i had alotta comments about fear..--- ere's one
Remember when we could buy foods and drinks without a safety cap? FEAR, you are correct!
Halloweens without razor blades in the apples, aspirin without poison, just good stuff. Now if we
Open something where the “safety” piece is missing, we are supposed to FEAR what is in it. I miss
The freedom of my growing up when there was less FEAR.
You are receiving a big heart hug from me. hon
but i guess teh lesson is, there are razor blades in the halloween candy and i may as well get use to it.
at least the dogs are still honest...
wellll......
i took out a couple dogs yesterday-- including one "that bites" wwwhhhaaatt?????????
so i went out with him --- hospital and stop aND SHOP- and gave him every opportunity to bite me
HE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN NICER-- I TALKED WITH SHANNON ABOUT HIM--
SHE SAID HE SNAPPED AT HER-- with bared teeth-- WHEN SHE ASKED HIM TO GET ON THE GROOMIMNG
TABLE...SHANNON IS A VERY NICE LOGICAL PERSON-- BUT I HAD TO SEE IT firswt hand....
I HOPPED HIM UP ON TEH TABLE AND WAS VERY STERN WITH HIM WHEN
HE KEPT STANDING UP AND I WANTED HIM TO LIE DOWN... WHICH HE EVENTUALLY DID..
ASIDe FROM LICKING ME IN TH EFACE, HE DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHIGN WRONG...
CAUSING ME TO JOKE WITH shannon "what did you do to him?"- i was joking, but i meant it.
there has to be some reason he snarled at her- and devin ... and megan -- but not me---
and we better figure it out.
could be he was hurting somewhere. .
..or could be the reputation of "biter" causes a fear in the handler- who tehn snatches up
on teh leash causing fear in the dog.
i usually have faith in these dogs- and to have a normally sweet dog turn and offer to bite
means something is wrong somewhere...
i am 100% unwilling to say that any dog who bites is bad--
i am 77% convinced a human's action caused the bite somehow.
and they aRE ENTITLED TO THEIR OPINION, expressing it the only way they can.
moving too fast around a confused dog
backing one into a corner
there is some reason.
many are entitled to bite
thinking back to the worlds greatest dog " george" biting bella mom- rachael---
because rachael was making bella giggle and george did not understand the giggle.
george's bite was his way of saying stop doing that. he was entitled to bite--
most dogs are honest-- you ask to be bitten you will be !
as opposed to humans who are far more random biters
people come in our front door-- chaos is sound asleep on the sofa-
the person immediately starts patting her- waking her up-
just think how dangerous it is to wake a person out of a deep sleep.
conclusion... not all biters are bad--- but some can be
therein lies the difference.
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RIZZ IS ---beyond perfect.....I always marvel at how well she takes on new situations and experiences. We just got back from going to my nieces wedding in Arizona where she had to deal with flying, crowded airports, a rental truck, staying at a hotel, and the whole craziness of the wedding itself....she just takes everything in stride like it is a normal day. She is truly a remarkable dog!
