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HOWEDY marie,
Marie wrote: > We are (I think) making good progress BWEEEEEEEAAAHAHAHAHHAAAA!!! > in teaching the boys to respect the > animals in the house. You couldn't train your dog not to attack innocent passersbye on the street. Your kids have been raised likeWIZE <{) ; ~ ) > > We've managed to teach Chris that pulling > Macula's tail is *not* acceptable, That so? > but if he wants to stand where he will get > whapped in the head by the wagging tail, Then he cries... and you respond like a good mamma. > that's his choice :-) That so? He's a INFANT. He doesn't know any better. He NEEDS YOU to TEACH HIM HOWE to pupperly GET ATTENTION, marie, JUST LIKE Macula. > Still needing work is teaching them that the > cats are to be left alone when on their tower, You mean where they hide from the dog. BWEEEEEEEEAAHAHAHHAHAAA!!! > but tomorrow is (yet) another day. Tommorow AIN'T gonna be nodoGgamened different than the past three years you've been TRAININ your dog to be a fear aggressive hyperactive HOWETA CON-TROLL monster despite maybe three or four full courses and maybe five trainers and a behaviorist... > Hubby and I are trying to clarify one thing, though; Your dog is TRAINED JUST LIKE your kids, marie. > so that the boys get a consistent message: You've made a MENTAL CASE of your dog. > how hard is too hard when petting an animal? That's INSANE, marie. You jerk and choke your dog on pronged spiked pinch choke collars and lock IT in a box and intimidated her till she's INSANE, just like HOWE you're teachin your kids. > We've found that it is not as straight forward > as we might wish: You mean trainin the kids is JUST LIKE trainin your dog, eh marie? If you REMEMBER correctly your dog NEVER DID GET TRAINED, did she. > with all the grandparents in the house this last > month, we've discovered that everybody seems > to have a different idea of where "gentle" ends. BWEEEEEEEEAAHAHAHHAHAHAAA!!! Dog abusers are BRED BY child abusers, marie. > The animals, being highly tolerant critters, You mean they're used to bein abused, marie. > don't seem to be helping: You mean they're encouraging the kids to be cruel to them, eh marie? > they'll stick around and tolerate "pats" that > sound louder than a wrestling smack-down. They's ANIMALS, marie. JUST LIKE YOUR KIDS. > Can't ask them to be as gentle with the pets > as they are with each other- That so, marie? Are they FREAKIN RETARDED? > -we've entered the push-shove-knock-down-drag-around stage BWEEEEEAAHAHAHAHHHAAAA!!! You've TAUGHT your kids to TRAIN your dog JUST LIKE HOWE YOU TRAINED HER, marie. > When you are training, how do you define "gentle" > in this type of situation? We usually demonstrate with a few gentle collar pops to teach trust respect and unconditional love, marie <{) ; ~ ) > > Marie > Alex is on the mend, Chaos abounds. > All is Right With The World. You mean your dogs and kids are INSANE thanks to your tender lovin care, eh marie? <{) ; ~ ) > |