Dog Park Rationalization Lady Who Can Go Get Bent

[thrill]

Did you tell her that dozens of Cardinals fans on the internet agree that she is a garbage person?

[33anda3rd]

Garrrgh I knew I forgot something.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

bahhaaha. Awesome! I love how real life doesn't have filters.

[Jocephus]

yea i bet that felt good

[33anda3rd]

She told me I should "go home and Google dog park etiquette" as a defense for her garbage-person excuse, and as some kind of evidence that young dogs have it coming.

So I did said Googling for 'dog park etiquitte.' Most of what I found said, at or near the top, that if your dog is overly aggressive you should not bring your dog to dog parks. Oddly, it didn't say that it's ok for garbage people to bring aggro dogs to the park and rationalize away their behavior.

Yeah, I printed that [expletive] out for her. Because this garbage person is officially my nemesis and I'm gonna drop this about as easily as I'll drop an argument over the legacy of Barry Lamar Bonds.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Ask her if she thinks Barry Bonds or Sammy Sosa was a better player.

Then, when her inevitable cub homer mind says Sosa, just [expletive] destroy her.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

This could probably go in a different thread, but we took AW jr to a local park last night to go down slides and run around. Another guy was there probably mid 50s with a 3ish year old. The 3 year old was real interested in us and kept playing around us, almost mirroring whatever AW jr was trying to do. When wel eft after about 20 minutes or so, the kid started crying, saying 'No. Mommy, don't leave. No. Don't go. Daddy (talking to me). stay with me.' Weird as [expletive] and sad. The guy was reassuring the kid it was okay. Still....weird as [expletive]. I would guess that was grandpa and mom and dad were gone.

[JackofDiamonds]

This could probably go in a different thread, but we took AW jr to a local park last night to go down slides and run around. Another guy was there probably mid 50s with a 3ish year old. The 3 year old was real interested in us and kept playing around us, almost mirroring whatever AW jr was trying to do. When wel eft after about 20 minutes or so, the kid started crying, saying 'No. Mommy, don't leave. No. Don't go. Daddy (talking to me). stay with me.' Weird as [expletive] and sad. The guy was reassuring the kid it was okay. Still....weird as [expletive]. I would guess that was grandpa and mom and dad were gone.

There's a lot of feels in that situation. Bummer.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

As time marches on, the feelings all switch to depression.

[planet planet]

I got to give my speech this evening. Was at the dog park for about 20 minutes. The little girl is running, playing, having fun with the other dogs. Here she comes, Cubs cap, blonde ponytail tucked neatly through the hole in the back, big sunglasses, running pants even though she's not running, spotless running shoes--basically the upscale B's Sunday uniform in Chicago.

Her dog goes right after Frances, pins her to the ground. I put the leash on Frances and say "let's go, this dog is too aggressive with you." The lady goes "Um, ex-CUSE me?" and I give the speech that I've been rehearsing since last week. "Um, I've worked with RESCUES for FIFTEEN years." "Great, rationalize all you want so you can feel like your dog isn't aggressive. Your dog is aggressive. She's again pinning her down and not letting her up and going after her throat. If you're the expert or have been to even 10 minutes of obedience school with your dog you know that's a problem. She's been playing with the other dogs in a friendly way every day. Your dog doesn't play friendly with her. Your dog is aggressive." The I told her she could "go F your (see you next Tuesday) self" in front of children, which I should feel bad about but oddly don't.

Did you really drop the "F your see you next Tuesday self"?