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Originally Posted by SnowWa I think that biting is especially bad bad behavior -- about the worst thing a dog can do --- so, in spite of everyone's complaining, I am especially strict and firm about stopping this.
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I would like to add that there are no exceptions - but there are. I was a lake where a little toddler tormented one of my dogs all day long. He kept pulling the hair on my dog's face and hitting her in the face. And, my dog kept going under chairs, etc., trying to stay away from the little boy. I told the mom that my dog might bite because it hurt her having the hair on her face pulled. She said, "Oh well, it will just be a good lesson for my little boy. He has to learn that if he hurts a dog, he might get bitten." I spent the better part of the day holding my dog, placing my legs in front of her when she was under my chair, etc. But, eventually, as you would expect, my dog finally nipped the little boy...not hard, but it scared the little boy and made him cry. And, in unison, everyone on the deck said, "I would have bit him too."
And I want to add that this was a family reunion that I hosted for twenty-some people. It cost me many thousands of dollars and everyone's dog was welcome. We had about six dogs there, and I know they had as much fun as the people did.
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Carol Jean |
I would not have allowed this to occur I would have removed myself and my dog or had the kid removed. There was no reason for that nip to occur the dog asked for help for you to step in and stop the kid.
You know where this was going. Bites are not a good thing even if the kid asked for it. It leads to a dog going there a lot faster cause you just taught him you will not help.
With aggressive dogs you must teach them you will back them all the time if they look to you to help out.
As far as spanking, come on up and try it on my girl.
Let you have one and only one shot at that. Only thing is you have to agree to clean up the mess when she comes unglued on you. I mean the mess she is in her head once you try to spank.
Might does not make right and force does not always work it could just make it a lot worse.
Why go to a spank that can back fire when a gentle way works just as fast and a mess does not occur if you do something the dog does not take to.
Joy