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My sister grabbed Bella's tongue!!! No, my sister is not a toddler, LOL! She is a retired nurse, and she visited my partner and I yesterday and met Bella for the first time. Bella is a very licky dog, and when she tried to lick my sister's hand, she said that's a bad habit, and told me that if you grab her tongue when she starts licking, Bella will learn to stop licking. So my sister grabbed Bella's tongue repeatedly, and Bella stopped licking her. Of course, Bella didn't want to come anywhere near my sister after that, LOL! So my question to the group is, is this a good way to teach a dog to stop licking, or is my sister just being a mean old bully? |
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Anything physical other than removing a dog gently from situation or an emergency (which is different) is just stupid. How would she like if I grabbed her tongue? Tell her not to touch the dog, period. |
Mean bully....Buster will lick the skin off of my face and hands if I let him but I would never grab his tongue to try to stop him. If he's licking my face, I put him down or move, same if he's licking my hand. No tongue grabbing! |
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I have a licker too but no way would I grab his tongue or let anyone else do it.I don't care for to much licking so I say no lick and he will stop. Now your dog is afraid of your sister would you like him to be afraid of you too? Just say stop. |
iyiyi, lol, if someone was grabbing at me, I sure would keep my distance, I don't think grabbing her tongue is a training technique. I had 3 girls that would lick, I taught them the command word "no licking" and they would stop. Sister I would have to say is a bully. |
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I found an article on how to curb a dog's licking. No tongue-grabbing mentioned here: How to Stop Your Dogs Excessive Licking |
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My boys are 'kissers' and I wouldn't have it any other way. When I don't want them to lick (when I am grooming their faces, or they start licking things they shouldn't), I give them the command "no licky licky." They stop immediately. Grabbing the tongue is rotten, potentially counterproductive, and dangerous. |
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I've never heard of anyone grabbing a dog's tongue as a training technique to stop licking. |
I have lickers and it doesn't bother me but my DH hates it. He just removes himself from the situation. I see licking as a sign of love and affection but also know there are other reasons a dog will lick. No tongue grabbing here! Tell your sister we are talking about her!!! |
If one of my sister's did that to any of my girl's, they would certainly loose thier hand, as I would knock it her off. LOL |
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Bad sister.... no no no. Glad Bella is not traumatized, and will still give you kissies now that she is gone:D |
I agree with everyone not nice to do. I would get mad if anyone did that to my dogs. |
Bully. I'm a retired nurse and wouldn't do that. I love Bella's kisses! |
That's news to me, and, for certain, I would never use grabbing the tongue as a correction for licking. |
We vote mean bully:D What behavioralist gave your sister the idea that that was a solution. If I were Belle I would stay away too. Yorkie kisses are something we live for:D |
My dad has done that before to my parents dogs and all it did was tick my mom off and start a fight. It's mean and I would not allow that to happen to my dog there is no need for it. |
I'm really surprised that you allowed anyone to do something like that to Bella, poor girl! |
My daughter was married to a guy who had a 2 year old. To keep him from cussing (the 2 year old) his mom would put Tabasco on his tongue. I wanted to beat the crap out of her when I found this out. Especially because he was merely repeating the words he heard his mommy say. I really want to beat the crap out of your sister too. I also wouldn't bite a child to teach him/her not to bite. It's mean. I didn't hit my kids to teach them not to hit either. You see where I'm going........ |
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So many people have such weird concepts about dog training! The first time someone grabbed my dog's tongue would be the last! Gracie also likes to lick. She knows that she gets three or four licks with me and then that is enough and that is what I tell her, "that is enough." She knows to stop. I find it strange that people don't just teach their pets the word "no" or "no more." Dogs can understand such words if the owner is consistent. If someone comes to the house that does not know to tell Gracie "no" then I just tell them that they need to tell her "that is enough." When they say it she stops. Much less painful than having the tongue pulled.:rolleyes: |
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On one hand...licking obsessively IS a bad habit for any dog. On the other...I would not be a happy camper if someone took it upon themselves to discipline my dog in any way. That's just rude. |
Oh she is such a meanie ! . . . . I would grab her tongue the next time I see her. . . Or buy some bitter apple and have her taste it ;) Galen is a kisser. . . . I even have one kitty that is one too. He actually talks to me a lot too. I almost lost Guildenstern. He can do it anytime he wants. And I would not have it any other way. Tell her If she doesn't like YOUR dog licking her then move her hand . . . |
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