OK, we have all heard peole give backwards compliments and say weird things, sometimes they realize what they said and quickly apologize, other times, they don't realize how mean or stupid they sounded, and yet other times they just actually meant exactly what they said. This latest interaction still has me puzzled.
A bit of background. Woman buys puppy from us. Puppy is wonderful at pick up, and of course was fully groomed, including ears, pads, nails etc. One week later, "It doesn't look like this puppy has ever had it's nails done, has she ever had a bath?" The 'oh, crap' light goes on.
Later, said puppy finishes AKC CH and GCH as well as CKC CH. Then it doesn't pass all health testing to the degree that we approve in our contract for breeding. She doesn't want to keep the bitch, she wants to breed, and already has several other dogs and bitches, and is forming partnerships with other breeders. Good for her, keep diversity in the breed, but keep on top of your health certifications and don't breed indiscriminately. Referring back to the 'Oh, Crap!' light, we decide it is better to make this woman an offer so she doesn't have to wait for a replacement puppy, thereby allowing us to not have to really deal with her anymore. Woman accepts offer - very cordially, I might add, saying how wonderful of us it was to think of that. Bitch is returned to us, at our expense. "At least that's over." Right? Wrong.
Woman tells people that they should never deal with Darlene and Dave as they don't stand behind their dogs and will screw you over. Found this out at Nationals, a year or so ago, as she was going from table to table in hushed whispers to people who had dogs from us. Nice.
Now the latest. As you know Dave just showed Selena at the Havanese Club of America National Specialty and won the whole thing...BEST OF BREED! We are on Cloud 9 as we bred Selena, and her dam, and showed her sire to both American and Canadian Nationals wins in 2010.
So, this woman says to me, how much she likes Patti Lucas and is so happy that she has done so well with her Havanese. She says that Patti just seems like such a nice lady. (SHE IS!!!! Patti Lucas is one of the finest people that I have ever had the privilege of knowing).
Then comes the slap...
Woman is so happy for Patti, but was just so disappointed that it was Dave who won with Selena. It was just too bad and it made her sad that Dave had to be the one who was showing the dog who won Nationals!
WTF !?!?!?!?!
I walked away going WTF ?!?!?! I couldn't say anything as we were right outside of the show ring and wasn't sure what was going to come out. Woman is strange, and I suppose there is a minuscule chance that she was joking, but there was not even a hint of a smile or joking demeanor. Why would you say something like that? She could have just stopped at how happy she was for Patti Lucas. She could have not said anything at all. Even if she really felt like that. BUT WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT TO THE WIFE OF THE MAN YOU ARE DISSING !?!?!
I guess I am going with "Woman is strange, nothing you can do about it" and stop scratching my head before I lose more hair or people think I have dandruff.
The really sad part is that people who don't know her, will tend to believe her nastiness.
