cute loveable corgi like we do...
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Permalink Reply by Ross on
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Atlas is anything but intimidating. I can just see that some people might think it's "rude" that Atlas would jump up on their lap uninvited. Most people find it endearing however, and all it takes is a simple "Atlas, down," to get him to jump off. Last time we had people over, one of my girlfriend's friends spent half the night holding Atlas. To me, offending a slight minority is worth it.
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Permalink Reply by Lou Ann Lemaster on
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Well, pets are suppose to lower your blood pressure, but my husband (laughing) says that Duncan raises his and Chloe lowers his. Duncan is the typical active, always wanting to do something or in something corgi, while Chloe behaves more like the chow in her; sometimes aloof,very protective and yet lovable. She is the one that is more likely to quietly come and lay behind you while you are doing something; so that you trip over her as you turn around.
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Permalink Reply by Susan Stanton on
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What I find funny is that my dogs always seem to know just who loves them and who's on the fence -- and while they give a good greeting to the one who already loves them, they become obsessed with winning over the one who's on the fence by being as adorable as possible. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But they never give up their believe that one day, everyone on the planet will 1) love them and 2) always have treats in their pockets.
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Permalink Reply by D46 on
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There's a fellow coworker that gives me a hard time about having Bubba's pictures in my cubicle and more so since I told him I cook him boiled, skinless, boneless chicken and sweet potatoes and wondered why I treated him like royalty. One day he asked why I did all this and said, "He's only a dog". That's all I needed. I asked him if he ever kept his grandson (Jonah) while everyone was out shopping and he said of course. I then asked him did he ever take him to McDonald's for chicken McNuggets and he said "Now and then". I asked once more if he gave him Christmas presents or anything special throughout the year and he began to see my point and asked why I was asking those questions. I simply stated it wasn't necessary for him to do all that-after all, he's just a boy and you can get another grand child if something were to happen to him. I asked if he loved his wife and would be devastated by her untimely demise and he responded of course he would. I then asked why he felt like that because she was just a woman and he could always get another.
That's a true story and he hasn't asked or said anything about Bubba again. I told him Bubba was just as important to me as his wife and kids/grand kids were to him. There's been no further discussion on the matter.
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Permalink Reply by Sarah C. on
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I definitely cater to my guests needs. My brother and his family are animal-shy and are also allergic, so when they come over, Didi is instructed to give them a wide berth.
My sister likes dogs, but many of HER guests don't, so when I bring Didi over there I keep her close and off people. However, like some have said, when they see she's not a jumping, nipping, licking fool, they'll usually give her a passing pat.
I don't impose my ideas on anyone, and I certainly understand being afraid of things unreasonably, I have a lot of anxiety about some silly things.
Don't like dogs? That's cool. I'm not gonna convince you, I'll just keep being an ambassador of responsible dog ownership for the next person.
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Permalink Reply by Shippo & Koga Corgis on
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I don't generally bring people into my house who dislike animals. I'm a pretty private person, so really I can probably count on both hands the number of people who actually enter my home, and those people are very close friends and family. I don't find myself attracted at all to people who dislike animals, because animals are basically my whole world. So I don't have to worry about those types of people entering my home, because I never become close enough friends with them to ever hang out with them inside my home.
That said, my dogs are both well-behaved, don't jump, beg, bark incessantly or go on the furniture (they've got their own doggy furniture), and they are clean and their environment is clean, because I'm a clean freak. So if anyone who dislikes animals ever decides to come into my home, they probably wouldn't even know I had dogs until the dogs actually walked into the room, and if they cannot tolerate the dogs silently lying in the corner on the doggy beds, then they are free to leave.
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Permalink Reply by Libby on
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To each their own really, but i've never really had a problem with anyone not liking any pets... dog or cat
My Spooky is a very large (17lbs) black Halloween kitty and very person shy, so when we have guests, people don't usually know we have a cat unless he comes out to check them out (but usually my guests are people that I know well enough to know I do acually HAVE a cat, kwim?)
and Ein is very weel behaved too, though at times a little exciteable... but can you blame him when EVERYONE has ben gone for SOOO long and FINALLY come home (aka the 15minutes I was gone when it was time to get lil one after school and its jst the 2 of us coming in) We haven't had any company besides a visit from the UPS guy since we've gotten him, but we're loking forward to my Mom n Dad and their doggies coming to visit this summer, and a couple of lil one's friends coming over to play once we finish our Spring redecorating.
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Permalink Reply by Wendt Worth Corgi's on
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Well we have to except everyone for who they are..thats what makes them unique. As long as they aren't cruel and demanding me to lock my dogs up then I am not as demanding for them to acknowledge the dogs. I've known people who didn't care for dogs but then after being around me for awhile come to liking them. They might not want to live w/them but they can appreciate them and have a kind enough heart to help those in need.
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Permalink Reply by Kendra on
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I do not like dogs. I am a confirmed cat person, and getting a corgi was a huge leap for me, bordering on temporary insanity.
My dislike of dogs in general comes from several specific traumatic experiences as a child and as an adult with poorly trained, poorly controlled dogs given a wide berth by overly-permissive owners who could not see the damage they were doing to their dog and their social life by letting their "family members" wreak havoc in their home.
My advice to anyone who has friends that "do not like dogs" is to be sensitive to this, perhaps arrange for most of the hanging out to be done in a neutral non-dog-controlled environment, and please take into account that it is not necessarily YOUR dog that your friend has a problem with, it could be some mental trauma that you can HELP THEM to work through by giving them confidence in their interactions with your presumably well-behaved corgi or other breed.
If you just shoot off a "too bad" and basically tell your friend that it's not your problem, then you are going to loose some great friends that way.
IMHO, as a reformed dog hater.
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