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Originally Posted by Elle  I didn't take put all that time into you to offend you. You also posted something to help me before. I'm sorry you took it wrong. Said this on purpose because my heart is in the right place, I know what im talking about & if you knew me or handed him off to me I could probably explain it. I think you are a good egg. So please reconsider my iintentions.
Im direct! You said you haven't don't any thing different yet you got there early for him to adjust. That's catering like it or not. Im on your side. I don't know of you to be a bad breeder. We have mutual interest. I'm sorry if you took me wrong. But you & I want the same things here I think. Didn't I say let me know how it goes? I think you are sensitive to his size, don't be. They can bounce right back. So you know, being accused of babying your dog is never unkind. LOL |
Thanks for responding. I believe I do understand where you're coming from and I do appreciate it. I read a bunch of your posts after I wrote this and I do think you are a good person with the right intentions. You are one of the ones I respect. I think your post got to me because I've tried so hard not to do exactly what you say I am doing. Even right after it happened I asked my instructor "How do I handle this? What can I do to keep from making this worse than it is? I've been working closely with them so that I don't inadvertently do something that will feed his fear.
I do want to clarify one thing. When I said that I got there early to settle him before class I meant something different than getting him adjusted. They encourage us to come a bit early and work on attention exercises like touch and other basic commands so that they are in training mode when class starts. We call it getting them settled. That's what I was referring to. It just happened that this was the night that folks from the earlier class left late because they were registering for the next session. There were some big time barkers in that class.
I honestly do wish you were near me. I would love for you to see how I handle him. I think you would be surprised. I also don't doubt for a minute that you could help me. I may not always sound like it but I do love to learn and I'm willing to listen to those with more experience. Friends?
Thanks,
Karen