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my elderly neighbour walked into my garage the other day and accused me of putting cats in her house (in the past she has also accused me of putting garage in her....garbage)

and then asked if she could play with my dog
 
i loved it when people pick up there little dogs when i would walk by with my giant dog - a few times i would also pick up my dog when i passed somebody with a little dog in their arms


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worm said:
my elderly neighbour walked into my garage the other day and accused me of putting cats in her house (in the past she has also accused me of putting garage in her....garbage)

and then asked if she could play with my dog
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must be a big bin to fit a garage
 
worm said:
i loved it when people pick up there little dogs when i would walk by with my giant dog - a few times i would also pick up my dog when i passed somebody with a little dog in their arms


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lol this happens to us on a semi-regular basis.

it sucks because most often when dogs are afraid of my girl I attribute it to the owner training them to be this way. far too many dog owners do not at all understand dog behaviour...

we go to the park pretty regularly on Tue/Thu mornings now though and have a crew of regulars we interact with who are all fortunately good with our girl. the weekend crowd is such a different beast (also, so many overweight/obese dogs on weekends... makes me so sad).
 
worm said:
my elderly neighbour walked into my garage the other day and accused me of putting cats in her house (in the past she has also accused me of putting garage in her....garbage)

and then asked if she could play with my dog
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she sounds less nice than my parking buddy
 
LeafGm said:
Fair! I guess in my defense, I don’t have much to work with.

On one side of me is a house that’s been subdivided and turned into AirBnB units.

One the other side is an elderly Chinese couple that can’t speak English and who I usually run into when I’m headed out with my elderly, tail-wagging Golden Retriever, who they react to like he’s a horrifying monster that wants to rip their guts out.
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I think it's more a case of 'fear of the unknown'. From what I gather, dogs as "pets" in China are a fairly recent phenomenon. Sure there are plenty of dogs in China throughout its history but I believe they were mostly used for specific purposes (no, I don't necessarily mean in terms of food lol but rather on farms where they had specific functions like guarding the chickens against predators, etc.,). I seem to remember that to call someone a dog back in day in China would be a pretty bad insult. Probably a reason why the following scene resonated with alot of the audiance when the movie was first shown in theatres in Hong Kong (re: Bruce Lee kicking the sign):

 
worm said:
my elderly neighbour walked into my garage the other day and accused me of putting cats in her house (in the past she has also accused me of putting garage in her....garbage)

and then asked if she could play with my dog
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Why are you putting cats in her house?
 
Wayward DP said:
when I was growing up in Richmond Hill (significant Chinese population) our family had a golden doodle. she was maybe 65-70 pounds but the calmest, most gentle dog going (much like I imagine your golden is). neighbours would routinely cross the street when they saw us coming.

now, of course, we own a pittie mix, and I have become pretty adept at spotting the dog racists. the funniest are the ones we encounter in the off-leash dog park we visit regularly. even funnier when our girl is FAR better behaved than the dogs whose owners are afraid of her...
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Yeah, in my own anecdotal experience, the stereotypical big "scary" breeds---Pitts, Rottweilers, German Shepherds, Dobermans---are most often the best behaved. And when another dog's growling at mine or straining at its leash trying to attack him, 90% of the time it's a little dog.

I wonder if that comes down to the big dog owners knowing the stakes of not properly socializing & training their dogs. While the owners of poorly-behaved small dogs don't have the same kind of urgency when it comes to correcting bad behaviour because they don't think they're any threat.

That said, the few times in my dog when he's actually been attacked, it's all been big dogs. A couple of German Shepherds, a Great Pyrenees, a Malamute and a Husky.
 
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oscarheyman said:
I think it's more a case of 'fear of the unknown'. From what I gather, dogs as "pets" in China are a fairly recent phenomenon. Sure there are plenty of dogs in China throughout its history but I believe they were mostly used for specific purposes (no, I don't necessarily mean in terms of food lol but rather on farms where they had specific functions like guarding the chickens against predators, etc.,). I seem to remember that to call someone a dog back in day in China would be a pretty bad insult. Probably a reason why the following scene resonated with alot of the audiance when the movie was first shown in theatres in Hong Kong (re: Bruce Lee kicking the sign):

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WellPlayed said:
Heh, ya, some of my neighbours move from the sidewalk and start walking on the street when they see they're going to have to pass me and my Collie. Despite the fact that I always have him under control and always yield the sidewalk.

Plus he's a collie, not exactly an intimidating breed.

The differences in how some cultures view dogs is something.
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Yeah, cultural differences are definitely at play here. Though China's a big country, and it doesn't seem to be a universal thing. Plenty of other recent Chinese immigrants in my neighbourhood that like dogs. Could be a generational or regional thing too.
 
I can't find a link that isn't from Sun Media but apparently the feds (or as the Sun says "Trudeau") will be enacting a tax on people who buy big trucks and SUV's. I fully support this measure. I would be willing to consider exemptions for people who have a genuine business-related need for an F350 pickup truck, but for the "Fuck Trudeau" crowd who buy them solely in the hopes that it will make their micro-phalluses grow a few inches longer I'm happy to make them pay for the privilege.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
I can't find a link that isn't from Sun Media but apparently the feds (or as the Sun says "Trudeau") will be enacting a tax on people who buy big trucks and SUV's. I fully support this measure. I would be willing to consider exemptions for people who have a genuine business-related need for an F350 pickup truck, but for the "Fuck Trudeau" crowd who buy them solely in the hopes that it will make their micro-phalluses grow a few inches longer I'm happy to make them pay for the privilege.
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Maybe the dealerships will counter this tax by offering free Fuck Trudeau flags with purchase.
 
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