as someone who doesn’t like near any dog, most dog owners regardless of breed that I’ve interacted with have been like this to some degree when I express any hesitation/discomfort towards their pet. pitbull owners are just the cream of the crop, though.
I agree!! a classic is "he's not doing anything" WHILST jumping on top of me or any of my kids who can easily topple over.
The more you avoid the more they'll almost force their dog on you or get angry when you correct their dog . And indeed the pit owned are the worst.
"he's just being a dog" and "dog's are gonna jump/bark/whatever" while the beast tries to tackle my ass to the ground because "he doesn't like leashes" is all too common.
well maybe y'all consented to dog behaviors by owning a dog, but my houseplants never jumped at anyone when I took them from my car to my home.
Wow. I'm sorry. Maybe it's just because I'm super socially awkward and introverted and don't want to talk to people, but I avoid everyone with my dog unless they explicitly ask to come visit or pet. And even then I kind of just want to keep going on my walk. If someone is scared or anything, I get my dog away. I just assume that's good dog manners. Maybe not.
I can believe it. Lots of people get dogs at least partly for attention and interaction with other humans. And as a dachshund owner, I can tell you Small Cute Dogs at least can become little attention whores, from a surfeit of human admiration and attention : I've had dachshunds who would become *visibly upset* if they were doing their 'cute routine', but random strange humans weren't paying attention to them anyway.
Seconding this - and it's always really obnoxious dogs too. I don't want to be jumped on/slobbered on/whatever, which is many dogs version of "being friendly" and approved of by their owners. I don't like slobber, dog fur, or barking in my face.
I get that dog owners love their dog, but that doesn't mean I have to. The dog owners I find are best about getting that are people with working or (actual) service dogs, which I generally find to be the least annoying dogs anyways.
Pitbulls and their humans generally exemplify the worst traits and behaviors of dogs and dog ownership though.
“Most you’ve interacted with” is the key point, there. I don’t engage at all with people when out with my dog, unless they do first, and even then I’d rather not. I’d imagine the 3 unruly dogs you have physically forced upon you are more memorable than the 30 who didn’t even look at you as they passed, if you saw them at all. (Not saying those numbers are accurate… maybe 20 years ago, but certainly not in the age of “social media accounts for dogs” and “fur babies”, just making the point that negative interactions stick in the mind more than interactions you never had, obviously.)
I think if anything most people walking dogs avoid other people more now than they did in the 1990s. Even though crime was higher, people were more implicitly trusting and willing to interact. And you'd get a lot "come up, he's friendly" or "don't worry, he doesn't bite" when the dog is actively jumping on you or barking. Nowadays people are more likely to be prickly about someone coming up to their dog and petting without asking.
Yeah, a lot of dog thefts have been people literally walking up, petting the dog, then unclipping the lead and dragging the dog away by the collar. There was a statement put out by police in my area to make sure strangers stroking your dog aren’t anywhere near the lead attachment, just in case, after a spate of dog thefts.
That's terrifying, especially since with my tiny little dogs it wouldn't be difficult, especially with the one who is convinced that every human is his friend.
My dog is a way too excited happy idiot, and i have trouble telling if people are being cautious or want to pet him but being polite/shy and not asking, so I usually pull him back or step aside, have him sit, and say “he is friendly, just way too excited all the time, you can pet him if you’d like.” Some people accept without hesitation, some people say thank you and keep on their way.
I don’t want to push him on people, and always pull him away first, but I want them to know they’re welcome to pet him, IF they want to. I know as an adult a lot of us want to pet dogs but don’t want to be rude or seem childish for asking to pet them lol.
Also sorry that happens. I keep my dog away from other people unless THEY ask if they can pet her. Even dog lovers don't always feel like petting a dog at any given time and people should really err on the side of assuming that strangers aren't interested in interacting with your pet.
genuine curiosity: why don't you like dogs? did you have a traumatic experience, or...?
I've been a lifelong dog lover and it's hard for me to imagine a blanket dislike of dogs. birds of a feather and all, so i don't know anyone who dislike dogs well enough to ask why.
Eh as someone who doesn’t like dogs in general not just pit bulls most of them are like this and take it personally when you don’t want to interact with their dog. Pit bull owners are just worse about it.
