Message To Those People Around When I Am Walking My Dog

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Message To Those People Around When I Am Walking My Dog

1. Just because I’m taking my dog for a walk does not mean I know every place within a 50 mile radius. If you ask me for directions and I don’t know, please do not sigh/roll your eyes/look at me disbelievingly. Warning: Due to an excessive amount of people doing this, I now tend to just make up directions if I don’t know where a place is, something Matt told me about :P

2. If you do ask me for directions and I respond, please actually listen to the answer. There really is no need to ask me another three times, I will say exactly the same thing (even if they are just made up directions).

3. If you are on a bike, please do not ride straight at my dog. He is a cheeky, curious kind of dog, and will most likely veer even more towards you and try to sniff your wheels. This may result in pain for both you and my dog.

4. If you are on the opposite side of the road a quarter of a mile away, please do not scream when you see my 40 cm high dog. There really is no need.

5. Please do not glare at me and my dog through your window. It’s glass, therefore I can see you glaring at me and I’m not going to let my dog piss in your garden (although pissing on your wall/fence is different).

6. Contrary to popular belief, my dog isn’t the most intelligent of animals. If he runs out into the road on his extendable lead, and you are driving, it is your duty to stop.

7. If you are walking your dog, please keep him away from mine. This includes actually watching where you are going, especially round corners.

8. If you are with a group of people, please do not point at my dog simultaneously and then have a 15 minute discussion about what type of dog he is.

9. Please do not stop me and ask me a million questions about my dog. My aim is to get out, walk my dog, and then get home as fast as possible. Do not assume I’m a hardcore dog lover; I walk the dog because nobody else will.

10. Also, please do not stop me, point at my dog, and say, ‘Is that a dog?’, without a hint of sarcasm. It scares me.

11. Do not stop me and then tell me you’ve been watching my dog and I walk past since he was a puppy and then try to have a half an hour long conversation with me. Especially if you are under 40. Don’t you have better things to do than stalk my dog?

12. Just because my dog is cute doesn’t mean he’s female. Saying, ‘Oooh, isn’t she a pretty girl?’ is very insulting and confuses my already gender-confused dog to the extreme. If you’re talking to me, however, then I don’t mind ;)

13. My dog’s name is not Lassie.

14. Please do not ask me what type of breed my dog is. Especially don’t ask and then look at me as if I’m lying because you’ve never heard of it before.

15. Likewise, don’t ask me what breed my dog is and then say ‘Oh, my neighbour had one of those. Then he squashed a ladder on it and it died’.

16. Don’t criticise the way I walk my dog, particularly if you are over 70. If I’m pulling him, it’s to get him out of your way, bitch.

Edit:

17. When I call to my dog, there really is no reason for you turn round, unless of course, your name is POM, in which case you should probably consider sueing your parents.

All real incidents, scarily enough. Okay, I’m out. Comments will be returned :)

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41 Responses to Message To Those People Around When I Am Walking My Dog

  1. Li says:

    O_O People seriously do that? Wow, lol.
    People ask me for directions all the time; I’ve always given false directions. ^_^ Much more fun…thought I was the only one mean enough to do that. =p
    Good luck for any exams you have left. :)

  2. matt says:

    lol, well- most dogs sniff wheels ay. lol :D confuseing the dogs gender!!! lol. stupid old people ay- lol. i LOVE reading your blogging, your always really cool :P ttyl

  3. niamh says:

    You have just made my dad Jenni,

  4. Susy says:

    lol, that was too funny, :) and the scary thing is that they are real!

  5. LOL:P

    Those things have really happened? Scary thoughts… I am glad I don’t have a dog, and will never get one either, due to allergy.

    You should get broshures (spelling?) with that info in them to hand out to the people asking you:)

  6. Vicky says:

    Hehe that blog made me laugh alot. I’m tempted to steal it & put it on my webbie as a sub page. I see the title now…
    Jenni’s Message To People Whilst She Is Dog Walking…
    hmmm catchy!

  7. Emily says:

    LMAO :P
    I have to admit I am the type of person that when they see a dog they have to stop and fuss it :S

    Anyways, you should definately use this or something similar as a subpage, like Vicky suggested for her own site :P Cya!

  8. Sammii says:

    lol love it. no-one really bothers me when i walk my dog, some go ‘awww’ but thats it.

  9. Raquel says:

    Haha, poor you! I haven’t actually experienced that as I am a cat person, but I hate it when people assume that Pippin is a male. Pippin is a relatively feminine name!

  10. Aamena says:

    LMAO!! Dude, people actually do those things?! Freaky.. You should make a list of F.A.Q.s with answers and give them to whoever starts bugging you. haha:D

  11. Jennifer says:

    Hehehe That is realy funnyI cant believe people seriously do that!
    Allthough I am sitting here eating the plastic on a stick of rock because I’m not alowed to eat in the ICT room. :P

  12. Chau says:

    Sorry you had to go through all of that! But those were some funny situations to be put into!

