This made me smile. The only place outside of dog shows that we bring our dogs is to the vet. They all go at least twice a year, sometimes more if something is going on. We keep them inside the van until the Vet is ready for us, and then somebody comes out to get us and escort us in. At first they would bring us through the front door and past the other customers waiting in the lobby with their dogs, but that didn't work out well, so now they bring us in through the back door to avoid the other dogs. As show dogs, our dogs are used to other dogs and pretty much ignore them, but as Akita's, if another dog challenges them, they react. Usually it's just a very deep growl, that will lead to raised hackles and then baring their teeth. It's very intimidating and both times that it happened there, it was because the other person didn't have good control of their dog and their dog showed aggression when we walked into the lobby. People actually got so scared that they ran out of the lobby the second time it happened!!! Nothing came of it, we keep our dogs on a very short leash and got him out of there right away and left the Vet and their Techs to deal with their clients in the lobby.
Which is why we would never bring our dogs anywhere. It's not that they misbehave, it's how they react to others that misbehave.
Matsu is a beast at 110 pounds and growing, but Kami is only 92 pounds and the truly scary one!!!
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