Thursday, January 30, 2020

Not all good things come in small packages


This morning’s incident was a reminder that Shangri-La is just a fictional place in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon. Even here in the Florida branch of Condoland, we haven't achieved utopia.
 

  
        Mamie and I were on our way back from a walk around the complex.
We’d stopped on the way to chat with a friendly neighbor and his little dog. We said goodbye and as we were nearing our condo, I heard growling and barking. 


          One of the people in our building (they’ve got their place up for sale, thank God) have had a turnover in dogs. One -which they still have – is a golden retriever, who like every other golden I’ve ever met, seems placid and non-confrontational.

Its companion used to be a snarly long-haired dachshund, who, in spite of its size had a bark like a fiend from hell, and which the owner once freely admitted to me was a problem. That one must have passed on to its well-deserved reward, because now there’s a replacement, a snarly little Chihuahua.

          Mamie – who I’d acquired from a household where another dog was attacking her – was on her leash and this little hellion came tearing around the corner and chased her, nipping at her heels. I grabbed my dog and held her in my arms as the dog circled, snarling, around my feet. The owner appeared, apologized profusely, said his dog had slipped out the door, his wife was supposed to be holding it, etc. etc.

          I think these people should stick to the larger breeds.  

9 comments:

  1. I suspect you are right. And firmly blame them for their dogs behaviour. Poor Mamie.

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  2. They should not have dogs. They could be sued for lots of money if not careful.

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  3. I hope Mamie isn't traumatized by that snarly nasty nipper. Little dogs with Napoleon complexes are the worst.

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  4. Yes, owners can be the pits. And confronting them useless, as they generally become as obnoxious as their dogs.

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  5. Our neighbours dog barks at me when it can barely see me when it is behind two doors in his house and up some stairs. Silly little thing.

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  6. They sound like problem owners. But to be fair, Chihuahuas are awful dogs.

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  7. small breeds, large breeds, no breeds at all would be my preference for them.

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  8. Poor Mamie! That must have been scary for her. :(

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  9. one of the reasons I don't have dogs is all of the above. I like dogs, I love to go visit them in Other People's Houses, and Im great friends with all of them. But they are not my problem, thank goodness. (still think Mamie is the cutest stuffed dog I've ever seen)

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