Just so you you know, that phrase means something like “my goodness!’
Which is what a lot of people say when they see how dogs are treated in France..rather like children. Elegantly dressed ladies will crouch down to pat a dog. 
Dogs sit in restaurants, 
visit pubs,
hang around the St Nectaire cheese caves, 
have special doggy toilets in the parks,
and seem to be permanently in good moods and very sociable. I only saw one dog fight and that was between three of them; as they were small they were quickly dragged apart.
Dogs have friends, who come to visit. They are polite, and well organised. They do not beg for food from the tables. It is a far cry from many of the ignored, yet spoilt, yappy little monsters we tend to raise. Food for thought.
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