I have a dog that really doesn’t like people touching her. She’s actually not mean, just not social. She is painfully loyal and attentive, like a clingy girlfriend. I’m in a city and good lord everyone is out walking, which I can’t blame them.
When I walk her and I see someone coming the other way I always cross the street. Now, it’s almost impossible to avoid people. I feel like I’m Emmit Smith dodging linebackers back and forth across the street trying to avoid people wanting to pet my dog. If they have kids it’s 10 times worse. Social distancing applies to dogs, too.
That is why I like chessies, more independent than clingy.