I have a home I approved that is coming out to meet my special needs girl. They sound like an ideal home and I know thier vet, training place they go to, etc. They loved everything they heard about her, her photo, have plans on what they would like to do with her- thought they would be coming out to adopt her. But they want to come out and MEET her, not because they are wary or want to access her needs in person (which I could understand)...they said that they think a dog should pick them. For some reason, this annoys me as I feel they will have really high expectations as to what constitutes being picked.
For one, collies tend to be reserved on first meeting someone- that is normal for a collie- bred into them to be wary of strangers until they know they are OK. Second, she is mostly blind, so not like they can expect the pup to run up and lavish them with kisses on first site no matter what breed she was- I expect she will sniff around at them and thier dog for awhile and feel them out. Will they take that as "not being picked"?
Am I completely off base, or would this annoy you too?
For one, collies tend to be reserved on first meeting someone- that is normal for a collie- bred into them to be wary of strangers until they know they are OK. Second, she is mostly blind, so not like they can expect the pup to run up and lavish them with kisses on first site no matter what breed she was- I expect she will sniff around at them and thier dog for awhile and feel them out. Will they take that as "not being picked"?
Am I completely off base, or would this annoy you too?