Mostly I like it when people pat my dog Roxie – but a man with a goatee took it a step further | Ashe Davenport

I’m proud of her and all her good girlness. I want the world to love her as much as I do – just not more than thatI’m not what you would call a “dog person”. I love my 15-month-old border collie more than some blood relatives, but that love does not extend to dogs in general. I appreciate dogs, but won’t stop to pat a stranger’s dog, for instance, unless I’m trying to manufacture a version of myself who has an easy relationship with the world and