Bosco Dog Blog

This morning Joan and I were on our morning walk when we came upon a man that Joan thought was drunk. He immediately lunged towards me to pet me, and as I backed away, Joan explained to him, "Oh, she's not a good dog to pet. She's very shy."
The man started to lecture Joan about how the only reason that could be is if I was abused, implying that Joan, my favorite person in the whole wide world, abuses me! I was shocked! He told Joan to not hit me. Joan shrugged it off because, as she told me later, it is not a good use of energy to explain things to someone who is drunk. We kept walking and he yelled at us from across the street, "There's only one reason for dogs to be scared ... don't hit her." Joan yelled back, "That's right!"
She should have added that she is the person who SAVED me from a bad home and how you can see the impact that abuse has by seeing how I am now - still afraid of new people. Again, I know reasoning and explaining to the drunk man was not what Joan wanted to do. Upon reflection, Joan was a little sad to think about how my first two years of life really changed the way I act and live for my entire life. She was happy though that the drunk man was at least aware of the effects of pet abuse...and clearly he is a vocal spokesman about it!