The Frenchie, the Pitbull and the Gorgeous Asian Chick

We took Buddy to the park Friday arvo. The aggressive Frenchie was there, which is kind of weird, I have never encountered an aggressive Frenchie before. I let Buddy off his lead, fully prepared to have a word with the Frenchie’s owner about his dog’s aggression, if his dog, yet again, went for Buddy. And he kind of did, but Buddy quickly ran off, Buddy is pretty laid back with such things.

However, not long after that the guy with the unsocialised pit bull arrived. There is a "type" who own a pitbulls. Grimace. Turning hands over in mid air. It is not the breed, it is the owners of these dogs. To be fair to him, he did say he didn’t know he had to socialise a dog. (roll of the eyes) He realises he has made a mistake and he is trying to rectify the problem. So he has explained to us on a previous occasion.

We left instead of having a word to anyone. We headed to Coles. I waited out the front with Buddy as Sam shops.

An Asian lady appears next to me with two bags of groceries, she falls to her knees asking if she can pat Buddy. I say he loves the attention, she says she can tell by his kind face. Then she is kneeing next to me allowing Buddy to lick her fully made up face freely. Her mouth, her lips. I didn’t expect that, I thought. Asian people are, generally, (wait for the generalisation) more concerned by cleanliness, than (oh, how do you put it?) Aussies of Anglo back ground, I find. She says that Buddy is lovely and clearly he loves being loved, which he does. It made me smile. It was lovely to see. She let him slobber all over her in her black suit with her makeup. I guess work had finished and she was on her way home to change into her track pants, anyway.

It was more than I'd do. I do kiss Buddy on the mouth - although, with a bulldog it could be argued that it is hard to work out where his mouth starts and finishes, it could be argued that I kiss him on his face, on his big, squishy face. But, I don't let him tongue kiss me, I do draw the line at that, although, I don't care if other people let dogs lick their mouths, I kind of admire the freedom they allow themselves. Maybe, I just got too many hangups as a kid.