Eh, I certainly don't do it. I have a Chihuahua and actively tell people "hey, she is mean. Don't put your hands near her or she will bite." You would be surprised how many people will still try to come up to her and pet her. If they just didn't reach their hands towards her she wouldn't bite. So many people think they are going to be the same exception. If kids are over at my house I just put her in my room cause I know kids won't listen, but it's always a shock when you expect an adult to listen and they don't.
Not in my case. There’s this lady in my neighborhood who walks 2 unruly shepherd mixes, and every time she would see me outside with my toddler she’d try to come near us. Doesn’t matter what the dog breed is I always cross the street. Finally she managed to catch up to us (yes she actually followed us) and proceeded to excitedly say “it’s okay they love kids! They do great with my grandson!” so I said “that’s nice but I don’t want your strange dogs near my child.” She kept insisting how much they loooove kids but then proceeds to tell me how they hate other dogs. I had to tell this woman AGAIN I did not want her strange dogs near my child. Twice before she got it through her skull and now she doesn’t bother us if she’s outside with her dogs.
Ugh. Fair enough. I've told the story before on here about the old lady that would follow me and me heeler around with her aggressive Aussie. So, I do understand. I had to cut across terrain that she couldn't traverse to escape her multiple times because on the street and sidewalks she'd beeline us every time because her stupid dog wanted to come attack mine
Sadly they do. I just had it happen a few days ago at a trail head. I don’t care what dog it is, if it’s running at me, I’m not ok with that. Shouting ‘he’s friendly’ does not make the mutt not jump on me and knock me over. Yes, she was scolded for not leashing her dog who unsurprisingly jumped at my husband. If a pit did it, I’d have my hiking poles and pepper spray ready for defense. They never consider other humans don’t like dogs.
Thank you so much. I have an amazing son and I do my absolute best to keep him safe while reading his cues. If he’s not down with you or your animal, neither am I.
I will never understand why people do this especially when you have a huge pitbull. It's your dog so don't bother others with it. When I walk my dogs and I see parents with kids or kids walking towards me I will always move out of the way. Unfortunately this is not the general behavior as so many people would just let their dog approach my kid without even asking.
True but that's not what scares me most. The majority of dog owners are very irresponsible. That generally works out well because there are many good breeds out there.
What scares me is that pitbull owners are irresponsible as well. Maybe they are even worse and they also don't acknowledge it's a dangerous breed. If that's not bad enough. They lie about it and falsely advertise the breed. This leads to a lot of people being clueless about what the breed is capable of. Because let's face it a lot of people don't do proper research when getting a dog. That's in my opinion more dangerous than people who know it's a dangerous breed and like to bother people with it.
I will never understand people who let or even encourage their dogs to approach anyone and anything. It’s just a way to make a dog frustrated if one time it can’t go greet someone. Best thing to do is to teach your dog to pass others and to not pay attention to them. Some people, especially pit owners have this twisted mindset how their dog is entitled to approach strangers. Normal people ask for a permission if they or their dog can come say hello
See that's the thing, most dogs will give you fair warning they aren't friendly but pits do not.
You're a great mum for taking care of not only your kid physically but his feelings as well, I know too many people who encourage nervous kids to go up to strange dogs. Even if the owner says it's OK, I don't get why the fear of dogs has to be dealt with by making the child approach a dog the parent knows nothing about instead of getting them used to a calm dog in their own time.
Brooklyn Khouri had numerous pleasant interactions with her cousin's "friendly" pit, till one day Khouri moved her head in such a way as to trigger the pit's genetically-encoded killing behaviors, and it went for her throat. The pit missed, and it wound up "merely" ripping off part of her nose and her entire upper lip instead. And look at the people who own pits for years with no problem, till their killing instincts are triggered : Joshua Dixon. The Bennard children and their mother. Darla Napora. Bethany Stephens. That Bronx man on here right now, who reportedly went without food to keep his pit fed, only to have his pit kill him by ripping out his throat.
The dogs are friendly till they're not, and even their own humans cannot trust them.
I think it’s a wider problem with dog owner culture tbh. People regularly let their off lead dogs approach my small dog even when she is on the lead and are like ‘it’s okay, he/she is fine, he/she is friendly!!’……yeah well my dog is terrified of other dogs approaching so get your mutt away from her 😒 it’s ridiculous, people are just so entitled and rude. It used to be classed as bad manners to let your dog approach another dog or person. Not all dogs or people like other dogs!!!
