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Puppy abuse Anonymous
My friend recently adopted a puppy that had been rescued from an abusive situation. The puppy flinches every time someone makes a sudden move and sometimes he snaps at hands when he is afraid. My friend wants to train the puppy to be less aggressive and more mellow. Does anyone know how she and I should go about this, or perhaps who I should talk to?

Thanks. Oh, and the dog in the pic isn't him. He's a big blue and black mix.
>> Anonymous
shock therapy. or send him to that monastery for dogs for rehab
>> Anonymous
I've had a number of dogs like this. For the most part, they mellow out after a few weeks (days, even) of just generally being nice to them. The one with the broken tail never stopped flinching at doors slamming, however.

To discourage snapping, ignore the dog and walk away in any situation that looks like it might be going there. What other types of bad behavior are you dealing with?
>> Anonymous
beat him with a rubber hose every time he acts traumatized
>> Anonymous
>>115951
real men beat their dogs with their dicks
>> Anonymous
>>115944We'll try to get him used to sudden movements.

>>115949He also pees whenever he's scared, and he's antisocial. He'll stick like glue to my friend's side and shy away from everyone else unless she is around. He panics when she walks beyond his sight and won't stop yelping for her.
>> Anonymous
Your dog is week you must beat it out of it
>> Anonymous
uncaring /b/faggots get the hell out of my /a/
>> Anonymous
>>115973
BEAT THE WEAKNESS OUT?? HOW DOES THAT WORK????
>> Anonymous
>>115982
AND BTW GAIAFAG, IT'S /an/
MURK THE LUCK FOAR
>> Anonymous
>>115983
You punch, kick and shout until your dog is no longer a pussy
>> Anonymous
when he pees go to the spot with him and make him drink it. then send him out side
>> Anonymous
Time will take care of most of it.

For the snapping, make sure he gets a lot of time around people. You can try to wait the problem out, since once he stops being scared he'll stop snapping, or you can try to directly tell him snapping's a bad idea. For this, you can ignore him completely when he snaps, or you can do something defiant when he does, like moving closer. Careful not to scare him, of course. The idea in either case is to tell him that snapping doesn't work but that you're not going to hurt him regardless.

The flinching will take care of itself; sooner or later he'll realize nobody's going to hurt him. Again, being friendly with people will speed this.

For the peeing, you'll want to scold him whenever he does it, and maybe send him outside or something similar. The tricky part is making him understand that you're scolding him because he peed, rather than because his panic attack was right, so you might want to wait until his other problems have subsided a little.