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Offline karen488

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Does it offend you..
« on: May 16, 2012, 10:34:45 PM »
When people ask the wrong q about your dog? The postman commented this morning that Darcey wasn't growing anymore, I said no thats it. He said that she was small. I said she was breed standard etc. Is that a springer, worker, big, small. Does it irritate you? Someone else today presumed mine were workers, I think they're clearly show  :huh: it upset me when they were small but as time goes on I realise how little others know.
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Re: Does it offend you..
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2012, 10:57:46 PM »
depends on the time/day/month/weather or whether it's pay day or not   :005:

TBH it doesn't really irritate me as I know what they are & that's what matters  ;)  ......but does make me giggle sometimes at what they 'think' they are  :doh:
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Offline Dan

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Re: Does it offend you..
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2012, 07:27:26 AM »
It doesn't bother me either after I've been asked questions such as this they alway so she buetiful do that makes up for what they said before that lol! Alsong as you and other cocker enthusiast now what your dog is and you live her/him to bits it shouldn't matter what anyone has to say about him/her!
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Re: Does it offend you..
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2012, 07:52:51 AM »
Saying that, I met a beautiful girl cocker a while ago, I was convinced she was a show (i didn't say, I was too busy ooohing and awwing at her) and her owners said she was a worker. I'd settle for half abs half but I still don't believe them lol. But they know best, either way her and Charlie had a f good fun runaround together  :lol2:
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Re: Does it offend you..
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2012, 08:02:53 AM »
no i get amused when people think they know better than me , i mean obviously these strangers are experts and also they MUST have seen the pedigrees , mustnt they to know so much about someone elses dogs  ;) ;)
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Re: Does it offend you..
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2012, 08:42:59 AM »
I've had people with labradoodles and cockerpoos asking me if my working girls are poorly bred   :o >:( as they don't look like what they 'think' cocker spaniels should look like  ;).
I KNOW that they are very well bred and that is all that matters.  :D
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Re: Does it offend you..
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2012, 08:53:29 AM »
I get really irritated  >:( when you come across people, often other dog owners you encounter on walks, who (scarily sometimes judging by things they say) think they KNOW everything. They make it their business to inform you, uninvited, that you know nothing, assume you have never so much as  patted a dog before let alone been owned by one. I get - why isn't she having pups  >:(, why isn't she spayed  >:(, you should use this lead, that grooming tool, she's to big, has far too much coat to be a 'real' springer, is far too small for a springer....that has to be the most common one  :lol2: etc etc and on and on.

...Muggins here bites her tongue....but one day I gonna tell em she's a short legged, long eared, lesser spotted Afghan and haven't they ever seen one before? :005:

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Re: Does it offend you..
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2012, 09:18:46 AM »
Not at all, I'm pleased that they are interested enough to ask questions. Likewise, I wouldn't expect another owner to take it badly if I make a guess at what breed their dog is. There's a Springer at our local park that is a big chunky dog (with a great smile :luv:) and I'd love to ask the owner why they appear so different to most of the other Springers I see, unfortunately I've never seen the owner yet.
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Re: Does it offend you..
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2012, 09:33:56 AM »
No it doesn't bother me either, I am just pleased that they have noticed my most handsome little boy :shades:
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Offline Pauline T

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Re: Does it offend you..
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2012, 09:42:11 AM »
Quote from: lindseyp on May 16, 2012, 10:57:46 PM
depends on the time/day/month/weather or whether it's pay day or not   :005:

TBH it doesn't really irritate me as I know what they are & that's what matters  ;)  ......but does make me giggle sometimes at what they 'think' they are  :doh:


I agree with your sentiments exactly.   ;)
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Re: Does it offend you..
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2012, 09:48:04 AM »
No, it doesn't upset or worry me. I have had the strangest comments as most of my breeds aren't well known (Pyrenean Mountain Dog, American Cocker Spaniel, Saluki...), so I just answer politely and give a bit more information if someone seems genuinely interested.  ;)

I'm sure some of us cocker experts would (or have already) ask some silly questions about other breeds that we don't know anything about... I don't assume that I know everything there is to know about every breed there is.  ;)

E.g.
"My friend has a dog like yours, but he is black"... well, pyreneans don't come in black, your friend has a newfoundland.

"Where is the whisky barrell on your dog?"... he doesn't have one because my dog is not a St. Bernard.

"Look mum, there's a sheep in that car"...  :lol2:

Car stops next to me and man pointing at my pyrenees says "what is that?"... a dog...  :o :lol2:

"Is this a long haired greyhound?"... no, he is a Persian greyhound, the breed is called a saluki.

"My friend and I were arguing whether your dog is a greyhound or a whippet"... neither, he is a saluki lurcher.

"I can see that your dog is some sort of spaniel, but which one?"... he is an American cocker.

"Is that a clumber spaniel?"... no, he is an American cocker.

"Is your dog a setter puppy?"... no, she is a cocker spaniel, though not a typical one as she is a cross of two types

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Re: Does it offend you..
« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2012, 10:24:21 AM »
Quote from: LottieLu on May 17, 2012, 08:53:29 AM
...Muggins here bites her tongue....but one day I gonna tell em she's a short legged, long eared, lesser spotted Afghan and haven't they ever seen one before? :005:


Ha ha thats similar to what we called Milo our orange roan pup when he had his long fluffy baby coat , he really did look like a little afghan
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Re: Does it offend you..
« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2012, 10:25:10 AM »
To me random people not knowing what my dogs are isn't all that important in the grand scheme of things, it certainly doesn't offend me. I have plenty more important stuff I can get wound up about :lol2:  

Amongst other things I've been told that mine must be Springers, that they don't look like Cockers, asked if Tilly's a Field Spaniel or if Ro and Caoimhe are Vizslas, Irish Setters or 'miniature Golden Retrievers' and asked if Ro is Caoimhe's mum and Tilly her dad but it doesn't bother me. Generally it's well meant and I find it funny, people are usually genuinely interested when I say what they are and about them being working dogs etc. but if someone was particularly rude or ignorant I would just give them the brush off and walk away.
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Re: Does it offend you..
« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2012, 10:36:36 AM »
We were walking OH's parents lurcher (who for a lurcher is a giant) - some man stopped us and said he was a great greyhound - we corrected him, he said "no, he's a 36" greyhound" - he's STILL a lurcher, "you should get him running on the greyhound track" HE's NOT A GREYHOUND.
^however considering he's not trained to run, doesn't do much running I bet he'd still beat all the greyhounds.
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Re: Does it offend you..
« Reply #14 on: May 17, 2012, 10:50:19 AM »
Well I think every dog owner gets funny comments, today I met a woman in the park and she had a beautiful standard poodle that didn't have the poodle cut... All shaggy, a couple walked past and called out " is that a labradoodle or a poodle without a cut" the owner of the poodle replied nicely that her dog was a purebred poodle and she has always had them and never given the poodle cut.  The couple nicely replied back " sorry didn't mean to offend , just love poodles, and were chatting about whether your dog was a shaggy one or one of the mixes ". Could be offensive but everyone was polite and jokey.... No offense taken by anyone.   Funny world ... The doggy world  ;)
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