If you go to dog shows or agility trials, I'm sure you have run into some real interesting people. For the most part, dog people are pretty cool but there are some that really irk me.
People in General
1. People that walk their dogs at a trial on a Flexi. These are the same people that pay no attention to their dog when the Flexi is extended out all the way. These people typically don't pick up after their dog because they 'didn't see' their dog take a crap. Perhaps if your dog wasn't 20 feet away and you weren't on your cell phone, you could pay attention to your dog.
2. People that throw balls up and down the crating area. These people want others to know they are playing with their dog....so they appear to be an excellent owner.
3. People that play tug and rev up their dog in the crating area. They also want people to think they are excellent owners.
4. People that must relive their run, over and over to anyone that will listen. They just want attention.
5. People that hog the results book. They also like to stand there and write down pertinent info in their dog's record book. Umm, the trial secretary emails you results. Write them down at home or when there isn't a line waiting to check results.
6. People that line up 25 dogs before their dog's turn. They often have snarky dogs. And are oblivious to that fact.
7. People that block the exits or stand in the aisle when you are trying to get your dog safely back to it's crate.
8. People with snarky dogs that crate near aisles. They are never around to correct the dog.
9. People that have barking dogs that don't cover their crates. Don't worry, I will cover it for you!!
10. People that don't wash their hands after using the bathroom. Umm, your hands are dirty. They are often seen eating MACH cake too.
Complete Strangers
1. Complete strangers that give unsolicited advice. Case in point: After a NQ'd Novice Standard run with KK that I was pleased with because of our teamwork, a complete stranger came up to me and said "You know you had too many errors to Q."
2. Compete stranger came up to me and interrupted a conversation I was having with my instructor at a trial to ask me if "I dyed my hair to match my dog (Marley) or if I got Marley to match my hair". Umm, really??
People I Know
1. If you run a little dog, please don't give me handling advice. You are just outrunning your little dog around a course, I can't do that with my dog that is 20 feet ahead of me.
2. If you have ignored me all weekend at a trial, please don't walk clear across the venue to tell me you QQ'd. I don't care.
3. If you have ignored my friend and I at a 3 day trial, don't walk over while I'm videoing to tell me that my friend just NQ'd. Really??
3. If I mention that my baby dog barely missed the first place score in Masters and she's in Excellent for the first time, please don't snark back that the Masters dog's owner was running it 'cautiously' so it could Q. I guess trying to downplay my success makes you feel better.
4. During 'walk thrus', please don't walk up to me and tell me how many MACH points you have. I don't care and I am trying to learn my dog's course.
5. Be careful about bragging about you and your dog's accomplishments. The internet makes it easy to check your results for accuracy.
6. I don't appreciate it when you ask me "how long are you going to keep saying your dog is a baby dog?" I'm going to keep saying it as she is 2 years old and has only been competing for 9 months. I'm also going to keep saying it because you refer to your dog as 'green' and 'stills needs seasoning' when you have been competing for 3 years and you trial almost every weekend!
7. If you are going to talk bad about me, please be sure you aren't sitting behind my non agility friend who is filming for me. So now when I want to watch Marley's first agility runs, I must mute the video. Thanks for that!!
Dog people are usually pretty cool!
LMAO! So true!
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