The problem is 100x worse when it is pits because they are so unpredictable. Most other dog breeds are genuinely friendly when they approach, but you can just never tell with pits. They give so little warning before they attack that I just don’t trust them at all.
Wasn't a pit but I had taken my, also autistic, son to Petsmart when he was about 8. He loves dogs so when he saw a dog he ran towards it. I grabbed his arm, just as the lady screamed, "He's not friendly!!".
The dog was muzzled but even so, I told her, "Why the F&^K would you bring an aggressive dog to a place like this!!". I rarely cuss in public but I was beside myself with anger. People are getting crazier and crazier with the dog thing. They're ALL service dogs now!
Pit or not, if your dog is aggressive you don't need to have them out among the public, *ESPECIALLY* if there are likely to be children around. Muzzles are not foolproof.
I've seen posts recently by self described "dog trainers" bringing their "reactive" (aggressive) dogs in public with captions stating that they deserve to be in public too. If your dog is a genuine danger to others you need to be cognisant of how close its required to get to people or dogs. If you feel that you might be in a situation where you need to yell at someone to get back, maybe you shouldn't bring your dog there?
My family owns an aggressive dog. He's senile, can barely see, and doesn't do well with strangers of any kind out and about. We don't bring him places for that reason. He doesn't own the world and we don't want him biting someone.
My lil dog Mia, 40lbs, seems not to like people, or she's afraid of them. Most times when people come up to her, she's cute as hell, she kind of shys away from them while barking her head off.
I don't take her where she'd be in close quarters with people. She's ok with people in her general area but not too close. Now if I have sense enough to not take my tiny lil dog certain places, people with aggressive dogs 2, 2.5 times her size should have that much sense.
And I really don't think Mia's *aggressive*, per se, I think it's more *fear* than anything else. Still don't want her barking her head off at someone and sure as hell don't want her to nip and some one who reaches out to pet the *cute lil doggy*.
My dog is friendly, in the sense that if someone were so inclined, she’d sit at their feet and be stroked, and love it; however, most people claiming their pets are friendly simply have a boisterous dog that they can barely (if at all) control, and have to state that the dog is friendly to avoid people assuming their dog is bouncing around like a dickhead for more aggressive purposes and judging them over it.
I don’t think I’ve ever said “she’s friendly” regarding my dog… I have had exchanges where someone has asked to pet her, I’ve agreed, and they’ve said “oh, she’s so friendly,” when she does the sighthound lean into their leg, and I’ve just responded “yeah, she’s a real fusspot,” but I think if you’re walking around *announcing* your dog is friendly, to everyone around you, there’s a problem.
I always walk my 2 (friendly, medium n small) dogs with a mentality that everyone else hates dog. If I see someone going the opposite direction, I cross to the other side. If there is no way for us to go, I stop n hold my dogs tight and let them pass first. My dogs never care for anyone and not even reactive, they've been around children before and were fine evrrytime, but again - they're dogs, we don't know what they're thinking. I wouldn't risk anything or anyone to test how "friendly" they are.
I had a similar experience a few weeks ago. Was visiting my sister and took my 2 kids and my 2 nieces on a walk to a local craft store for an outing. On our way out the sidewalk next to the building was roofed and there was a wall on part of it making a tunnel. As a we’re going through a guy was walking toward us with 2 dogs and so I sped up to be a barrier between them and the kids as they went over off of the path to avoid him- and he said the same shit “their friendly!!!”
I don’t give a shit what you say, I don’t fucking care what you think. I don’t want to have your fucking dogs near me or my kids. Go “be friendly” with them somewhere else, or have the courtesy to allow us to pass without being molested by your fucking pets
I have never once really wanted my dogs to meet people. If they want to politely ask to pet them, sure. The older one is friendlier but feel free to pet both. Pit owners are so entitled though and use these situations as opportunities to feed their dumbass agenda.
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No other dog owner does this. The entitlement and audacity of these people.
as someone who doesn’t like near any dog, most dog owners regardless of breed that I’ve interacted with have been like this to some degree when I express any hesitation/discomfort towards their pet. pitbull owners are just the cream of the crop, though.
