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10-13-2008, 09:40 PM | #1 |
No Longer a Member | Am I wrong? I had this event tonight called Take Back the Night and it is largely 4 hours which is just a speech and a walk through downtown to protest violence against women. I wanted to bring my baby, but he hasn't had all his shots and I didn't want to risk him getting anything. I explicitly told my roommate that I would take care of anything when I got home in case he had an accident so leave him in his area in my bedroom. I don't usually ask her to do anything, but sometimes she takes it upon herself...... I am in the process of training my puppy and honestly he is doing well for it to just be the 4th day I have had him and only 1 accident. Anyway. I come home after just 4 hours maybe 4 and a half. She tells me that she had to spank him and take away his food, because he pooped on the floor and not on the puppy pad. This is AFTER she took him out of his area in my room. I proceed to tell her that she can't keep food from him since he is a puppy and yorkies don't eat in one sitting anyway so I left his food for him because he only at 2 pieces of kibble when I left at 12pm for class. She just shrugged it off and said that she won't live in filth (while you can smell her cats' litter box from outside our front door). I am a little OCD when it comes to cleaning and no one knows we have pets because I am so neurotic about it, so it is not like I wouldn't have cleaned it up when I got home. She spanked him hard enough to where he was hiding behind our television in the living room and she had no problem with it at all. In her words "it doesn't hurt him. He will just be potty-trained faster" I had to go on a walk with Hooks because I wanted to kill her. Even if it is okay to spank a dog. He is a puppy and that was his FIRST accident. She didn't have to hit him enough to scare him |
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10-13-2008, 10:02 PM | #2 |
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| what? SHE TOOK YOUR DOG OUT OF YOUR ROOM ,TOOK AWAY HIS FOOD AND THEN SPANKED HIM?!!! I would tell her post haste not to ever do that again. you should never spank a dog and a small dog at that. she could break something or damage his hip their little bones are so fragile (would she also so freely pay for any damage she caused him) I am so mad and I cannot say any of the things I really want to say. you have to let her know this is not acceptable in any form and you will not tolerate her abuse to YOUR pup. she could have quite possibly already cause a regression in his potty training.
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10-13-2008, 10:07 PM | #3 | |
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10-13-2008, 11:15 PM | #4 |
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| HOW DARE SHE!!!! I'm not surprised at your anger hun, I would feel EXACTLY the same way. It's not different to spanking a human baby...he doesnt know any better, and hitting isnt the way to teach him anything. I'd tell her to start looking for a new place to live xxx
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10-14-2008, 03:43 AM | #5 |
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| You might want to explain to your roommate that what she tried to teach your puppy and what he actually learned are two different things. Obviously she was trying to BULLY him into being house broken...this doesn't work. What she actually taught him is that she is borderline insane and should never be trusted, he should hide in the closet to POOP because otherwise she'll freak and hit him, and food isn't something he'll always have, it can be taken arbitrarily from him for reason's he doesn't understand. A consistent schedule, proper communication, and a routine involving successful trips to potty and rewards are how to house train a puppy. Every time he gets spanked he'll be moved further from the goal. Good luck with the situation, maybe if you use a crate your puppy would be safer?
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10-14-2008, 05:25 AM | #6 |
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| Can you lock your bedroom door? I would be very upset also.
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10-14-2008, 05:29 AM | #7 |
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| I totally agree... if you can not come to an agreement as to how your baby is to be trained.... yep a new room mate is totally in order! Wow... I can not believe how she reacted... sure hope she is not ever going to be a real mother... the poor child would need to be rescued and placed somewhere else!
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10-14-2008, 05:35 AM | #8 |
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| Your "friend" clearly overstepped here!....This was none of her concern and she was never asked to watch him....Even if you had ashed her to keep an eye on him, spanking a dog is abusive.....That pup had no idea why he was being hit!......All she conveyed to him was pain and confusion.....If a pup is not corrected immediately while in the process of pottying or seconds after there is no connection to the correction.....Spanking is not the correct way to housebreak a pup......I hope you tell her to never touch your pup again it is your concern and you will take care of it.....I swear.....some people!!
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10-14-2008, 05:36 AM | #9 |
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| oh my!! i really cant say what i really want to say...
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10-14-2008, 06:10 AM | #10 |
No Longer a Member | I am training him to poop in a dog cage that has puppy pads on the floor of the cage and I keep him in a certain section of my room with the use of a baby gate. He was in my closed room door and the only reason she went into my room was because she didn't want him to be alone for four hours. I am so furious with her and we got into an argument, but I asked her to leave and it is just a big mess. I already have this intense paranoia about someone mistreating my dogs once they are out of my view, but I never dreamt that I would have to worry about my dogs around her and my own home. |
10-14-2008, 07:14 AM | #11 |
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| Put a lock on your door until you get rid of her and ask her how she would feel if you hit her cat for hocking up a hairball. Her behavior is inexcusable. |
10-14-2008, 07:19 AM | #12 |
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| She'd be on the street with her skanky cat, both eyes poked out and a trash bag with all of her belongings! I'll say what I'm thinking!!!
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10-14-2008, 07:26 AM | #13 |
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| You are a better person than me because she would have been knocked out and put out. Is a lock on your bedrrom door an option? Can you find another roommate? If you can I would throw her stinky cat box out the window! |
10-14-2008, 07:38 AM | #14 |
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| First id put a lock on my door immediately. Secondly I'd threaten her that if she ever touched my dog again...id call animal control on her and have her removed . She had no right being in your room AND even touching your dog. In my opinion you were too nice by just leaving and going for a walk...i would have ripped her a new one.
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10-14-2008, 09:49 AM | #15 |
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| I think she did wrong and you did the right thing by telling her off. However, from what you've said I get the feeling that she screwed up BUT I don't think she was malicious. Perhaps she spanks her cats and thinks its ok? Honestly, if she had done this because she's a total cow, chances are she wouldn't have told you she spanked the puppy... I do believe she did wrong, but you know your flatmate better than us and can tell whether she represents a threat in your dog's well-being or not. |
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