It is funny sometimes the looks I get from people when I tell them that I have 7 dogs and they live in the house. I get the eyerolls sometimes when they know I am taking the dog on vacation but not my family. However, I also have to remember that at one time I didn't do these things and I didn't know everything there is to know about dogs... still don't. So I give people some slack. It doesn't really bother me if people don't know what I am talking about and if they want to learn I am willing to talk, but if they just want to pet my "plain ole dog" then I let them. If I don't want them to pet them then I just say, "sorry, she's having a bad day, maybe tomorrow tho?". I've never had anyone disagree or argue with me.
Now if you want to learn some interesting facts about squirrels.... my 12 year old would love to educate everyone on them I learned this morning that there is a colony of red squirrels that almost became extinct because they contracted squirrel pox ... never knew there was such a thing, my daughter looked at me like I had three heads because I had never heard of squirrel pox.