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Originally Posted by Luvdogs2  Ladies and gents,
I'll start off by addressing the hitting thing - it's not like I spent the night punting the dog like a football or spent a half out just pounding it like that bag hanging at head height in Rocky. Some (or many) of you may disagree with this method, but I have stepped up to this from being dismissive on violence and positive reinforcement to getting into a primitive psyche of "good behavior, good actions and bad behavior, bad actions."
The dog is loved, the dog is cared for and the dog has a great quality of life. One would think there is a child living in this apartment with all the toys laying around and the dog has human interaction constantly when people are home - just not when I'm studying because I can't effectively read or do homework when I have to keep an eye on the dog.
I would not want to be put in a position where I would have to decide between my dog and my fiance, but come on - if I wasn't going to do the necessary training or use common sense to address the situation, I would expect my fiance to have the same reaction.
Bottom line, there is a dog out here that is misbehaving regularly and I want to make it better but I can't get the fiance to commit to helping the situation.
Speaking out about my future kids or hitting the dog - thank you for the opinion, but it's circumventing the whole reason why I'm here.
I've told the fiance that I'm about to sign her up for a trainer and obedience school. One thing I have found is those trainers don't train the dog, they train the owner...and the fiance needs to be taught how to do this. Don't respond telling me I have to go because I don't know what I'm doing - if you seen how my dog at home behaves and acts, you'd have a much different opinion on how effective I am with my training.
P.S. I can't post till a moderator approves since I'm a new account. I don't know how this post made it up, there are about 5 responses to individual posts that need to be put up. I'm not lashing out, just responses. I don't know what the deal is. |
Thank you for posting again. Obedience/training school is very good, and yes you are very right the good trainers will train the owners to train the dog.
I will share with you now, I am a large breed owner, and this breed has needs unique to them, and training unique to them. I can not train Razz as I do my large breed dogs. He has at times made my go crazy with his barking, that command is still a work in progress!
This dog is at most 7 pounds if it is within breed standard or at the most 15 lbs... a SMALLL DOG. A small dog, that can get traumatized with hits, and too forcefull of a correction. And trust me when I say I am a strict disciplinarian with my big dogs, but the route I take with them, is not the route I take with my Razz man. BTW my big dogs either weigh as much as I do or more.
You need to step up to the plate. This is the "woman" you want to share your life with. Well guess what she comes with a YORKIE. Who was there when you met her. Be part of the solution.
Offer solutions. Look I will take YorkieXXXX out for an am walk. When I take my study breaks at night, I will take her for a 15 minute walk. You do need a break from studying right???? Let's reduce the food. Feed her so that we you or I can take her for a walk about 30 minutes after feeding.
Not sure why we still don't know the name of this Yorkie
Please commit to solving the problem, be that a rehoming, a re-evaluating and commitment to this pup, a discussion with your fiance as to how you can EFFECTIVELY help the situation.