David, thank you for your comment on Lear. I think he's getting vain, I tell him he's gorgeous all the time
My neighbor did exactly what you said, he literally did a double take, snapping his head up and looking at me strangely when I told Lear "NO". I just told him the truth, I don't want my dog obeying anyone but me. He seemed to think about it, then nodded his head and agreed.
I don't really have a problem with people wanting to pet Lear, twice a couple of kids wanted to but I told them to ask me first, and always ask the owner first because you don't know if the dog will bite or not. They asked permission and I said it wasn't a good idea because he might jump on them, which was the truth at that time. (Kids don't like to be jumped on by dogs .)
I think the reason I don't have a problem is cause he's big and black and people tend to be more afraid of a black dog...he also doesn't carry around a super friendly face either - he's got a non-committal face when he's walking. He just doesn't look friendly. I've noticed people actually move away some distance if they see he's looking at them or they'll move across the street when they see us coming.
Not that all of the training to keep your dog from being stolen isn't a good idea. But I was considering that maybe the guy was concerned about a dog that was loose, and then decided to leave once it saw the handler. The other day I saw a large pit looking thing running in the street with a leash and coller on, so we pulled over to see if we could help out. After looking around we noticed their was a dad and his son playing baseball on the other side of the street, and they seemed interested but didn't really move towards the dog so we continue untill finally after the dog seemed a tidbit aggressive we decided to leave it alone but it kept running circles around are car. It took the dog almost getting hit by two other cars before that A-- finally sent his son to get their dog. Next time I might just steal the dog to teach the guy not to let his dog run around a FREAKIN street. Anyways, point its, maybe the guy had good intentions.
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