This evening when I got home I saw a young lady walking her two dogs. They were pit bulls and they looked so happy! One of them had a prong collar on but I didn’t think anything of it…I’ve use them on Chuck and Jezzy. Seeing those two dogs happily walking with their mom made me smile after a really long day. I said “Hi puppies!” They got wiggly, as pit bulls do, and their mom said “How you doin’” and then popped the collars of the dogs and snarled at them. “STOP pulling me, you don’t know her.”

I wanted to say something to her but I didn’t for two reasons. 1) She would probably take it out on the dogs and 2) she appeared to be somewhat of a hood rat and I don’t want to have to watch my back for the rest of my life.

I felt really bad for talking to the dogs. It was my fault they got excited and got a correction. I need to remember that not everyone treats their dogs the way I do. Jezzy loves to greet people and when people want to say hello I stop and let them fuss over her. I don’t let people approach Chuck any more though. I really should have taken that into consideration before I talked to these two dogs because I fully intended to stop and pet them…and my attention was not welcome by their owner.

I shouldn’t let this bother me so much, the dogs didn’t seem to even notice the correction, which is sad. That most likely means corrections are doled out pretty generously. It could be worse for them though. They could have owners who fight them..and these were very obviously not fighting dogs. I didn’t get a very good look but you can definitely spot a fighting dog from a mile away.

Next time I see them I’ll just smile to myself and come in the house to fuss over my own dogs.