Long rant warning:
I'm so pissed I could spit nails!!! The kind of pissed where you shake and can't get a coherent sentence out.
I regularly play with Sadie in the backyard (no fence or leash). She does really well. I regularly take her (off leash) to my neighbor/ good friends' house (they love her). Our yards are back to back. Well I saw their garage was open (means they're outside) so we (me and Sadie) went over because I had to tell them something. Well they weren't in their garage or patio, but I heard them talking around front so me and Sadie rounded their house to find them. Well Sadie ran ahead like she does when she sees my neighbor (every morning she does this). Well when I turned the corner of the house, I see she was running to a dog that a lady in the neighborhood had and had stopped to talk to my neighbor (at my neighbor's front step). Sadie ran up to the dog (nothing happened), I called her name and she quickly laid down belly up (submission). Well this lady with the dog runs a lab rescue and she had her latest rescue with her (who is a sweety pie). This lady (whom I talk to daily) proceedes to GO OFF on me about no leash, blah, blah, blah. I said I'm so sorry, but I didn't know you were over here and Sadie comes over with me all the time. Well she kept yelling at me and looked SO pissed. May I remind you that NOTHING happened for cripes sake!!! This woman LIVES for her dogs (no kids) and needs to take a ****ing chill pill!!! It's not like she doesn't know me or Sadie (she met both of us before we even moved in).
1. I can legally have my dog off her leash in my yard.
2. My neighbor is fine with me having my dog over there off leash. We do this regularly when we sit out with them.
3. This woman WAY overreacted. This would've been a good teachable moment for her to remain calm and let the dog know that it's ok, etc. SHE KNOWS MY DOG!!!
The lady (Lisa) stomped off completely fuming. Seriously if it was me and a strange dog and stranger had done this (and only if something had happened) I would prolly react this way but WE KNOW EACH OTHER AND HAVE ALWAYS HAD PLEASANT CHATS!!! So here I sit pissed, a lil sad that this may have cost what I thought was a good aquaintance and a lil humiliated (she was "schooling"me).
out:
To top it off, my neighbor (whom I've become very good friends with) didn't back me at all and I have her bachelorette party tomorrow (which I bought beautiful, thoughtful gifts for).
out:
"Pitty party for one.............your table is ready."
Carry on............................................