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Originally Posted by DogTrainer  On the beds comment...Do you let your kids sleep in your bed? Dogs are not human. |
Actually no, I didn't allow the kids to sleep in our bed, so it has nothing to do with the human factor. I do not believe in the rule, "One size fits all". Most people here have dogs that sleep with them and it causes no problems, so just throwing out the rule that dogs shouldn't sleep with humans makes little sense to me. I do understand that if you are experiencing certain problems with aggression that sleeping with the humans might not be in the best interest of the dog.
Don't feel too bad, we understand a little more than you think. Often there is a communication problem between professionals and their clients, the OP was venting a little and clearly unhappy, we were trying to be supportive, and I even tried to explain that I agreed with some of your methods. Stick around we are not a bad lot, and willing to listen, but don't get angry and call us names just because we are not willing to do everything you suggest. My own personal bit of advice is that we can learn from lots of different training styles, but we should never do anything that we are personally uncomfortable with.