TODAY A SERIOUS DISCUSSION ABOUT PLAYFUL PUPPIES..
I HEARD THE PUPS HAD JUMPED ALL OVER TESS WHEN SHE FELL-- BUT I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS AS BAD AS IT WAS TI L SAW THE VIDEO..
THESE ARE NOT CUTE LITTLE PUPPIES AT 120 POUNDS...
I KEEP TELLING EVERYONE DON'T LET THEM START-- WE DON'T PLAY TUG OF WAR WITH THEM.. YOU MUST STAY IN CONTROL...
THE EPISODE WITH TESS COULD HAVE BEEN A TOTAL DISASTER. THE PUPS WERE BEING ONLY PLAYFUL -- BUT THEY ARE BIG... AND YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO JUMP ON PEOPLE... IF YOU CAN NOT DO THAT.... DO NOT GO IN A PEN WITH THEM...
I HAVE BEEN SCARED SOME SUNDAYS WHEN THERE ARE KIDS ROLLING AROUND WITH PUPS... THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE--- IT COULD GO BAD ANY MOMENT I HAVE TO BE MORE CAREFUL TO BE ON TOP OF WHO IS IN WITH ANY GROUP... GROUPS OF DOGS ARE BAD...
TESS ONLY LOST HER JACKET-- BUT EVEN THEN SHE DID NOT LEAVE THE ARENA AND IT GOT WORSE. SHE WAS EXCEEDINGLY LUCKY... PROBLEM WAS, SHE WAS LAUGHING AND SWINGING HER ARMS--- THEY SAW THAT AS AN INVATATION TO PLAY A GAME--- WHICH THEY WON-- AND TESS LOST.
AS I LOOK AROUND.... MEGAN AND I HAVE TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THIS JUMPING BIT... AND ... CAMERA PEOPLE... DON'T YELL AT US FOR HITTING THEM-- THE ROUTINE TO BREAK THIS IS TO SWING YOUR ARMS HORIZONTALLY AT YOUR WAIST AND IF THE PUPS GET IN THE WAY , DO NOT CHANGE THE PATH OF YOUR SWING CONTINUE THE SWING, AND IF THEY GET IN THE WAY THEY WILL CAUSE THEMSELVES TO BE HIT-
YOU NOTICE I DO THAT HERE WHEN I FEED TREATS TO THE ORCAS-- WHEN I AM DONE, I SWING MY ARMS LIKE THAT-- AND THE ORCAS HAVE LEARNED NOT TO JUMP ON ME ASKING FOR MORE.
WELL SOME PUPS DID NOT GET ENOUGH OF THAT MESSAGE
THE OTHER NIGHT BUD WAS SITTING ON THE FLOOR WITH THEM AND HE GOT COVERED WITH PAWING, LICKING PUPS--- WE LAUGHED... BUT IT IS NOT FUNNY--- THE PUPS HAD HIM DOWN AND THEIR INSTINCTS SAID "WHOOOOOOOPIE"
EARLENE WAS ANOTHER GUILTY-- TOO KIND HEARTED TO PUSH THEM OFF IN A MANNER THAT THE WOULD REMEMBER...
AND GRACE- WITH THE FRECKLEBUTTS IS TERRIBLE--- WE NEED TO STOP THEM.
IT IS FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT-- A DOG THAT IS UNDISCIPLINED CAN HAVE NO REAL FREEDOM- AND A DOG WITH NO FREEDOM NEVER LEARNS TO PROPERLY BOND WITH A HUMAN.
THAT IS THE TOPIC OF MY TALK FOR FRIDAY NIGHT...
IT COULD EASILY BE A CHILD THAT IS UNDISCIPLINED CAN HAVE NO FREEDOM EITHER.
