Two issues ago, I asked my readers to help me address some issues surrounding dog (and dog owner) etiquette. I got some great feedback!

Dear L.A.Plume,

I feel compelled to state up front that I am a dog lover. Having said that, I am not a lover of dogs being brought everywhere their owners go. (I am not a fan of children going to every function either, but that's another story!)

Dear L. A. Plume,

I attended a meeting the other evening, and a woman whom I'd never met sat down next to me. A complete stranger, she proceeded to point out people in the room and tell me about them. Some of the people I knew, and her “gossip” wasn't true. I was so completely taken aback by the situation that I just didn't know what to say, so I said nothing. What I really wanted to say was that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones… that her reputation is similar to a French lace curtain – in other words, has lots of holes in it. It's a small town, and even though I had never actually met this woman, her own reputation had preceded her. Should I have said anything?

Bunny