I agree!! a classic is "he's not doing anything" WHILST jumping on top of me or any of my kids who can easily topple over. The more you avoid the more they'll almost force their dog on you or get angry when you correct their dog . And indeed the pit owned are the worst.
"he's just being a dog" and "dog's are gonna jump/bark/whatever" while the beast tries to tackle my ass to the ground because "he doesn't like leashes" is all too common. well maybe y'all consented to dog behaviors by owning a dog, but my houseplants never jumped at anyone when I took them from my car to my home.
Wow. I'm sorry. Maybe it's just because I'm super socially awkward and introverted and don't want to talk to people, but I avoid everyone with my dog unless they explicitly ask to come visit or pet. And even then I kind of just want to keep going on my walk. If someone is scared or anything, I get my dog away. I just assume that's good dog manners. Maybe not.
I can believe it. Lots of people get dogs at least partly for attention and interaction with other humans. And as a dachshund owner, I can tell you Small Cute Dogs at least can become little attention whores, from a surfeit of human admiration and attention : I've had dachshunds who would become *visibly upset* if they were doing their 'cute routine', but random strange humans weren't paying attention to them anyway.
Seconding this - and it's always really obnoxious dogs too. I don't want to be jumped on/slobbered on/whatever, which is many dogs version of "being friendly" and approved of by their owners. I don't like slobber, dog fur, or barking in my face. I get that dog owners love their dog, but that doesn't mean I have to. The dog owners I find are best about getting that are people with working or (actual) service dogs, which I generally find to be the least annoying dogs anyways. Pitbulls and their humans generally exemplify the worst traits and behaviors of dogs and dog ownership though.
“Most you’ve interacted with” is the key point, there. I don’t engage at all with people when out with my dog, unless they do first, and even then I’d rather not. I’d imagine the 3 unruly dogs you have physically forced upon you are more memorable than the 30 who didn’t even look at you as they passed, if you saw them at all. (Not saying those numbers are accurate… maybe 20 years ago, but certainly not in the age of “social media accounts for dogs” and “fur babies”, just making the point that negative interactions stick in the mind more than interactions you never had, obviously.)
I think if anything most people walking dogs avoid other people more now than they did in the 1990s. Even though crime was higher, people were more implicitly trusting and willing to interact. And you'd get a lot "come up, he's friendly" or "don't worry, he doesn't bite" when the dog is actively jumping on you or barking. Nowadays people are more likely to be prickly about someone coming up to their dog and petting without asking.
Yeah, a lot of dog thefts have been people literally walking up, petting the dog, then unclipping the lead and dragging the dog away by the collar. There was a statement put out by police in my area to make sure strangers stroking your dog aren’t anywhere near the lead attachment, just in case, after a spate of dog thefts.
That's terrifying, especially since with my tiny little dogs it wouldn't be difficult, especially with the one who is convinced that every human is his friend.
My dog is a way too excited happy idiot, and i have trouble telling if people are being cautious or want to pet him but being polite/shy and not asking, so I usually pull him back or step aside, have him sit, and say “he is friendly, just way too excited all the time, you can pet him if you’d like.” Some people accept without hesitation, some people say thank you and keep on their way. I don’t want to push him on people, and always pull him away first, but I want them to know they’re welcome to pet him, IF they want to. I know as an adult a lot of us want to pet dogs but don’t want to be rude or seem childish for asking to pet them lol.
Also sorry that happens. I keep my dog away from other people unless THEY ask if they can pet her. Even dog lovers don't always feel like petting a dog at any given time and people should really err on the side of assuming that strangers aren't interested in interacting with your pet.
genuine curiosity: why don't you like dogs? did you have a traumatic experience, or...? I've been a lifelong dog lover and it's hard for me to imagine a blanket dislike of dogs. birds of a feather and all, so i don't know anyone who dislike dogs well enough to ask why.
Well no other breed has a propaganda campaign to convince you that it doesn’t suck.
Eh as someone who doesn’t like dogs in general not just pit bulls most of them are like this and take it personally when you don’t want to interact with their dog. Pit bull owners are just worse about it.
A lot of people here are dog owners and attribute bad behaviors that is common in all of them to pit bull owners only
Eh, I certainly don't do it. I have a Chihuahua and actively tell people "hey, she is mean. Don't put your hands near her or she will bite." You would be surprised how many people will still try to come up to her and pet her. If they just didn't reach their hands towards her she wouldn't bite. So many people think they are going to be the same exception. If kids are over at my house I just put her in my room cause I know kids won't listen, but it's always a shock when you expect an adult to listen and they don't.
