Dog Party Gone Bad

Yesterday I attended a dog party of some very good friends of mine. The party was for their dog's first birthday. In the year that they have had their dog, they have met lots of people at the local dog park, and have formed a circle of friends who get together weekly and go for walks.

So, when me and Mickey are invited, we jump at the chance to socialize our dogs with other dogs. I thought this also would be a great chance for me to start being more talkative and outgoing. Little did we know what we were in for.

We were the first people to arrive. So far so good. Our dogs got along terrific with the host's dog, and they played while we talked and drank. Then the weirdness started. The people started coming with their pets one after the other. These were some of the strangest people I have ever encountered. These are people our friends would have looked at years ago and made jokes about.

Needless to say that my attempt to be more outgoing was a bust. I loved being the quiet guy that day. When encountered by one of these goofs, I would immediately find the nearest dog and start playing with him/her. Not only was I not getting along with these rejects, neither was our one dog. She must have found some of these fellow dogs as annoying as I found their owners. She was attacking a few of them at times, and nearly was at a point where I thought she was going to kill this little piece of shit that was owned by the wackiest of them all. The owner was loud, and she actually was being pursued by Extreme Makeover. (Everyone knows how fucked up you have to look to be on that show.....believe me she needed it) To prove how stupid she is, she turned them down.

I think that's the last dog party I will be attending. My dogs and I will find other ways to be more social. I think having friends for your pets is a good thing, but the owner has to be somewhat........somewhat not fucked in the head I guess would be the words I'm thinking of.