I remember this one time I was standing outside with my garage door talking to someone. When I opened the door Brandi came running out without her leash and started running down the driveway. I remeber yelling at her in a very stern voice at which point she stopped and dropped and started shaking.
Even though I didn't hit her anyone who would of seen this would of thought that Brandi was extremely scared of me and probably would of thought that I probably do hit her to discipline her.
I've seen some owners kind of swat their dogs (usually large breed dogs) but not out of maliciousness but more out of trying to get there attention. One guy had to yank his 175lb St Bernard to get him under control after trying chase after a smaller dog but I could tell the dog was not being abused. |