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Originally Posted by KelMchel  Wow, I never imagined I would get the responses I have on this post.....lets see, Im trying to remember some of the posts......as for the "smack" he didnt use 2 fingers, it was more like 4 fingers and he "popped" Rylie on the nose, enough for Ryile to sorta cower a little? I guess you could say. As for someone saying that I would have spoken up if it had been hard, in all honesty, I guess you would have to know my personality, Im a bit shy, or as my grandfather used to say "backwards". I did not know what to say? And as we are standing there, he laughs and says, thats why they pay me the big bucks, to get barked at.....I guess Im one of the people I used to think was silly for loving their baby so much, this little boy is a part of my family and if I over reacted, oh well I guess I did, but I just felt it was a little inappropriate, I thought that spanking or smacking a dog left the wrong impression on an animal? I dont know Rylie to ever be afraid of me....so I would smack him......anyway, thanks so much for the replies  |
I do not know how big your dog is, but I'd be hard pressed with my 9 pound girl to be able to smack her nose with more than 3 fingers. As for a puppy their noses are so little 1 or 2 fingers at the most.
Did the dog "cower" afterwards, or did he just shrink back for a second and then get curious. Which would have been the expected response.
The puppy was showing disrespect to a human. That is never allowed, unless they are protecting me.
He's a professional, he saw a situastion that needed to be corrected and he corrected it. I believe to make anything more out of it is over reacting.
Just curious, did the puppy settle down afterwards?