All of my clients know that I am a huge dog person, and that I have fairly large dogs that are my children. I've had some people say some pretty stupid things b/c my husband and I aren't planning to have children. My favorite is "You're dogs can't take care of you when you get old" My response "Who says your kids will take care of you!". I always say it in a joking tone, as they are the customer, and I can't offend them! Well, today, a fairly new, but regular client was in, and boy was she in a mood!! The first thing she said when she came in was "Did you hear about those horrible dogs attacking that little boy?". I said no, so she kind of half told me the story, then proceeded to say all "rothwilders" (I'm assuming she meant rotties) should be put down, then she said ALL large dogs should be put down. I started to talk about the importance of training, and not leaving a child unattended with ANY dog. Well, I didn't even get a whole sentance out and she went on about how that's not true, you never have to worry a child and a small dog. So I tried to tell her about a story I had read about an infant being killed by a pom, interrupted again of course. I could see that she was going to keep on yapping, so I excused myself to check on my other lady under the dryer. I was about 2 seconds away from losing my composure, so I abrupty changed the subject, she tried to change it back! I just looked her in the eye and said "I will never agree with your point of view" and I changed the subject again. THIS IS WHY I LIKE MY DOGS BETTER THAN MOST PEOPLE!!!