B) this particular shop hangs rugs over their sidewalk fence for display on the weekends, and I'm pretty certain this sort of thing happens a lot.

Knowing dogs, the odds are high that Cagney peed on the rug because another dog had already done so. If they leave it out, they can probably try to charge a lot more people with dogs.

That's what I said, that someone probably already had peed on it. He gave me an ugly smile and said that he was SURE no one else had done so.

Yeah. I really need to think about this. I do want to be a good neighbor, but don't know how to do that without giving in to this pressure.

Ouch, bonny, that sucks.

Hil...PEANUT! I love it. He's cute; good luck!

I like casual days when you get stuff done, but in kinda slo-mo and very I'll just putter with this, and hey, presto! it's more organized.

Plus it's grey and chilly and windy, and I really don't want/need to leave the house.

He gave me an ugly smile and said that he was SURE no one else had done so.

He...doesn't sound like he's a good neighbor.

Hill, what a cute dog! I hope it works out.

He...doesn't sound like he's a good neighbor.

Agreed.

He...doesn't sound like he's a good neighbor.

That doesn't really mitigate bonny's responsibility as the dog owner.

True, and I'm going to take my part in it.

What I don't understand is how the risk of this sort of thing happening...which it MUST happen all the time, given the demographic...it is worth the risk to them to display their product in public space.

They don't do so on weekdays, only on the weekends when the dog population around here is enormous.

eta: on the front of my responsibility...I'm generally pretty aware of how much Cagney has 'in the tank' so to speak. We walked a goodly distance before we arrived in front of that store and I was definitely was not watching him. That is on me. But I swear, I thought he was out.

As Zen alluded, I would not want to be a customer of that store and purchase a 'pre-peed' rug without my knowledge...and I am a dog lover!

That doesn't really mitigate bonny's responsibility as the dog owner.

Didn't say it did, now did I?

I'm ridiculously worried about my appointment tomorrow. Any ~ma you can spare, please?

Lots of ~ma, sj.

Oy, bonny. Really an expense and bother you don't need right now.

Good weekend. Tired. Liking D more and more. We ran into StW and his new gf last night, so that hurdle is done with. Yay. So funny comparing the two, they are so different physically. And personality wise. StW is now just somebody I used to know, which is slightly bittersweet but only slightly. It was never anything real; being with D feels real, which I'm almost too superstitious to even type.

Okay, enough rambling. Sleep well, Bitches.