I love Chloe more than almost anything….except of course my son and my husband. But there are day’s when my love for Chloe tips the scales. However, Chloe is not uber friendly. She will tolerate people after she gets to know them and IF they give her bones and lots of love. It took her a bit to warm up to Keith but now she loves him madly. When my friends come to visit she barks like crazy. She’s also nipped my Pest Control guy twice!!! My one coworker friend thinks Chloe’s racist. My other friend thinks she’s just plain “meanâ€.
Of course because I love her and because she’s far from mean to me, I make up tons of excuses for her. “She’s cranky becaues she doesn’t know youâ€, “Do you let strangers touch you?â€, etc. etc. In my world Chloe can do not wrong.
Today I got the following email from my friend.
“I thought that this was your dog, until I saw the description that read “Friendly” craigslist.orgâ€
I couldn’t help but laugh. However, for the record, I still adore Chloe….madly and completely. I even might like that she’s not so so friendly because that means she’s in MY lap and no one else’s. I wrote back to my friend, “Of course that is not Chloe, Chloe is more beautiful!!!”  Yes, that is what I do when people notice Chloe’s naughty side, point out how pretty she is….it’s a deflection technique. See it works…..you can’t look at her and believe for a minute that she could be mean??? her??? mean???? no way.
Is Chloe a mini pin? I love those dogs! While your dog may be “grumpy” to people I have the only lab in the world that is so curmudgeony that she doesn’t like other dogs….except for the tiny ones! I bet she would get along with Chole!
Chloe’s not “grumpy”, she’s “discerning”. My Millie is often described as grumpy but I quite like that she’s not an “easy” pet who will just purr for anyone. You have to earn her purr.