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Anonymous
Do you hit your dog when he misbehaves? Nothing brutal, just a commanding smack on the torso or bop on the nose.

Is it really that bad? What if nothing else works?
>> Anonymous
I hear that corporal punishment doesn't work with animals since all they learn is to fear you and your hands.
>> Anonymous
Physical punishment such as smacks or slaps are not needed.

read up on Cesar Millan.
>> Anonymous
Repeated hits to the nose can damage a dog's sense of smell.

Also, completely unnecessary.
>> Anonymous
I live with roomates who are the dumb kind of people who want a dog just because it's cool looking. They paid$300 for a blue heeler puppy.
Yes. She's cute, but she's growing fast.
They're only home for about 5 hours every weekday. Meaning from 5 in the morning until 6 at night she's locked up in her crate.
They take her out only when she needs to use the bathroom (she has to hold it all day until they get home), and then yell at her and hit her for doing things puppies naturally do. And now they're getting frustrated that she won't listen.

This is a prime example of what NOT to do with athletic puppies that will grow into equally athletic adults.

But, since she's not my dog, I have no place in training her or caring for her unless it gets bad.
>> Anonymous
A loud, stern, displeasured vocal tone works well for my rottweiler.
>> Anonymous
A nice, long choke hold until it passes out always does the trick.
>> Anonymous
For our dog, a loug "cough" (think "harRRUMPH") or a similar sound works wonders. If that doesn't, a sudden loud noise (like a loud hand clap) works.
>> Anonymous
>>286744
These people sound like assholes, steal their dog and give it to someone who can care for it properly.
>> Anonymous
Depending on the situation, I either use a loud "HEY" or a quick slap on the snout.
>> Anonymous
>>286744

;_; You should make it your place to alleviate that dog's treatment.
>> Anonymous
>>286821
>>286848

It's not being treated cruelly, it's just not being trained properly. If she was being abused then I'd step in, but I'll let them be the ones to suffer with a dog that doesn't know how to respond properly.

I am giving them my Cesar Millan book, though. That might help.
>> Anonymous
>>286837
Presumably because that's how your parents trained you, with quick slaps in the face, savage monkey.
>> Anonymous
>>286929
Being left in a crate 19 hours a day IS abuse.
>> Anonymous
I never hit my dog in the face, but I do slap his backside very rarely. He's a Lab and really doesn't do anything wrong except steal food if given the chance.
>> Anonymous
No, I make my hand into a mout.
>> Anonymous
I have a Jack Russel that originally belonged to a four-year-old, so naturally, she's hyper. I used to push her off of me (not like a shove) when she would misbehave, but over time I realized that she was getting off on the attention.
So, if I'm busy/in a bad mood, I tell her, "Not now, I'm very busy" without looking at her, and she'll sit relatively still.
>> Anonymous
We only ever smacked my dog's torso if he was doing something bad and would NOT STOP doing it. It happened a couple times a year when he was younger and once he got out of his juvenile years, we didn't need to do it at all.

Also just making a loud noise doesn't always work and it doesn't always teach them. You need to stop whatever he's doing and then reinforce it with the noise so that next time you don't have to physically stop him, just clap or whatever, and he knows.