“My partner was not a fan of dogs and was startled by my approach.”
Because his partner’s “approach” would have involved the use of a firearm, I bet!
Which is why this story is so unusual. :)
In our old neighborhood, we were walking our dogs on their leashes and one of our neighbors called out to us. She lived two doors down so we dropped one leash so our dog could run up to her and be lavished with petting, hugs and kisses. Our neighbor had a visitor- a fat, mannish lady cop. who was standing right next to our neighbor. When the cop saw our fat, ecstatic, flatulent, drooling basset bouncing up to our neighbor and roll over on his back to get his belly scratched, she had her hand on her gun. She didn’t pull it out of the holster but still. She was in a stance with her legs apart and looked to be at the ready.
I feel for all those families who have had their dogs killed by overzealous and very often wrong policemen. This story about this policeman is amazing and one that I wish were repeated in life more often.
Maybe he’s a Muslim.
There is something wrong mentally with people who dislike dogs.