It makes you feel like royalty!

Yes. Having those same people try to coax the dog away from you to pet it but it stays by your side.

So the garage where my boss and everyone in this company brings their car to had a very cute and old labrador. The first time I brought my bosses car there he sat next to me the entire wait occasionally getting called away by his owner because he isn't officially allowed to sit by the customers but since I'm a vet assistant they were relatively fine with it and he was very persistent in coming back. Other customers always tried to pet him too or try to call him over but he always stayed at my feet. So over the course of 2 years whenever I was there waiting for one of the cars the dog would sit with me and I soon became his favorite person at the clinic too. If I wasn't there when he had to come he wouldn't accept treats so since we noticed that I made sure I was there to cuddle with him during treatment. 2 weeks ago his owner called me to say he was going to have to let him go and asked if I could come to help eventhough it wasn't my night to be on stand by.

Or if it's a cat that usually hates people