Ok, so you know how sometimes you have unexpected side effects to something that you’re trying? Well, we’ve been experiencing that with Brynja lately. So, she’s got some fabulous personality traits, that are also presenting challenges. One is that she LOVES people, so much so that she thinks everyone is meant to be her friend. The other thing is that she’s curious and that’s wonderful too, except when she’s pulling whoever is on the other end of the leash around to investigate whatever caught her eye at that moment. whether It could be something as small as a piece of trash, a bottle of sensitive skin care products, or a moving object like a butterfly.
I have to say that I’m grateful she’s as small as she is, but it’s still really obnoxious to have a dog pulling on a leash so much. So…I decided to use a head halter on her. Well, the funniest thing happened. Not only did it give me more control over her nose/head as she tried to dive for stuff, but it had an unintended side effect too. I never realized that people would think she was wearing a muzzle. ROFL I haven’t had a single person come up and try to pet our “cute puppy”. In fact, much the opposite. I have people giving her all kinds of space. It’s hilarious. I guess they think she’s a biter. It’s not exactly what I had in mind, but it sure is helpful to not have everyone you meet want to interact with her.
Anyway, I think I’ll be chuckling about this for weeks. Brynja, the “vicious” puppy. hehe.





