Brennan's Mum Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Doesn't happen to me ( but I am single), although I do get a lot of ''You need a German Shepherd in this area/ for security'' type comments-- uh have you seen my dog? she thinks everyone is her BFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenGirl85 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 No... But then my big dog is a golden retreiver lol... My bf walks the JRT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Well we have 2 dogs here at the moment - a tiny Pap x Pom (my OH's rescue) and a grey (mine) but both dogs are ours so I don't care what other people think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazyWal Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 I am single also and live on my own and it's funny how many people say to me gee your lucky to have two big dogs for security.PPfft they're greyhounds they would happily jump in the getaway car along with the tv and whatever else they managed to rob before getting licked to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason_Gibbs Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 I love big dogs, i had ridgy x bullmastiffs before ( smallest was 47kg) and now i have 2 labradors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suziwong66 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 we've always had big dogs and no one has ever assumed that they weren't mine. The one thing that has been consistent about having big dogs is that we've never had a break-in; no matter what state we've lived in. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoat Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 I have experienced the opposite with a big guy, beard, tatoos, shorts, singlet, work boots with a flouro vest I often see walking a Toy Poodle thinking it must be his wife/GF's dog as he was a Rotty or Mastiff looking guy?. I met him once on the footpath and mentioned was the dog his wife's dog, and he said "oh no, his wife had a GSD the Poodle was his dog and he'd had Poodle's since childhood" It looked kind of cute, a big tough looking guy with this little white curly Poodle trotting along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkhe Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I have experienced the opposite with a big guy, beard, tatoos, shorts, singlet, work boots with a flouro vest I often see walking a Toy Poodle thinking it must be his wife/GF's dog as he was a Rotty or Mastiff looking guy?. I met him once on the footpath and mentioned was the dog his wife's dog, and he said "oh no, his wife had a GSD the Poodle was his dog and he'd had Poodle's since childhood" It looked kind of cute, a big tough looking guy with this little white curly Poodle trotting along Sounds kinda like my boyfriend (minus the work boots), walking my little poodle. He's swayed all his friends to the virtues of the might toy poodle now I've had all sorts of assumptions around this my whole life, mainly from the music I started listening to as a teen. Everyone assumed my boyfriend or mysterious, non-existent older brother, got me into it. Not so! I find people are usually surprised when I tell them I have a toy poodle, since it doesn't seem to fit with.. the rest of me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snippet Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 We have three whippets and a grey and in all truth although they are "our" dogs, the greyhound is mine and the whippets are the OH's. Love them all though. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemyrottie Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 lol, funny thread. i own a male rottie he's only 7 months and you can just tell he'll be a big boy but i'm so freaking tiny so i'll get the odd look or two but everyone knows he's mine cause he's only ever with me and i haven't had any doubtful remarks just yet but we'll see! i adore big dogs (especially rotties, of course!) i could never own a small dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmay Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I've never had that problem since I always walk Tyson and I get the boyfriend to walk Pixie. :p Plus apparently the collars I put on Tyson look "girly" (they aren't pink or anything but have a lot of bling) so apparently it's easy to see a female owns him. I have had the odd "who's walking who" comment though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DobieMum Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 I've never had that problem since I always walk Tyson and I get the boyfriend to walk Pixie. :p Plus apparently the collars I put on Tyson look "girly" (they aren't pink or anything but have a lot of bling) so apparently it's easy to see a female owns him. I have had the odd "who's walking who" comment though. I own dobies and people can see that their my dogs, my hubby tries to tell them to do something and they look at him like he just spoke in chinese But this comment is said to me a lot, usually with their fluffy pull and tugging on their lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Q Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 (edited) I havn't had a big dog of my own yet but grew up with a 45kg bull arab type girl. We got her when I was 7 as the family dog (my mum, brother, sister and I) but she was always just Mum's dog. She lived to 13 and still often got comments on being mums partners dog... mum was single so that was a hell of an assumption. I have my eyes on a Bullmastiff as one of my "one day" breeds, I'm 5"5 and not a big girl so will look forward to the comments. Edited October 9, 2011 by B-Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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