People take great care of their pets nowadays, which is good. I have dogs and they "make a family complete" (as a good friend of mine once said). Cats...well I can take them or leave them...but different strokes for different folks.
So, we needed some supplies (Christmas presents actually) for the dogs and decided to go to a major pet food/supply retailer. It's a big store, a fun store....as soon as you walk in you can smell the animals, food etc. The interesting thing..you are welcome to bring your pet in with you.
Now this is where it starts to get weird.
The people that brought their dogs into the store were just not "normal". I didn't see any cats, just dogs...but there was a rather eccentric looking man buying enough cat food to feed 25-30 cats for 2 months. I don't even want to know what that is all about.
One guy..has his dog tightly wrapped in a blanket in the cart and keeps saying to the dog.."it's OK..it's OK..it's OK"...as the dog looks back up at him and thinks to itself " I know it's OK, would you shut the hell up and buy my food?" ( I don't speak dog, but I think that's what the dog was thinking...) The entire time the guys eyes are darting around in some paranoid scan....protecting his dog, in case someone wanted to steal him. Ummmm....ok
Next guy, is walking his dog down the aisles and his wife ( I presume) will not even walk with him. She is 2 aisles away...hiding. This guy was borderline bizarre...he stopped every 3 paces to have a conversation with his dog about the various products.
Now, I do talk to my dogs..things like "Hey buddy" or "do you wann go ou-side"? (dog owners never pronounce the "t") or..."you hungee" (dog owners never pronounce the "r") or "wanna cookie?" or..."you a good boy?"
What I DO NOT do..is have conversations with my dogs. That is just a little over the line.
The last guy I saw with his dog was grinning like a bloody fool. Every single person he walked by, he would have this goofy grin on his face, look at his dog...then look at the person. He wanted the whole world to know he had a dog. His grin was just screaming out "LOOK EVERYONE, LOOK AT MY CUTE DOG!" Newsflash pal...we can see your dog. We get it...you have a dog.
Interesting store.....even more interesting customers.
I am glad that we were able to find the knitted Christmas sweaters for our dogs though....they will come in handy when I take them Christmas carolling with me. (they sing baritone)
No comments:
Post a Comment