Is it my imagination or do most borrowers prefer to have two or more dogs these days? I've completed a number of signing lately where most of them had dogs - not one but two or more! Also, they are never "little" dogs. They are all in the 80-150 lb range.
When I arrive a house the owners will generally put the dogs in another room (with a lot of effort I might add) but during the course of the signing they always manage to get out!
In one particular case where the owner had three dogs (two Rotweillers (sp?) and a Heinz 57), the owner felt sorry for the dogs being coped up in the other room so he let them out! I was sitting down at the time and immediately had all three dogs around me. One Rotweiller on my left with his massive head on my leg, the Heinz 57 on my right staring up at me, and the other Rotweiller under the table with his head in my crotch! I was MOST concerned about this one and didn't want to upset him at all! Fortunately, the owner had a visitor and the dogs attention shifted to him. All I can say was it a signing that didn't go fast enough.
Getting back to my main point though - what would you say your ratio is regarding signings with vs without dogs. I'd say mine is running about 80/20. (80 with 20 without). |