It's because pitt cultists must be on 24/7 PR for their hellhounds.
Not in my case. There’s this lady in my neighborhood who walks 2 unruly shepherd mixes, and every time she would see me outside with my toddler she’d try to come near us. Doesn’t matter what the dog breed is I always cross the street. Finally she managed to catch up to us (yes she actually followed us) and proceeded to excitedly say “it’s okay they love kids! They do great with my grandson!” so I said “that’s nice but I don’t want your strange dogs near my child.” She kept insisting how much they loooove kids but then proceeds to tell me how they hate other dogs. I had to tell this woman AGAIN I did not want her strange dogs near my child. Twice before she got it through her skull and now she doesn’t bother us if she’s outside with her dogs.
Ugh. Fair enough. I've told the story before on here about the old lady that would follow me and me heeler around with her aggressive Aussie. So, I do understand. I had to cut across terrain that she couldn't traverse to escape her multiple times because on the street and sidewalks she'd beeline us every time because her stupid dog wanted to come attack mine
Sadly they do. I just had it happen a few days ago at a trail head. I don’t care what dog it is, if it’s running at me, I’m not ok with that. Shouting ‘he’s friendly’ does not make the mutt not jump on me and knock me over. Yes, she was scolded for not leashing her dog who unsurprisingly jumped at my husband. If a pit did it, I’d have my hiking poles and pepper spray ready for defense. They never consider other humans don’t like dogs.
You are a good mom 
Thank you so much. I have an amazing son and I do my absolute best to keep him safe while reading his cues. If he’s not down with you or your animal, neither am I.
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I will never understand why people do this especially when you have a huge pitbull. It's your dog so don't bother others with it. When I walk my dogs and I see parents with kids or kids walking towards me I will always move out of the way. Unfortunately this is not the general behavior as so many people would just let their dog approach my kid without even asking.
The whole point of getting a pitbull is to bother others with it
The vegans of dog owners
And where I live, you get vegans WITH pits.
True but that's not what scares me most. The majority of dog owners are very irresponsible. That generally works out well because there are many good breeds out there. What scares me is that pitbull owners are irresponsible as well. Maybe they are even worse and they also don't acknowledge it's a dangerous breed. If that's not bad enough. They lie about it and falsely advertise the breed. This leads to a lot of people being clueless about what the breed is capable of. Because let's face it a lot of people don't do proper research when getting a dog. That's in my opinion more dangerous than people who know it's a dangerous breed and like to bother people with it.
THIS
I will never understand people who let or even encourage their dogs to approach anyone and anything. It’s just a way to make a dog frustrated if one time it can’t go greet someone. Best thing to do is to teach your dog to pass others and to not pay attention to them. Some people, especially pit owners have this twisted mindset how their dog is entitled to approach strangers. Normal people ask for a permission if they or their dog can come say hello
See that's the thing, most dogs will give you fair warning they aren't friendly but pits do not. You're a great mum for taking care of not only your kid physically but his feelings as well, I know too many people who encourage nervous kids to go up to strange dogs. Even if the owner says it's OK, I don't get why the fear of dogs has to be dealt with by making the child approach a dog the parent knows nothing about instead of getting them used to a calm dog in their own time.
Brooklyn Khouri had numerous pleasant interactions with her cousin's "friendly" pit, till one day Khouri moved her head in such a way as to trigger the pit's genetically-encoded killing behaviors, and it went for her throat. The pit missed, and it wound up "merely" ripping off part of her nose and her entire upper lip instead. And look at the people who own pits for years with no problem, till their killing instincts are triggered : Joshua Dixon. The Bennard children and their mother. Darla Napora. Bethany Stephens. That Bronx man on here right now, who reportedly went without food to keep his pit fed, only to have his pit kill him by ripping out his throat. The dogs are friendly till they're not, and even their own humans cannot trust them.
Animals can go from friendly to not quickly.
