Woof!

I have always loved (and wanted) dogs.

And I purposely fill my social media feeds with animal content, including dog trainer things, so I try to learn about dog "language" and stuff.  (And cats too but not the current point... little fluffy butted weirdos.)

I was sitting in the waiting area of a flu/covid shot place (pharmacy) and a lady sat next to me with her dog.

I have to try to resist my urge to like SMUSH THE DOG WITH ALL THE LOVE because it's not my animal and I don't know it's temperament and I have learned that the signals dogs give out are often misinterpreted (I'm sure I've done that a bunch of times unknowingly) so I was letting the dog sniff me if it wanted and then move off and I was chatting with the lady about how old the dog was and its name and all that stuff and the lady was awesome and gave me a treat to give the dog and the dog sat and tried to give me its paw and I said how cute it is when dogs just try whatever they think you want for the treat and then the lady asked me about my dog.

I explained that I don't have one as I'm not allowed where I currently live and she was quite surprised and said "well you're certainly a dog person" and this is like the nicest thing I've had said about me in a while.

I wouldn't say I am a dog person quite yet as I've never lived with one or had one of my own but I do love them and try to learn about them so I guess that's a start.

But yeah, I am working to be more respectful of dogs I don't know in order to not accidentally stress them out but man oh man do I ever want them to love me and come pay attention to me!