upset by some comments made today

[LittlePaws]

Originally Posted by lulababy

I dont like when pebbles gets negative attention because of her size.. and I also don't like when people try to say that when you put clothes on an animal they are being abused in some way.

These are some of the comments I got today in pebbles new training class by some of the other members, and the clothes one was by the trainer:

She looks like a mop

Is that as big as shes going to get?

The chickens are bigger than she is (then went on about how his dog literally eats live chickens)

I think my dog wants to eat it

From the trainer: He doesn't want to eat it

I'm surprised shes doing so well

:: someone comes over and fusses with pebbles (pretty and expensive) dress and then flips it like its trash or something ::

Don't you think your dog gets hot in those clothes? It's hot

Me: Outside its hot, not indoors, no.. theres airconditioning in here (argh! I know she was trying to get me to take her clothes off! Psh, also, it was a SUMMER dress!)

I know it wasnt very bad but everyone stared at her the entire time really and kept making comments, and the big dog owners kept saying their dog wanted to eat my dog because she "looked like a cake" or something.

Is it wrong of me to want to be treated like every other dog owner and not be antigonized for dressing my dog. I also got picked on because her harness is not standard and plain black or red. It's a pretty one from Glamourdog.com and the trainer almost didn't let me use it--but I proved to her that pebbles walks very well in her harnesses and that they actually work thankyouverymuch. I dunno, I'm just upset. I don't like my baby being compared to a chicken, especially when that chicken is literally being eaten

do you get upset by negative comments about your dog or do you just brush it off? I know I shoudn't take it personally, but I do. I'm not going to cancel the class because we did learn stuff and I think the teacher is very good despite her obvious prejudice against dogs wearing clothes

Your Pebbles is picture perfect. They are just jealous because your dog is cuter ( and better dressed )than their dog.
Let it roll right off, some people say stupid things because they think it's cute or funny. Most of them mean no harm. They just don't know any better.

[PANAMA69]

I also wonder how was training day this week? I know she did great

[cindymeador]

Your babies are beautiful, some people are just stupid.
When I had Tillie in school she was the littlest and everyone thought she was adorable. My husband says he wishes he knew that years ago, he says they are chic magnets. But they seem to attract attention everywhere we go.
Nobody has ever said anything like that to me or my husband. We would probably have to say something not nice back.

[lulababy]

i had to reschedule pebbles class for friday because i was not feeling well monday and could not take her.. so I will let you guys know how it goes on friday with the totally new group of people...

[Sarah515]

That would make me mad and uncomfortable. The trainer should have been professional and not contribute. The other owners were just jealous, trust me. Go in there and train your baby to be 100x more well behaved than the other "dogs" or chicken killers lol

[DENISE517]

I'm sorry this happened, and I agree I hate it when people make negative comments about Bella.

I think they were all just jealous that she was soooo cute and looked so good, she probably made their doggy's look bad...lol

Keep your chin up, stay in the class, and show her that she can do just as much as the big dogs if not better.

Better yet....find someone on here to make her a t-shirt that says....I can do it better than your big dog! and have her wear it to the next class. lol

Stay strong...show them big things come in small packages!!!

[Nancy1999]

Maybe you ought to print out this thread for the instructor!