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Originally Posted by Britster  I haven't seen the particular episode you're talking about so I can't comment on that. But I have a question... why is it OK for a dog to bite a human but a human can't "bite" a dog back? So, it's okay for the dog to do that to me but I can't do it back? I don't know, that just doesn't make sense to me. For example, if a little Chi was maybe biting on my feet, trying to attack me, I'm supposed to just allow it since I'm only allowed to use "positive" training? Sorry, but I'm going to let him know that's not okay and I'm bigger than you, lol.
Also, question, why shouldn't you let a dog surrender to you? It's much like punishing a child when they do something wrong... when you send them to their room to think about what they're doing and then they finally give in and break down and come down and apologize to you because they realize what they did was wrong.
And, I've said it before and I'll say it again, if making a dog summit to you and surrender is soo very life threatening to them, why are all the dogs he works with still happy, wagging their tail and a lot of the dogs he works with will give him kisses and be so excited to see him? He's obviously not psychologically harming the dog.
My dad's dog, Lily, she knows when she's done something wrong. If she starts growling at Jackson, all my step-mom has to do is walk over to her, above her, with her hands on her hips and say "Lily..." and Lily surrenders in that sense, by giving her kisses rather than attacking Jackson. |
I am no pro and just a new mommy who read's alot. But I had to share one of my childhood stories about the biting thing.
All I know is when I was a kid(3rd grade) my grandma got a new dog we named Hippie. He bite me when I went to pick him up once and being a kid and without thinking, I grabbed his back and bit him back. Yes, I got in trouble and was told not to do that again. But me and that dog became the best of friend's for 21 years after that. Yes, 21 years! He lived to be 22 and saw many many kids during that time, but never bit anyone ever again.
Would I bite a dog again? No, I guess not. However, I did bite my daughter once when she wouldn't stop biting her brother. I asked if she liked the way that felt. She said no it hurts. I replied yes, then let's not do it to others.