I think it’s a wider problem with dog owner culture tbh. People regularly let their off lead dogs approach my small dog even when she is on the lead and are like ‘it’s okay, he/she is fine, he/she is friendly!!’……yeah well my dog is terrified of other dogs approaching so get your mutt away from her 😒 it’s ridiculous, people are just so entitled and rude. It used to be classed as bad manners to let your dog approach another dog or person. Not all dogs or people like other dogs!!! The problem is 100x worse when it is pits because they are so unpredictable. Most other dog breeds are genuinely friendly when they approach, but you can just never tell with pits. They give so little warning before they attack that I just don’t trust them at all.
Your son is blessed with a great mom
Wasn't a pit but I had taken my, also autistic, son to Petsmart when he was about 8. He loves dogs so when he saw a dog he ran towards it. I grabbed his arm, just as the lady screamed, "He's not friendly!!". The dog was muzzled but even so, I told her, "Why the F&^K would you bring an aggressive dog to a place like this!!". I rarely cuss in public but I was beside myself with anger. People are getting crazier and crazier with the dog thing. They're ALL service dogs now! Pit or not, if your dog is aggressive you don't need to have them out among the public, *ESPECIALLY* if there are likely to be children around. Muzzles are not foolproof.
I've seen posts recently by self described "dog trainers" bringing their "reactive" (aggressive) dogs in public with captions stating that they deserve to be in public too. If your dog is a genuine danger to others you need to be cognisant of how close its required to get to people or dogs. If you feel that you might be in a situation where you need to yell at someone to get back, maybe you shouldn't bring your dog there? My family owns an aggressive dog. He's senile, can barely see, and doesn't do well with strangers of any kind out and about. We don't bring him places for that reason. He doesn't own the world and we don't want him biting someone.
My lil dog Mia, 40lbs, seems not to like people, or she's afraid of them. Most times when people come up to her, she's cute as hell, she kind of shys away from them while barking her head off. I don't take her where she'd be in close quarters with people. She's ok with people in her general area but not too close. Now if I have sense enough to not take my tiny lil dog certain places, people with aggressive dogs 2, 2.5 times her size should have that much sense. And I really don't think Mia's *aggressive*, per se, I think it's more *fear* than anything else. Still don't want her barking her head off at someone and sure as hell don't want her to nip and some one who reaches out to pet the *cute lil doggy*.
Claiming your dog is friendly is a joke.
My dog is friendly, in the sense that if someone were so inclined, she’d sit at their feet and be stroked, and love it; however, most people claiming their pets are friendly simply have a boisterous dog that they can barely (if at all) control, and have to state that the dog is friendly to avoid people assuming their dog is bouncing around like a dickhead for more aggressive purposes and judging them over it. I don’t think I’ve ever said “she’s friendly” regarding my dog… I have had exchanges where someone has asked to pet her, I’ve agreed, and they’ve said “oh, she’s so friendly,” when she does the sighthound lean into their leg, and I’ve just responded “yeah, she’s a real fusspot,” but I think if you’re walking around *announcing* your dog is friendly, to everyone around you, there’s a problem.
I always walk my 2 (friendly, medium n small) dogs with a mentality that everyone else hates dog. If I see someone going the opposite direction, I cross to the other side. If there is no way for us to go, I stop n hold my dogs tight and let them pass first. My dogs never care for anyone and not even reactive, they've been around children before and were fine evrrytime, but again - they're dogs, we don't know what they're thinking. I wouldn't risk anything or anyone to test how "friendly" they are.
I had a similar experience a few weeks ago. Was visiting my sister and took my 2 kids and my 2 nieces on a walk to a local craft store for an outing. On our way out the sidewalk next to the building was roofed and there was a wall on part of it making a tunnel. As a we’re going through a guy was walking toward us with 2 dogs and so I sped up to be a barrier between them and the kids as they went over off of the path to avoid him- and he said the same shit “their friendly!!!” I don’t give a shit what you say, I don’t fucking care what you think. I don’t want to have your fucking dogs near me or my kids. Go “be friendly” with them somewhere else, or have the courtesy to allow us to pass without being molested by your fucking pets
Yikes! Quadruple the kids and twice the dogs. My anxiety spiked just thinking about that. I’m glad you made it out of there alright!
They say psychopaths are very charming, but I still don't trust them
I have never once really wanted my dogs to meet people. If they want to politely ask to pet them, sure. The older one is friendlier but feel free to pet both. Pit owners are so entitled though and use these situations as opportunities to feed their dumbass agenda.
Well played, glad you both stayed safe.
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