VENTING TIME-- I HAVEN'T BEEN MAD IN A WHILE- SO HERE WE GO...
YOU KNOW ... I WROTE A LONG DESCRIPTION OF AN INCIDENT AND NOW I AM AFRAID TO PUT IT IN THE DD FOR FEAR SOMEONE WILL TAKE PIECES OF IT DISTORTING THE ACTUAL CONTENT MAKING A LEGAL MESS.
I GUESS ALL I CAN SAY IS WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR DOGS FROM ANYONE WHO FEELS THEY NEED TO MUZZLE SUCH A BIG DOG
WE NOW NEED TO ADD MUZZLE TRAINING TO OUR CIRRICULUM- SO THEY CAN GRACEFULLY ACCEPT THE APPLICATION OF A MUZZLE. A MUZZLE CAN MAKE A DOG PANIC----- A LARGE DOG IN PANIC MODE IS A HUGE FLYING OBJECT WITH THE MOMENTUM OF A BOWLING BALL.
IN GENERAL-- IN BLAND APPLESAUCE TYPE TERMS....IF YOU ARE USED TO JACK RUSSEL TERRIERS THAT ARE NOTORIOUS NIPPERS AND BITERS- (THEY WERE BRED FOR THAT ) AND YOU WANT TO CUT THEIR TOENAILS IT OFTEN MAKES SENSE TO JUST SLAP A MUZZLE ON THEM BEFORE YOU EVEN START-- BASED ON THEIR ABILITY TO SNAP AT FINGERS... YOU THEN JUST HANG ON TOTHE 15 OR SO POUNDS OF CONFUSED DOG TIL THEY SETTLE DOWN.
NOW IF YOU GET USED TO THAT CONCEPT- WITHOUT THINKING TOO CLEARLY AND TAKE ONE LOOK AT A DOG THE SIZE OF BENTLEY AND FIGURE "BETTER SLAP A MUZZLE ON TO PROTECT EVERYONE" YOU WOULD GET THE MUZZLE ON , BUT THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO CONTEND WITH 165 POUNDS OF FLYING DOG AS HE WOULD BE LEAPING AROUND ON 3 LEGS TRYING TO GET ONE DEW CLAW CAUGHT IN THE MUZZLE TO PULL IT OFF
ADD TO THAT THE COMPLICATION OF A SMALL AREA-- LIKE AN ELEVATOR OR A VETS OFFICE - AND YOU COULD REALLY HAVE A MESS... WITH BLACK EYES ETC....
A MESS NOT THE FAULT OF THE DOG --BUT WOULD SCARE THE SHAT OUT OF EVERYONE INVOLVED.....
SCARED PEOPLE DON'T BEHAVE WELL EITHER AND SPREAD ALL KINDS OF RUMORS ABOUT POORLY BEHAVED DOGS
... CAN YOU IMAGINE ANYONE CALLING A LOVELY DOG LIKE GEORGE OR BENTLEY DANGEROUS AND AGGRESSIVE?
CERTAINLY I TOOK SOME AWFUL BITES FROM BENTLEY IN THAT ELEVATOR ACCIDENT- NOT HIS FAULT- BUT ENOUGH TO STOP ME FROM PUTTING HIM IN AN ELEVATOR WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN CASE HE DID HAVE A FLASHBACK...
PEOPLE CAN CAUSE DOGS TO REACT NORMALLY IN DOG TERMS-- AND THEN DEMAND THE DOG ASSUME PEOPLE TERMS OR THE DOG IS AT FAULT...
I BETTER GO FIND SOME COFFEE WITH WHIPPED CREAM AND SOME COMFORT FOOD.
