What's wrong with people?

techmom99
Sat, 30 Dec 2017 19:52:46 +0000

To answer the second part of the question, I can not stand being touched by dogs. I want to vomit when I see someone letting a dog kiss them or lick their face. We have had dogs for 17 years. The only one I ever touched was our little Maltese and then only rarely. My H trained all of our dogs to avoid me, except the Maltese. We have one friend that has a dog that likes to come near people and they put him away when I visit. Once, I was at a party and another guest brought a dog in and that dog kept following me around and touching me. I finally asked the owner to please keep the dog away from me and she rudely said “He’s a THERAPY dog!” as if that made it better. The host was the person who puts their dog away when I visit and she intervened and told the other person to curb her dog away from me. To this day, that woman glares at me whenever I see her. I also once had someone complain about me when I was an election inspector and she brought a dog in. It was NOT a therapy dog and I asked her to please take it outside from where people were voting. The election board sided with me. We have dogs so that my children would not grow up with the same aversion to them that I have. My mom had to get rabies shots at age 5 and was terrified of dogs; she raised me to hate them. It’s great progress that I can live in a home that has them.

OTOH, I love cats. I often pet my cat and she sits on the couch with me and sleeps at my feet if I nap there.