Oh ya, people smile and laugh at Scully all the time, and always have! And we get the "weiner dog" and "beagle" thing all the time too. The one thing that always makes me laugh, is when I'm walking Scully and the people driving by are slowing down to look and chuckle....occasionally, they'll get so distracted by her that they have to slam on the brakes so as not to hit the stopped cars in front of them...LOL.
It's the comments about her weight that kind of erk me a little bit. Let me quote the 3 comments I got just last week at the vet from random patients in the waiting room: "Oh, she really likes to eat!", "Don't worry Scully, I had a cat that was the poster boy for obesity too", and "Wow, she really has a lot of pork on her!". Ummmmm....she's NOT FAT!! Honestly....even the vet is impressed with how we keep her at a good weight.