Hope you stop getting bullied, it's really not nice of her to say those things to you :/

I'm sharp and I don't like to start things but when people do Itake great joy in ending them. If you can't come up with comebacks and really don't care what people think of you just get really weird. People don't like dealing with weird. Next time she comes up for a drive by insult yell "NO I WILL NOT TOUCH YOU THERE, F#@K OFF" then calmly walk away with a smile on your face. She will look at you like you are insane and will probably not want to interact with you anymore and people will think she is a creep (This works at maximum efficiency when people are around). and yes I've done this before its hilarious.

However you handle the situation good luck

Hee hee. That's true, and honestly not all that unusual for someone to yell something crazy randomly here. Hm, now you have me thinking... Maybe I'll stage a sobbing fit and collapse on the sidewalk yelling, "why do you have to be so mean?! Just because my dog is a puppy and likes to have fun..." continue into unintelligible sobbing... Or I could just yell "AH!" and run away in a fit of giggles every time I see her... Dizzy would love that game and her dog might want to play too! Gasp!

Atta girl! Now your thinking, put her in an awkward position she will not want to deal with again.

Defintely hard to be mean to someone crying.

Aren't people desensitized to crazies in NYC??

Oh yes. Just take a slight step away in case they are a real wacko and have a weapon or something. I'm guessing she would avoid me though if I did one of the above. I think the running giggle might be the best, plus it would annoy her, because her perfect dog might watch us run by wistfully.

Here's another quote:
Never argue with an idiot because they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Mmm I like the being nice idea, if you could pull off being super nice (it is near impossible I know >.> ) then it would be very hard for any normal person to continue being mean to you. Or you could just tell her that what she thinks of you and your dog is none of your business anyways so you don't particularly care what she thinks. Of course you might want to word that a bit differently since the last thing you would want to do is tick her off even more, so as such you should probably avoid swearing as well, it will make you seem more mature and professional anyways. Making her so angry at you that she no longer speaks to you could work; although then again it could also have a reverse effect where she might not only to continue to bully you but she'd also just try nastier things in the future... :/

Good luck! Shame life isn't a video game or you could just go all gangster on her; grown up bullies are so childish. xD

i like the say something slightly insane thing. my husband does it to me and i know it works..drives my batty and stops an argument in its tracks if were yelling and he just says "LOUD VOICES" lol. i usually end up laughing. anyhow , lady walks up and makes a snide comment. you look at her and loudly say "STOP TRYING TO SELL ME DRUGS they are ILLLEGAL"
bhahahahahaha

(and yes i know this is probably the most immature route) . but its funny

^^ I like that idea too. I came up with a name to call my hubby (poopyhead) when I was mad at him so that instead of making the situation worse, we both end up in a fit of laughter and now it has turned into a term of endearment lol. I honestly think that the running away and giggling would be perfect. It will not only upset her but it will make her want to stay away from you!!!

So we ran into the bully again this am, and she made some rude comment about Dizzy never making it as a show dog. Instead of responding to her comment, I calmly simply asked why she felt the need to bully me. I think this caught her off guard a bit and she stammered something about how he was such a horrible dog and was ruining her morning walk. Instead of reacting to what she said, I told her (again calmly) that I thought it was very odd that she seemed to get such sadistic pleasure out of hurting other people, but that I have seen Dizzy in the ring and he knows its time to work and he is phenomenal. I told her that he's smart enough to know the difference between work and fun and that I actually enjoy seeing him have fun on our walks and I'm happy with his development. She started to say something rude, and I cut her off and told her that unless she had something nice to say, or Dizzy was actually a danger to her robot dog, to keep her comments to herself. Meanwhile, he was stacking in front of me begging for cheese and completely ignoring her dog, which clearly was dying to play. I don't think I've ever seen her dog allowed to play with another dog.

Good for you Jen! I'm glad you caught her off guard and I hope that she takes what you said and just leaves you guys alone.

If she doesn't I'm just going to start doing 'fly bys' and just run past her at full speed. That will make her dog jump at the end of the leash, which will piss her off to no end. I've figured out, there's nothing she hates more than her dog wanting to play with other dogs and of course its always the other owners fault. Lol.

I'm impressed, if anyone had said that about my dog, I would of gotten so angry. But you can't win with miserable people so you obviously handled it right. Hopefully she just stops. I will never understand why she would concern herself with your dog, but maybe she is just jealous of how handsome Dizzy is!

Good for you, Jen! Hopefully that will put a stop to her rude comments.

Well done!

Thanks everybody!

Yay good for you!

Way to go, Jen! That's awesome. Hope she leaves you alone.

Go Jen!!

That is awesome!!!

Good job! I think that was the most matture way to put an end to it and get your point across! Maybe she'll back off from now on.

It felt pretty good, although I realize it was probably a bit sadistic of me to take pleasure out of calling her a sadist and watching her squirm, but, hey, what can ya do.

Great job and there is no harm in taking a little pleasure in it just don't let it go to your head or you will turn into her. Just a joke laughing here!