tingoddess
Super Boxer
We picked up our new boxer pup,Ozzy,on friday night.
On saturday morning we loaded Ozzy and his big brother Mingus, who by the way, is an American Pitbull Terrier, into the car for a trip to the vet's. On the way, to kill a little time, we stopped at our local Petco to pick-up some Nutro and to browse around
As it happens there was an older woman there setting up a table with Nutro pamphlets. She was talking to a young woman with a black lab about what kind of food to feed, when to switch from puppy to adult etc. Since they were standing in the aisle where I needed to be, I was waiting patiently at the end of the row for them to finish so I could get my cart in there to load the bag.
My husband came around the corner with Mingus. Ozzy was riding in the front of the shopping cart and he was looking around and having a good time.
The Nutro lady commented on what a pretty white face Mingus had and then proceded to ask us if we let him play with the puppy. We, of course answered we did let them play, with our supervision, after all Ozzy is only six weeks old.
This woman then said something I just couldn't believe. With a completely staight face, she said she didn't know if that was a good idea because and I'm quoting here "You know what they were bred for." end quote. I looked her straight in the face and said, "Companionship?" I got the bag of food and bailed out of there before I said anymore.
After we left the store I said to my husband that I should have asked her to which dog she was referring, as they were both bred to bait bulls at one point in time.
In defense of Mingus, and the fact that he's a pitbull, I have to say this. He has the best disposition of any dog I've owned to date. Male or female. He has the softest mouth too. He is a bit rambucious, but he's only a year old. He's in obedience class and is doing excellently. Also, from the minute he met Ozzy, he fell in love with him. He follows him around, watching over him. Last night Ozzy was in his crate sleeping and Mingus got up out of his chair and went and peeked at him, satisfied that he was ok, he crawled backup into the chair and went back to sleep.
I really wish that woman would have kept her thoughts to herself, especially in front of the lab owner. She also made some stupid comments to me about the food we were feeding Ozzy, which is nutro lg breed. This woman in my opinion needs to keep her mouth closed. She hardly struck me as professional or knowledgable about dogs in this instance.
Thanks guys for letting me blow off steam on this. It just chaps my hide.
On saturday morning we loaded Ozzy and his big brother Mingus, who by the way, is an American Pitbull Terrier, into the car for a trip to the vet's. On the way, to kill a little time, we stopped at our local Petco to pick-up some Nutro and to browse around
As it happens there was an older woman there setting up a table with Nutro pamphlets. She was talking to a young woman with a black lab about what kind of food to feed, when to switch from puppy to adult etc. Since they were standing in the aisle where I needed to be, I was waiting patiently at the end of the row for them to finish so I could get my cart in there to load the bag.
My husband came around the corner with Mingus. Ozzy was riding in the front of the shopping cart and he was looking around and having a good time.
The Nutro lady commented on what a pretty white face Mingus had and then proceded to ask us if we let him play with the puppy. We, of course answered we did let them play, with our supervision, after all Ozzy is only six weeks old.
This woman then said something I just couldn't believe. With a completely staight face, she said she didn't know if that was a good idea because and I'm quoting here "You know what they were bred for." end quote. I looked her straight in the face and said, "Companionship?" I got the bag of food and bailed out of there before I said anymore.
After we left the store I said to my husband that I should have asked her to which dog she was referring, as they were both bred to bait bulls at one point in time.
In defense of Mingus, and the fact that he's a pitbull, I have to say this. He has the best disposition of any dog I've owned to date. Male or female. He has the softest mouth too. He is a bit rambucious, but he's only a year old. He's in obedience class and is doing excellently. Also, from the minute he met Ozzy, he fell in love with him. He follows him around, watching over him. Last night Ozzy was in his crate sleeping and Mingus got up out of his chair and went and peeked at him, satisfied that he was ok, he crawled backup into the chair and went back to sleep.
I really wish that woman would have kept her thoughts to herself, especially in front of the lab owner. She also made some stupid comments to me about the food we were feeding Ozzy, which is nutro lg breed. This woman in my opinion needs to keep her mouth closed. She hardly struck me as professional or knowledgable about dogs in this instance.
Thanks guys for letting me blow off steam on this. It just chaps my hide.
