I was out walking my DINOS and practicing LAT and BAT when I saw this ROAR across the road. I shouted over to the person with the ROAR to keep that GSP away from my CKCS. The other owner said OMG WTF. I told him I was working on LLW and hoping to get a CGC and he told me to STFU. I kept going, trying to get away from him, C/T every chance I had. I'm still on a FSR you see. My CKCS rushed ahead and got an NRM, but came back so more C/T. The ROAR moved away with the owner muttering something that sounded like AFAIC MDIF.Anyway I, I know it's kinda been a roundabout way of saying it
But I guess the whole point I'm tryin' to make here is:
And I especially hate all these ones that seem to catch on like wildfire lately. DINOS (dogs in need of space), ROAR (rover on a retractable [leash]), and MDIF (my dog is friendly) are recent ones I've seen used in blog posts and then everyone latches onto them like they're the best thing since sliced bread. Frankly, every time I see someone tossing them off all I can think of is "you're trying too hard to be one of the cool kids." And I want to punch them. Seriously. (Or maybe not so seriously.)
I'm sure this will make me wildly unpopular (WU?), but it's been bothering me for awhile. I love clear communication. Silly acronyms and catchphrases aren't helping people communicate with others clearly. And it also lumps all dogs into one category. What is a DINOS anyway? My dog loves other dogs, but she doesn't like them crawling up into her business or humping her. She's on a retractable leash but she's not running up to these so-called DINOS (which is the implication behind the acronym) because I don't let her. And because she needs her space too (OMG a DINOS ROAR???!! Say it ain't so!).
And please folks, if you insist on using such acronyms, try not to call them DINOS dogs, because all that translates to is "Dogs in need of space dogs." It's like calling it an ATM machine.
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