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Originally Posted by Breeze  Not harming the dog? What!! Rubbing the dogs face and holding it in his own urine is abuse as well as the negative methods of training the OP has used. Emotional abuse is still abuse. Also the holding the dogs face in it is very dangerous. I am glad the OP is here trying to get help but to say that is he is not harming the dog is just shocking. |
Rubbing your dog's nose in "it" was par for the course until maybe the eighties. I certainly don't recommend it as a training method, but I wouldn't say that everyone who has ever done this is an abuser either.
I'm starting to feel a little bit afraid to ask for advice on these forums. It's not just because of this thread, but it seems like if you admit to any kind of mistake, someone is going to get up in arms about it.