Neil Armstrong was the first human being on the moon
Neil A.
Now say that backwards
wake up, America
did we send neil armstrong to the moon
or did we send him back to the moon
(some) people with little dogs are dangerous
I was at work today and there were 2 clients. One had a geriatric boxer with a bichon/poodle thing and the other had a shih tzu. The boxer was oblivious to everything and could not care less, but his fluffy pardner was growling and snarling at the other dog, who returned the sentiment. Now most people who have growling dogs who are getting more agitated would try to correct it or move the dogs away, but both clients thought it was cute.
“She’s trying to protect him. It’s usually around other dogs.”
“Aww, that’s so precious!”
like, what?
While I was trying to hide my obviously disgusted and probably condescending face, they continued to fawn over this little bichon thing “protecting” her buddy all while both little dogs are growling at each other and ready to rumble if the other one makes a wrong move.
Aggression is aggression no matter the size of the dog. Would it be “cute” if the boxer decided the bichon needed protecting? Of fucking course not. This is so basic that I was shocked when I saw it happen. I must’ve replayed their exchange in my head a dozen times because why the fuck would unnecessary growling be cute?
That’s the problem with small dogs. People think it’s cute until one snaps, and because they think it’s cute that behaviour is never deemed ‘wrong’, so when the dog finally attack they tell you with the most surprised face in the world ‘But Tinkerbell has never been aggressive before!’
The same can be said of many small breed behaviors. It’s “fine” if a Chihuahua jumps up on your leg because he’s six pounds, but if the Boxer did it he’d bowl you over and kill your Grandmother (now if the Chihuahua’s nails weren’t trimmed, he might scratch her legs to hell and cause some clotting problems, but I’m ruining my own point).
It’s “fine” if a Yorkie poops and pees in your house (on pads, you say, sure, of course) but let the Labrador do it and GOOD LORD WHAT JUST HAPPENED.
And yes, their protective/defensive behavior is even worse and even more generally accepted. Go to collect a Shih Tzu from mom and she’ll rip your fingers off, and mom just laughs. German Shepherd does it and mom may at least warn you beforehand, if not have the dog muzzled already, if not correct it for its behavior. (… I’m not really that keen on German Shepherds lately… too many have tried to eat me…)
Don’t even get me started on tiny dog teeth versus big dog teeth. That’s not a behavior, after all.
(via thevetsaidwhat)
