The backstory:
I'm on another forum about pugs (because I have the cutest pug in the whole world!
). A woman who is on there, who I've known for a couple of years has the SWEETEST senior boy pug named Bob. Bob is about eleven years old and is severely arthritic in his back legs, so that he has trouble walking. He's also mostly blind in one eye, but he is the cutest little baby.Here is a picture of Bob:
Now here is what happened to poor Bob today, in the words of his owner:
"I took Bob to PetSmart today to look for a new coat for him. His old one still fits him, but I get alot of cracks about how unmanly the coat is so I thought I'd look for something else.
Now I almost never have Bob on leash--he hates, he walks nicely with me and with his somewhat awkward gait, it's just easier for him NOT to be on leash. He had his harness on and we were strolling the treat aisle on our way to the coats. A woman was squatting down looking at dog treats and bob walked over to her to say Hi and check out the treats. She SHOVED him away--really hard--which made Bob fall over and she then got up and KICKED HIM! By the time she kicked him, I was right beside him and I'm afraid I lost it a bit. I asked what in the hell she thought she was doing and she said that I should have my dog on leash and not roaming around "bothering people" and that she was going to report me to the manager--I said she could come with me while I reported her the manager for kicking my dog. She then spat on me and walked off.
Can you believe that!! A number of people came up to ask if Bob was Okay and the manager asked the woman to leave the store. Bob was doing NOTHING. He wasn't even licking or sniffing or head butting her (which he does when he wants you to pat him).
Fortunately, I'm well known at that PetSmart and I guess I shouldn't have had him off leash, but he's such an innocuous guy--who's he gonna hurt?
Thanks for letting me rant."
WHO IN THE HELL DOES SOMETHING LIKE THAT???????
Who knocks over a small, old, limping, half-blind dog, then KICKS HIM WHEN HE'S ON HIS SIDE and then SPITS on the owner when they protest????? And what in the hell is she doing in Petsmart if she doesn't want to come across animals???? I sure as hell hope she was shopping for someone else! I shudder to think of what she would do to her OWN animals!!! 
The police were called and Petsmart filed a formal complaint (so did my friend) and the police gave Bob a doughnut and a toy police badge.
Bob is spending the night on a heating pad for his poor hips, just in case. 
Let me tell you, it's just a good thing I wasn't there or I'd have to be bailed out of jail for beating the ever living crap out of a total stranger.
