You noticed the fuzzy!

[bhskittykatt]

So yesterday morning, a couple ladies who were visiting the area wanted to know all the sights to see. So Other MOD and I spent several minutes (20-30 minutes) with a map, figuring out what exactly they were interested in and going over points of interest on a map, and just chatting in general.

One of these points was a park where Hubs and I like to walk the dog and the guinea pig (same park as these pics, different day).

So after work, Hubs, Ozzy the Dog, Pippin the piggy wiggy, and myself all went to the park, and while there, I noticed the ladies I'd been talking to earlier that morning. So I started to greet them.

Me: "Hey, did you find everything..."
L1: "OMG A GUINEA PIG!"
L2: *turning around* "What...is that a groundhog or something? What is that? It's so cute!!!"
Me: "erm..."

*L1 and L2 spend two minutes fawning over Pippin*

L1: *looks up* *ponderous look* "Wait...you work at the motel, don't you?"
Me: "Yes, I remember you gals."
L2: "Oh, it's you!" *excitedly tells me about their day and all the places they went that we showed them on the map*

[XCashier]

That is so sweet!

[BrenDAnn]

Awww...Pippin is going to hit celebrity status pretty soon, at the rate she's going! Haha!

[Skarredmind]

We used to get that reaction to our rabbits who we'd happily take out for walks in their leash. The best was the giant flemish that we had. She would draw all kinds of attention because she was bigger than some small dogs (weighed in at 20 lbs at one point).

[Merriweather]

We used to get that reaction to our rabbits who we'd happily take out for walks in their leash. The best was the giant flemish that we had. She would draw all kinds of attention because she was bigger than some small dogs (weighed in at 20 lbs at one point).

The best I've seen were the guy at a car boot sale (flea market) in England, who had a huge Iguana on his shoulder, on a short lead. And in West Virginia, saw a couple walking down the street with two skunks on leads

[bhskittykatt]

Here in town, the only (other) oddish creatures I've seen were goats on leads, and ferrets. (In fact, once when I took Pippy to the walk-up coffee shop window in a park, the barista mentioned she'd seen a ferret at the window earlier that same day...'twas a good day for small furry animals in parks, I suppose.)

I'm surprised I actually haven't seen people walking rabbits around here. And skunks...I'd love to see that!

[PepperElf]

oh that IS sweet.

and they like your pet.


as a dog owner, it's always fun when people gush over my doggy. and i see other dog owners at our favorite park who also love getting compliments on their pets too.

[Merriweather]

as a dog owner, it's always fun when people gush over my doggy. and i see other dog owners at our favorite park who also love getting compliments on their pets too.

Our Yorkie (had her for 16 years, still miss her after several years now) was one of those dogs that people just go crazy over. She wasn't the aloof, ready for show Yorkie with perfect hair, she was kept short-cut, ever so friendly, non-agressive (we had people tell us they were amazed that their small child, who was deadly afraid of dogs, would want to pet her, she was just that non-threatening). She also wasn't as fragile looking as a lot of the smaller Yorkies, especially the American ones (we adopted her in Wales).

She was very well behaved, and traveled well, so we took her with us a lot (the UK, at least in the 90s, was more dog-friendly than the US, many more places she was allowed - her favourite thing to do was explore old castle ruins ). I recall one day we were at a very large, outdoor antique fair, it was a bit warm, and we were there longer than expected, so hubby had just headed back to the car to get her water dish in case she was thirsty, and I was looking around with her. One of the vendors decided she looked thirsty to her, took a 200 year old bowl off her table, filled it with water, and put it down on the ground for our dog to have a drink

And while she loved the attention, she was definitely a bit timid in crowds or with loud noises. We were once walking around the ruins of the old cathedral in Coventry (bombed in WWII, the new one sits next to the old ruins, left as a reminder) as a group of school children (about six to seven year olds) began queuing up to go into the new cathedral on a tour. As we walked from the ruins over to the area in front of the new cathedral we were met with at least 50 sudden "awwwww"s at once, followed by a sudden surge of 100 little hands surrounding us, reaching to "stroke the doggy". Poor little thing made the highest jump of her life into hubby's arms

[XCashier]

Our Yorkie (had her for 16 years, still miss her after several years now) was one of those dogs that people just go crazy over. She wasn't the aloof, ready for show Yorkie with perfect hair, she was kept short-cut, ever so friendly, non-agressive (we had people tell us they were amazed that their small child, who was deadly afraid of dogs, would want to pet her, she was just that non-threatening).

We had a dog like that, except she was a Cocker Spaniel/Chihuahua mix. But she was so friendly, polite and affectionate that even my friend who was scared of dogs loved her. At the vet's office, they didn't put her in a cage like the other dogs; she was allowed to stay out because she was so well-behaved.

I still miss her, too. I hope someday to find another one much like her.