Only in the gay part of town...

OK, I can't resist posting this, because I could barely hold back my laughter when it happened. I was going to yoga (Monday night), passing through the Dupont Circle area & 17th St (otherwise knows, as the "gay district"). At one point, I see a clearly gay guy walking a tiny long-haired dog (picture the size of a chihuahua). Actually, "walking" is an exaggeration, because the dog was pulling back and refused to walk in the right direction. Its owner--following another attempt by the dog to walk back to where they had come from--exclaimed "No, that's pee-pee there!" and tugged the tiny thing in his direction. Sure enough, there was a puddle as I walked by. I laughed to myself... but that was not the end of it. One block further down, another man was walking 2 dogs (white, poodle-like; bolonki for all the Bulgarians out there). He was talking affectionately to them. As I neared, I started catching his monolog... and it went like this: "No-one is pooping yet tonight. [3 secs silence] Aren't you going to poop, Ziggie? It's time to poop."


I just couldn't handle it. Who talks to his/her dogs in that way (in public anyway)? I've seen tons of people walking their dogs, but this is the first time, I had heard talk of "pooping" and "peeing" in public. I think it must have something to do with the given part of town... I don't know. I'll leave it up to your interpretation. But thought it deserved a laugh.