Adler is Such a Girl

Just like some women I know, Adler doesn’t like men. It all started about six months ago. Some man must’ve broke her heart because since then she will not let random guys come up and pet her. She’s very selective with her affection for men even going as far as backing away and barking at some of our male friends. Just this morning, I’m walking her around the block – our usual before work routine – when she hears the voices of male construction workers. In usual fashion, she pulls up her nose from its permanent place in the grass and hurries past the house they are working on. A few houses later, another man was standing on his front porch and Adler approached him hesitantly. The guy, doing the right thing, bent down and put his hand out for Adler to smell it. Adler hates the hand. She backed up and started barking her head off at this poor guy.

We don’t know when this aversion to men started but we do know that Adler is selective in her discrimination – some men, even ones we don’t know, she will go right up to and snuggle up against their leg begging for free pats. Others, she won’t let within 10 feet of her. Maybe she’s just protecting us, but I think Adler just prefers keeping company with girls and her Chewy Vuitton purse.