Saturday had FINALLY arrived and Todd was on his way to my house! I was so excited to see him again! It seemed like it had been forever since we had been together. I was so excited to see him and I absolutely could not wait for him to walk in my door! We were planning to relax at my house and watch a movie and then go to dinner Saturday night. Nothing too fancy…we just really wanted to spend time together and continue getting to know each other.
He had finally arrived at my house. My dogs were barking like heathens, just as they always do when anyone arrives. I was trying to control them and greet him at the same time. As soon as he came in the door, I realized that he was very serious about not liking indoor dogs. He didn't greet my dogs. He didn't pet my dogs. He just stared at them with this look of total disgust. I was honestly in shock!! I could not believe that he was not being friendly to my dogs. After all, they are not scary creatures…they weigh roughly 10 pounds a piece and have silky white hair and all they want is your undivided love and attention. In no way did I think they could ever be intimidating!
But, here I was…finding myself in the middle of a stare down between the 34 year old man I was dating and my 2 white fluffy dogs!! All I could do to break the ice was laugh and say "OK, you have met the pups!" He finally began "interacting" (and I use that word very lightly) with them. I thought "OK…maybe this is going to be fine." He seemed to be warming up to them and I felt like he might have just needed a little time to get used to the idea.
MAN WAS I WRONG!! Before I knew it he was literally chasing them through my house and scaring the bejesus out of both of them! I had NEVER seen either of my dogs react to any human the way they were reacting to Todd! They were literally running from him, with their tails down and trying to hide anywhere that they could! They even ran behind the sofa which I'm quite sure was the first time they had EVER been back there! I was so upset with the entire situation!!! The worst thing about it was that now Todd thought it was funny!! He was literally TERRORIZING my two babies and getting joy out of it. It had to stop. I put my foot down and told him that he could ABSOLUTELY NOT treat them that way! This was their house and HE was the visitor!
I think he might have gotten a little embarrassed because he did immediately stop and he apologized to me but it was too late. I was not happy and my poor dogs were completely traumatized. They would not even come near him. This was NOT good!
Needless to say, it did not set a good tone for the rest of the date. We hung out at my house for a little while but I honestly was ready to get him away from my dogs and to give my poor dogs a break from him! We went to dinner and I did bring up the subject of the dogs because I felt like it was something that needed to be discussed. I asked him why he acted the way that he did with the dogs and what his issue was with indoor dogs.
He had a story about his childhood where he got bitten by a small dog and how he never quite got over that. I kind of understood, but I was also thinking that he needed to man up a little because at the end of the day these weren't Pit Bulls or Dobermans, they were TINY 10 pound nothings!!! Then the real truth came out about why he hated indoor dogs so much. He went into a huge litany about how unclean indoor dogs were and how dirty they make furniture. Even if you can't see the dirt it is still there because they use the bathroom outside, don't wipe themselves and then come inside and sit on your furniture. He said they are disgusting and belong outdoors!
AND…there it was!!! I had found the point of contention for Todd and I!
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