20+ dog owners share their petting pawlicy from real life situations: ‘I had one lady follow me around the park telling me that “un-pettable” dogs shouldn’t be in the park’ – Animal Comedy

If the owner says no, it has nothing to do with you (most of the time) – maybe the dog is overstimulated, maybe they just don’t like being touched in general, or maybe they don’t want to distract their dog from whatever they are doing. There are a million pawssible reasons, so try not to take it pawsonally.