Originally posted by ricardobeat All this because of a light-hearted joke? Sick people. Someday that could happen to you, then I hope you find the forum posts :]
I ran into this very thing at a dog obedience class I was teaching, many years ago.
I made a joke about "real dogs" in relation to a student's small breed, and spent an hour the next day on the phone with my training director, who pretty much chewed me a new orifice.
Apparently, my breed of choice (look at my avatar) is not the only worthwhile breed of dog.
The lesson I learned was to respect that not everyone wants a Rottweiler. A couple of years ago, my Schutzund bred Rottie (who is an incredibly tough dog) got thoroughly put in his place by an eight pond Shih Tzu bitch.
Lesson learned: sometimes those Kleenex box dogs aren't what they appear to be.