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Originally Posted by roseylovestosho  I cannot begin to understand how difficult it must be to train an aggressive dog. Teddy's only issue is that he is stubborn (and smart) so I find it difficult to train him because he is constantly outsmarting me because, well, he's my first dog. I've seen muzzles on dogs and I've never really known how to react to them, mainly because I didn't know what they were used for...but quite frankly if I had an aggressive dog the last thing I'd do is hit them--putting aside whatever ethical concerns anyone might have...an 80lb dog is stronger than I am. Two 80lb dogs were definitely stronger than that person I spoke of in my earlier posts. That can easily turn out in tragedy when one day after the owner has tried supressing the barking/growling through physical force, in my opinion the dogs are just going to snap one day without warning...and then they're going to be put down... |
I'm glad you and Teddy are okay. I have to say I think it's the saddest case when a dog is put down because of aggression. Because Many times it the owner's fault for non-proper training, abuse, fighting the dogs, etc. Makes
Me so sad. I always pick up Remy around any dog he is not familiar with, you just never know.