  13. Emma says:

    I love reading your updates- though this one is so funny! :)

  14. Megan says:

    Haha, I can’t believe people actually do that. I’m not the type of person to ooh and ahh over other people’s dogs, because other people’s pets typically don’t like me.

  15. Clare says:

    I totally and completely understand how annoying that is. I was going to point out something esle that all passsers by do..but nope..you covered it all! I love SS by the way! :D

  16. Hope says:

    i was laughing all the way through that, some people are so stupid, especially about directions, i once told a man some, he went awsy for 5 mins, then came back telling me he was lost, he only had to go to the post office in the next village :hmm:

  17. Nina says:

    That’s gotta be one of the most awesome things I’ve ever heard. Lol. But still…kinda scares me that there’re people like that out there..one time, a truck was slowing down beside me while I was walking my dog and kinda scared me..thought I was gonna get raped or something. Turned out they were looking at the dog. Go figure. Lol xD

  18. Melissa says:

    LOL, those are most excellent rules!!! :P Mind if I turn that into a read (and of course, give you credit)?

  19. kate says:

    omg that would proper freak me, when im walking my dog i dont want anyone i dont know talking to me lol!

  20. Tyffany says:

    lol, that was hilarious… mind if I use that as a read, and give u credit…?

  21. Sally says:

    haaa that made me laugh ALOT. Do ppl really do that? even so, i still reallllyy want a dog :( very funni…:)

  22. Jocelynne says:

    I know how you feel! It gets really annoying when people ask stupid questions or stupid things about my dog when i am walking him. lol about that direction thing…TOO FUNNY! :blush::crazy:

  23. Britt says:

    Whaha did all those things really happen to you when you walked your dog? Strange people! :S No such things happen when I walk our dogs, lol. You wrote those things in a very funny way, lol, it made me laugh so much! :P

  24. Jess says:

    lmao =p poor you.
    i can’t believe some of the stuff they’d say.. *rolls eyes* i have a dog but their both [fat fat] chihuahuas… and since their so fat they can barely walk down the street without passing out. lolll. ^___^
    maybe a sign over your dog, like one of those guide dogs with those coats, “do not disturb” hehe

  25. Sherri says:

    You should really consider putting that as a read on your site :crazy:, it gave me a little laugh lol. I especially love number 10 :P .

  26. Taylor says:

    Your so funny. People are so rude these days.. lol

  27. Super Martha says:

    “Unless of course, your name is POM, in which case you should probably consider sueing your parents.” That really cracked me up. I love your blogs. . .there are always really wonderful sentences in there like that. I love the way you write. I’d better go before I start sounding even more stupid.

  28. Sydney says:

    Ha, thsoe are so funny. So many fo those things have happened to me while I’ve been walking my dogs. :)

  29. ~Cat~ says:

    haha 17 made me giggle!! :D youre really funny! I dont walk my dog… only because she sleeps all day and the backyard is really big(esp compared to her) so yea… she gets her excersise chasing birds or whatever else she does lol

  30. Tory says:

    hahaha oh that last one didn’t half make me chuckle :P its not like your dog is called Johnny or anything heheee :D People turned round though ??? :shocked::shocked:

  31. Nha-Uyen says:

    Hi, I’m a new commenter, lol. =P LMFAO. I laughed so hard about your entry. I don’t have a dog, so those things don’t usually happen to me. xP Veryy funny!

  32. iskandar says:

    you are one hilarious person. I laughed from the start. Great blogging:D

  33. Crazy Girl says:

    Wow… that is a bit scary! I walk my dog a lot and can relate to some of those things.

    Keep up the great blogging. :)

  34. Kate says:

    hehe, You and your dog seem to be quite popular. When I walk my dog people don’t even say a word to me. Except maybe the occasional “does she bite?”, lol.

    I love your list :D It’s very amusing.

  35. Lauren says:

    Lol, that has to be annoying. I don’t have a dog, but my cat used to follow me out daily, as I walked to my grans, lol. Most of your points seem valid, they might want to chat for hours, but you don’t. Some people have all the time in the world :D

  36. Katie says:

    Hey Hey :D Lol. That blog was so entertaining :blush: Nutty people!

  37. Heidi says:

    Hahaha, that’s great. =] Love it.

  38. David says:

    Very good list, but I doubt those poeple read your blog.

  39. Lara says:

    the stupidity of some people amazes me. This was an interesting read :love:

  40. Stefanie says:

    haha that was awesome! I love it. Your hilarious…Im sitting here laughing my ass off while my sister is looking at me like wtf? and yea…haha awesome I LOVE IT!

  41. Kat says:

    That was hilarious. It’s unbeliveable that people would actually do those things! I’m still laughing. That was funny! :P