a little French girl shreeked and jumped away from Ruby (who was innocently occupied with wee-sniffing anyway) on our walk through the market area today..very unusual, i don't recall any other incident of dog-fear since we've been here…once, in Savannah, a grown 6ft man yelled at me from across the square, some 50 yards away, to "Keep that dog away from me!" um, ok. have you seen her? she's like a 17lb mouse with a waggy tail.
speaking of little french girls and Ruby…went round to R's for a doggie playdate and some dinner yesterday and her upstairs landlord's children were around, as usual…if i could put up with their pestering long enough, i'd learn a lot of french from them. i've certainly mastered "no!, don't do that!" "that's not nice!" "leave that alone!" "i told you already, don't!" "no, i don't want my hair done" "don't put your dirty feet on me!"
i love it when they tell Ruby to "Sid!"
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Kate, I hate to tell you this, but this might help you understand those of us who aren’t dog people. It all started about 7 years ago – your mom was there and thank goodness because she had the purse which she appropriatly used – anyway your mom, Patsy and I were in San Francisco heading for dinner when quite unexpectedly a huge Rottweiler attacked us – he knocked me down – at which time your mom used her purse to start beating him – and low and behold ever since I’ve had a fear of dogs. I never had one before but its “post stress”. I like dogs but if I see one coming my way I will cross the street and its all because of this one incident. When you are out there walking Ruby, try to remember that some of us have had bad experiences and even though we don’t want to – may react to your dog. Hope this helps!!
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