Door-to-door salesperson.

[Mishi]

Okay, so I might have been a bit of a SC last night, but unintentionally. Someone knocked loudly on the door while I was cooking dinner last night, as always, the dogs went with me. Our family has two large weimaraners, they are mostly inside dogs and normally well behaved. Anyway, I answered the door (opened it just wide enough to wedge my shoulders through so that the dogs have a harder time squeezing past), the guy was about to introduce himself when two heads popped out next to my thighs. He freaked! I moved them out of the way and wedged myself more firmly in the door and tried to figure out what it was that he wanted. He asked if they would attack someone and I unthinkingly said "Well yeah, but any dog will do that if they're threatened." Danny (the larger dog) shoved his head past me to try and say hi, which scared the poor guy somemore, and that was when my brain clicked and I realised that I should really put the dogs out. It took 5 minutes of me talking him through calming down before he could breathe properly and actually tell me what he was trying to sell. I felt so bad for him! I can understand why he'd react like that considering that he said he'd been attacked before by dogs whose owners said they're the sweetest, most harmless dogs. They don't normally scare anyone and this is the first time I've had someone almost have a panic attack just from seeing our dogs! Hell, I've even had someone try to push past me and the dogs into my house, that's how unthreatening they seem to most people!

(I think I should specify that if our dogs were a threat to someone's safety, they wouldn't last very long as we have small children.)

[Aethian]

I've been told that before, "Oh they won't harm a fly." Yea well the ripped pants say otherwise.

So I don't blame the guy. Do we get pictures of the fur kidlings?

[Mishi]

Oh, I've been attacked too, almost had a Yorkie take a chunk of my face off. I still have scars but they pass for pimple scars luckily. Never been attacked by large dogs though, so it's small dogs I can't stand. Yup, I will put a photo up soon if you guys would like. The breeder that I bought my bitch from used one on her website for a while to demonstate how good they are with kids.

[Mishi]

Our Weimaraners:
The dog in the kid's lounge chair = Hailie
The call centre dog = Danny, Danny Crane

[raw456]

SQUEEEE!!!!!! - They are gorgeous!!!!!! My best friend has a 9yr old male weimaraner who looks identical to Hailie. I love the call centre shot. Be he would be great at handling SC's

You just have to look at my avatar to see my baby (boxer X)

Getting back on topic = Me thinks your salesman may be in the wrong business if he has a issue with dogs.

[Mishi]

SQUEEEE!!!!!! - They are gorgeous!!!!!! My best friend has a 9yr old male weimaraner who looks identical to Hailie. I love the call centre shot. Be he would be great at handling SC's

You just have to look at my avatar to see my baby (boxer X)

Getting back on topic = Me thinks your salesman may be in the wrong business if he has a issue with dogs.

Thanks! Your baby is gorgeous! I love boxers and boxers bitsers (well most large dogs really).

Yeah, I think the bloke is in the wrong line of work! Especially when he said that he'd ignored a closed front gate with a large dog behind it that was watching him closely, then was bitten for his trouble. Either common sense is a superpower or he really needed the sale!

[greek_jester]

Especially when he said that he'd ignored a closed front gate with a large dog behind it that was watching him closely, then was bitten for his trouble.

Idiot *shakes head* One of the big rules when it comes to strange dogs is never step onto their territory without their owner giving you the go-ahead. Most dogs will defend their pack or their territory unless ordered otherwise by their alpha, even if that territory is just the 6 inches in front of the patch of ground they're sitting on.

[Teskeria]

I love Danny! He even has the proper bored expression!

[Raventhistle]

Hehe, poor guy. Have you thought about "claiming" your door, so you can open it without the doggies getting in the way? I watch Cesar on hulu.com and he's always teaching people how to do that

[Exaspera]

What pretty doggies! My kitties aren't worth a flip when it comes to defending me from anything. The doorbell rings, they go straight under the bed.

However, I don't open my door if I don't know you. Much easier that way.

[Mishi]

Thanks, I watch Cesar too, and I've claimed the benches, tables and all food regardless of what it is because they are dog-shaped hoovers. We do get random people and my brother-in-law's unsavoury aquaintances at the front door so I'd rather wedge myself in the door and have excited, scary-sounding dogs than sleepy, unthreatening dogs. Their heads are the only part they put over the threshold, they never put a paw over the door frame, even when I leave the door wide open. I just felt bad that I didn't pick up on how uncomfortable the salesman was.

Learnt recently that our dogs will bail people they they are unsure about if they are in the yard, they scared the hell out of my B-I-L after he jumped the fence when he locked himself out one night. It took him about five minutes of talking to convince the dogs that they knew him. They also body-block and move visitors out of the way if they aren't gentle/polite enough with our munchkins (by the dogs standards).

Also thanks Teskeria and Exaspera, I love my dogs!

[blas]

I always thought having a dog was the best detourent for annoying people who come to your door just to bother you.

We have probably the nicest, most docile family dog ever, Bear the laborador retriever. But she absolutely hates the door to door religion idiots and anyone trying to sell stuff, so it's a relief when they knock and she starts growling and sounding like some crazy vicious rabid dog.

I wish I could have a dog here.

[LillFilly]

My cousin had a delivery and made a note with the company SPECIFICALLY for the delivery guy not to come onto the porch because of the dog; he was supposed to leave the load (wood) in the front yard. What did the guy do? Went onto the porch and the dog bit him. He tried to complain, but the note was actually ON the delivery paperwork he had with him, his boss remembered reminding him, and he'd done the same thing with other houses that gave similar instructions.

My dog was always confused. He was quiet when people arrived, and started barking his head off when they left!

[Teefies2]

My dog was always confused. He was quiet when people arrived, and started barking his head off when they left!

He was just saying "thanks for coming buh-bye!"

[RecoveringKinkoid]

With all the scammers, casers, and out and out thieves out there, anyone coming to your door should believe your dogs are dangerous.

If he think the dog is dangerous, do not tell them otherwise. In fact, encourage that belief. If they DON'T think the dogs are dangerous, lie about it and tell them they are.

We fence in the park. The winos and purse snatchers think the swords are real and that they are sharp. We let them think that. I'm just saying.

Someone comes to my door, I look them up on the internet. Observe:

meat salesman: scam
carpet cleaners: scam.
magazine sales: scam
auto glass repair: scam

You see a pattern here?