[JeanieK]

Originally Posted by Miss Behavin

An off-the-wall story that I swear is true: 2 women (I hope they aren't members, but I'll take my chances ) were at the dog park I take Pippi to. They had 3 dogs: 2 Yorkies & a Chihuahua. All were decked out in ridiculously frilly attire for playing at a park. Anyway, if the dogs began misbehaving (which was always. These women had obviously but zero to no effort into training - it was as they were more interested in dressing them up), so, for example, dog #1 began acting out. They'd clap their hands and say [dog's name] & ONE...TWO...THREE! LOL! Like a mother scolding a child! Of course, the dog would not respond, so one of the women scolded her in a name that wasn't the dog's name. I asked, 'who's that?' and she responded, "oh, that's her middle name. That's when she knows she's in BIG trouble." No wonder their dogs were so ill-behaved. It looked like they were using them as substitute for human children. I felt so-oo sorry for those pups Poor things had to be terribly confused.

They could use a little dose of the "Dog Whisperer" Dogs do not understand conversation. Neither do most 2 year olds.